Former Supreme Court judge Justice (Retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai has been appointed as chairperson of the Press Council of India, the self-regulatory watchdog for print media.
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India's headline retail inflation rate eased to 7.04 percent in May from April's near-eight-year high of 7.79 percent thanks to a favourable base effect.
The Karnataka government has launched 'Farmer Registration and Integrated Beneficiary Information System' or FRUITS software for Aadhaar-based, single-window registration for schemes.