Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on December 3, 2025. Photo: Sansad TV via PTI Photo Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) clarified that the tax hikes she was proposing on cigarettes was not a cess but an excise […]
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A bill to include the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Guwahati in the schedule of the Indian Institutes of Management Act to make it an institution of national importance was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan introduced the bill amid din created by the opposition over the issue of Special […]
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More women students have secured undergraduate admissions in Delhi University (DU) than men every year since the introduction of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) in 2022, government data shows. For the academic years 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25, DU admitted 34,010, 36,126, and 39,242 female students, respectively, compared to 30,662, 32,425, and 33,124 male students […]
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The enrolment of transgender students in schools, colleges, and universities across India has improved in many states over the last three academic years, according to data tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday in response to a question by MP Swati Maliwal. As per the statement provided by the Ministry of Education, the number of […]
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The committee, headed by senior BJP MP Baijayant Panda, is likely to submit the report in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Select Committee of Parliament that examines the Income Tax Bill-2025 is learnt to have finalised its report on Wednesday (July 16, 2025) with about 285 suggestions to […]
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NCP MP Supriya Sule with party MP from Lakshadweep P. P. Mohammed Faizal, at Parliament House complex in New Delhi, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Lok Sabha Secretariat on Wednesday restored the membership of Faizal, who was disqualified from the lower house in January following his conviction in a criminal case with a 10-year jail term […]
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives at Surat District Court for hearing of a criminal defamation case filed against him over his alleged ‘Modi surname’ remark, in Surat on March 23. | Photo Credit: PTI Hours before the Lok Sabha secretariat notified the disqualification of Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi as member, following his conviction by a […]
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New data shared by the Minister of State for Finance, Bhagwat Karad, in the Lok Sabha shows three banks have 30% or more women on their payroll. Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI The proportion of women employees has increased over the past year in all but one public sector bank, and as […]
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File photo of Bhagwat K. Karad, Minister of State for Finance. Mr. Karad in a written reply to Lok Sabha on March 20 informed of the reforms the government has undertaken to boost asset quality of public sector banks. | Photo Credit: KAMAL NARANG The government has taken various reforms following which asset quality of […]
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SEBI to investigate allegations against Adani group | File photo | Photo Credit: Reuters Regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is investigating market allegations against Adani group, whose 9 listed companies saw a 60 per cent decline in their market capitalisation between January 24 and March 1, Parliament was informed on Monday. Minister […]
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