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Topic: Parliamentary panel

Make arts education mandatory till Class 10, rid it of ‘colonial mindset’, Parliament panel says

In report to Parliament, standing committee on education, women, children, youth and sports says art education should emphasise on Indian traditional and folk arts.

Only one woman in marriage bill panel deplorable. Don’t repeat history of underrepresentation

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3 yrs, 17 hearings, but no SC decision on reinstating MP woman ex-judge who was ‘harassed’

The woman judge from MP had moved SC seeking her reinstatement after a parliamentary panel said her transfer was ‘punitive’. Her next date of hearing is on January 12. 

Plans afoot to have 4 cut-off dates for new voters to enrol: ECI tells parliamentary panel

Currently, only an individual who has attained the age of 18 years as on 1 January 2021 or before is eligible to be enrolled in the voters' list.

Need to regulate, not ban cryptocurrency, Parliament panel members & experts suggest

Industry experts and members expressed concern over ads promoting cryptocurrency, said there is a need for checks & balances.

‘Accentuate’ vaccination for students & teachers to reopen schools, panel of MPs suggests

Panel notes that confinement of children in the house, being unable to attend school, has altered relationship between parent & children adversely. It has disturbed country's social fabric, resulting in early child marriages.

Facebook, Google officials depose before parliamentary panel over misuse of social media

Facebook and Google officials had been summoned by a parliamentary panel chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, focused on safeguarding citizens' rights on social media platforms.

Govt must speak in one voice about 3rd wave, differing views causing panic, says panel of MPs

Standing Committee on Home Affairs Monday said the temporary infrastructure set up during second Covid wave should not be dismantled so that the govt isn't caught off guard again.

Parliament panel had asked Centre to ramp up production capacity of Covid vaccines in March

A 31-member committee chaired by Congress' Jairam Ramesh had made the recommendation in its report tabled in the Parliament on 8 March. The panel comprised of 14 BJP members.

Parliamentary panel asks govt to assess need for new law giving more power to CBI

The recommendation came after CBI apprised the panel that its investigations are impeded by the withdrawal of general consent by states, mainly those ruled by opposition parties.

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Wealth creators in India have been the favourite whipping boys. Ambani-Adani are the new ones

It used to be Tatas and Birlas in the loose political rhetoric of the 1970s and the 1980s. Today, it is Adani and Ambani in the heated Lok Sabha election campaign.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla takes charge as Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy

His tenure as Chief of Personnel will be marked by a number of important appointments, both afloat and ashore.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.