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Defence Ministry has nearly 40,000 vacant posts for officers: Govt in RS

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Defence Ministry has nearly 40,000 vacant posts for officers: Govt in RS The minister of state for defence said there are 201,000 vacancies in other categories in the ministry Current Affairs :The Defense Ministry has 3,782 and 34,289 empty posts for bunch An and bunch B officials, individually, Union priest Shripad Naik educated the Rajya Sabha. The priest of state for protection said there are 201,000 opening in different classes in the service. In a composed answer to an inquiry, he said there are 6,867 opportunities for posts of officials in the Indian Army, 1,500 in Navy and 425 in Air Force. In Army, 36,517 opportunities are for post of junior dispatched officials and different positions, Naik told the Rajya Sabha. He included that 15,590 posts of mariner and 10,425 posts of pilots are empty in the Navy and Air Force individually. “The legislature has taken various measures to diminish the deficiencies. These incorporate continued picture projection, interest...

RS panel suggests breaking encryption to curb child pornograhy distribution

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RS panel suggests breaking encryption to curb child pornograhy distribution RS panel suggests breaking encryption to curb child pornograhy distribution Current Affairs :A Rajya Sabha board has prescribed that law requirement organizations ought to be allowed to break start to finish encryption to follow the distributior of kid erotic entertainment via web-based networking media. The specially appointed council of the Rajya Sabha framed to investigate erotic entertainment via web-based networking media and its impact on youngsters and society has likewise prescribed that applications that help in checking kids’ entrance to obscene substance be made required on all gadgets sold in India, and such applications or comparable arrangements be created and made openly accessible to web access suppliers (ISPs), schools and guardians. The 14-part board, led by Congress pioneer Jairam Ramesh, has made 40 suggestions on the whole, including changes to the Protection of Children From...

Citizenship Bill: US urges India to protect rights of religious minorities

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Citizenship Bill: US urges India to protect rights of religious minorities “The US urges India to protect the rights of its religious minorities in keeping with India’s Constitution and democratic values,” the spokesperson said. Current Affairs :he US has encouraged India to ensure the privileges of its strict minorities with regards to its Constitution and law based qualities as it keeps on observing the improvements in different Indian states identified with the combative Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. “We are firmly following advancements with respect to the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Regard for strict opportunity and equivalent treatment under the law are crucial standards of our two majority rule governments,” a State Department representative said on Thursday. “The US urges India to secure the privileges of its strict minorities with regards to India’s Constitution and popularity based qualities,” the representative said. The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), whi...

BJP drops Pragya Thakur from defence panel after row over Godse remark

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BJP drops Pragya Thakur from defence panel after row over Godse remark The BJP condemned the remarks made by its Lok Sabha MP Pragya Thakur in Parliament Current Affairs News :Bearing down on its sequential guilty party MP Pragya Thakur, who hailed Mahatma Gandhi’s professional killer Nathuram Godse in Lok Sabha, The BJP on Thursday banished her from going to its parliamentary gathering meeting in the continuous Parliament session and expelled her from the consultative board on safeguard. BJP working president J P Nadda declared the disciplinary activity against her and denounced the questionable Hindutva pioneer’s comments in an offer to defuse the political emergency activated by her comments in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Nadda additionally said that Thakur will be expelled from the consultative board of trustees on protection, to which she was as of late delegated. “The announcement given by MP Pragya Thakur is condemnable. BJP never supports such articulation and ...

Surrogacy law: RS members want close-relative, 5-year marriage norms eased

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Surrogacy law: RS members want close-relative, 5-year marriage norms eased Prabhu also asked why should surrogacy be restricted to one child as provided in the bill. Current Affairs :Cutting crosswise over partisan divisions, Rajya Sabha individuals on Tuesday requested unwinding of conditions in the surrogacy charge like close relative being a surrogate and five years of marriage for dispatching guardians. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2019, which looks to boycott business surrogacy, was passed by the Lok Sabha in the Monsoon Session and was moved for thought and section in the Rajya Sabha by Health Minister Harsh Vardhan prior in the day. During the discussion on the charge, a portion of the individuals looked for its survey as over twelve significant suggestions by a standing advisory group were consolidated in the draft law. Taking an interest in the discussion, BJP pioneer Suresh Prabhu presented a defense for sending the bill again to the standing board of trus...

Parliament, Central Secretariat may get a new look on 75th Independence Day

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Parliament, Central Secretariat may get a new look on 75th Independence Day The government is yet to arrive at the estimated cost for the project Current Affairs  :- On the off chance that things work out as expected, the focal managerial locale in the core of the capital could get another look, with included greatness, in the following couple of years. The legislature is chipping away at modernizing the focal authoritative region at the capital — an arrangement that incorporates setting up a progressively gaudy Parliament fabricating, another focal secretariat complex and redevelopment of the focal vista. While the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA) coasted a solicitation for proposition for a similar a week ago, it has additionally welcomed engineering firms for the remainder of the two tasks. A pre-offered meeting has been held by service authorities with a few engineering firms on Thursday. Sources said the administration will spurn a worldwide delica...

Former PM Manmohan Singh elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan

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Former PM Manmohan Singh elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan Singh was nominated by the Congress while the BJP did not field any candidate for the bypoll C urrent Affairs :- Previous executive Manmohan Singh was chosen unopposed for the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan on Monday. He was pronounced chosen unopposed as the due date for the withdrawal of selections for the bypoll finished at 3 pm. Boss Minister Ashok Gehlot saluted Singh on his decision to the Upper House of Parliament. “Salute previous PM Dr #ManmohanSingh ji on being chosen unopposed as an individual from #RajyaSabha from #Rajasthan. Dr Singh’s decision involves pride for the whole state. His immense learning and rich experience would profit the individuals of Rajasthan a great deal,” he tweeted. Returning Officer and Assembly Secretary Pramil Kumar Mathur made the declaration. The administration’s central whip, Mahesh Joshi, got the race declaration for Singh. The previous PM was selected b...

Hefty fines for traffic offenders: RS clears Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill

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Hefty fines for traffic offenders: RS clears Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill The Bill has been passed with three government amendments and will need to go back to the Lok Sabha (LS). The LS had already passed the Bill on July 23 Current Affairs :- The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday cleared, with certain riders, the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill, which proposes to force powerful fines on guilty parties and get rid of defilement by getting innovation. The entry of the Bill can be named as a triumph for Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, who was instrumental behind getting another enactment on street security. He had first guaranteed alterations to the MV Act, 1988, in May 2014, when he assumed responsibility as the Union street transport and parkways serve in the principal National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. After the section of the Bill in the Upper House of Parliament, he stated: “The truly necessary alterations will improve street security, encourag...

Big wins for govt: LS passes Triple Talaq Bill, RTI Bill clears RS hurdle

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Big wins for govt: LS passes Triple Talaq Bill, RTI Bill clears RS hurdle Thursday’s was a rare occasion in the Rajya Sabha in the last six years that the government defeated an opposition resolution Current Affairs :- The Narendra Modi government on Thursday guaranteed the entry of the triple talaq bill in the Lok Sabha. Its greater success was dealing with the numbers in the Rajya Sabha to get the revisions to one side to data law go in the midst of restriction challenges. The administration additionally broadened the length of the continuous Parliament session, prior booked to end on Friday, until August 7. Thursday’s was an uncommon event in the Rajya Sabha over the most recent six years that the administration crushed a resistance goals. The BJP-drove National Democratic Alliance plans to cross the greater part mark by mid – one year from now, however Thursday’s triumph gave a peep into its procedure in the House up to that point. Notwithstanding, guaranteeing the e...

PM Modi did not request Trump to mediate on Kashmir issue: Jaishankar

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PM Modi did not request Trump to mediate on Kashmir issue: Jaishankar US President Donald Trump had on Monday claimed that Prime Minister Modi had asked him to play the role of a mediator on Kashmir Current Affairs :- PM Narendra Modi made no solicitation to US President Donald Trump to intercede on the Kashmir issue with Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in Rajya Sabha Tuesday in the midst of a huge contention over the US head’s case. He said every extraordinary issue among India and Pakistan can be talked about just reciprocally. “I might want to completely express that no such solicitation has been made by the Prime Minister to the US President,” he said after Congress and other resistance groups brought the issue up in the House. US President Donald Trump had on Monday asserted that Prime Minister Modi had solicited him to assume the job from a go between on Kashmir. The pastor said it has been the reliable position of India that every single ...

Explainer: What is an interim budget? What FM Jaitley can and cannot do

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Explainer: What is an interim budget? What FM Jaitley can and cannot do This will be the last Budget of the current BJP-led NDA government before the 2019 General Elections With just a few months left before the  Narendra Modi government formally completes its tenure, Finance Minister  Arun Jaitley  will present NDA regime’s first interim budget  on February 1, 2019. As this will be the ruling BJP government’s last budget before the upcoming  Lok Sabha elections , here’s an explanation of what an interim budget actually means. What is an interim budget? An interim budget is presented by a government which is going through a transition period or is in its last year in office ahead of the general elections. Traditionally, an incumbent government cannot present a full-fledged Union Budget in the election year. Instead, the Finance Minister presents an interim budget during the joint sitting of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha in the Parliament, the...