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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
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Topic: Parliamentary Committee

Parliamentary panel flags black-marketing of remdesivir, govt says ‘taking action’

The standing committee on home affairs met Wednesday during which members also suggested revisiting the archaic Epidemic Disease Act, 1897.

Bring ‘specialised generalists’ into civil services, Parliamentary panel tells Modi govt

In its report, the panel also suggested grouping ministries into clusters and assigning civil servants with domain-specific knowledge to specific clusters.

Purpose of Central Administrative Tribunal far from being achieved: Parliamentary panel

In its report tabled in Rajya Sabha, panel says CAT was set up with objective to provide speedy justice but over 48,000 cases are still pending disposal.

Parliamentary panel to quiz Home Ministry, Delhi Police on JNU attack, crime in capital

Delhi Police's role on 5 January has come under the scanner following allegations it stood by at JNU's gates when masked mobs attacked students inside campus.

Pragya Thakur nominated to Defence Ministry’s Parliamentary Consultative Committee

Farooq Abdullah, Chhedi Paswan, Supriya Sule, Sharad Pawar and JP Nadda have also been nominated to the 21-member body that will be chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Question Hour for Modi: Why Parliament must fix a time for PM to answer questions

Time has come to amend parliamentary rules to ensure PM Modi answers members’ questions related to the ministries held by him.

In a rush to pass bills, 17th Lok Sabha is not scrutinising future laws enough

Narendra Modi government intends to get Parliament’s approval on 40 bills before the two houses adjourn on 26 July.

There was major failure by rating agencies in IL&FS crisis, Parliamentary panel says

Panel questions highest rating to debt instruments of IL&FS group even when the company was highly leveraged and at the brink of default.

After ‘smashing Brahminical patriarchy’, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey to face Brahmin MPs

Jack Dorsey has been summoned by a Parliamentary panel over Twitter's 'bias' against Right-wing handles. But its powers are limited, given its report has mere "persuasive value".

Why India’s Parliament should avoid standoffs with Twitter on unimportant issues

Jack Dorsey has no stake in upholding the dignity of India’s Parliament. Our parliamentarians, on the other hand, are sworn to it.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.