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‘Your bad days are coming… I curse you’: Livid Jaya Bachchan lashes out at govt in Rajya Sabha

In discussion on NDPS (Amendment) Bill, SP MP Jaya Bachchan loses cool over ‘nasty remark’ made by a member, on the day daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai was questioned by ED.

Controversial FRDI bill being ‘fine-tuned’, likely to make a comeback in 2022-23

Finance ministry in process of finalising certain provisions like the ‘bail-in’ clause, which had triggered uproar that forced the legislation to be withdrawn in 2018.

Jairam Ramesh writes to Speaker as govt ‘bypasses’ standing committee on Biodiversity Act tweak

‘Motivations obvious’, says Jairam Ramesh, calls move a ‘deliberate insult’ to Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests & Climate Change, which he chairs.

No income bar, free OPD — why Odisha says its health insurance scheme trumps Ayushman Bharat

Odisha hasn’t implemented Modi govt’s Ayushman Bharat, claiming the homegrown Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) is better. ThePrint travelled across the state to find out how it works.

‘Personal’ to be dropped from Data Protection Bill name. Here’s what else Parliament panel wants

Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, submitted its final report Thursday, two years after it was set up, with a slew of recommendations.

Delhi to deregister all diesel vehicles older than 10 years on 1 January

The Delhi transport department said owners will have the option to convert their 10-year-old diesel or 15-year-old petrol vehicles to electric ones if they want to continue using them.

No data on mob lynchings, but it’s states’ job to prevent them, Modi govt tells Rajya Sabha

MoS Home Nityanand Rai's written reply to TMC MP Jawhar Sircar's question also lists advisories govt has sent to states to prevent mob lynching and bring culprits to book.

MVA govt seeks postponement of local bodies elections over OBC reservation issue

State Congress president Nana Patole also said that the state govt should take up the collection of data related to the OBCs immediately and ensure their political reservation stays.

Cryptocurrency Bill might not come up in Winter Session, Modi govt ‘doesn’t want to rush it’

Finance ministry officials indicate that given its wide ramifications, government may take time to align the bill with an international framework on cryptocurrency regulations.

Non-residents bought 7 plots of land in J&K since ban was lifted, all in Jammu: Govt tells RS

Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai gave this information in the Rajya Sabha in response to a question by Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP Jharna Das Baidya.

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?