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IMA calls off strike after NMC Bill sent to select committee
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday called off their strike, held to protest against the National Medical Commission Bill, 2017, till the Parliament's standing committee takes a decision on it.
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Triple Talaq Bill doesn't have clarity, says CPM
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Mangalore (Karnataka) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) on Tuesday said the party did not concur with the Triple Talaq Bill brought by the Central Government as it had no clarity.
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'India possesses tidal energy worth approximately 8,000MW'
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): The Minister of State (IC) for Power and New and Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh, claimed that as per a recent study, there is an estimated potential of about 8,000 megawatts (MW) of tidal energy in India.
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National Medical Commission will affect future docs, patients: IMA Preside
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): The National Medical Commission (NMC) is going to affect future doctors and patients, said Dr Ravi Wankhedkar, President, Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday.
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Bitcoins not legal tender in India, reiterates Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Amid reports of the rising presence of bitcoins and other forms of virtual currencies (VCs) in India, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday reiterated that the former are not accepted as a lawful and legal tender in India.
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Jaitley, Chidambaram spar over NPAs in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram questioned the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led Central Government on the issue of Non-Performing Assets (NPA) in the Rajya Sabha (RS) on Tuesday, asking for data to prove that loans sanctioned during the Unite
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IMA terms National Medical Commission draconian, undemocratic
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Jan. 02 (ANI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday termed the National Medical Commission as draconian and undemocratic.
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Medical Commission Bill: Health ministry exchanged views with IMA
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): As the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for a strike against the National Medical Commission Bill, Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Tuesday said that the ministry had a discussion with the association regarding the issue yesterday.
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Ex IMA chief says Medical Commission Bill 'gateway for corruption'
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): Former president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) KK Agarwal on Tuesday said that the National Medical Commission Bill, which will be tabled in the Rajya Sabha today, would open gateway for future corruption.
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BJP issues three line whip for MPs
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday issued a three line whip for all its Lok Sabha (LS) and Rajya Sabha (RS) MPs.
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Triple talaq bill to be tabled in Rajya Sabha today
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 02 (ANI): The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017 seeking to criminalise instant divorce, triple talaq, is set to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
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Triple Talaq victim supports provision of punishment in Bill
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 02 (ANI): A victim of instant Triple Talaq, Farhana has welcomed the provision of punishment in the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017 that seeks to criminalise this practice of divorce, ahead of its tabling in the Rajya Sabha.
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