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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
TopicParliamentary panel

Topic: Parliamentary panel

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.

Disengagement in Ladakh in final stages, top defence officials tell parliamentary panel

The parliamentary panel meeting also witnessed tension as BJP leader Jual Oram locked horns with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the questions being asked.

Revise textbooks with ‘distorted history’, they glorify Mughals — ex-NCERT head to House panel

The parliamentary panel on education was hearing suggestions from former NCERT director J.S. Rajput and representatives of Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal on reforms in textbooks.

Parliamentary panel looking at Data Protection Bill recommends 89 changes, says BJP MP Lekhi

The draft of the bill, approved by the Cabinet in December 2019, proposes to put restriction on use of personal data without explicit consent of citizens.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.