Raut also said former UK prime minister Winston Churchill worked to defeat his political rivals with all his might, but always treated his defeated opponents with dignity

Boris Johnson has accepted the invitation to attend India's Republic Day celebrations as chief guest and has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join the UK's G7 summit next year

The top court said that continuous work might be affecting mental health of doctors

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi has said in a reply to Congress' leader of Opposition, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury that the Parliament will now convene in January 2021 for the Budget session

Highlighting the importance of infra development, the finance minister recently said money spent on infrastructure and asset creation has a multiplier effect on the economy

The bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in February and has been referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee of both the Houses, headed by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, for examination

Of the 10.4 million salaried employees who withdrew their retirement savings in this period, at least 8.2 million were those who earn less than Rs 15,000 per month

Vedanta, Axis Bank, SBI, Hindalco and YES Bank were among the top gainers on Friday. Dr Reddy, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Bank, Zee Entertainment and Bajaj Auto were among the top losers.

On pending compensation cess disbursal to states, FM Nirmala Sitharamam said that there is no review being done in the current structure

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan under religious persecution

Amendment to IBC: The cabinet is expected to approve significant changes to the insolvency and bankruptcy code (IBC) at the earliest to safeguard the companies taking over the broke businesses from prosecution for financial crimes by the outgoing promoters

The Bill is likely to contain broad guidelines on collection, storage and processing of personal data, consent of individuals, penalties and compensation, code of conduct and an enforcement model.

The response from DICGC, which insures all bank deposits, assumes importance in light of several bank frauds coming out in the open in recent times that have put savings of millions of depositors at risk

Trade unions have raised several serious objections in the bill: from discretionary power of the executive to raising the threshold for lay-offs to making it virtually impossible to strike legally, restricting outsiders in the unorganised sector and extending fix term employment to the entire industry

BJP MP Pragya Thakur insisted that her remarks were not on Godse but was against 'insult' to revolutionary Udham Singh

The Congress reacted strongly over Thakur's comments and said that it is a perfect representation of the BJP's deplorable hate politics

Air India privatisation: The government is aiming to start the complete sale of the airline by March, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had stated earlier this month

Before the EoI is drafted, the GoM and the DIPAM have to fill some gaps, including the lock-in period for the existing employees after the sell-off

While companies have already started gearing towards data localisation, the transitioning cost has always been the talking point

This will help make the insolvency process more attractive for the bidders and instil confidence in them