INDIA
Rajya Sabha: 3 more opposition MPs suspended for 1 week
The three suspended members are Sushil Kumar Gupta, Sandeep Kumar Pathak and Ajit Kumar Bhuyan. With this, 23 members from the Opposition are now facing suspension. The House proceedings were adjourned for till 2 p.m. amid ruckus from the Opposition benches.
Congress 'demeaning' President Droupadi Murmu: Smriti Irani
Addressing mediapersons at her official residence here, Irani demanded an apology from Congress to the President and country. "A tribal woman from a poor family who created history is being continuously demeaned by the Congress," Smriti Irani said.
Sonia should apologise to President for Congress leader's remark : Nirmala Sitharaman
Speaking in Rajya Sabha Sitharaman said: "Objectionable statement was made by by the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha regarding 'Rashtrapati' by using a sexist insult by calling her 'Rashtrapatni', as common understanding is that 'Rashtrapati' is gender neutral representing 'leader of the country' and therefore I think it not a slip of tongue but a deliberate sexist insult against President."
India reports 20,557 new Covid cases, 44 deaths
In the same period, there were 44 additional deaths which took the nationwide Covid death toll to 5,26,211.
The active caseload rose to 1,46,323, accounting for 0.33 per cent of the country's total positive cases. The recovery of 19,216 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,32,86,787. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.47 per cent.
My flats used as storehouses of illegal cash: Arpita Mukherjee confesses to ED
According to ED sources, Mukherjee also admitted that the cash recovered from her residences was parked there by Chatterjee with the help of one of his close associates unknown to her. It is learnt that whenever Chatterjee visited Mukherjee's residences, the Minister had closed-door meetings with the unknown person which she was not allowed to participate in.
Over 7.22 lakh get permanent jobs out of 22 crore applications since 2014
Moreover, the total number of candidates recommended by recruiting agencies for appointment in different Central government departments has shown a decline over the last few years, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh told the Lok Sabha in a written reply. During 2019-20, a total 1,47,096 persons were appointed in the different government departments. However, the number came down to 78,555 in 2020-21 and 38,850 in 2021-22.
India reacted swiftly with critical set of measures: USAID on SL crisis
Power is on a visit to India from July 25 to 27. "The Government of India has already supplied $16 million in humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka, it has exported 100,000 tonnes of organic fertilizer to try to help farmers stave off future food shortages, and it has supplied $3.5 billion in lines of credits to the Government of Sri Lanka as it attempts to steer its economy out of default and further collapse," the USAID administrator said while talking to media at an event in IIT-Delhi.
Three Indians named in Ukraine's 'Russian Propagandists' list
As per reports, the three individuals were named in a list released on July 14 by the Centre for Countering Disinformation (CCD), a subsidiary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council. Though the criteria for inclusion are unclear, each name in the report lists with the "pro-Russian" tag.
Jaishankar to take part at SCO FM meet, Pak's Bilawal also attending
It would be the first time when Jaishankar will be meeting in person with his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto who took the charge after the formation of the new Shehbaz Sharif government. The first leg of the SCO summit, comprising an international conference on Afghanistan, was held on July 25-26, while the meeting of the Foreign Ministers will be held on July 28-29.
'Stringent, higher standard': SC upholds validity of PMLA provision on arrest
The bench added that such a provision has reasonable nexus with the purposes and objects sought to be achieved by the Act of prevention of money laundering and confiscation of proceeds of crime involved in money laundering, including to prosecute persons involved in the process or activity connected with the proceeds of crime.
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