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May 10, 2016 12:47 PM

Number of patents by biotech dept drops by over 50%: Govt

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology has said, there has been a drop by more than 50 per cent in the number of patents filed by the Department of Biotechnology in the last three years. In a report tabled in Rajya Sabha it said, the performance of the department has gone dow...

May 10, 2016 12:43 PM

Govt rejects allegation of removing names of icons from history books

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today rejected opposition allegation that the NDA government is making all out attempts to remove the names of icons, who had contributed for the country from history books.<br/><br/> He was responding to the allegation leve...

May 10, 2016 12:35 PM

BSP denies any deal with BJP for floor test in Uttarakhand

The BSP has made it clear that it has not entered into any deal with BJP for the floor test in Uttarakhand. Talking to media outside Parliament today, party chief Ms Mayawati said, her party will vote in favour of the Congress party. She said, this has been conveyed to party MLAs in Uttarakhand. Mea...

May 10, 2016 12:27 PM

India emerges as world's biggest renewable energy lab: Richard Verma

US envoy Richard Verma has said India has emerged as the biggest renewable energy lab in the world and is at the threshold of dynamic growth in the deployment of smart grid technology. Mr Verma yesterday visited Tata Power Delhi Distribution's Smart Grid Lab in Rohini and Tata Power grid connec...

May 10, 2016 12:23 PM

RS members demand discussion on paid news

Cutting across party lines, members in the Rajya Sabha today took serious exception to paid news and demanded a discussion to find a solution. Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley said paid news is an aberration which is adversely affecting all the politicians. He also expressed concer...

May 10, 2016 12:12 PM

India, South Asian nations discuss ways to end violence against children

India, Nepal and several South Asian countries are holding discussions to set strategies and identify priorities to end violence against children ahead of the 4th SAIEVAC Ministerial Meeting in New Delhi tomorrow. <br/><br/>Organised by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the th...

May 10, 2016 12:10 PM

Pollution: Par panel pulls up Environment Ministry for poor performance

A parliamentary panel has asked the Environment Ministry to take necessary measures for ensuring meeting targets in the future and optimum utilization of funds. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forest in its 283rd report said the ministry could not achi...

May 10, 2016 12:10 PM

Rahul cancels poll rallies in Kerala, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has cancelled his poll rallies in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. In a series of posts on twitter, Mr Gandhi said he is down with high fever. Mr Gandhi was scheduled to address several election rallies in these states today and tomorrow. Elections to these Ass...

May 10, 2016 11:58 AM

Deve Gowda says PM Modi's image diminishing day by day

In Kerala, former Prime Minister and the Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Deve Gowda has said that the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "diminishing" day by day and NDA&apos;s failure in the Assembly polls in Delhi and Bihar proved that he is no longer powerful. He was speaking at ...

May 10, 2016 10:32 AM

PM reviews progress of Aadhar, DBT programmes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the progress of Aadhar and Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) programmes at a high-level meeting in New Delhi yesterday. In the meeting, Mr Modi was informed about the progress made in Aadhar number generation and seeding of official databases with Aadhar numbers. &l...

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