About 1.06 crore immigrants left their cities of work and returned to their home countries during the national lockdown, the government said Tuesday. This number includes those who have traveled on foot, said Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, V…
read moreEight Rajya Sabha MPs were suspended Monday September 21 for rebellious behavior in the House the day before (September 20). The motion was approved by voice vote. The government introduced a motion calling for the suspension of Derek O’Brien (TMC), Sanjay Singh…
read moreOn September 19, the government withdrew three bills related to labor laws and replaced them with new ones. These bills introduce significant changes to labor regulations and the employer-employee relationship in several ways. India has a complex system of labor laws and…
read moreIn the earliest announcement of minimum support prices in at least a decade, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told Lok Sabha that the cabinet had approved increases in the MSP for six crops, including a 2.6 % increase in wheat. Last year,…
read moreThe army formed a special selection committee to select the women officers of the Standing Commission. This follows the landmark Supreme Court verdict in February this year, which allowed all female officers to run for the Standing Army Committee. How is the…
read moreRecently, licenses of 13 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) were suspended this year in 2010 under the Foreign Payments Regulations (FCRA). Their FCRA certificates were suspended and bank accounts were frozen. The Department of the Interior (MHA) reported receiving “serious negative comments” about the…
read moreThe government sought on Sunday to tighten the provisions of the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA) of 2011 through a bill that proposes to include “public officials” in the prohibited category, to reduce administrative expenses by 20% of an organization’s foreign funds…
read moreThe government introduced new versions of three labor codes The government has introduced new versions of three labor codes: the Labor Relations Code Bill, 2020, the Social Security Bill, 2020, and the Security Code Bill. health and working conditions at work, 2020…
read moreSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has moved slowly. When the court was in session, she often had her head tilted, which sometimes made visitors believe that she was asleep. She once admitted that she nodded his head sometimes. She once confessed…
read moreYoshihide Suga; The new leader has worked for decades as a shadow power in Japanese politics. Among the few definitive things that can be said about the new Japanese prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, is that he doesn’t wear his heart on his…
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