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House clears anti-paper leak Bill, PM Narendra Modi says nobody will be spared (opens the original)
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A day after it was cleared by Lok Sabha, the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, which provides for stricter punishment for paper leaks, was discussed and passed by the Rajya Sabha through voice vote on Thursday. Hours later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted a video on Instagram in which he assured that “any paper mafia, paper leak gang, gang which tries to play with the future of the youth of the country would not be spared”. Underlining that his government
Government re-issues draft notification declaring over 56 K sq km of Western Ghats as eco-sensitive area (opens the original)
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An award-winning journalist with 14 years of experience, Nikhil Ghanekar is an Assistant Editor with the National Bureau [Government] of The Indian Express in New Delhi. He primarily covers environmental policy matters which involve tracking key decisions and inner workings of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. He also covers the functioning of the National Green Tribunal and writes on the impact of environmental policies on wildlife conservation, forestry issues and climate
More time for Western Ghats panel as eco-sensitive area deadlock continues (opens the original)
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An expert committee constituted in 2022 by the Union environment ministry to examine issues raised by states regarding the demarcation of ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs) in the fragile Western Ghats region was given a year’s extension late last month, The Indian Express has learnt. The extension was given as the committee’s and the Centre’s work on breaking the deadlock on finalising ESAs as demarcated in a July 2024 draft notification, which has lapsed, continues. The July 31, 2024, draft n
Bill criminalising insult to Vande Mataram introduced in House (opens the original)
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AMID CONTINUED demand for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the first week of the Monsoon Session ended in a washout on Friday, with the exception of the introduction of The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill seeks to amend the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, to make insults to National Song Vande Mataram a criminal offence, punishable with imprisonment up to five years. Proceedings in bo
Weeks after 4 key aides shunted out, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav gets new private secretary (opens the original)
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THE DEPARTMENT of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has appointed IAS officer Prashanth Kumar C H as Private Secretary to Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav. The announcement comes weeks after the Environment Ministry simultaneously removed four key aides of the Union Minister. Kumar, a 2015 Bihar-cadre officer, has been appointed at the level of Deputy Secretary, according to the DoPT order issued on July 23. Kumar has been appointed for a period of five years
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