Smriti Zubin Irani

34 BJP MLAs in UP are women, highest ever, yet at 11% they are still under-represented

Thirty-four of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) 312 members of legislative assembly (MLAs) in India’s most populous state are women.

Arvind Panagariya takes charge as NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman

Noted economist Arvind Panagariya, who has been appointed as the first Vice-Chairman of the newly-created NITI Aayog, has taken charge of his office today.