Budget Session
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Budget Session: Both Houses of Parliament adjourned sine die a day ahead of schedule
The Rajya Sabha chairperson could not sum up the business conducted in the House amid protests against rising fuel prices.
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Parliament: Nirmala Sitharaman presents Rs 1.42 lakh crore Budget in Lok Sabha for Jammu and Kashmir
The second half of the Budget Session resumed on Monday and will end on April 8. The first half was held between February 1 and February 11.
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Parliament: Piyush Goyal refuses to answer DMK MP’s question in English, triggers protest
The Union minister said he can speak in any language he desires.
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Trending
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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Ten students suspended in Ajmer university for watching BBC documentary on Gujarat riots
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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What can we learn about Bengali women’s complex relationship with food from bratas?
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More than 25,000 died by suicide due to unemployment or indebtedness in three years, says Centre
The government is addressing mental health concerns and has started several job-creation schemes, said Union Minister Nityanand Rai said in the Rajya Sabha.
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Maoist influence contracted to 46 districts in 2021 from 96 in 2010, says Centre
Union minister Nityananda Rai alleged that the Maoist ideology in India was influenced by global organisations.
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Parliament: Congress has not changed its ego after decades of defeat, says Prime Minister Modi
The prime minister said ‘blind opposition’ to everything is not the way forward.
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Video
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‘Space travel will let us live forever’: Video of writer Ray Bradbury’s 1974 interview resurfaces
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‘Let’s make bubble tea’: Interactive Google Doodle marks third anniversary of boba tea emoji launch
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Watch: American black vulture spotted in Delhi-NCR region in rare sighting
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Eco India: How this green school in Jaisalmer is also championing girls education
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Eco India, Ep 212: More than a third of all carbon emissions are caused by construction. How to fix?
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Parliament: No mention of national security in President Kovind’s address, says Congress MP
MP Anand Sharma said that the Centre had assured the House of an in-camera briefing regarding situation at border China but ‘nothing was ever done’.
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Rs 3,358.14 crore MGNREGA wages not paid to workers, Centre tells Rajya Sabha
West Bengal tops the list of largest pending payments under the Centre’s flagship rural employment scheme with Rs 752.16 crore in liabilities.
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Union Budget fails to address India’s unemployment problem, says leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha
He also noted that in 2014, the Centre had guaranteed 2 crore jobs every year, whereas this year it has promised 60 lakh jobs for next five years.
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The Reel
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Start the week with a film: ‘Force Majeure’ is a chilly satire about modern marriage
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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Budget 2022: Digital rupee and crypto tax among key takeaways
The Union Budget also focused on large infrastructure projects and small businesses.
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Budget 2022: Citizens can file updated income tax returns within two years
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the time period has been extended to provide taxpayers a window to correct filing errors.
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Budget 2022: Centre allocates Rs 73,000 crore to MNGREGA – 25% less than revised estimate for 2021
The revised estimate for the rural job guarantee scheme last year was Rs 98,000 crore.
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The Field
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ISL: ATK Mohun Bagan climb to third after win over Odisha FC; Bengaluru FC move to sixth place
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La Liga: Pedri Gonzalez scores on 100th appearance as Barcelona beat Girona in Catalan Derby
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FA Cup: Casemiro’s brace helps Manchester United beat Reading; Heung-min Son powers Tottenham to win
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Australian Open: Novak Djokovic aims for 10th Melbourne crown against confident Stefanos Tsitsipas
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Australian Open: Aryna Sabalenka proves to us – and herself – she’s good enough to be a Major winner