FCRA licence of 1,827 NGOs cancelled in last 5 years: Govt

FCRA licence of 1,827 NGOs cancelled in last 5 years: Govt

Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI The government has cancelled FCRA registration of 1,827 NGOs for violation of laws in the last five years, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said on March 15, 2023. Mr. Rai told Rajya Sabha that Section 32 […]

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It hurts when even poetry recited in Parliament is expunged from records: Mallikarjun Kharge

It hurts when even poetry recited in Parliament is expunged from records: Mallikarjun Kharge

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, former President Ram Nath Kovind, former BJP National President Murli Manohar Joshi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and others at the Lokmat Parliamentary Awards, in New Delhi on March 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI The freedom to write and speak the truth is “under threat” today, said Congress president […]

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TMC to raise risk exposure of LIC and SBI, price rise, unemployment in Parliament: Derek O’Brien

TMC to raise risk exposure of LIC and SBI, price rise, unemployment in Parliament: Derek O’Brien

TMC MP Derek O’Brien speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the first phase of the Budget Session of Parliament in New Delhi on February 7, 2023. File | Photo Credit: PTI The TMC will raise in Parliament issues such as LIC and SBI’s risk exposure, price rise of essential commodities, unemployment and “misuse” of central […]

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Parliament proceedings | GST compensation of ₹17,176 crore pending to States as on June: Govt.

Parliament proceedings | GST compensation of ₹17,176 crore pending to States as on June: Govt.

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman along with Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary. File. | Photo Credit: Kamal Narang The government on December 20 informed Rajya Sabha that GST compensation of ₹17,176 crore is pending to States as on June 2022. Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour, Minister […]

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Trade in goods, passenger vehicles under India-U.K. FTA talks: MoS  Commerce and Industry

Trade in goods, passenger vehicles under India-U.K. FTA talks: MoS Commerce and Industry

Anupriya Singh Patel. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Trade in goods, including passenger vehicles, is one of the areas under the negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement between India and the U.K., Parliament was informed on December 9. India and the U.K. have so far completed five rounds of negotiations for a proposed free […]

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IIT-Delhi seeks to ‘partner’ with Parliament

IIT-Delhi seeks to ‘partner’ with Parliament

The institute’s director proposes that a group of professors could engage on pressing issues like pollution The institute’s director proposes that a group of professors could engage on pressing issues like pollution Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT-Delhi on Friday said that the institute would like to become a “knowledge partner of Parliament” and has sent across […]

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No update from West Bengal, Tamil Nadu on implementation of NEP 2020: Govt in Lok Sabha

No update from West Bengal, Tamil Nadu on implementation of NEP 2020: Govt in Lok Sabha

West Bengal and Tamil Nadu governments have not shared any information with the Centre on the status of implementation of the National Education Policy in the two states, 2020, according to a written response from the Ministry of Education in the Lok Sabha on Monday. “The States of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu are yet […]

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Two Bills introduced in the Lok Sabha including Bill to amend competition law

Two Bills introduced in the Lok Sabha including Bill to amend competition law

Competition (Amendment) Bill also seeks a limitation period of three years for filing information on anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant position before the CCI Competition (Amendment) Bill also seeks a limitation period of three years for filing information on anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant position before the CCI Two Bills including one to […]

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Over 4,500 faculty  vacancies in IITs across country, govt data shows

Over 4,500 faculty vacancies in IITs across country, govt data shows

There are 4,596 faculty vacancies in IITs, the government told the Rajya Sabha in response to a question by BJP MP C M Ramesh. Meanwhile, responding to CPM MP A A Rahim, the government said since September 2021, 18 IITs recruited 286 teachers. In Bhubaneswar, Bhilai and Roorkee IITs, recruitment is in ‘abeyance’, while on […]

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Morning Digest | India monitoring impact of Zawahiri’s killing;  Modi govt. renews push to reach out to Muslim community, and more

Morning Digest | India monitoring impact of Zawahiri’s killing; Modi govt. renews push to reach out to Muslim community, and more

Central officials assessing impact of Zawahiri’s killing on al-Qaeda’s presence in India   A day after the United States announced that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a drone strike in Kabul on July 30, Indian government officials on Tuesday said they were assessing its impact in India. Centre cuts jet fuel and diesel […]

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