Weeks after the Centre accepted the recommendations of the high-level committee, which was headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind, the Union Cabinet has given the nod to the "One Nation,One Election" bill. Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal stated that the scheme to provide Rs 1000 monthly to women in Delhi has been launched with the Cabinet's nod, but the money will be credited after the elections. The financial aid for women will be enhanced to Rs 2,100 from Rs 1,000, Kejriwal added.
Market regulator Sebi has issued an administrative warning letter to HDFC Bank alleging non-compliances with certain provisions. HDFC Bank has stated that it will take necessary steps to address Sebi's concerns.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi reached Hathras Thursday morning to meet the family of a Dalit woman who had died allegedly after gangrape in September 2020. The Congress MP reached Bool Garhi village around 11.15 am, even as police stepped up deployment in and around the hamlet in the Chandpa area the district in light of his visit.
Amid the raging controversy over suits seeking surveys of mosques and dargahs, the Supreme Court will hear a bunch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. The act states that the nature of all places of worship, except the one in Ayodhya that was then under litigation, shall be maintained as it was on August 15, 1947.
TMC leader Kunal Ghosh, speaking about the INDIA alliance, stressed that Banerjee's goal is to build a coalition capable of challenging the BJP's dominance."Mamata Banerjee has made it clear that she is not interested in any 'chair' in Delhi. She is interested in building an alternative platform which can defeat the BJP," Ghosh said. He added that the TMC, under Mamata Banerjee's leadership, had successfully defeated the BJP in West Bengal and that in Jharkhand, the JMM had achieved the same feat under Hemant Soren. "Congress should do a self-analysis on why they failed in Haryana, Maharashtra and Lok Sabha elections..." Ghosh added.
Rejecting the opposition-led impeachment attempts against him and investigations into last week's move, South Korea's president defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges. Yoon's December 3 martial law decree has generated political chaos and protests calling for his ouster. I will fight to the end, to prevent the forces and criminal groups that have been responsible for paralysing the country's government and disrupting the nation's constitutional order from threatening the future of the Republic of Korea, Yoon said. Yoon said his martial law introduction was meant to defend the county's liberal democracy and constitutional order in the face of the liberal opposition party, which he says has paralysed state affairs and threatened the constitution.
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