Deem Bill pending in RS as lapsed: M. Venkaiah Naidu
Expressing concerns over the pendency of bills, Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu has suggested that any bill pending for more than five years in the Rajya …
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Supreme Court halts road works through tiger reserves
The Supreme Court has halted further construction of the Kandi road project. The Kandi Road Project seeks to connect Ramnagar in Kumaon to Kotdwar in Garhwal. The construction of the …
Read MoreOnly one in four received PM-KISAN money
The Union Agriculture Minister has said that only one in four of the intended beneficiaries have received income support from the PM-Kisan scheme so far. The reason cited for the …
Read MoreHuman trafficking within borders especially challenging issue: U.S. report
The USA has retained India in Tier 2 list of countries in 2019 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The report categorises countries into three groups based on the Trafficking Victims …
Read MoreIndia’s NSG membership not on Kazakhstan meeting agenda,says China
China has stated that the issue regarding India’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group(NSG) was not on the agenda of the plenary of the NSG that concluded in Nur-Sultan formerly …
Read MoreOperation Bandar, code name of Balakot strike
According to defence sources, the Indian Air Force mission to bomb a terrorist hideout in Pakistan’s Balakot was codenamed ‘Operation Bandar’ (monkey). The Army, in turn, code-named its heightened operational …
Read MoreAmid protests, triple talaq Bill introduced
The government has introduced The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019, also known as the Triple ‘talaq’ Bill in the Lok Sabha. The government promulgated an ordinance …
Read MoreDespite MSME objections, govt moves plan to curb special steel imports
The Ministry of Steel is piloting a proposal to slap quality control regulations on tinplate and tin-free steel. Tinplate steel are sheets of steel coated with a thin layer of …
Read MoreKaleshwaram Lift irrigation project inaugurated
Kaleshwaram Multipurpose Lift Irrigation Project on River Godavari has been inaugurated by Telangana Chief Minister. It is being touted as world’s largest multi-stage, multi-purpose lift irrigation project. The project is …
Read MoreCancer cell detection ‘dots’ developed from coal in Assam
Scientists from CSIR-NEIST Assam have developed chemical process that turns dirty coal into biomedical carbon quantum dots(CQDs) to help detect cancer cells. Carbon Quantum Dots(CQDs) are carbon-based nanomaterials whose size …
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