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Lok Sabha adjourned amid Opposition protests over Lakhimpur Kheri issue

As soon as the House met, the Opposition members stormed into the Well raising slogans with placards in their hands and demanded sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra.

Govt unlikely to bring bill on cryptocurrency in winter session

Currently, there is no regulation or any ban on the use of cryptocurrencies in the country

No proposal with MeitY to revoke ban on Chinese apps, says Vaishnaw

There is no proposal to revoke the ban imposed by the government on Chinese mobile applications such as TikTok and PUBG, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

Govt running away from voting on motion over suspension issue: Chidambaram

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed disruption over the suspension issue

Oppn slams govt in Lok Sabha on rising fuel prices, Air India 'sellout'

The Modi government was also accused of doing little for people-centric schemes by the opposition parties

Govt creating unique IDs of farmers enrolled under agri-schemes: Tomar

The minister said this would help in provisioning the farmer's verification through e-Know Your Farmer (e-KYF)

No community included in list of Scheduled Castes in last 3 years: Govt

Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar provided the information in the Parliament

Parliament passes bill to extend ED director tenure up to 5 yrs

Prior to the bill being taken up, most of the opposition members had walked out of the House to protest the suspension of their 12 members

Over 800,000 Indians gave up their citizenship in last 7 years: Govt

According to the data tabled in the Lower House, most Indians renounced their Indian citizenship in 2019

Parliament passes bill to extend tenure of CBI director to maximum 5 years

Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said the government is working to check corruption and to ensure and enhance transparency

Opposition not allowed to raise issues in Parliament: Rahul Gandhi

The Congress leader further called Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rajya Sabha Chairman "just implementors" of a power that wants to steal farmers' income

Privatisation of public sector units to drive divestment receipts: MoS

Finance ministry says scope for minority stake sale has declined

Armed forces have shortage of 9,362 officers, Rajya Sabha informed

The Army has a shortage of 7,476 officers and 97,177 soldiers including Junior Commissioned Officers, Rajya Sabha was told

Oil producers artificially adjusting supply leading to price rise: Govt

India last month agreed to release five million barrels of crude oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserves

Lok Sabha passes Bill to correct certain 'clerical error' in NDPS Act

The NDPS (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed by a voice vote and some amendments moved by opposition members were rejected

Ensuring dam safety

Extreme weather events have increased risks

Plans afoot to have 4 cut-off dates for new voters to enrol, par panel told

The Election Commission of India (ECI) had been pushing for multiple cut-off dates to allow more eligible people to register as voters

Country of origin: 200 govt notices issued to e-tailers over norm breach

This has been done to facilitate the consumer in taking an informed and conscious decision based on the country of origin of the product

Govt not aware of any unlawful interception of any message: MoS Comms

The Communications Ministry on Friday informed Parliament that the government was not aware of any unlawful interception of any message of any individual

Govt says has taken several steps to curb harmful content on social media

The government has taken several steps to address the challenges of user harm and hateful information available on social media platforms, Parliament was informed on Friday.