Student groups had demanded tabling of draft Autonomous District Councils Amendment Bill, 2021, in assembly. Instead, state govt introduced 2 different bills, causing outcry.
The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 was withdrawn Wednesday after parliamentary panel recommended 81 changes. Govt is now working on a new ‘comprehensive legal framework’.
Health ministry releases draft guidelines to improve working conditions of nurses, invites comments from public and stakeholders over the next one month.
Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022, passed in the Lok Sabha on 22 July, aims to extend India’s jurisdiction to the country's research stations at the South Pole.
State & UT assemblies passed more than 500 Bills last year, but about half were passed within a day of their introduction, says report. Assemblies sat for just 21 days on average.
Slight rise in precaution dose coverage after vaccines were made free but govt officials cite ‘Covid surge in many countries’ to emphasise need to increase uptake.
One Health, PSA Sood said, will look at humans, wildlife & environment to address gaps in India’s disease surveillance, adding that 6 ministries are already working on it.
27 families part of PM’s special package for Kashmiri Pandits are camping in the open with kids and the elderly after they were evicted from secure accommodation in the Kulgam camp.
As the second regiment of the S-400 Triumf air defence system starts getting delivered, Russia said it expects the serial production of AK 203 rifles in Amethi to begin in late 2022-early 2023.