BUSINESS
Axis My India plans two-way communication and facilitation platform to link citizens, government, firms
The platform, likely to be launched by next January, will help the government and companies disseminate and gather information in multiple languages.
POLITICS
Explained | Caste-based census in India: Why is there a growing demand?
From 1951 to 2011, every census in India has published the population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, comprising the Dalits and the Adivasis, along with the gamut of data including religions, languages, socio-economic status, etc. It, however, has never counted OBC’s which roughly constitute about 52 percent of the country’s population.
POLITICS
Kalyan Singh was the face of the Ram Mandir movement who helped BJP boost its Hindutva agenda in Uttar Pradesh
Though Singh switched sides and quit BJP two times in between, yet he would never shy from admitting that he was proud of his decision to deny permission on whether police should act on kar sewaks during the demolition of Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992.
INDIA
India will have its best-ever performance at Tokyo Paralympics: Arhan Bagati, country's first Deputy Chef De Mission
Bagati, who at 22 is the youngest Deputy Chef De Mission in the world at the Tokyo Paralympics, has been the Awareness and Impact Ambassador for Paralympics in India since 2015
POLITICS
Who is Amrullah Saleh, the former spy who declared himself legitimate 'caretaker president' of Afghanistan?
48-year-old former spy, Saleh has been organising support to resist the Taliban in the country. Ahmad Massoud, son of slain anti-Taliban commander, Ahmad Shah Massoud has promised to side with him.
POLITICS
Why Meghalaya is tense after a former militant's death
The sequence of events that unfolded after the killing led to the resignation of state’s Home Minister Lahkmen Rymbui. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma’s government has called for a probe into the incident as the situation remains tense amid deployment of central paramilitary forces in Shillong.
POLITICS
Lok Sabha productivity drops to 22 percent, 76 hours lost to disruptions in Rajya Sabha in Monsoon Session
Last year’s Monsoon Session held amid COVID-19 in September, saw 167 percent business productivity in Lok Sabha and 100.47 per cent in Rajya Sabha.
POLITICS
Explained: What is the Constitution (127th) Amendment Bill, 2021 passed in Lok Sabha and why did the Opposition support it?
The Amendment was necessitated after the Supreme Court in its Maratha reservation ruling in May 2021 upheld the 102nd Constitutional Amendment Act.
POLITICS
Lok Sabha passes Bill to restore states' powers over OBC list ; Opposition extends support
The Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill received support from all Opposition parties after more than three weeks of constant disruptions in both the Houses over the Pegasus Project report, farm reform laws and price rise in the Monsoon Session of Parliament that began on July 19.
POLITICS
Explained: All you need to know about the Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021 passed in Rajya Sabha on August 9
The Bill that seeks to abolish many appellate tribunals set up under various Acts, was passed in Lok Sabha by voice vote without a debate amid Opposition's protests on August 3.
POLITICS
Bill to restore states' powers over OBC list to get Opposition support in Parliament
The Bill, coming ahead of crucial elections in five states early next year, has political ramifications as restoring powers of the states to identify backward classes has been a demand by many regional parties and even the ruling party’s own OBC leaders.
POLITICS
Explained: Lok Sabha passes Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021; All you need to know
The Bill empowers the central government to prohibit strike and lockouts in any industrial establishment or unit engaged in essential defence services.
POLITICS
Explained | What is a Private Member’s Bill? How does it differ from government Bills?
No Private Member’s Bill, introduced on Fridays, has been passed by the Parliament since 1970. Till date,the Parliament has passed 14 such Bills, six of them in 1956
POLITICS
Explained: What is Privilege Motion in Parliament?
Any member from either house can move a notice in the form of a motion against the member who he/she thinks is guilty of the breach of privilege.
POLITICS
'Aap Chronology Samajhiye': Amit Shah questions timing of Pegasus Project
Shah also hit out at 'rudderless' Congress for jumping on to the Pegasus bandwagon and trying to derail anything progressive that comes up in Parliament.
POLITICS
Of synergy, inclusion and political messaging: Decoding PM Narendra Modi’s mid-term Cabinet overhaul
It's the ultimate trapeze act, striking to strike a balance between politics and governance. There is more representation to socially and economically backward communities with preference for ministers with upgraded skill sets; the exercise keeps in mind the assembly polls scheduled next year, alliance arithmetic, caste and regional factors
POLITICS
PM Narendra Modi's Cabinet Reshuffle: A look at the rules and the process before the final names are announced
A Constitutional amendment in 2003 limited the number of union ministers, including the prime minister, to 15 percent of the total strength of the Lok Sabha
POLITICS
All you need to know about Father Stan Swamy, the activist who passed away ahead of his Bail hearing
Swamy, 84, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease, had been languishing in jail since October 2020 in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case.
POLITICS
How Tirath Singh Rawat's exit has turned the spotlight on Mamata Banerjee
Banerjee, who took oath as the West Bengal Chief Minister on May 5, despite losing to her former close aide BJP candidate Suvendu Adhkari by 1956 votes, has to get elected to the West Bengal Assembly before November 5, as per the rule.
POLITICS
Tirath Singh Rawat resigns : Eight of the nine CM's couldn't complete five years in office since Uttarakhand became a state
The only Chief Minister who could complete a full five-year term in the hill state in the last 20 years is late Narayan Datt Tiwari, the Congress leader, who held the office between 2002 and 2007.
POLITICS
Explained: All you need to know about Darbar Move – the 149-year-old bi-annual shifting of J&K capitals that is now halted
The exercise is the traditional practice of moving the Civil Secretariat and other government offices of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir twice a year between Srinagar and Jammu.
POLITICS
Delimitation Commission, CEC Sushil Chandra to visit Jammu & Kashmir on July 6
The ongoing Delimitation exercise, tasked with redrawing parliamentary and assembly constituencies in the UT, paves the way for holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, which has been under Central rule since June 2018.
TECHNOLOGY
Police cases mount against Twitter, officials after the US-based social media giant loses legal shield in India
The micro-blogging site faces four cases in India since it lost ‘legal shield’ earlier this month for content posted by users, marking an escalation in its row with the Central government.
POLITICS
Arvind Kejriwal promises free electricity up to 300 units in Punjab if AAP wins next year's assembly polls
The AAP chief also promised that his party's government will also waive off all pending electricity bills of consumers besides ensuring a 24-hour electricity supply in the state.
