With the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha likely to commence in the third week of June, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) led by Chandrababu Naidu and the Janata Dal (United) led by Nitish Kumar the two key allies of the BJP in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are said to be vying for the post of Speaker.
While Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu was in India, committing to expanding “close and historic” ties, a parliamentary committee back home announced a review of three agreements, which Muizzu’s predecessor and pro-India leader Ibrahim Solih had signed with India, because these allegedly violated the sovereignty of the Maldives.
India on Monday welcomed Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia joining the BRICS as their representatives attended for the first time a key meeting of the grouping hosted by Russia.
The Union government on Monday released the 17th instalment of the PM Kisan Nidhi scheme as the first decision of the new Narendra Modi government.
Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, launched the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY),
Talks between Pakistan and the IMF have ended inconclusively due to a disagreement over new income tax rates for salaried and non-salaried persons and the imposition of a standard 18 per cent sales tax on agriculture and health sector goods, according to a media report on 9th June.
Leaders of seven neigh- bouring countries attend- ed the swearing-in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet at the Rashtrapati Bhavan fore- court in Delhi on 9th June.
Security forces on Monday launched a massive cordon and search operation to track down terrorists responsible for the attack on a passenger bus in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district
The UN Secretary- General will tell the Security Council next week that both Israel and Hamas are violating children's rights and leaving them exposed to danger in their war to eliminate each other.
The short film Mehroon, directed by Abu Sohel Khondekar, has won laurels at the KASISH International Film Festival in Mumbai.
