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A bill to establish a single higher education regulator, aimed at replacing existing bodies such as the University Grants Commission (UGC), is scheduled for introduction in the winter session of Parliament, set to commence on December 1, as reported by PTI. According to a Lok Sabha bulletin, the proposed legislation has been named the Higher…
Parliament of India (Image credit: DD news) NEW DELHI: The winter session of Parliament is scheduled to commence on December 1 and will continue until December 19, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju announced on Saturday.Rijiju in a post on X said, “The President of India, Droupadi Murmu ji, has approved the proposal of the Government…
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on Thursday presented its suggestions to a Parliamentary panel reviewing proposed changes to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), aimed at strengthening and streamlining the insolvency resolution framework.The Select Committee of Parliament, headed by BJP MP Baijayant Panda, is examining the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill,…
(Screen grab from X @MarioBojic) Shots were fired outside Serbia’s parliament building in Belgrade on Wednesday, leaving one person injured, local media reported.President Aleksandar Vucic declared the incident as a “terrorist attack.”A video posted by the NOVA media outlet, showed armed security officers approaching a large tent outside the parliament. Shortly after, a few shots…
Two members of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, were removed from the chamber on Monday after interrupting US President Donald Trump’s remarks. Hadash Party leader Ayman Odeh and party MK Ofer Cassif were escorted out while Trump was speaking about special envoy Steve Witkoff, The Jerusalem Post reported.Odeh was holding a sign in protest against…
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu (AP) Israeli parliament’s (Knesset) speaker Amir Ohana has invited US PresidentDonald Trump to deliver an address before the Knesset, calling him “the greatest friend and ally of the Jewish people in modern history.”In a post on X on Friday, Ohana shared a letter sent to the White House inviting Trump…
Albania has introduced its first artificial intelligence “minister”, who addressed parliament on Thursday in a debut speech. Prime Minister Edi Rama presented the bot as proof of his government’s commitment to transparency and innovation.The AI figure is called Diella, meaning “sun” in Albanian, and is shown as a woman in traditional Albanian clothing. Officials say…
A parliamentary panel has recommended that India should consider renegotiating or even exiting the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) under the World Trade Organization (WTO), pointing to the US’s unilateral exit from WTO obligations and use of tariffs to protect its domestic industry as a possible template, sources told PTI. The Standing Committee on Communications and…
