New Delhi: A bill to extend the facility of ‘proxy voting’ to overseas Indians, on the lines of service voters, was passed by the Lok Sabha today. The bill now needs to be passed in the Rajya Sabha to be constituted in a law. This will allow non-residents Indian to appoint a proxy voter to cast […]
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New Delhi: Lok Sabha has cleared the Bill sanctioning a punishment from 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to death penalty for a person convicted for raping a minor girl below the age of 12. Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju welcomed this development and said that this will ensure added safety for minor […]
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New Delhi – Lower House of the Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha cleared ‘Goods & Service Tax‘ bill (GST) after the Upper House Rajya Sabha, earlier gave a positive nod for it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence that GST would put an end to the tax terrorism and make consumer ‘The King’. PM Modi thanked […]
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New Delhi – The Rajya Sabha has also approved the ‘Essential Defence Services Bill-2021’, passed with a voice vote in the Lok Sabha. Now, after the President’s signature, the bill will soon become law. This will prevent strikes and tools down in defence-related materials production and other service activities. The government has told Rajya Sabha […]
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New Delhi: The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha, following the Lok Sabha. The Bill was passed by the vote 125 against 105 and will soon be sent to President Ram Nath Kovind for signature. Following the President’s signature, this will be converted into a law. The religious minorities from Pakistan Afghanistan […]
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New Delhi, 23 (PTI): Former Supreme Court Justice, Pinaki Ghose, took oath as the first Lokpal of the country. The laws regarding Lokayukta at the state level and Lokpal at the central level were approved in 2013 for inquiring into allegations of corruption against public representatives and government officials. Although, some Lokayuktas were appointed under […]
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New Delhi: The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, has said that the risk of terrorist attacks using cyberspace and social media has increased to a scale like never before. Intelligence agencies of countries hostile to India are fuelling radicalization and propaganda through borderless cyberspace. The Union MoS for Home Affairs also […]
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New Delhi: The central government is making special efforts to ensure that international transactions happen in Indian Rupee (INR). Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that Reserve Bank has taken necessary steps in this regard. Moreover, Sitharaman gave this information in a written reply to a question asked in the Lok Sabha. Last month, […]
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New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman expressed confidence in the Lok Sabha that there is no possibility of the country landing in recession. The finance minister also pointed out that the World Bank and International Monetary Fund have given the verdict that there is no possibility of a recession in the Indian economy. Finance […]
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New Delhi: Draupadi Murmu became the 15th President of India on Monday after taking the oath given by Chief Justice N. Ramana. Later, she reached the Rashtrapati Bhavan and took over the President’s office from the outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind. “The presidency I got is not my success but the success of every poor […]
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