Moments after PM Modi concluded his address to the nation, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh attacked him and said that the prime minister has finally accepted the Opposition's demand concerning vaccine procurement.
MEA on Sunday said it is in continuous touch with all foreign embassies in India and responding to their medical demands
Ramesh, has been calling for allowing the holding of Committee meetings virtually in view of coronavirus pandemic.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh apologised to NSA's son Vivek Doval on December 19. Ramesh's apology comes after Vivek Doval filed defamation case against him.
In the letter of apology, Ramesh ruled that he should have conducted independent verification on the facts of the articles before making accusations against him, his family and business in a press conference. The apology was accepted by Vivek Doval.
Speaking at an international book fair in Kochi, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday suggested that the people should become vegetarian, if they want to do something for global warming.
Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained all High Courts from hearing pleas on CAA till it decides petitions. The top court also seeked Union government's response on the new Citizenship law within four weeks. Supreme Court, until then, has refused a stay on the law.
Prime Minister always like to go on foreign trip accompanied by major policy announcements and I think what happened on September 20, 2019, was the curtain-raiser for the event to follow the event in Houston," Congress Member Jairam Ramesh said.
In signs of continuing weakness in the economy, India's factory output shrank to the lowest level in eight years as all three broad-based sectors of capital goods production, consumer durables, and infrastructure and construction goods contracted.
"A headline-itis afflicted, panic-stricken Modi Sarkar has cut corporate tax rates less than 3 months after a Budget and 4 months before the next one. This is welcome but it is doubtful whether investment will revive. This does nothing to dispel fear that pervades in India Inc'," he said on Twitter.
The complaint was filed against The Caravan and the author of the article, besides Ramesh.
Doval told the court that all the allegations levelled by the magazine and later repeated by Jairam Ramesh were baseless and false and damaged his reputation.
The case is likely to be heard on Tuesday by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal.
Ramesh claimed that eight per cent deaths during 2000-2015 were due to pollution-related ailments, but did not comment on the current pollution crisis in Delhi and the measures taken by the government to combat the effect.
The senior Congress leader also noted that "false news" was the biggest enterprise in "Make in India" under the Modi government, as he accused the BJP of "manufacturing" issues out of non-issues.
Jairam Ramesh had asked the environment ministry to restore the 2009 policy which had made adherence to the provision of the Forest Right Act 2006 a prerequisite for environment and forest clearance for projects in tribal areas of the country.
He said the Gujarat Assembly poll results was an indication that the party was making a comeback and observed that Rahul Gandhi is a "full-time politician" post-Gujarat.
"All the environmental laws are being weakened and diluted. Ministry of Environment has become a rubber stamp body. In the name of ease of doing business, it is being tweaked to favour industry," he said.
Jairam Ramesh said Gandhi followed her ‘mann ki baat’ and implemented it seriously.
Randeep Singh Surjewala on Tuesday said that he doesn’t agree with the remarks, and that Ramesh should have discussed the matter within the party forum before speaking out in public
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