IAS Vishram Kumar Meena, is a 2017 batch officer of Haryana cadre and is currently posted as Deputy Commissioner of Kurukshetra.It is the land where the epic battle of the Mahabharata was fought, and where Lord Krishna imparted to Arjuna the profound philosophy of karma at Jyotisar.

Mentioned in the very first verse of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita as Dharmakshetra Kurukshetra, stands as one of India’s most sacred and historically rich regions.

For Meena,this legacy is both an inspiration and a responsibility.“Kurukshetra is a religious town , the cultural and spiritual heart of Haryana, already rich in tourism potential. But there’s still a lot of scope for further growth, and that’s where my focus lies” he says.Having recently taken charge,his vision is centered on enhancing spiritual and religious tourism while ensuring sustainable urban development.

Under his leadership,the district aims to strengthen its tourism infrastructure, improve facilities for pilgrims/visitors and enrich the overall tourist experience.Meena also emphasizes the importance of attracting major hospitality chains and making the city more investor friendly.

IAS Vishram Kumar Meena is shaping Kurukshetra as a place where faith,history and progress walk hand in hand.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved revised guidelines for selecting Whole-time Directors (WTDs) in PSBs. Out of four Managing Directors (MDs) at State Bank of India (SBI), three must now be from other PSBs, with one eligible from the private sector. This aims to enhance cross-bank expertise and leadership diversity.

PSB customers report 3-4 day delays in cheque clearances (vs. next-day norm) due to RBI’s new system, with funds deducted upfront. Whispers predict a full digital shift by 2026, reducing physical cheques by 40%.

Cadre of Ankit Kumar Jain has been transferred from Tamil Nadu to Madhya Pradesh on grounds of his marriage to Ms Sonakshi Saxena. He is a 2023 batch IAS officer.

Mrs Ritu has been appointed as Additional Chief Electoral Officer in Haryana relieving Mrs Hema Sharma of the said charge. She is a 2012 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

India and Russia are in advanced government-to-government negotiations to equip the Indian Air Force’s Su-30MKI fighters with the RVV-BD “Fox-Killer” beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles, which feature a formidable range of 200 km and high supersonic speeds exceeding Mach 6. This missile, an export variant of Russia’s R-37M, is designed to counter advanced aerial threats from China and Pakistan, particularly the PL-15 family, directly addressing gaps in India’s BVR capabilities identified after recent air operations like Operation Sindoor in May 2025.The deal includes options for technology transfer and licensed production under “Make in India,” likely involving Bharat Dynamics Limited, with an initial order of up to 300 units and total estimated value around $1.5 billion, with deliveries expected from 2027. The RVV-BD uses an advanced 60 kg fragmentation warhead and compact design for easy integration, and its induction is set to enhance India’s aerial reach along sensitive border sectors.
Strategically, this acquisition will transform Su-30MKIs into “super Sukhois” capable of engaging threats at extremely long range, and marks a deepening Indo-Russian defence partnership even as Russia faces export sanctions globally. The move aligns with India’s plan to field over 1,000 long-range BVR missiles by the decade’s end, consolidating its deterrence posture in South Asia.

Sujit Kumar, PCIT(OSD), Delhi, has resigned from the Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre.

Three IPS officers of AGMUT cadre: Chepyala Anjitha, Sukhraj Katewa and Pankaj Kumar have been shifted from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh. Transfer order in respect of Pankaj Kumar will be effective from April 1, 2026.

Three IPS officers of AGMUT cadre: Sukant Shailja Ballabh, Krishan Kumar and Kamal Pal Singh Malhotra have been shifted from Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir. Transfer order in respect of Krishan Kumar will be effective from April 1, 2026.

Praveen Kumar Tripathi has been shifted from Puducherry to Delhi. He is an IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Sources said the Haryana government may sent those IPS officers who are reportedly named in a suicide case of an IPS officer, on long leave. If this is happen the promoted IPS officers may be given field postings.

The DGDE has transferred 5 IDES officers. Accordingly, Kapil Goyal  will join the DGDE HQ as DDG while Robin Baleja goes to Delhi Cantt Board as CEO. D.Madhukar Naik has been posted at the HQ as Dy DG, Arvind Kumar Dwivedi transferred to Secunderabad Cantt as CEO and Deepak Mohan is posted as CEO, Cant, Agra.

Ms Nigar Fatima Hussain( 1996 batch) and Rakesh Mittal(1995 batch) have been promoted to HAG. After being promoted Ms Hussain was transferred to Chandigarh as Pr Director, Western Command. Mittal has been given pro-forma promotion. He is presently posted as JS in MoD.

Ms Sujata Verma has been appointed as JCIT (OSD) in the office of Pr CCIT, Karnataka & Goa Region, Bangalore on return from Master's Degree course.

Ms Shikha Sharma has been appointed as DCIT (OSD) in the office of Pr CCIT, NWR Region, Chandigarh on return from Master's Degree course.

Whispers of a NATO-style Arab-Muslim defense pact, initiated by Saudi Arabia, gaining traction post-October 3, 2025, meetings; could include joint drone walls against threats. In US politics, speculation mounts on Trump’s H-1B curbs shifting $100B+ work to India by 2026, boosting GCCs but sparking short-term layoffs.

Delays in the 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft tender persist; whispers predict re-entry of Russia’s Su-75 at Aero India 2025, with license-manufacturing emphasis.

Sanjeev Dixit, who is presently working as Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM), Jaipur, North Western Railway (NWR), has been posted in the cadre on the Railway itself. He is an Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) officer

M K Shaji, who is presently serving as a Group ‘B’ Officer in the Law Department, Rail Wheel Factory (RWF), has been transferred to Southern Railway (SR) on his own request and posted in the cadre.

 Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO, under Ministry of Labour & Employment) emphasised direct benefit transfers under Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PMVBRY), with incentives auto-credited to Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts of employees and PAN-linked accounts of employers (including PSUs/PSBs). This supports new job creations in public sector hiring.

Last date to apply online for the posts of Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice has been extended. Applications must reach latest by October 12, 2025.

Ministry of Youth Affairs  and Sports has invited applications for the post of Assistant Director-Official Language (AD-OL) in Sports Authority of India, New Delhi on deputation basis. Application form can be availed from the ministry’s website.

Ministry of Youth Affairs  and Sports has invited applications for the filling up of eight vacant Director Posts in Sports Authority of India, New Delhi on deputation basis. Applications must reach latest by November 11, 2025.

Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur has advertised the post of Project Technical Support-II in Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for Department of Anatomy, AIIMS-Nagpur & LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. Applications must reach latest by October 22, 2025.

Post of Deputy Director (Administration & Planning) in National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) on deputation basis has been advertised by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Details can be availed from institute’s and ministry’s website.

As many as 13 IAS officers have been given new responsibilities in Odisha. Girish S N, Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department, is assigned additional charge of Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of Mission Shakti, while Dr Noonsavath Thirumala Naik has been appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, School & Mass Education Department and Ms Mansi Nimbhal will join as Managing Director, Odisha Lift Irrigation with additional charge of Additional Secretary, Water Resources Department. Similarly, Surendra Kumar Meena is posted as Additional Secretary, ST&SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department; Mrs Subhashree Nanda as Additional Secretary, Planning & Convergence; Chanchal Rana, Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, will also hold charge of Vice Chairman, Bhubaneswar Development Authority and Managing Director, Bhubaneswar Smart City Ltd;  Premjit Nayak is appointed as Director, Scheduled Tribes; Deepankar Mohapatra as Director, Tourism with additional charge of Managing Director, Odisha Tourism Development Corporation; Mrs Pranati Chhotray as Additional Secretary, Home Department; Nivedita Prusty as MD, Boyanika with additional charge of Director, Handicrafts; Mrs Madhusmita Samal as Additional Secretary, Panchayati Raj Drinking Water Department with in additional charge of Director, State institute of Rural Development and Saniay Kumar Biswal will take charge as Additional Secretary, Commerce & Transport Department.

Three IAS officers in Odisha: Ms Shalini Pandit, Samarth Verma and Ms Swadha Dev Singh have been relieved from the State Government to take up their new assignment in Government of India.

Abhishek Kumar, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Cooperation, has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre on personal grounds. He is a 2013 batch IFS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Surinder Singh Bhoria has been appointed as SP, Rohtak in Haryana. He is a 2014 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre. The posting orders of IPS Narendra Bijarniya will be issued separately.

Three IAS officers in West Bengal have been given new postings. Harishanker Panicker has been appointed as Joint Chief Electoral Officer, while S Arun Prasad takes over as Additional Chief Electoral Officer and Aneesh Dasgupta was posted as District Magistrate, Nadia.

Chaudhari Shivraj Singh, GM, Coal India Ltd, has been selected as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) selection meeting held on October 11, 2025. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

As many as 29 IAS officers have been reshuffled in Andhra Pradesh. Pattanshetti Ravi Subash has been appointed as Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, while K V N Chakradhar Babu takes over as Director, Secondary Health, Health, Medical & Family Welfare Department and Manazir Jeelani Samoon was made Director of Agriculture, with Full Additional Charge (FAC) as Vice Chairman & Managing Director (VC & MD), AP State Agro Industries Development Corporation. Similarly, Siva Sankar Lotheti was posted as CMD, AP Southern Power Distribution Corporation Ltd; S Dilli Rao as VC & MD, AP State Civil Supplies Corporation, with FAC as Controller, Legal Metrology; P Ranjit Basha as Director, Intermediate Education, with FAC as Commissioner of School Infrastructure; P Arun Babu as VC & MD, AP State Housing Corporation and Commissioner, AP Weaker Sections Housing Programme; J V Murali as Additional Chief Commissioner, Land Administration (CCLA); T S Chetan (Indian Statistical Service, on deputation) as Joint Secretary, Office of CCLA; K S Viswanathan as Director, Information & Public Relations and Ex-Officio Deputy Secretary, GAD; R Govinda Rao as Director, Civil Supplies and Ex-Officio Deputy Secretary, Consumer Affairs, Food & Civil Supplies; Bhawna as Joint Collector, Bapatla district; C Vishnu Charan as Deputy Secretary, Social Welfare; Abhishek Kumar as CEO, AP Maritime Board, with FAC as VC & MD, Maritime Infrastructure Development Corporation; Kollabathula Karthik as Joint Collector, Nandyal; Shubham Bansal as Director of Industries; Abhishek Gowda as Joint Collector, Eluru district; Noorul Quamer as Joint Collector, Kurnool district; Rahul Meena as Commissioner, Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation; Apoorva Bharat as Joint Collector, Kakinada district; Mantri Mourya Bharadwaj as Joint Collector, Sri Satya Sai district; B Sahadith Venkat Trivinag as Deputy Secretary, Housing Department; C V Praveen Adhithya as MD, AP Airports Development Corporation Ltd, with FAC as VC & MD, Infrastructure Corporation of AP and Prasanna Venkatesh was appointed as Secretary, APSWREIS, with FAC as VC & MD, Leather Industries Development Corporation of AP Ltd.

Gaurav Dayal has been appointed as Chairperson at Joint Secretary level, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA), Navi Mumbai. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Amit Tandon, Principal Executive Director, RVNL, has been selected for the post of Director (Projects), Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) at a Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on October 11, 2025. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same.

Five officers have been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner/Director General of Customs & Indirect Taxes in the Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes) (HAG+) against the Panel Year 2025. While Arun Kumar, Neeraj Kansal and Harmeet Singh Narang have been promoted on regular basis, Suresh Kumar and Subhasjh Ahrawal have been promoted on ad-hoc basis.

Mrs Sonali Sen Gupta, Regional Director for Karnataka at Bangalore Regional Office, has been appointed as Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Mrs Gupta has experience of over three decades in the Reserve Bank having worked in areas of Financial Inclusion, Human Resource Management, Banking Regulation and Supervision.

2025 predictions see 73% of CEOs forecasting profit hikes via AI alliances, but 56% doubt cost-saving targets; whispers of board refreshes for tech-savvy directors.

Whispers of RBI rate cut by 25 bps in October 2025 MPC (October 9 meeting) amid 5.5% inflation; speculation of 10% credit slowdown in industry to 6.5% by year-end.

Banks to fund corporate acquisitions from October 2025 under RBI norms; fintech collaborations with RBIH for Digital Rupee blueprint.

 Power Finance Corporation (PFC), a Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Power, transferred Mandsaur I RE Transmission Ltd. (a Special Purpose Vehicle or SPV) to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL, a Maharatna PSU) for ₹7.29 crore under the Tariff-Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) framework. The SPV was established for augmenting transformation capacity and line bay implementation at Mandsaur substation. This operational transfer strengthens PGCIL’s renewable energy transmission network.

 National e-Governance Services Limited (NeSL, a Section 8 company under MeitY) signed an MoU with the National e-Governance Division (NeGD) to integrate Entity Locker with NeSL’s Digital Document Execution Platform. This enables real-time digital execution of e-Bank Guarantees for over 60 institutions (including PSBs like SBI and NBFCs), reducing processing time from days to minutes and advancing paperless governance. It benefits PSBs by streamlining guarantees for infrastructure projects.

Srivatsava Sunkara has been appointed as Additional Director under the category of Executive and Managing Director of Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Limited.

 

Kiran Kumar Inampudi has been appointed as Additional Director under the category of Executive (Non-Independent Director) and Chairperson of Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Limited.

Ramavath Suresh has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent) of Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Limited.

Sharath Kumar Rekhapalli Naga has been appointed as Additional Director under the category of Non-Executive Independent Director of Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Limited.

Sripal Reddy Molugu has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent) of Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Limited.

Arun Alagappan has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Non-Independent) of NACL Industries Limited.

Sharad Bhansali has been re-appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Indus Towers Limited.

Ketan Moolchand Shah has resigned from the position of Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director of Hem Holdings & Trading Limited.

The Snake Chasing Effect

The Snake Chasing Effect is a metaphorical term that describes a self-perpetuating or self-defeating cycle, where an individual continuously reacts to behavior emanating usually from outside, often worsening the original problem.  Though not a formally recognized psychological term, the phrase is used in behavioral science, business and mental health contexts to describe patterns of reactive behavior that loop back onto themselves.

The parable of the snake chasing effect goes something like – once upon a time, a person was walking through the woods when he stumbled across a snake in the center of his path.  The snake lashes out and bites him without warning, then turns and slithers away down the path.  Obviously, the man feels the sharp pain of the bite and the venom coursing through his leg. Fortunately, he is close to the village, so if he had just walked back and got the wound treated, he would have been fine.  But he felt the anger and resentment built inside him resultantly he questioned to himself “Why did the snake do that to me?  That is not right.  I am going to get revenge.”  He started chasing the snake down the path, but as he pursued the snake, the venom took hold and he collapsed and died.

The story offers a powerful lesson, which you might call the ‘Snake Chasing Effect’.  In life, you are going to get bitten by a snake every now and then. In society, we have so many dangerous, insipid people who are no less than a venomous snake.  Someone betrays you.  A so-called friend lets you down. A coworker takes credit for your work.  You do not get rewarded for your work.  The initial wound hurts – but it is survivable. If you take care of yourself, walk back to the village and treat the wound, you will be fine.  Walking back to the village means just adopting the attitude of forgive and forget and leave the rest to one’s karma.  But how often do you do the exact opposite?  The internal voice starts a not so familiar outburst - How could they do this to me?  I am going to take revenge and get back at them.  Thus, you start chasing the snake down the path, seeking your revenge.  You obsess over the betrayal, the unfairness and the injustice.

The real damage is not from the bite itself, but from your reaction to it. The real damage comes when you chase the snake.  Nelson Mandela said it beautifully, “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemy.” The Snake Chasing Effect is a reminder that the wisest response to harm is not retaliation or obsession, but restoration. Do not give the snake more power over you than it has. Focus on healing, not hurting. Tend to your wound, mend your garden and stay blessed forever.

The Snake Chasing Effect serves as a vivid reminder of how easily we can become trapped in our own responses, mistaking reaction for resolution. Whether in our minds, relationships or institutions, recognizing and stepping out of these loops is essential for real progress.  By breaking the cycle, we allow ourselves to move forward, rather than just spinning in circles.

Subbiah Sridhar

Certified copy of the RNI Registration Certificate

The appellant asked for a certified copy of the RNI Registration Certificate of "Dominican Ashram" vide Registration No. 46971/88. Before the CIC, the Appellant stated that the information has not been provided to him and it was wrongly denied by the then PIO ignoring the fact that it is a public document. The Respondent submitted that the registration certificate of registered newspapers are in public domain which can be easily accessed from their official website https://prgi.nic.in/registration-title-data-details/. During the hearing before the CIC, the Respondent opened the link on the computer system of the Bench and showed the e-certificate and also handed over a hard copy of e-certificate to the Appellant which was taken on record. The CIC held that appropriate reply has been given by the Respondent to the Appellant during hearing which is as per the provisions of the RTI Act.

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