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 channel for the latest stories and updates. The Federal Government has published the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance 2021 online, some 3 days after it came into effect on 11 January 2021. While the Ordinance is only in effect during the Emergency, it gives the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (YDPA) or any person authorised by the YDPA quite a lot of power. While it seems that for the most part, the Ordinance reads pretty similar to previous Emergency Ordinances, here are some of the more interes...

An 1988 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, Arvind Kumar Sharma held the post of Secretary in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Stepping off the poll wheel: Why simultaneous elections make sense SECTIONS Last Updated: Jan 10, 2021, 11:30 PM IST Share Synopsis Conducting elections simultaneously in India is not a new idea. The very first general elections to the Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies were conducted simultaneously in 1951-52. Recently, the Tamil Nadu government issued an order to deploy over 300,000 teachers in government and private schools for election duty for assembly polls in May 2021. Such p...

Upper Houses in Legislatures: who and what do they actually represent? India Updated: Friday, January 8, 2021, 16:24 [IST] The heart-beat of representative democracy is the working of legislative institutions which represent the citizens. In recent times, the role and functioning of such legislative bodies have come under close scrutiny. The recent suicide by the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council in Karnataka, a few weeks after he was dragged out of the Presiding Officers Chair, is sti...

City reviews grant program The Leavenworth Times The city of Leavenworth is still offering grants to community support organizations and small businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Assistant City Manager Taylour Tedder updated city commissioners on the grant program Tuesday. Tedder said the city set aside $750,000 for grants to community support organizations and $250,000 for grants for small businesses. City Manager Paul Kramer has said federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief an...

Round-table discussion held on the topic Parliamentary democracy The second quarter function of the centenary celebration of the All India Presiding Officers Conference (AIPOC) was held in the Central Hall of the Assam Legislative Assembly today,   |  31 Dec 2020 5:27 AM GMT GUWAHATI: The second quarter function of the centenary celebration of the All India Presiding Officers Conference (AIPOC) was held in the Central Hall of the Assam Legislative Assembly today, with several dignitaries ...

YS Jagan Governance Marked By Welfare Dec 20, 2020, 15:54 IST AMARAVATI: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has emerged as a welfare signature to the State and became the new idiom of Andhra Pradesh polity with his sharpness in decision making, precision in work style, eye for detail, and commitment to usher in a welfare state which earned him a place of pride of being among the best heads of State in the country.   Pitch-forked into active politics by a quirk of fate with the tragedy...

  Why would the B of A suspend financial banking services? I have consulted with banking sources and here are the answers that I received:   Bank of America knows that a bank run is going to occur and they are beta testing their text messaging system with the notification of a suspension of services. A bank run could be due to an economic collapse, but none is foreseen in the near future. A disaster is headed the United States way and a bank run is anticipated and this message was a beta te...

High Court notice to State on creation of caste corporations Updated: Updated: Govt. told to furnish notifications of setting up such boards Share Article Govt. told to furnish notifications of setting up such boards The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday ordered issue of notice to the State government on a public interest litigation petition questioning constitutional validity of creation of separate development corporations in the name of Maratha, Brahmin, Veerashaiva-Lingayat, and Aryav...

Bengaluru: BJP-JD(S) bid to unseat Pratapchandra fails, Council adjourned sine die   Tue, Dec 15 2020 01:25:24 PM From Our Special Correspondent Daijiworld Media Network Bengaluru, Dec 15: The combined efforts of ruling BJP and opposition JD(S), which is cozying up to the saffron party notwithstanding its secular credentials, to unseat Congress party’s senior leader K Pratapchandra Shetty from the Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman’s post through a no-confidence motion came a cropper ...