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US House fails to pick Speaker on first ballot for first time in a century
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
US House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed to attain the required number of votes to succeed Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) as a Speaker on the first ballot thus sending the House to a second ballot for the first time in a century, The New York Post reported.
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Mexico's Supreme Court elects first female president
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
With 34 years of experience in the Federal Judiciary (PJF), Hernandez outnumbered four candidates and she received six votes against five for Minister Alfredo Gutierrez Ortiz Mena.
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Nepal PM Prachanda set to face vote of confidence on January 10
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Fifteen days after the formation of the government, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal also known as Prachanda is set to take the vote of confidence on January 10.
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Netanyahu slams "despicable" UN vote on Palestine
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Notably, the draft resolution 'Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem' was adopted by a recorded vote on Friday, with 87 votes in favour, 26 against and 53 abstentions, including India.
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'Opposition has embarrassed itself': Maharashtra BJP chief on motion again
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday claimed that 20-25 Opposition MLAs will go with the ruling alliance of Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena and the BJP if the no-confidence motion against the Speaker tabled in the Assembly comes to a vote.
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Benjamin Netanyahu sworn in as Israel's prime minister
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Netanyahu, 73, took the oath after Israel's parliament, or Knesset, passed a vote of confidence in his new government. Out of the 120 members, 63 voted in favour of the new government, The Times of Israel reported.
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Congress does theatrics to get Hindu votes; Mallikarjun Kharge not face, b
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Taking a potshot at the Congress' ongoing padyatra, Trivedi said that "Congress does theatrics to get Hindu votes, and then Hindus turn into Taliban, Pakistan... terrorists for Congress."
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EC develops prototype to enable domestic migrants vote remotely
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
o encourage domestic migrants to exercise their franchise, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday informed about a prototype Multi-Constituency Remote Electronic Voting Machine (RVM), which would enable migrant voters to vote from remote polling stations.
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Year Ender 2022: Imran Khan's ouster as Prime Minister led to political in
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
This year, Pakistan witnessed a political and constitutional crisis as opposition parties filed a no-confidence vote against then-PM Imran Khan in April.
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'I never say that you are Lodhi, you vote for BJP,' says BJP leader Uma Bh
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Uma Bharti made the above remark while addressing a program Yuvak-Yuvati Parichay Sammelan organised at Manas Bhawan in the state capital, Bhopal on December 25. Nonetheless, a purported video of the incident has gone viral on social media.
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76% Punjab voters have shared Aadhaar details for linking with EPIC: CEO
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The process of voluntary submission of Aadhaar details for linking with voter ID cards, part of a drive launched at the behest of the Election Commission (EC), has received a positive response in Punjab, with over 76 per cent of voters already furnishing their Aadhaar details, according to a
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Israeli Knesset passes controversial Deri, Smotrich Laws, legislative blit
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The bills, referred to as the "Deri Law" and "Smotrich Laws" have been key demands by the Shas and Religious Zionism parties. Following an all-night Knesset debate, lawmakers passed the bills together by a vote of 63-55.
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