The Joint Parliamentary Committee consists of members from Lok Sabha including Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Manish Tewari, NCP's Supriya Sule, TMC's Kalyan Banerjee and BJP's PP Chaudhary, Bansuri Swaraj and Anurag Singh Thakur.
He said that the efforts of the JPC will be to reach a consensus and scrutinise the bills in an "unbiased" manner. Chaudhary, who is the JPC chairperson, highlighted that the parliamentary panel will hear from every stakeholder in this matter.
The first meeting of the JPC on One Nation One Election will be held today. BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal supports the bill, while JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha expresses backing with certain conditions. The proposal aims to hold simultaneous elections across the country.
The officials from the Law and Justice Ministry are scheduled to brief the parliamentary panel, tasked to scrutinise the bills proposing simultaneous elections, during the meeting.
India Exim Bank (Export-Import Bank of India) has raised USD 1 billion by issuing 10-year bonds in the international market, the bank announced on Tuesday. This makes it the first Indian organisation to issue dollar bonds in 2025.
Microsoft will make a USD 3 billion investment in India for cloud and AI infrastructure over the next two years, chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, informed from the stage at the Microsoft AI Tour in Bengaluru.
This event, themed "The Runway to a Billion Opportunities," aims to foster global partnerships, promote indigenisation, and explore new avenues in the global aerospace value chain.
Government data suggests, India's overall energy consumption also increased by 6 per cent YoY in December 2024, reaching 130.40 billion units (BUs). This growth reflects heightened industrial and commercial activity, driving demand in IEX's markets.
The industrial and warehousing segment emerged as the top contributor, attracting USD 2.5 billion in investments, a staggering 190 per cent increase compared to 2023. This accounted for 39 per cent of the total inflows, surpassing the office segment, which garnered USD 2.3 billion or 36 per
According to a recent report by global Internet monitor Top10VPN.com, Pakistan faced highest economic losses in the world due to Internet outages in 2024, with total losses amounting to USD 1.62 billion. The amount was more than losses faced in conflict-hit nations like Sudan and Myanmar.
This includes a series of transportation projects of an "unprecedented scale" in the western Negev region, and especially in the areas of settlement that were hit in the terrorist massacre of October 7.
In the week that ended December 27, the country's foreign exchange kitty declined by USD 4.112 billion to USD 640.279 billion, data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed.