New Delhi, Dec 20 : As many as 2002 human lives were lost due to hydro-meteorological calamities during 2021 with maximum of them, 489, in Maharashtra, the Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Hydro-meteorological events mean natural hazards such as cyclonic storms/heavy rains/floods/lan […]
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Lok Sabha passes second supplementary demand for grants amid din
New Delhi, Dec 20 : The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the second supplementary demand for grants, authorising the Union government to spend an additional Rs 3.73 lakh crore in the current fiscal, amid continued protests by the Opposition demanding the removal of Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mi […]
Biodiversity Bill referred to Joint Committee of Parliament
New Delhi, Dec 20 : Days after protest by political parties and environmentalists, the government on Monday agreed to refer the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 Bill to a Joint Committee comprising 21 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha. Environment, Forests and Climate Change […]
Amid heated exchange, NDPS Amendment Act gets parliament's nod
New Delhi, Dec 20 : The Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which seeks to replace the Ordinance, was passed by Parliament on Monday with the Rajya Sabha approving the measure amid uproarious scenes in the upper house. The bill was already passed by the Lok Sabh […]
LS likely to pass amendments to laws governing chartered & cost accountants, company secretaries
[**EDS: IMAGE PROVIDED BY HMO** New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairs a Parliamentary Consultative Committee meeting, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. Union Ministers of State Nityanand Rai & Ajay Kumar Mishra, and other dignitaries are also seen. ( /PTI] New Delhi, Dec 21 : T […]
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