New Delhi: A 1984-batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer, T Jacob, has been appointed as Secretary, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He will hold the rank of an Additional Secretary. Nutan Guha Biswas has been appointed as chairperson, Inland Waterways of India, in the rank of Secretary. PTI
Student swims 5 km with hands, legs tied
Nagapattinam (TN): Aiming for a Guinness record, a 19-year-old college student here swam 5 km in the Bay of Bengal with his and legs bound with an iron chain. S Sabarinathan covered the distance in two hours, 20 minutes and 48 seconds. A video has been sent to the Guinness committee. PTI
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