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India's foreign exchange earnings via tourism rise 107 pc in 2022
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
India received 6.19 million Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during 2022 as compare to 1.52 million during the same period of 2021, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Development of North-Eastern Region G Kishan Reddy said. Reddy was quoting latest data from the Bureau of Immigration in a reply
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"Rich get richer and the poor get poorer": Kapil Sibal responds to PM Modi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, Sibal posted, "PM: "BJP lives for social justice and follows it in letter and spirit." Facts: 1) 40 per cent of the wealth created from 2012-2021 went to only 1 per cent of the population 2) In 2022 Adani's wealth increased 46 per cent 3) 64 per cent of GST came from th
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Parliament's Budget session marked by acrimony between government, opposit
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die on Thursday and registered low productivity
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1,340 stations set up for monitoring air quality in 489 cities: Centre
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As many as 1,340 monitoring stations have been set up for monitoring ambient air quality in 489 cities and towns of the country, the Union Government told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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Extending Rajani Patil's suspension from RS 'disgraceful treatment', 'gros
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Kharge said in his letter that he was "most distressed" with the Chairman's observation
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Govt formulated plans to rehabilitate people from low-lying coastal areas:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The central government has formulated plans to rehabilitate people from low-lying coastal areas who may be adversely impacted due to rising sea levels in the coming decade, Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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"It's Chairman's constitutional right, but what about mine?" Congress MP R
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Rajani Ashokrao Patil whose suspension from the House was extended on Thursday said that she expected justice from Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.
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Congress Rajya Sabha MP Rajani Ashokrao Patil to remain suspended: Chairma
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Rajani Ashokrao Patil will continue to remain suspended from the House beyond the current Budget Session and till the House has the benefit of the recommendations by the Privileges Committee, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Thursday.
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Budget Session: 34 pc productivity of Lok Sabha, 24.4 pc of Rajya Sabha
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die on Thursday, bringing an end to the Budget Session that registered very low productivity of 34 per cent in the Lower House and 24.4 per cent in the Upper House.
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Parliament Budget Session: Lok Sabha adjourned sine die, Rajya Sabha till
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Today is the last day of the Budget Session which has been an absolute washout with the Opposition demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Hindenburg report and the BJP demanding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's apology for his remarks on Savarkar and insulting Prime Minister Naren
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RS Chairman rejects Kharge's point of order against Goyal, Coastal Aquacu
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In the Rajya Sabha, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar rejected the 'point of order' raised by Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Union Minister Piyush Goyal's demand for an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in the United Kingdom. Goyal had not named Gandhi.
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185 persons from outside J-K bought land in Kashmir in 3 yrs: MoS Home Nit
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister for State Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha that a total of 185 persons from outside the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have bought land in the UT during the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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