IPA Webdesk
Jitin Prasada’s exit leads to call for introspection by Cong
IPA Webdesk Jitin Prasada’s exit from Congress to jon BJP has led to call for introspection on the state of affairs in the Congress party. Aditi Singh, Congress MLA from Raebareli (Sadar), on Wednesday traded guns at the party leadership and said that it’s about time the party did...
Parkash Singh Badal summoned by SIT on Kotkapura firing
The newly constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) that was set up to re-investigate the Kotkapura firing case has summoned former chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patron Parkash Singh Badal for questioning on June 16. The Punjab government led by Captain Amarinder Singh had set up a new...
Nitish seeks ‘respectable’ share for allies in Union Cabinet
IPA Webdesk Ahead of the expected Union cabinet rejig, alliance partners have begun exerting pressure for more representation in the new ministry. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), the second largest constituent of the BJP-led NDA, for instance asserted on Saturday that alliance partners ought to have...
5% GST To continue on Covid vaccines
IPA Webdesk The GST Council, which met in Delhi on Saturday, decided to reduce the tax on medicines, some hospital equipment and other items needed in the fight against COVID-19. No tax will be charged for medicines like Tocilizumab and Amphotericin B, used for treating Black Fungus, an opportunistic...
G7 moots alternative to China’s Belt And Road
Carbis Bay, United Kingdom: G7 leaders on Saturday launched a plan to help build infrastructure in poorer nations, offering a “values-driven, high-standard and transparent” partnership in opposition to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The adoption of the US-inspired “Build Back Better World” (B3W) project came after President Joe Biden...
