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Monsoon Session from today: Govt lists 32 bills, Oppn seeks Agnipath debate

Union Minister Prahlad Joshi has listed the government's business for the monsoon session, which includes 14 pending bills and 24 new bills

Latest Live: Centre calls all-party meet on Tuesday on Sri Lanka crisis

From coronavirus cases in India to presidential elections, catch all the latest updates from across the globe here

Govt to brief Parliament floor leaders of political parties on Sri Lanka

The ministries of External Affairs and Finance will brief the floor leaders of various political parties in Parliament on the Sri Lanka situation on Tuesday

Rajesh Bhushan gets charge of Secretary, Department of Health Research

Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan was on Saturday given the additional charge of the Secretary, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The decision comes after the tenure of Dr Balram Bhargava as Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Secretary, Department of Health Research came to an end. "The competent authority has approved the assignment of additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Department of Health, with immediate effect and till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is earlier," an order by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) stated. Bhargava's tenure as ICMR D-G was on April 12 extended for three more months. He was appointed as the Director General of the apex research body on April 16, 2018 for four years. He was also the secretary of the Health ...

Centre revives bill to regulate registration of digital news media: Report

The govt will propose the Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, 2019 with the changes before the Union Cabinet soon, says a media report

PM Kisan Yojana: How to apply for benefits under the farmer scheme

Under the PM Kisan Yojana, a family is defined as a husband, a wife and minor children. If any farmer's family has more members, they are declared ineligible for the installments

UN commends India localising monitoring of sustainable development goals

The SDGs are 17 agenda points set by the UN in 2015 for achieving by 2030 and they range from poverty alleviation and promoting health to climate action and social justice

Modi govt gave first priority to security in foreign policy: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that PM Narendra Modi's government has given first priority to security in foreign policy

National emblem: Govt made the lions 'angry', 'full of angst', says Oppn

Opposition members and activists accused the government of distorting the national emblem by replacing the "graceful and regally confident" Ashokan lions

Govt may ask Twitter, Facebook to explain low compliance to notices: Report

The IT ministry will review actions taken by significant social media intermediaries, both voluntarily and in response to official notices in India as well as other nations

EPFO to soon disburse pension to over 7.3 mn pensioners in one go

EPFO will approve a proposal for setting up a central pension disbursal system on July 29 and 30, paving the way for crediting the benefit into over 7.3 million pensioners' bank accounts in one go

Who will be Vice President of India? The other crucial election on August 6

As parties prepare to elect the chief of the Upper House on Aug 6, Aditi Phadnis looks at the dynamics of the job

India witnessing lot of changes over the last 8 years: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said India has witnessed a lot of changes in the last eight years under the NDA rule and the difference was evident in a lot of sectors

Amnesty India rubbishes ED allegations; says govt curbing critics

ED alleged that London-based Amnesty International sent huge sum of foreign contribution to its Indian entities, during Nov 2013-June 2018 in ''guise of business activities,'' to escape FCRA scrutiny

Top Headlines: UK crisis to delay FTA; revenue from govt's new levies

The government's new levies could help balance the Budget and leave room for more money to be spent on infrastructure like roads. Read more on this in our top headlines

Centre seeks bids from i-bankers to assist stake sale in Hindustan Zinc

The Centre plans to sell its residual stake in the company promoted by Vedanta in open market in tranches, the proposal said

India reduces gap for coronavirus booster shot from 9 months to 6

The government is administering precaution doses for free for those above 60 years, healthcare and frontline workers.

'Take it down': Indian requests to social media firms at record highs

Twitter got the largest rise in government demand about content compared to the pre-pandemic period

Why Twitter sought legal action and moved HC against Indian govt

Twitter in its petition said that content does not meet the threshold for blocking under section 69A

India approved FDIs from 80 Chinese entities till June 29: Report

Out of 382 FDI proposals the central government received from Chinese firms, India approved 80 till June 29