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12 Bills Passed, 11 Without Debate: Parliament’s Monsoon Session Ends at 19% Lok Sabha Productivity
12 Bills Passed, 11 Without Debate: Parliament’s Monsoon Session Ends at 19% Lok Sabha Productivity
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Bills became laws while debate virtually disappeared. After 19 sittings dominated by protests over NEET, the student crackdown and alleged Ram Temple donation theft, Parliament’s Monsoon Session ended ...
‘Constitution in Hand, But Didn’t Allow House to Function’: Nirmala Sitharaman Slams Opposition
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The Finance Minister accused the Opposition of invoking the Constitution while repeatedly disrupting Parliament, after a stormy Monsoon Session in which 12 Bills were passed but only one was debated
US Puts India on Tariff-Dodging Watchlist in ‘Great Transhipment Scam’ Crackdown
3 min read
A new White House report has placed India among more than 40 economies vulnerable to the rerouting of Chinese goods to evade US tariffs. Washington is now threatening tougher customs checks, retrospec ...
‘Judiciary Doesn’t Decide for Any Side’: CJI Surya Kant Says Constitution, Not Politics, Guides Courts
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Defending judicial intervention and the courts’ use of PILs and suo motu powers, the Chief Justice said protecting the Constitution and extending its promises to those unable to reach the courts is no ...
BJP Shifts into UP Poll Mode: Nitin Nabin Sounds Out MPs, Surveys Begin for Candidates
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With Uttar Pradesh heading towards another high-stakes Assembly battle, the BJP has begun constituency-level surveys and one-on-one consultations with MPs to map voter mood, identify local faultlines ...
Nanded Attack: Rajnath Singh Dials Sukhbir Badal, Calls Ideological Violence ‘Reprehensible’
3 min read
The SAD chief suffered a 4-5 cm wound on his forearm after a sewadar allegedly attacked him as he left the gurdwara. A security officer was also injured protecting him. The attack comes nearly two yea ...
Palm Oil in Your Biscuits and Namkeen? Centre Says It’s Safe, Legal Under FSSAI Rules
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Amid questions over palm oil in processed foods, the government says it is a standardised edible oil permitted in packaged products under FSSAI regulations, while manufacturers must clearly disclose i ...
Maharashtra Puts AI to Work: 2,500 Officials to Use Sarvam’s Indus Across Departments
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From drafting government notes and translating documents to analysing data and digging through old records, Maharashtra is taking sovereign AI into everyday administration, with data staying within In ...
Air India Orders Mandatory Pilot Drug Screening After Phuket-Delhi Flight’s 300-Foot Plunge
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The airline has begun screening all group pilots for prohibited substances and unauthorised medications as investigators probe the August 4 incident that injured 24 people. A preliminary AAIB report i ...