Mayawati accuses Congress and BJP of engaging in partisan politics in the '50% commission' dispute.

Mayawati, the supreme leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), criticized both the Congress and the BJP on Monday over the raging "50% commission" controversy in Madhya Pradesh (MP), stating that the actual issues of governance have taken a back seat to the fight between the two parties...

A bill has been introduced in the Rajya Sabha to supplant the CJI with a cabinet minister in the selection of the CEC and election commissioners.

The central government introduced a bill on Thursday that would replace the chief justice of India (CJI) with a cabinet minister on the committee for the appointment of chief election commissioners (CECs) and commissioners (ECs). To oppose the contentious bill, the opposition raised a ruckus.

According to the CFTC, Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao broke compliance regulations in order to gain users in the United States.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a complaint against Binance, its co-founder Changpeng Zhao, and its former chief compliance officer Samuel Lim in federal court in Illinois on Monday, alleging that Binance actively solicited U.S. users and subverted the exchange's own &qu...

Important lessons from loosening regulations for foreign investment

To attract international investment, banking regulators in South Korea have unveiled a new set of rules, one of which is the elimination of the country's decades-old investor registration system. As of the end of June 2022, foreign investors own around 30.7% of the local stock market, as repo...

COVID-19 infections in China have risen to 37 million in a single day.

According to one report, the coronavirus infected up to 248 million people in China during the first 20 days of December.

According to government estimates, hundreds of millions of Chinese people were likely infected with COVID-19 in the first nearly three weeks of this month.

From the archives of India Today (2014) | 26/11 attacks: The anxious night at the Taj Palace Hotel

Deven Bharti, Joint Commissioner of Police, received a call from the police control room about 11.45 p.m. regarding a woman stranded in the Taj. Bharti worked as the NSG's liaison at the Taj... The call to Bharti had travelled a circuitous path. Priya Florence Martis, who had been hiding at t...

EU Probes Greek Leader's Wiretapping

The European Commission has demanded that the troubled Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is attempting to distance himself from the news that a rival politician and journalist were being surveilled, increase the pace of an investigation into how things transpired. Mitsotakis is trying...

Changes to the Protection Act Have an Impact on the Healthcare Sector

Before the modifications, there was no requirement under the PDPA for organisations to notify the PDPC and/or impacted persons when a data breach occurred, although the Personal Data Protection Commission encouraged organisations to do so voluntarily.

If the compromised personal data in...

State Aid Approved for IPCEI’s hy2tech Hydrogen Project by the European Commission

The hy2Tech ‘Hydrogen’ project was approved by the European Commission, as an Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on the 15th of July under state aid rules. This approval plays a key role in supporting the growth of a sustainable and innovative European hydrogen indu...

By 2030, a plan by the European Commission aims to cut EU pesticide use in half

To reduce pesticide use, the European Commission has put out aggressive goals. It aims to cut the number of synthetic pesticides used in the EU by half by 2030 and gives member states control over setting strategies and reduction goals.

In sensitive locations including parks, playground...

'False,' says the Electoral Commission

The Australian Electoral Commission says the amount of false and misleading information being spread about the last federal election is continuing to diminish two weeks after Labor was re-elected after nearly a decade in office.

The number of misinformation narratives was "extremel...

Election-related agencies must be restructured

A victorious poll candidate who received an overall majority of electoral support would enter office as soon as possible in any genuine democratic system. In Thailand, no. When Chadchart Sittipunt defeated 29 challengers in Bangkok's gubernatorial election on May 22, he received 1.38 million ...

To ensure alternative supply, the Commission forms the EU Energy Platform Task Force

The European Commission has today established a new Task Force inside its Directorate-General for Energy to assist the EU Energy Platform and implement the REPowerEU supply diversification aim. The Commission and the Member States established the EU Energy Platform in March 2022, following a mand...

To ensure alternative supply, the Commission forms the EU Energy Platform Task Force

The European Commission has today established a new Task Force inside its Directorate-General for Energy to assist the EU Energy Platform and implement the REPowerEU supply diversification aim. The Commission and the Member States established the EU Energy Platform in March 2022, following a mand...

The US House of Representatives has passed legislation to prohibit fuel price gouging.

As the party tries to quell public outrage over high pump prices, Democrats in the US House of Representatives have advanced a bill making it illegal for firms to charge "unconscionably excessive" fuel prices.

The bill passed today with a vote of 217-207, giving Democrats a ch...

The European Union has set aside €25 million in humanitarian help for Palestinians

The EU said today that it will provide €25 million in humanitarian aid to disadvantaged Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.

In the Occupied Territories and Gaza Strip, almost 2 million Palestinian women, children, and men require humanitarian aid. Last year, 25...

The European Commission's Most Recent Action Against Hungary Is Dangerous, but Correct

The European Commission has slammed the brakes on Hungary for rule-of-law infractions, a risky step in the midst of a boiling conflict, but the right one.

April 27 was a watershed moment for supporters of the rule of law in EU institutions and member states. The European Commission even...

Bulgaria's veto over EU enlargement should be lifted, according to the EU's Enlargement Commissioner

According to EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, Bulgaria must lift its veto on North Macedonia's EU membership by June, despite indications from Sofia that this will not happen.

Bulgarians' inclusion as a formally recognized minority in the Republic of North Macedonia ...

Global Donors Pledge 9.1 billion Euros in Donations to Ukrainian Refugees

On Saturday, donors including the European Commission and the Canadian government pledged a combined 9.1 billion euros for loans, grants, and donations for supporting the Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war after the Russian invasion.

A fundraising event was held in Warsaw, Poland that h...

How EU trilogue negotiators exploit 'constraint' to get concessions

The European Commission, European Parliament, and Council of the European Union agree on much of the legislation that is approved in the EU during informal conversations. But how are these discussions carried out, and what techniques do negotiators employ to obtain concessions? Maximilian Haag il...