Ministers lose infected blood vote after Tory MPs revolt
MPs were voting on a plan to set up a compensation scheme for infected blood scandal victims. Source link
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Parliamentary panels applying different standards in dealing with complaints by and against BJP MPs: BSP MP Danish Ali
BSP MP Danish Ali. File | Photo Credit: PTI Bahujan Samaj Party MP Danish Ali has accused Parliamentary panels of applying different standards to recent complaints filed by and against MPs from the ruling BJP. In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Mr. Ali said that BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s complaint against Trinamool … Read more
Women should get NHS menopause checks at 40 – MPs
“It seems utterly ludicrous you go to this health check as a woman in your early 40s, which is exactly when perimenopause starts for most women, and the one thing you don’t find out about is the one thing that you will absolutely 100% be experiencing over the subsequent decade,” the author and journalist said. … Read more
MPs to investigate sexual harassment of female surgeons
It comes after women told BBC News of assaults by senior surgical colleagues in the operating theatre. Source link
Nitrous oxide: MPs approve bill to ban laughing gas possession
Conservative MP Dan Poulter, an NHS doctor, opposed the law change, saying that the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs said they “did not believe that the medical harms of nitrous oxide posed anything near the significance of many other street drugs or indeed if we look at the harms of alcohol”. Source link
Morning Digest | Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings; INDIA MPs to visit Manipur, and more
The National Federation of Indian Women highlighted how the 2018 judgment of the apex court in Tehseen Poonawala case had foretold that lynchings and mob violence were “creeping threats” and need to be nipped in the bud. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings … Read more
Victims of violence and atrocities in West Bengal to soon get relief: Suvendu Adhikari
After meeting with Union Home Amit Shah at the national capital on Tuesday evening, West Bengal Leader of Opposition in state assembly Suvendu Adhikari, said on Wednesday zthe people of West Bengal, who have been victims of violence and atrocities for long, will soon get relief. Meanwhile, BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul and other legislators walked … Read more
DMK MPs resolve to question BJP government in Parliament
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin chairing a meeting of DMK MPs at the Secretariat on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament, which is set to begin on July 20, the DMK MPs on Friday resolved to question the BJP government over the alleged “boycott of Tamil Nadu” in the … Read more
Promoters to sell up to 9% in Patanjali Foods via OFS
Mumbai: Patanjali Ayurved, promoters of Patanjali Foods, will sell up to 9% or 3.26 crore shares of the company in an offer for sale on July 13 and July 14, according to an exchange filing on Wednesday. The OFS will open for subscriptions for non-retail investors on July 13 and for retail investors on July … Read more
Sebi mulls mandating additional disclosure for high-risk FPIs
New Delhi: To bring greater transparency in the Indian capital markets, Sebi on Wednesday came out with a proposal mandating enhanced disclosures from high-risk Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) that have concentrated holding in a single company or a group firm. These proposals are aimed at preventing possible circumvention of minimum public shareholding (MPS) requirements and … Read more