March 31, 2022 6:18 am
The matter came up in the Upper House after BJP MP Sushil Modi sought to know if the government was planning to end MPs’ and district magistrates’ discretionary quota across the country.
February 09, 2022 8:53 am
The BJP leader also raised concerns over the use of cryptocurrencies and urged the government to impose GST on the entire transaction for such digital assets.
February 09, 2022 2:08 am
Parliamentarian says that virtual digital assets and crypto have been taxed at 30 per cent "to dissuade people from investing in crypto because it is highly speculative and volatile”
December 14, 2021 9:04 pm
🔴 Questioning Facebook’s content moderation policy, Modi cited the example of West Bengal, where, he said, the company found that “over 40 per cent of top views… were fake and unauthentic”.
November 26, 2021 11:22 pm
Officials also informed the panel that the commission had initially explored options with reputed academic institutions for blockchain-based internet voting, sources said.
November 28, 2020 4:30 am
The bypoll to the seat would be held on December 14.
November 25, 2020 1:29 am
The RJD-led Mahagathbandhan has 110 MLAs, 12 short of majority.
November 17, 2020 1:03 am
While Tarkishore Prasad, fourth-time Katihar MLA, will be the BJP legislature party leader, Renu Devi, also a fourth-time MLA — from Betia – was made deputy leader of the legislature party.
October 25, 2020 11:48 am
Bihar Assembly Election 2020: Sitharaman had released BJP's manifesto for the Bihar polls earlier this week. A highlight of the promises made in the document was free Covid-19 vaccines for the state's people if the saffron party comes back to power.
October 23, 2020 10:44 am
The opposition RJD, however, sought to know if Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who announced a series of promises at the party headquarters in Patna, had anything on offer to accord Bihar special status.