Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Anti-maritime Piracy Bill, 2019 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.
The exercise to bring in Telecom Bill and Digital Data Protection Bill is in a "very advanced stage" and is likely to be tabled in Parliament during the next Monsoon Session, said the Union minister of communications and electronics, and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw.
The Appropriation Bill gives power to the government to withdraw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India for meeting the expenditure during the financial year.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama will move both the Bills in the afternoon. These Bills will be moved to the Upper House for consideration and return to the Lok Sabha where these have already been passed.
Former external affairs minister Natwar Singh on Sunday come down heavily on Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari over his remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him an 'immature politician'.
Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Sunday slammed Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari over his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he doesn't deserve to be the foreign minister of Pakistan.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said that SC/ST Reservation Ordinance Replacement Bill is one among a set of bills to be introduced in a session of the State Legislature to be held at the Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi from tomorrow.
To be built on 5,000 acres of land, the Knowledge City will include the best universities of the world. Besides, Star Consortium will provide data centre and logistics services in the state whereas SLG will build Capital Data Center. With these investment proposals and MoUs, thousands of emp