It is learnt opposition party & govt arrived at consensus during meetings held last week. But, its demand to chair panels on home affairs, finance & defence was rejected.
‘Motivations obvious’, says Jairam Ramesh, calls move a ‘deliberate insult’ to Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests & Climate Change, which he chairs.
In a report tabled Wednesday, Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT admonished the govt for what it described as vagueness of the rules and lack of safeguards.
The standing committee on IT has unanimously adopted its report on Ethical Standards in Media. The report will be tabled in the winter session of the Parliament.
Department-related parliamentary panels are constituted in Sept every year. Opposition says the delay is a reflection of the govt's 'overall attitude about the functioning of Parliament'.
Standing Panel on Rural Development says the department should ensure the funds reach on time. The department stated 98.7% of fund transfer orders are generated within 15 days.
According to sources, a debate over whether there should be some uniformity across all armed services, as is the case in the US, triggered an argument in the meeting.
Facebook India head Ajit Mohan says platform has removed 22.5 million hate speech posts globally, but doesn't respond to suggestions of an India-specific standard for the same.
Shashi Tharoor sent a letter to the LS Speaker against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for making ‘disparaging remarks’, while the latter alleged Tharoor violated Parliament rules.
Across the varied reading of the NSS in Chinese media, one thread recurs: The more Trump leans toward isolationism, the more volatile the global order is likely to become.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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