Parties such as Congress, TMC, Shiv Sena want discussion on farm laws in Budget Session. Chirag Paswan's LJP and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party didn’t attend the meeting.
The Budget session of Parliament, which will be held in two parts, is starting from 29 January to 15 February, with the second part scheduled for 8 March.
Both Houses of Parliament are likely to sit in shifts, with Rajya Sabha meeting in the forenoon and Lok Sabha in the evening as part of Covid health measures.
The 54-day session had Amit Shah written all over it as he “integrated” J&K with India by revoking Article 370 & pulverised the opposition in Parliament.
The government is receptive to the issues raised by all political parties, said PM Modi in an all-party meeting a day ahead of the beginning of the budget session.
The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.
The Asian Development Outlook 2024 report suggests that policymakers in the region should monitor a number of risks. These include escalating conflicts and geopolitical tensions.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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