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NEW DELHI: Parliament was on Thursday adjourned till April 16, when it is expected to take up two bills aimed at rolling out reservation for women in one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and assemblies from the next national election in 2029 and to increase the strength of directly elected legislatures by 50 per cent.Lok…
NEW DELHI: Congress and some opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha opposed the government’s proposal to bring amendments to the women’s reservation law in the next sitting of Parliament from April 16, alleging that the move was aimed at drawing political mileage in the upcoming assembly elections. Leader of the House J P Nadda, however,…
The Centre has extended the validity of tariff rate quota (TRQ) licences issued for gold imports under the India-UAE free trade agreement, offering relief to importers facing supply disruptions amid the ongoing geopolitical crisis, reported PTI.India allows quota-based duty concessions on gold imports under the TRQ mechanism as part of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement…
Under pressure, Karnataka to revise internal quota of SC communities BENGALURU: Under pressure from Left sect Scheduled Caste (SC) communities and two of its own ministers, Karanataka’s Siddaramaiah-led Congress govt has decided to revisit an earlier decision to fill 56,432 govt posts without internal reservation. The cabinet is expected to deliberate on introducing pro rata…
Representative image (Generated by AI) India has allowed a duty concession on imports of only 5 lakh tonnes of dried distillers’ grains (DDGS) from the US under the first phase of the bilateral trade pact, an official told PTI stressing that the volume is equivalent to about 1 per cent of the country’s total consumption.The…
India and the United States have agreed on a framework for an interim trade agreement that outlines tariff cuts, preferential market access and sector-specific commitments, while preserving protections for sensitive areas such as agriculture and dairy. The framework, announced jointly on Saturday, is intended to pave the way for a broader Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA).According…
New Delhi: It’s advantage Mercedes, BMW and Audi. The FTA will reduce import tariffs for cars that cost upwards of Rs 25 lakh from EU from a high of 110% to 30% in the first year, to 10% in 10 years, with a quota of 2.5 lakh vehicles annually.Tesla, however, will have to wait for…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has ruled that candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections are entitled to general category posts if they secure the cutoff marks stipulated for general category.The ruling by a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine G Masih was inspired by SC’s landmark verdict…
SRINAGAR: Authorities placed Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi of National Conference, opposition PDP legislator Waheed Parra, party functionary Iltija Mufti and others under house detention Sunday, stopping a student-backed protest against J&K’s current reservation policy and exposing sharp political fault lines within NC.The confrontation follows months of debate over changes to J&K reservation rules. Originally…
NEW DELHI: The home ministry, in a notification issued on Friday, earmarked 50% of the constable-level vacancies in the Border Security Force (BSF) by direct recruitment, for ex-Agniveers, marking a five-fold increase in their earlier proposed quota of 10 per cent. Amending the BSF, General Duty Cadre (Non-Gazetted) Recruitment Rules, 2015, the home ministry said…
