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Parliamentary panel expresses concern over Indian prison system, safety
New Delhi: Parliamentary Standing Committee for Home Affairs called a meeting on Tuesday in connection with the reform in the jails system. The condition of jails in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh…
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Parliamentary panel calls for body to regulate digital markets
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha’s standing committee on commerce, in a recent report on regulation of e-commerce, has recommended a “Digital Market Division” within the Competition Commission of India (CCI) be created as…
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Identify cyber hotspots, maintain data profile of cyber crimes: Parliamentary Panel
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has recommended that the Union Home Ministry may encourage the state governments to identify cyber hotspots in their state and maintain a data profile on the cyber…
- India
Government says media council may not be desirable; parliamentary panel makes fresh push
New Delhi: The government has told a parliamentary committee that it “may not be desirable” to set up a unified media council as each media platform was unique and distinctive in its…
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Ensure OBC representation in top management of AAI, BSNL, GAIL, Canara Bank: Par Panel
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has asked the Centre to ensure representation of other backward classes (OBCs) in the board of directors of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Bharat Sanchar Nigam…
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Parliamentary panel recommends audit of ‘deaths due to Oxygen shortage’
New Delhi: A parliamentary committee has recommended the Union Health Ministry for the “audit of deaths due to oxygen shortage”, especially during the Covid second wave, in coordination with states to enable…
- India
Twitter tells Tharoor-led parliamentary panel it follows strict data privacy
New Delhi: Twitter has told a parliamentary panel that follows it follows strict data safety standards and most of the employees do not have access to user data. Twitter officials were asked…
- India
Parliamentary meetings cancelled after 400 staffs test positive
New Delhi: After over 400 Parliament staffers tested positive for Covid-19 during random testing and with the rise in the cases in the national capital, the meetings of several parliamentary committees have…
- India
Only one woman in parliamentary panel examining marriage bill
New Delhi: The Parliamentary panel which will examine a bill seeking to raise the legal age of marriage of women from 18 to 21 and submit its recommendations has only one woman…
- India
Parliamentary panel directs Facebook, Google to comply with new IT rules
New Delhi: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Tuesday directed Facebook and Google to comply with new IT rules and follow rules of the country. Senior officials from Facebook and Google…
- India
Parliamentary panel seeks explanation from Twitter for locking Prasad, Tharoor accounts
New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Tuesday asked for an explanation from microblogging site Twitter over denying access to the accounts of Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and committee…
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Set up Kendriya Vidyalayas abroad, suggests Parliamentary panel
New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education has suggested that the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) should open schools abroad to cater to more students in the light of the fact that…
- Kashmir
Parliamentary Panel to review J&K and Ladakh situation
New Delhi: Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla will appear before the parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, headed by Congress leader Anand Sharma, at around 11:30 am on Friday in Parliament…
- India
Difficult to provide estimate of black money, says parliamentary panel
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel of the previous Lok Sabha headed by Congress leader M. Veerappa Moily has said it is difficult to provide a credible estimate of the black money in…
- India
Under fire for comments by employees on terror and Pulwama, Facebook apologizes to Parliamentary committee
New Delhi: Facebook on Wednesday apologized to a Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology headed by BJP MP Anurag Thakur over insensitive comments made by some of its employees in the wake of…
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