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TopicMeenakshi Lekhi

Topic: Meenakshi Lekhi

MoS Lekhi disowns Parliament reply, leaves govt red-faced. MEA then says ‘technical correction’ needed

MEA website now says correction needed to reflect that response was by MoS V. Muraleedharan, not Lekhi. Opposition uses issue to get back at govt over Mahua Moitra's expulsion.

MoS Meenakshi Lekhi denies signing LS reply on designating Hamas as terror group, calls for inquiry

Answer attributed to Lekhi is available on both Lok Sabha and MEA websites. It refers to designation of an organisation as terrorist being covered under UAPA.

India provided template for digital governance to the world, says Meenakshi Lekhi at tech summit

At Global Technology Summit, minister of state for external affairs says India set geopolitical standard of putting 'people above corporate interests' in digital governance during Covid.

Pride in nation’s roots & awareness of past have become force behind India’s rise, says Navy chief 

Admiral R. Hari Kumar, speaking at keel-laying ceremony of stitched ship in Goa, said Navy had initiated ‘measures to shed colonial vestiges and reconnect with India’s civilisational values’.

India believes in working for mankind & not causing disruption: MoS External Affairs Lekhi

Addressing members of the Indian-American community in New York Wednesday, MoS Meenakshi Lekhi described them as 'ambassadors of India' and thanked them for their efforts.

Soldiers still in stand-off in Ladakh, CDS Rawat & BJP MP Lekhi flag off Chinese car in Delhi

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

24 MPs test positive, including Rajasthan BJP leader who advised mud baths to boost immunity

As many as 17 Lok Sabha and seven Rajya Sabha MPs tested positive on the first day of the Parliament’s monsoon session.

Uddhav Thackeray does a Yogi on Adityanath, Trump’s new corona language & Lekhi’s generosity

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Meenakshi Lekhi thanks Modi, Mufti calls out ‘Jekyll & Hyde’, Paresh Rawal’s Rohingya logic

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

To use or not use Modi’s face against Kejriwal in Delhi polls. BJP can’t decide

Delhi is no Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra or Haryana, where the BJP has powerful regional leaders.

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Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.