{"id":22879,"date":"2021-07-08T13:47:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T08:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=22879"},"modified":"2021-07-08T13:47:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T08:17:40","slug":"dr-jitendra-singh-takes-charge-of-science-technology-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=22879","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jitendra Singh takes charge of Science &#038; Technology ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW DELHI: Dr. Jitendra Singh on Thursday took charge as the new Union Science and Technology Minister. Singh was on Wednesday allocated two new portfolios &#8212; the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Earth Sciences &#8212; with independent charge after a Union cabinet reshuffle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He will take charge as the Earth Sciences minister later in the day. The two ministries are not new to Singh. He had held these two portfolios for a brief period in 2014 in the first term of the Modi government. Singh, who is a Minister of State, in the Prime Minister&#8221;s Office also holds charge of the sensitive Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space.<\/p>\n<p><strong> He is also an MoS in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Dr. Jitendra Singh on Thursday took charge as the new Union Science and Technology Minister. Singh was on Wednesday allocated two new portfolios &#8212; the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Earth Sciences &#8212; with independent charge after a Union cabinet reshuffle. 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