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The Lok Sabha on Friday failed to complete the Question Hour for the second consecutive week as persistent sloganeering by Opposition members over the NEET paper leak and the alleged theft of Ram Temple donations forced repeated disruptions.Question Hour, held between 11 am and noon, is a key parliamentary mechanism through which MPs hold the government accountable by seeking oral replies from ministers. Friday’s disruption meant the House once again failed to transact meaningful business during the hour.Also Read: Opposition questions Amit Shah’s absence, forces four Lok Sabha haltsSince the Monsoon Session began on July 20, the Lok Sabha has…
Bengaluru: Medical products maker Baxter International on Thursday raised its annual profit forecast and beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly results, banking on robust sales of its medical products such as IV solutions.Shares of the Deerfield, Illinois-based company jumped 14% in premarket trading.Investors and analysts are closely monitoring whether the loss of enhanced, pandemic-driven subsidies under Obamacare, or Affordable Care Act, plans is reducing elective procedure volumes and demand for surgical products used in those procedures.Baxter is in the middle of a turnaround effort, led by its cost-cutting actions, after a period of uncertainty around its infusion pump business.The medical…
Ranchi, July 30 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister, Hemant Soren, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to enhance financial assistance for scholarship schemes benefiting students from Scheduled Tribes (ST), Scheduled Castes (SC), Backward Classes (BC), and minority communities in the state.Ranchi, Jharkhand Chief Minister, Hemant Soren, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to enhance financial assistance for scholarship schemes benefiting students from Scheduled Tribes (ST), Scheduled Castes (SC), Backward Classes (BC), and minority communities in the state.He said that due to the release of funds far below the state’s requirements, lakhs of eligible students are…
Sophia Laforteza drew mixed reactions after vacation photos emerged shortly after she missed KATSEYE’s festival performance due to illness.Image credit (Instagram) Sophia Laforteza, a member of the girl group KATSEYE, faced significant online backlash after missing the group’s performance at the Hinterland Music Festival while citing illness, only to have vacation photographs surface showing her enjoying time on California’s Catalina Island. The incident sparked debate among the group’s fanbase about the circumstances surrounding her absence and raised questions about the timing of her holiday. KATSEYE announced that Sophia Laforteza would sit out the Hinterland Music Festival while focusing on her…
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India will develop its own control protocols for high-speed rail. India is aiming to achieve new milestones in manufacturing with its first bullet train project. After deciding to manufacture the high-speed train indigenously for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor, Indian Railways is now looking at in-house advanced signalling system for other upcoming corridors.Indian Railways is developing an indigenous signalling protocol for high-speed rail called the Bharat Train Control System (BTCS). The system is being designed specifically for Indian operating conditions and aims to eliminate dependence on foreign signalling protocols for the nearly 7,000 km of new bullet train corridors planned…
Gina Rinehart has threatened the ABC with legal action over crude comments aired on the national broadcaster, including a joke about mixing her guts into a sausage roll.The four-minute film, titled A Very Relaxing Video, aired on the Race Around the World program on 12 July and concluded with the film-maker, Kate McGuinness, making crude and offensive comments about Rinehart.“When the revolution comes will you hide under the bed or will you know exactly how to shove a stick right up Gina Rinehart’s butthole, stirring it round, mixing her guts up nice and smooth, to make one big sausage roll…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday stepped up the Opposition’s attack on the Centre, alleging that the government had gone back on its assurance not to act against students after they withdrew their July 20 ‘Sansad Chalo’ protest.Accusing the government of pursuing a ‘vendetta’ by filing FIRs and detaining students, Kharge demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi seek Union home minister Amit Shah’s resignation.In a post on X, Kharge alleged that students were being targeted despite withdrawing their agitation after being assured that no action would be taken against them. “@narendramodi ji, ten days ago, your government suppressed…
A government consultation will look at “whether the 182-day threshold is set at the right level and what impact a modest reduction might have”.It also proposes five new possible exemptions for accommodation that cannot be used as permanent homes, including properties on owners’ farms.Jones said: “I have heard representations from a number of businesses that are making meaningful contributions to their local economies but are unable to meet the current threshold.”This consultation will help us find a solution that works better for everyone, including businesses, local authorities and local areas.”I am committed to getting the balance right – keeping homes…
Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Tukaram Mundhe MUMBAI: Three hospitality industry bodies have urged the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) not to publicly name hotels and restaurants accused of food safety violations until due legal procedures are completed, warning that premature disclosure could cause serious damage to businesses, jobs and consumer trust.The Hotel and Restaurant Association (Western India) (HRAWI), the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), and the Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (AHAR) made the appeal on Thursday while supporting the FDA’s crackdown on food safety violations.In a joint statement, the associations welcomed the regulator’s efforts…