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Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply in Rajya Sabha to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address at 2 pm tomorrow, announces Chairman of Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar. Earlier in the day, the PM replied to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address in the Lok Sabha.
Taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, the Prime Minister said that you must have experienced the level of security in the valley first hand.
“I have been waiting for the past 9 years for the Opposition to bring some constructive criticism to the floor. But I have got nothing except futile accusations and curses for the country's important institutions like CBI, Election Commission, ED and RBI. In place of "constructive criticism" they are busy with "compulsive criticism”,” the PM said.
At a time when the world is divided due to war, struggling with inflation, food crisis and instability across nations, India has emerged confident as the fifth biggest economy in the world.
Along with expressing my thanks to the President, I also want to appreciate her for the speech that has showed new direction to the nation, especially to India's dauthers and sisters, the PM said while replying to debate on Motion of Thanks to the President's address in Lok Sabha.
A fresh team of 51 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel is being rushed to earthquake-hit Turkiye even as two teams present there have launched rescue operations at multiple collapsed structures, Director General of the force Atul Karwal said Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to reply to the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address in the Lok Sabha around 3:30 pm on Wednesday, the Prime Minister's Office said.
The death toll from Monday's devastating earthquakes climbed to 8,356 in Turkey and Syria on Tuesday, while calls mounted to lift the US sanctions on Syria, state media reports say.
The Quad -- a plurilateral framework comprising India, Australia, Japan and the US -- has announced the launch of a public campaign to improve cyber security in these four nations.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking approval for draft recruitment rules of Group 'C' posts in the NDMC.
Senior BJP leader Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday demanded an apology to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after the party MP Mahua Moitra used an 'offensive' word on the floor of the House during the ongoing Budget Session in Parliament.
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First Published: Feb 08 2023 | 8:41 AM IST
