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Govt introduces National Dental Commission Bill in Lok Sabha
Fp Staff •The Bill seeks to repeal the Dentists Act, of 1948 and proposes to set up National Dental Commission (NMC) to regulate dental education and the profession in the country.
What is the Data Protection Bill cleared by the Union Cabinet?
Fp Explainers •The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill concerns itself with the online personal data of users or ‘Data Principals’. After being approved by the Cabinet, the proposed draft is now likely to be tabled in Parliament in the upcoming Monsoon Session
New Parliament building was need of the hour: PM Modi
Umang Sharma •Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the number of seats and Members of Parliament will increase in the coming time
TMC's Mahua Moitra takes on 'fearful' government, adding that the president gave 'lip service' to freedom fighters
•The TMC MP accused the government of appropriating the legacies of Bhagat Singh, who was staunchly anti-fascist, and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who banned the RSS
Monsoon Session of Parliament: LS, RS adjourned multiple times amid Oppn fury over Pegasus row, farm laws
Fp Staff •Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday drove a tractor to Parliament along with other party MPs and demanded that the three contentious farm laws be repealed
Staggered seating, 18 sittings with no breaks: Monsoon Session of Parliament likely to be held from 14 Sept to 1 Oct
•For the first time in Parliament, 60 members will be seated in the chamber, 51 in the galleries of Rajya Sabha, and the remaining 132 in the Lok Sabha chamber
When Parliament makes bad laws, judges end up doing what lawmakers should do, says former VP Hamid Ansari
•When Parliament makes bad laws, they end up in courts where judges do what the lawmakers should be doing, former vice president Hamid Ansari said on Saturday
MEA to brief Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs regarding India-Pakistan relations today
•The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs will be briefed on the current India-Pakistan relations by the MEA on Friday.
Rafale deal updates: How many lies to sustain 'sinking dynasty' asks Jaitley; Reliance Defence says Congress outraging over wrong letter
Fp Staff •Rafale deal LIVE updates: Union minister Arun Jaitley lashed out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi in a Facebook post. "How many lies are necessary to be peddled to save a sinking dynasty," he wrote.
Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, CAG report slams Centre for excess expenditure without Parliament approval
Fp Staff •The CAG report revealed a failure of the accounting authorities from the highest to lowest levels to enforce accountability