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July 24, 2017 4:29 PM

Rajya Sabha passes FDDI Bill

The Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) Bill, 2017 received Parliamentary approval with the Rajya Sabha adopting it by voice vote today. <br/><br/>The Lok Sabha passed it earlier. The Bill is aimed at establishing and declaring the FDDI as an institution of national importan...

July 24, 2017 4:14 PM

Lok Sabha Speaker suspends six Congress MPs for disrupting house

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has suspended six Congress MPs for five sittings over willfully disrupting the House. <br/><br/>Party MPs are Gaurav Gogoi, K. Suresh, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary, Ranjeet Ranjan, Sushmita Dev and M K Raghavan. They had thrown pieces of paper and tried to dis...

July 24, 2017 4:14 PM

NIA arrests 6 separatists, Geelani's son-in-law for funding terrorism

National Investigation Agency, NIA today arrested seven people including Altaf Ahmed Shah, the son-in-law of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, in connection with its probe into the funding of terror and subversive activities in the Kashmir Valley.<br/><br/>Shah, popularly...

July 24, 2017 2:59 PM

Maneka Gandhi launches online complaint system 'sexual harassment e-box'

Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi today launched online complaint systen " sexual harassment e-box" for registering sexual harassment complaints at workplace in New Delhi. <br/><br/>Briefing media persons, Mrs. Gandhi said, at initial phase this online port...

July 24, 2017 2:43 PM

Indian Army clarifies AGIF not employed any firm or agent

Indian Army today clarified that Army Group Insurance Fund, AGIF has not employed any firm or agent and asked its personnel to beware of fraudsters and not pay any amount to them. <br/><br/>In a statement, Indian Army said, certain firms are cheating retired and serving personnel by clai...

July 24, 2017 2:42 PM

Amitabh Bachchan's ambassadorship for UNICEF extends for another two years

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan's ambassadorship for UNICEF has been extended for another two years. In his blogpost Mr. Bachchan wrote that Unicef has extended his ambassadorship for another two years after success of polio drive. <br/><br/>Mr. Bachcan also wrote that now he is working f...

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