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  Banking Law (Amendment) Bill 2024: What impact will it have on nominations in your bank account?

  Explainers | December 02, 2024 18:56 IST

  The Banking Law (Amendment) Bill 2024 aims to streamline banking operations and align them with contemporary financial practices, reflecting the government’s commitment to improve bank governance and enhance investors' protection.

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  Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 won't curb independence of any institution: Kiren Rijiju in Lok Sabha

  India | August 08, 2024 14:36 IST

  The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 was circulated among Lok Sabha members on Tuesday night after which the Opposition parties demanded it to be sent to Parliament's standing committee.

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  President gives assent to bill to pave way for merger of three civic bodies in Delhi

  India | April 19, 2022 15:54 IST

  According to the legislation, the unification of the municipal corporations in Delhi will ensure synergized and strategic planning and optimal utilization of resources.

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  Rename Municipal Corporation of Delhi bill as Kejriwal-phobia bill: AAP MP Sanjay Singh

  India | April 05, 2022 21:29 IST

  YSR Congress, AIADMK, Tamil Maanila Congress supported the bill. The BJD supported the bill with the condition that the corporation elections are not deferred and the BSP sought some amendments and relief for workers in the bill.

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  Lok Sabha passes two bills amid protests

  India | July 26, 2021 17:45 IST

  Moving the Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 for consideration and passage, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the changes in the legislation are aimed at helping the MSME sector.

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  Electricity (Amendment) Bill may come before Union Cabinet for approval in next few days

  India | July 25, 2021 11:17 IST

  The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 seeks to enable power consumers to choose from multiple service providers as in the case of telecom services.

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  Dharmendra Pradhan seeks to repeal Odisha Universities (Amendment) Bill 2020

  India | October 10, 2020 21:35 IST

  Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan once again on Saturday requested the Centre to repeal the Odisha Universities (Amendment) Bill 2020, which was passed in the state Assembly during the Monsoon Session recently.

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  LS passes amendment in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

  India | September 21, 2020 22:26 IST

  The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2020, whereby fresh insolvency proceedings will not be initiated for at least six months starting from March 25 amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Parliament passes amendments to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

  India | March 12, 2020 14:07 IST

  Parliament on Thursday passed amendments to the insolvency law that will help ring-fence successful bidders of insolvent companies from risk of criminal proceedings for offences committed by previous promoters.

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  Owaisi urges SC to lift veil of unholy nexus between CAA, NRC

  Politics | December 14, 2019 19:29 IST

  Owaisi urged the top court to lift the veil on the CAA-NRC nexus that could become a barrier to the right to life and personal liberty available to every person under Article 21 of the Constitution, and not just to citizens.

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  Citizenship law internal matter; India safe haven for persecuted minorities: Maldives' speaker

  India | December 13, 2019 23:51 IST

  "Religious persecution is wrong and India will always give refuge to those persecuted. When President Yameen wanted to arrest me and when I went to Indian High Commission they gave me a refuge. They were quite willing to bring me to India too. Secularity of India, respecting minorities are founding ideas of India," he said.  

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  CAB protestors defy curfew, AASU holds public meeting

  India | December 12, 2019 17:37 IST

  He also hit out at Asom Gana Parishad, BJP's alliance partner in th state, for "stabbing the people of Assam in the back" as its sole MP in Rajya Sabha Birendra Prasad Baishya had voted in favour of the bill.

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  Citizenship bill unconstitutional & divisive: Mayawati

  Politics | December 05, 2019 18:21 IST

  "Citizenship in the name of religion and discrimination in the name of religion of the citizens through it is totally against the basic structure of the humanitarian and secular Constitution of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar," the BSP leader said.

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  Parliament approves Repealing and Amending bill to scrap 58 archaic laws

  India | August 02, 2019 17:47 IST

  Moving the bill in the Upper House, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said after the BJP-led government came to power, it decided to get rid of redundant and absolute laws. A committee has identified 1824 old laws. So far, 1,428 old and archaic central Acts have been repealed and about 75 laws -- which the Centre drafted for states in view of the President rule -- have also been repealed till date.

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  Cabinet clears changes to Aadhaar Amendment Bill for use of biometric ID in state schemes

  India | July 24, 2019 18:46 IST

  The Cabinet on Wednesday approved official changes to Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2019 that incorporates a clause to allow the use of Aadhaar data for state schemes and subsidies.

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  Bill on death penalty for child sex abuse introduced in Rajya Sabha

  India | July 18, 2019 18:13 IST

  In a bid to combat rising cases of child sex abuse, a Bill for enhancing punishment, including a provision for the death penalty, for committing sexual crimes against children was introduced in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

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  Aadhaar Amendment Bill passed in Lok Sabha

  India | July 04, 2019 22:08 IST

  The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was passed by a voice vote after Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad assured the House that Aadhaar is voluntary and informed consent of the biometric identity holder has to be obtained before it is used.

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  Pahari speaking people to get quota, J-K Assembly passes amendment bill

  India | February 10, 2018 21:48 IST

  The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill 2014, aimed at amending Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act-2004, was introduced in the House by Minister for Social Welfare Sajad Gani Lone.

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  Motor Vehicles Bill passes Lok Sabha test: Hefty fines on violators, heat on auto firms

  India | April 11, 2017 14:13 IST

  The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, which aims at unleashing radical reforms in the transport sector by ensuring 100 per cent e-governance, checking bogus driving licenses and vehicle thefts.

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  Government plans to ease up abortion laws for single women: Report

  India | December 12, 2016 11:09 IST

  the health ministry has recommended recognising “failure of contraceptive” and “unplanned pregnancy” as legitimate reasons for abortion among all women, married or single.