Nobel laureate and economist Muhammad Yunus took the oath on Thursday night, three days after Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post of Prime Minister and left the country amid widespread unrest.
On the 83rd anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore's death, Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh said that Tagore's legacy is disrespected every day.
The Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling on August 1, ruled that states have the power to sub-classify SCs and STs and said that the authority concerned, while deciding if the class is adequately represented, must calculate adequacy based on effective and not quantitative representation.
Recent flash floods and catastrophic cloudbursts in Himachal Pradesh have led to a severe crisis in the state. The state continues to grapple with the aftermath of the floods, and the need for effective disaster management and support remains critical. Leader of opposition and BJP leader Jai
Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh on Sunday slammed the Centre for jeopardizing the "future of millions of India's youths" and making the National Testing Agency "a mere revenue-raising exercise."
47 people are still missing in various parts of the state including 36 missing in the Samej area In the Rampur Region of Shimla district. Rescue and search operations are continued in the region.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the Kerala government could have minimized the losses in Wayanad if they had become alert after the Central government's warning about potential landslides and the risk of people's lives.
Refuting allegations made by West Bengal CM, Sitharaman, while replying to Jairam Ramesh on X, said that the former spoke her full time and her mic was not switched off in between at the NITI Aayog's meeting on Saturday.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Saturday lashed out at NITI Aayog, accusing it of being 'blatantly partisan', and claimed that the advisory body has not fulfilled its intended purpose of promoting cooperative federalism.
After a row erupted over Charanjit Singh Channi's statement on jailed MP Amritpal Singh, the Indian National Congress on Thursday said that the views expressed by him were his own.