Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh. | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S. The government on Thursday (December 11, 2025) told the Parliament that global air quality rankings cited by various organisations are not conducted by any official authority and that the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) air quality guidelines … Read more
Congress MP Saptagiri Ulaka seeks discussion in LS on sexual harassment case involving Odisha student Congress MP Saptagiri Ulaka on Monday gave a notice in the Lok Sabha seeking suspension of business to demand a discussion on the case of sexual harassment, blackmail, and intimidation of a first-year BEd Scheduled Caste student from Odisha. The … Read more
A brief debate was held on the Bill amid protests. Several Opposition MPs who stood up to participate in the debate on the Bill, demanded a discussion on SIR. | Photo Credit: Sansad TV via ANI Parliament on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) passed The Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill 2025, amid Opposition protests and … Read more
The Virtual Digital Asset (VDA) ecosystem is one of the most exciting and rapidly growing sectors globally. What began with the publication of the Bitcoin whitepaper in 2008 has, in under two decades, evolved into a diverse and expansive global industry. Today, Bitcoin is just one component of a much broader landscape that includes tokens, … Read more
BJD seeks discussion in Parliament on ‘deteriorating’ law and order situation Regional parties raised various State-specific issues at an all-party meeting here on eve of the Monsoon session, with the Biju Janata Dal demanding that a discussion be held in Parliament on the “deteriorating” law and order situation in several states including Odisha. Speaking to … Read more
Baramulla MP Rashid Engineer. | Photo Credit: ANI A Delhi court on Tuesday (July 15, 2025) reserved its order on a plea by the Member of Parliament from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias ‘Engineer’ Rashid, who sought permission to attend the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, set to begin on July … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with Members of the European Parliament, Angelika Niebler, Urmas Paet, Winkler Gyula, Vladimir Prebilič and Pilar del Castillo in Brussels. | Photo Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar via PTI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has met leaders of the European Parliament and welcomed their support for “stronger” India-European Union relations. Mr. Jaishankar, who … Read more
Minister of Law and Justice, Arjun Ram Meghwal said that the Congress’s directive to its leaders to toe the party line on the Pahalgam terror attack was “double-speak”. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Wednesday (April 30, 2025) said the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs will take a call on … Read more
Parliament in the wee hours of Friday, April 4, 2025, morning cleared the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025, after nearly 14-hour debate in Rajya Sabha by 128 members voting in favour and 95 against. | Photo Credit: ANI Parliament in the wee hours of Friday (April 4, 2025) morning cleared the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025, after … Read more
MANX SCENES A set of safeguards have been agreed by the island’s politicians Proposed laws to give terminally ill adults on the Isle of Man the right to choose to end their own lives have been agreed by the Manx parliament. It means the bill can now be sent for Royal Assent, making it the … Read more