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Lok Sabha to take up nuclear energy, rural employment bills; multiple comm
Updated : 3 months ago IST
The legislative business includes the introduction of two key bills: The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025, and The Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025. The latter bill aims to provide a sta
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Burnt-Cash Recovery Case: What is Justice Yashwant Varma challenging now?
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Two weeks after the three-member Joint Inquiry Committee issued notice to Justice Yashwant Varma seeking his response to corruption charges that have triggered removal proceedings in the Parliament, the Allahabad High Court judge has moved the Supreme Court challenging the legality of the
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Winter Session: Sonia Gandhi flags vacancies, low pay for ASHA, Anganwadi
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Addressing the Upper House of the Parliament during the Zero Hour, Sonia Gandhi urged the government to ensure "timely remuneration" and double the Centre's contribution to these frontline workers.
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Sonia Gandhi urges govt to improve pay, staffing for ASHA and Anganwadi wo
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday drew the attention of the Rajya Sabha to the ongoing distress faced by women workers implementing critical government programs, including ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers and helpers.
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Several Congress leaders move adjournment motion in Parliament to discuss
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress MP Manickam Tagore submitted an Adjournment Motion notice in the Lok Sabha to discuss air pollution and requested the declaration of a National Public Health Emergency.
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"Sonia Gandhi should apologise": Nadda slams Congress over "Kabar Khudegi"
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Addressing the Upper House, Nadda said the slogans reflected the Congress party's "thinking and mentality" and termed such remarks against a sitting Prime Minister as highly condemnable, holding Sonia Gandhi accountable as the party's senior-most leader.
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Jairam Ramesh slams government's 'shocking insensitivity' on air pollution
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
In a statement, Jairam Ramesh highlighted that the government, in the Rajya Sabha on December 9, had claimed that "there is no conclusive data available in the country to establish direct correlation of death/disease exclusively due to air pollution." He pointed out that a similar claim h
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AIADMK MP IS Inbadurai urges Vigilance Directorate to register FIR against
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
An AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP has urged the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) in Chennai to immediately register an FIR against Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration Minister K N Nehru over allegations of large-scale corruption, tender manipulation, and job racketeering in the
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"RTI reveals liquor licence issued at Siri Fort Sports Complex": AAP MP Sa
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Raising the issue before the House and urging the Union Health Minister to intervene, he said it was "shocking" that the same administration that suspended 28 members in 2018 for drinking inside the complex has now granted a licence for alcohol sales.
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Startup India Schemes support over 1,800 women-led startups across funding
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The Government's flagship Startup India initiatives have provided significant financial support to women-led startups across the country through three major schemes, Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS), Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS), and Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS),
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PLI scheme boosting manufacturing, investments and exports: Jitin Prasada
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) programme, rolled out across multiple priority sectors, has materially improved domestic manufacturing capacities, attracted large-scale investments and supported export growth in participating sectors, Jitin Prasada, Minister of State for Ministry of Co
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Semicon India Programme driving full-scale chip ecosystem, says MoS IT Jit
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The Government's ambitious Semicon India Programme is rapidly building a complete semiconductor ecosystem, from design and fabrication to assembly, testing and packaging, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
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