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Shift Of Power In Parliament Post Polls

The increased numbers of the Opposition bloc would mean that their MPs are likely to head several more panels than the four that they did by the end of the term of the 17th Lok Sabha. IMAGE: The......

Is One Nation, One Election A Ploy?

What India needs more than one simultaneous election is better governance both at the central and state level. Yes, we need reforms, but our priority should be to make elections less expensive,......

Atomic bomb survivors group gets Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors for "extraordinary efforts" to "achieve a world free of nuclear......

Govt to amend Wakf law for transparency, women inclusion

The government is all set to bring a Bill in Parliament to amend the 1995 law governing Waqf boards to ensure more accountability and transparency in their functioning and mandatory inclusion of......

Waqf bill BJP ploy to snatch Muslims' rights, will oppose: Oppn

Several Opposition leaders on Monday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government wants to bring a bill for amending the Wakf Act to create a divide in the society and asserted that they......

Health ministry's allocation hiked by 12.59% to Rs 90,659 cr

The Union health ministry has been allocated Rs 90,658.63 crore in the Interim Budget for 2024-2025, a hike of 12.59 percent over 80,517.62 crore in the Budget (revised estimates) for 2023-2024.......

Hopes of sealing India-UK trade deal in Oct may be fading

The hope that the ongoing 13th round of negotiations towards an India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) could conclude with a deal for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to sign off in time for the......

Railway Budget to be history

The Union Budget for 2017 is likely to be presented on February 1. An approval for merging the Railway Budget with the General Budget was accorded by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday.......

Panel grills aviation officials on steep airfares

With airfares spiralling, members of a Parliamentary panel grilled top officials of the Civil Aviation Ministry and demanded quick action to curb overpricing of air tickets. Members of the......

Rs 1,900 crore deficit likely to hit infrastructure projects in FY23

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce has observed that a massive shortfall in the budgetary allocation of over Rs 1,900 crore by the finance ministry to the industry department may have......

In Tokyo, a growing sense of angst over virus-hit Games

IMAGE: The meetings between the Tokyo 2020 organising committee and 'partner companies,' including sponsors, take place regularly. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images For weeks, Olympic......

Sports Shorts: Shiva Thapa in final, five others in semis

IMAGE: India’s Shiva Thapa ((blue) in action. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images. Asian silver-medallist Shiva Thapa (60kg) and Gaurav Bidhuri entered the finals while five other......

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