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India top country in world in use of mobile apps: Ravi Shankar Prasad

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday

RS adjourned four times amid uproar over bill on raising FDI in insurance

The Congress and other Opposition parties Thursday forced adjournments of Rajya Sabha proceedings for four times during the post-lunch sitting

About 200,000 jobs added in IT sector since 2019: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Prasad informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday

Nirmala Sitharaman to move Insurance Amendment Bill 2021 in RS today

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will move the Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021 in Rajya Sabha for passing on Thursday

West Bengal Polls: Rajya Sabha accepts Swapan Dasgupta's resignation

The Rajya Sabha accepted the resignation of nominated member Swapan Dasgupta on Wednesday

Rajya Sabha: Oppn questions increase in number of sedition cases

Several Opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday raised questions regarding the increasing number of sedition cases being registered.

3 new Covid variants reported in India: Govt informs Rajya Sabha

Three new variants of Covid-19, from the UK variant, South Africa and Brazil, have been reported so far in India

Bill raising upper limit to 24 weeks for abortions passed by Parliament

Parliament on Tuesday passed The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020

Swapan Dasgupta tenders resignation as Rajya Sabha member

This comes after Dasgupta was named as a BJP candidate in the West Bengal assembly elections

Funds under MPLADS for 2019-20 cleared: Finance Minister Sitharaman

Sitharaman made the announcement in the Rajya Sabha

Work for united, inclusive India: RS Chairman to newly elected members

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu offered 12 tips to the newly elected members of the House to make a difference to the functioning of the House and making of the effective Parliamentarians

Don't do or say anything that could damage India's image: Naidu to RS

Naidu on Saturday urged members of the House not to do or say anything that could damage India's image and might be used by the country's enemies against it

Opposition not allowed to raise issues that concern people, says Congress

Both Houses of the Parliament were adjourned till March 15 on Wednesday amid the opposition's uproar over fuel price hike and farmers' issues

Rajya Sabha proceedings halted for 3rd day amid Oppn uproar over farm laws

Rajya Sabha proceedings were disrupted for the third day in a row as the Congress and other opposition parties created an uproar demanding a discussion on three new farm laws of the Centre

Amid uproar by Opposition, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned till Monday

Thursday is a holiday on the account of Mahashivratri. It is a norm that if any holiday falls on Thursday, then Friday is also declared a non-working day since it is precedes the weekend

Foreign funding licences of 8,353 NGOs not renewed in last 5 years

The Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday

No proposal at present to release 2011 caste census data: Govt

The government has no proposal at present to release the report of the caste census carried out in 2011

Rajya Sabha adjourned after opposition's uproar over new farm laws

Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon on Wednesday following an uproar by the opposition in the House against the recently enacted Central farm laws

Budget session of Parliament may conclude before 1st phase of state polls

Houses will resume normal timing of 11 am from today

No major report of discordant results reported by Covid testing labs: Govt

Till now no "major report of discordant test results" has been reported by Covid-19 testing laboratories, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey told Rajya Sabha on Monday.