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Rajanath Singh ‘Surya’, veteran journalist and former Rajya Sabha Member, passes away
Rajanath Singh ‘Surya’ (82), the veteran journalist and former Rajya Sabha Member, has passed away in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on June 13, 2019. He had worked in various...
Virendra Kumar: Pro-tem Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha
The Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) from Madhya Pradesh Dr Virendra Kumar will be the Pro-tem Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha. Key Highlights The 65...Thawar Chand Gehlot appointed as Leader of House for Rajya Sabha
Thawar Chand Gehlot, the Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, has been appointed the Leader of the House for the Rajya Sabha. He will replace senior BJP...
Draft National Education Policy on Higher Education
The draft National Education Policy makes the following recommendations to improve the quality of higher education: There is a great need to focus on multidisciplinary and 21st-century competencies...7145. Who will be the pro-tem speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha?
Virendra Kumar Virendra Kumar, the BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh, will be the pro-tem speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha. Kumar is a 7-term member of Parliament and...
What happens when a representative is elected from more than one seat?
In the newly elected Lok Sabha there were sitting MPs from Rajya Sabha, sitting members of the Legislative Assembly of States. Below is the outline of what happens...
e-Vidhan: Kerala Assembly to Digitize all its Records
The Kerala Legislative Assembly recently announced an initiative to digitize all its records and proceedings under its ambitious project called E-Vidhan which enables state legislature to go fully...Supreme Court on Article 324 of Indian Constitution
Article 324 of the Indian constitution bestows Election Commission with the power and responsibility of superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of the electoral rolls and the...
EC orders early end to the Campaigning in West Bengal
In an unprecedented move, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered to bring an early end to campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal. The...Cabinet approves MoU between India and Republic of Korea to issue jointly Postage Stamp
Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its approval for an MoU, which was signed in February, 2019 between India and Republic of Korea. Department of...
RTI Act supersedes Official Secrets Law
Delivering a separate judgment in the Rafale case, Justice K.M. Joseph has made the following observations: The Right to Information Act confers on ordinary citizens the ‘priceless right’...
