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Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar has referred complaints against Raghav Chadha, Derek O'Brien to the Privileges Committee. When can this be done and what are the committee's powers?

A Moscow court will deliver its verdict on a slew of new charges against Navalny, a vociferous Putin critic and Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, later today.

Researchers have identified a gigantic species of extinct whale from bones excavated more than a decade ago. Perucetus colossus may have been heavier than even the largest blue whales.

The SC had stopped the Gyanvapi mosque survey on July 24 and asked the Muslim side to go to the HC. The suit first arose out of a petition by a group of Hindu women seeking the right to worship Maa Shringar Gauri on the outer wall of the mosque complex. What is the main question of law here?

Railway Protection Force personnel are deployed for duty at passenger areas, train escorting duties, bandobast duties, evictions, special drives in ladies' compartments and disabled coaches and assistance to ticket checking duties.

The Jan Vishwas Bill, now passed in both houses of the Parliament, was brought in to help with “ease of business” in the pharmaceutical sector. But some experts have argued that the Bill’s provisions let manufacturers of substandard drugs off the hook.

Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya, last week, called for an archaeological survey of Hindu temples, to determine whether they have been built over Buddhist structures. This happened in context of the ongoing Gyanvapi mosque issue.

NASA detected a signal from its Voyager 2 spacecraft on August 1, after losing communication for over a week. Launched 46 years ago, Voyager 2 is currently in interstellar space. Along with Voyager 1, it has provided invaluable data and inspired future space missions.

The two prerequisites for any financial Bill to become a money Bill are that first, it must only be introduced in the Lok Sabha and not the Rajya Sabha. Secondly, these Bills can only be introduced on the President’s recommendation.

Expert Explains: While the Communist Party govt officially used positive words for Janet Yellen's visit, the US Treasury Secretary has received backlash from sections within the Chinese society.