The list approved by President Droupadi Murmu included 30 women and eight persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and nine posthumous awardees.
Performance by 6 MPs will be part of dinner hosted by Vice President Naidu for 72 RS members. While some of them retired in March, 19 will retire in April & rest in coming months till August.
According to the latest directions, 50% of officials and staff below the rank of under secretary or executive officer are required to work from home till the end of this month.
Observing that hate speeches are against ethos & constitutional rights, Naidu said secularism is in the blood of every Indian and the country is respected for its culture & heritage.
Mody's appointment raised eyebrows since incumbent SG P.P.K. Ramacharyulu was appointed just over 2 months back & was considered close to RS Chairman, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu.
In letter to V-P Venkaiah Naidu, Congress’ Ramesh requests to move privilege motion against Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy. The appointment was made by his predecessor.
The vice president, who is the ex-officio president of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), made these remarks at the 19th meeting of its governing council.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Naidu said he was told MPs are in Delhi but weren't present in the House. He also said attending the session enhances understanding of Parliament procedures.
The Press in a liberal democracy has to be a forum for the expression of different points of view. It must not suppress, taint or adulterate news, wrote Sachin Sen in 1960.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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