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TopicBudget session

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Poetry, storytelling & Harvard study — how Modi laid into Congress, Rahul Gandhi in LS speech

Modi said UPA years will be known as ‘lost decade’ in India’s growth story & institutions will study end of Congress party and those who brought it down.

‘India better than most due to fearless govt,’ Droupadi Murmu tells Parliament before Budget

This was President Murmu’s first address to a joint House session. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the last full-fledged Budget of the 17th Lok Sabha on 1 February.

World looking at India’s Budget, says Modi as Parliament sits to hear last Budget of NDA 2

Speaking ahead of the Budget Session, the Prime Minister said the Budget Session would be imbued with the principle of ‘India first, citizen first’.

Budget 2023: A ghazal here, a shloka there, the raconteurs who liven up Budget sessions

2nd term of Modi-led NDA govt's tenure has recorded maximum instances of MPs indulging in such oratorical flourishes, according to Lok Sabha website’s debates section.

A minute’s speech, walkout before national anthem: Fresh row over Maharashtra Governor Koshyari

Bhagat Singh Koshyari left the assembly while BJP legislators were demanding Nawab Malik’s ouster & MVA legislators were shouting slogans hailing Chhatrapati Shivaji.

439 terrorists eliminated in J&K after scrapping Article 370, MoS Nityanand Rai informs RS

In a written reply, Rai informed the Parliament Wednesday that 541 terrorism-related incidents have been registered while 98 civilians, 109 security personnel lost their lives.

President Kovind praises Centre’s achievements, fight against Covid ahead of budget

Addressing a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament, Ram Nath Kovind also noted that India has emerged as a 'responsible global voice' on the issue of climate change.

24 sittings, 132 hours, 114% productivity: How Lok Sabha performed this Budget session

A total of 18 bills were passed by the Lok Sabha in the Fifth Session that began on 29 January 2021, according to a Parliament report.

Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die 13 days ahead of scheduled date as Budget Session concludes

Several members of the House had earlier urged the government to curtail the sittings of the Budget session after Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had tested positive for Covid.

TV channels talk about Congress’ walkout, Sudhir Chaudhary foresees protest degrees

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?