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India has used far less than its fair share of the global carbon budget and its emissions can grow as it is a developing country with sustainable development and poverty eradication among its leading priorities, the government has said.…

Only 754 out of the total 2,275 public authorities got their suo motu disclosure audited by third party during 2020-21 as mandated in the guidelines issued under the Right to Information Act, the Centre said on Thursday. It is the…

NEW DELHI: Available Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data indicated that the unemployment rate is on a declining trend in the country, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Rameswar Teli told the Rajya Sabhaon Thursday. Citing…

Amid frequent demands by members of Parliament to set up high court benches in various parts of the country, the government Thursday said there is no "complete proposal" at present pending in this regard. In a written reply in the Rajya…

Though India is not part of the problem, it has done more than its fair share to combat climate change, the government said on Thursday. Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Kumar Choubey said…

As many as 35 cases challenging central legislations and Constitutional Amendment Acts, including the one questioning the law penalising practice of instant triple talaq, are pending in the Supreme Court, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said…

As many as 221 requests seeking consent for CBI probe are pending with six states, with Maharashtra receiving the highest of 168 of them involving a whopping amount of Rs 29,000 crore, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Of the…

As many as 395 non-performing and corrupt Central government officers were prematurely retired from the service between July 2014 and June 2022, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. "Government is vested with the absolute power to…

NEW DELHI: With three more suspensions on Thursday, the total number of MPs suspended during the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament has now reached 27. These include 23 Rajya Sabhamembers and 4 Lok Sabha members. The suspended…

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science and Technology and Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh said India has a target of USD 300 billion in bioeconomy by 2030. Bioeconomy is the production,…