Official

An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either his own or that of his superior and/or employer, public or legally private).

A government official or functionary is an official who is involved in public administration or government, through either election, appointment, selection, or employment. A bureaucrat or civil servant is a member of the bureaucracy. An elected official is a person who is an official by virtue of an election. Officials may also be appointed ex officio (by virtue of another office, often in a specified capacity, such as presiding, advisory, secretary). Some official positions may be inherited. A person who currently holds an office is referred to as an incumbent.

The word official as a noun has been recorded since the Middle English period, first seen in 1314. It comes from the Old French official (12th century), from the Latin officialis ("attendant to a magistrate, public official"), the noun use of the original adjective officialis ("of or belonging to duty, service, or office") from officium ("office"). The meaning "person in charge of some public work or duty" was first recorded in 1555. The adjective is first attested in English in 1533, via the Old French oficial.

United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department responsible for the international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministry of other countries. The Department was created in 1789 and was the first executive department established.

The Department is headquartered in the Harry S Truman Building located at 2201 C Street, NW, a few blocks away from the White House in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The Department operates the diplomatic missions of the United States abroad and is responsible for implementing the foreign policy of the United States and U.S. diplomacy efforts. The Department is also the depositary for more than 200 multilateral treaties.

The Department is led by the Secretary of State, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Secretary of State is John Kerry. The Secretary of State is the first Cabinet official in the order of precedence and in the presidential line of succession.

Oneindia

Oneindia.com is an Indian online portal founded by BG Mahesh owned by Greynium Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd. The website provides news updates, sports events, travel, entertainment, business, lifestyle, videos, and classifieds in 7 different Indian languages and English. The owner of this site, Oneindia.com, Mr Rajesh Jain, acquired this firm through Netcore. BG Mahesh is the current Managing Director. Sriram Hebbar is the CEO of Greynium Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd. which owns Oneindia.in.

Portals

Oneindia has portals in several Indian languages, including Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati and Malayalam.

The company also owns the online classified advertising portal Click.in.

Channels

Oneindia.com has a number of channels for areas such as Filmibeat.com(Entertainment), Boldsky.com(Lifestyle), Thatscricket.com(Cricket), Gizbot.com(Technology), Careerindia.com(Education), Nativeplanet.com(Travel), Drivespark.com(Automobile) and Goodreturns.in(Finance).

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