The Maritime Anti-Piracy Bill, 2022 was passed with voice vote after a discussion in which members posed their queries and gave suggestions. Lok Sabha passed the bill on Monday
Madrid-based human rights organization, Safeguard Defenders, in its 21-page report, titled "110 Overseas - Chinese TransNational Policing Gone Wild" has revealed the presence of dozens of Chinese police "service stations" in major cities around the world.
Rajya Sabha on Wednesday returned the Appropriation (No 5) Bill, 2022 and the Appropriation (No 4) Bill, 2022, authorising payment of certain sums from the Consolidated Fund of India for the current financial year.
As per the report, the new bill "fits very well with the Chinese playbook of "salami slicing and gobbling up the territories" to advance its own geostrategic ambitions.
"The Ministry of External Affairs held several rounds of extensive inter-ministerial consultations with the concerned departments of the Government of India to incorporate all the recommendations of the standing committee in the bill. The amendments were drafted and finalized with the concur
Earlier on Monday, the Lok Sabha passed the bill that seeks to provide an effective legal instrument to combat piracy not only in territorial waters and the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) but also on the high seas.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday said that the notification of the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill 2022, which was passed during the last budget session, has now been issued by framing the rules of the act.
"The fact that we have partnerships with both countries makes us - of course leaves us not wanting to see a war of words between India and Pakistan. We would like to see constructive dialogue between India and Pakistan. We think that is for the betterment of the Pakistani people, for the
ASI's Superintending Archaeologist (Agra circle) Raj Patel told ANI, "A notice for water tax and one for property tax has been issued. The property tax is around Rs 1.40 Lakh and the water tax is around Rs 1 crore".
Chidambaram also asked about infrastructure being built by China along the LAC on its side and said if buffer zones along LAC meant that Indian forces cannot patrol to the earlier points.