Bedlam in Rajya Sabha as it passes 2 key farm bills; book flung at Chair, papers torn by protesting opposition members
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha on Sunday passed two key farm bills amid a bedlam as opposition members charged towards the podium of the presiding officer, flung the rule book at him, tore official papers and heckled him over their demand for a division of vote on their motion to refer the legislation to a select […]
COVID-19: India’s single-day recoveries exceed fresh cases as record 95,880 recuperate
New Delhi: India’s single-day recovery outstripped the number of new infections as nearly 96,000 people recuperated from the novel coronavirus, even as the total caseload went past 53 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The figures released at 8 am showed that while 95,880 people recovered from COVID-19 in a […]
Centre rejects study which claims India is world’s largest emitter of anthropogenic sulphur dioxide
New Delhi: The Environment Ministry on Saturday rejected the findings of a study which claimed that India is the world’s largest emitter of anthropogenic sulphur dioxide (SO2) and informed the Rajya Sabha that 18 units for flue-gas desulphurization were installed in the country. Congress MP Ripun Bora had sought to know whether the government is […]
Parliament’s monsoon session likely to be curtailed, may end by mid-next week
New Delhi : The ongoing monsoon session of Parliament is likely to be curtailed and may end by the middle of next week in view of the threat of the COVID-19 spread among parliamentarians, official sources said on Saturday. At a meeting of the business advisory committee of Lok Sabha, which has floor leaders of […]
Farm bills undermine food security system: Cong
New Delhi: The farm bills brought by the government undermine the food security system, the Congress claimed on Saturday and urged opposition parties to collectively oppose the bills so that they do not become law in their present form. Congress leader and former Union finance minister P Chidambaram said that the Congress’s 2019 poll manifesto […]
COVID-19 tally in India past 52 lakh, recovery rate 78.86%
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally raced past 52 lakh with 96,424 people testing positive in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease rose to 41,12,551 on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country’s recovery rate stands at 78.86 per cent. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 52,14,677, while […]
Landmark agri reform bills to free farmers from clutches of middlemen: Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday for the passage of two crucial bills on agricultural reforms in the Lok Sabha and said the proposed legislations will free farmers from the clutches of middlemen and help them overcome other obstacles. In a series of tweets in […]
Plea against ‘Bindas Bol’: Can media be allowed to target whole set of communities, asks SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday questioned Sudarshan TV over its ‘Bindas Bol’ programme, whose promo had claimed that the channel would show the ‘big expose on conspiracy to infiltrate Muslims in government service’, and asked whether media can be allowed to “target whole set of communities”. The apex court, while hearing a plea which […]
Not providing gadgets, internet to poor students for online classes digital apartheid: HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday directed private as well as government schools like KVs to provide gadgets and an internet package to poor students for online classes, saying not doing so amounts to “discrimination” and creates a “digital apartheid”. To separate such students from others in the same class due to non-availability of […]
Record 97,894 infections pushes India’s COVID-19 tally to over 51 lakh
New Delhi: A record single-day increase of 97,894 infections pushed India’s COVID-19 tally to over 51 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 40 lakh on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 51,18,253, while the death toll climbed to 83,198 with the virus claiming 1,132 […]
