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Activists differ on bill to raise age of marriage for women, house panel t
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports on Monday discussed the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, which proposes to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21.
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Australian house panel recommends govt to counter Chinese state-backed har
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], March 28 (ANI): The Australian parliament's Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security last week released its long-awaited report examining foreign interference at Australian universities.
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US House committee seeks cooperation from top House Republican
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The U.S. House panel investigating the January 6 Capitol riot on Wednesday asked House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for a voluntary interview and records in his possession that is related to the attack.
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Health Ministry along with NTAGI, NEGVAC, should assess need for Covid-19
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): In view of the threat posed by the new Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has recommended that the Health Ministry in coordination with the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) and Natio
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US House panel probing Jan 6 Capitol riot seeks Trump records
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI): The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol is seeking a trove of documents and communications from the Trump administration, giving the White House record keepers and other agencies two weeks to turn over information on a lengthy l
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House panel arrives in Kashmir to assess road, travel and hospitality sect
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 21 (ANI): The parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture arrived in Kashmir on Wednesday on a three-day visit to make an assessment of road, travel and hospitality sectors.
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Make plan under NDMA, Epidemic Act for quick response to COVID-like crisis
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): A national plan should be formulated under National Disaster Management Act (NDMA), 2005 and Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 for co-ordination between the centre, states and UTs for quick response to a crisis like a coronavirus in future, the Parliamentar
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Rahul Gandhi urges Lok Sabha Speaker to protect right of MPs to speak free
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The Rahul Panel Meet row took a new turn on Thursday when Congress MP Rahul Gandhi wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla saying that he was not allowed to speak freely at the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and sought his inte
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Renuka Chowdhury slams Javadekar for criticising Rahul Gandhi for walking
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury on Thursday slammed Union Minister Prakash Javadekar for criticising Rahul Gandhi for walking out of a meeting of the parliamentary committee on defence.
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Lack of testing facilities in rural areas resulted in underreporting of CO
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): A parliamentary panel has lauded the ramping up of COVID-19 testing facilities in the country but noted that the testing facilities are mainly limited to bigger districts and cities and "lack of testing facilities in rural areas has also resulted in the
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Paytm, Google representatives appear before house panel on personal data p
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 30 (ANI): Representatives of Paytm and Google on Thursday appeared before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) which is deliberating upon the various facets of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019.
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US House panel to start work on resolution holding Pompeo in contempt
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US]. August 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday that Chairman Eliot Engel will begin to work on a resolution to hold Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in contempt over his refusal to provide documents about the alleged polit
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