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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: Parliament

Opposition parties unite over boycott of new Parliament inauguration by PM Modi

Led by Congress, the opposition feels that the building should have been opened by the President or the Vice President.

‘Office of President reduced to tokenism’ — Kharge attacks Modi over Parliament inauguration

Congress chief says Ram Nath Kovind not invited for foundation-laying either, claims election of Dalit and tribal presidents seems to have been done only for ‘electoral reasons'.

Only 26 of 98 textile parks sanctioned by govt since 2005 completed, all targets unmet: CAG report

These parks managed only 30% of targeted employment generation & half of projected investments. Major reasons for poor show were delays in statutory clearances, & land allotment issues.

No-confidence motion against LS Speaker, ‘satyagraha’ — how Congress plans to counter Rahul’s disqualification

TMC unlikely to support no-confidence motion against Speaker. Congress to hold ‘Jai Bharat Satyagraha’ to protest Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification & govt's refusal to JPC on Adani.

Rahul Gandhi disqualified as MP from Parliament a day after conviction in defamation case

Gandhi was convicted for a 2019 speech in which he referred to thieves as having the surname Modi. The court granted him bail immediately and suspended the sentence for a month.

‘Shouldn’t look desperate’: BJP weighs legal aspects before all-out call for Rahul’s disqualification

Party doesn't want Wayanad MP to get 'undue sympathy' but will keep 'building political pressure to corner him through various means'.

Despite manpower issues, nearly 1,400 new posts at National Informatics Centre ‘pending approval since 2014’

NIC plays pivotal role in pushing Modi government’s ambitious Digital India programme, as well as making last-mile delivery of government services to citizens a reality.

‘Misguiding public’: House panel flags ‘predatory pricing’ by domestic airlines, seeks cap on fares

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture, headed by a YSRCP MP, said balance must be maintained between commercial interests of pvt airlines & passengers' interests.

Opposition skips meeting called by Dhankhar to end Parliament logjam. Govt cries ‘humiliation’

Union minister Piyush Goyal accuses Congress of humiliating Rajya Sabha chairman even as Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury attends another meeting on the matter convened by Lok Sabha Speaker.

Why’s BJP taking words of man it often called irrelevant so seriously: Urdu press on Rahul speech row

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.