Morning Digest | Pegasus need not be debated in Parliament: Sarkar, agricultural unions threaten to resume agitation, and more

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Monday said the matter is sub-judice and there is no need to discuss the issue separately in the budget session of Parliament, amid opposition’s demand for a discussion on the Pegasus spyware issue.

The farmers’ unions said that if the central government failed to fulfill its written commitments on withdrawal of cases against the protesters, compensation for those killed during the agitation and setting up of a committee on Minimum Support Price (MSP), they would have to resume their agitation. Will be forced to start over. According to a memorandum submitted by the United Kisan Morcha (SKM) to President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday.

The Russian government has sent a written response to a US proposal aimed at mitigating the Ukraine crisisAccording to three Biden administration officials.

The Economic Survey for 2021-22 tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha expects GDP to grow from 9.2% this year and 8% in 2022-23 to 8.5%, even as there is a tightening of Concerns have been expressed about the implications. Inflation and energy prices.

The Department of Economic Affairs said there is an urgent need for crop diversification to increase oilseed production and reduce dependence on cooking oil imports along with severe water stress in areas where paddy, wheat and sugarcane grow. The Annual Economic Survey was released on Monday.

The Department of Economic Affairs, in its annual economic survey, said the demand for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme has fallen since the peak of the first lockdown, but still exceeds pre-COVID levels. Is. It is “an indicator of rural labor markets”.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday lauded health care professionals for supporting the government’s massive vaccination campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic with indigenous production of vaccines and citizens “demonstrating a deep belief in democratic values, discipline and sense of responsibility”. entered during. In his address to the Joint Houses of Parliament at the start of the Budget Session, his third year.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that she has blocked state Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on social media platform Twitter.

The chief minister told reporters at the state secretariat that he was forced to take the decision as the governor was issuing tweets everyday asking him and state government officials to act as per his “instructions”.

In this episode of Talking Politics with Nistula Hebbar, we discuss the importance of Western Uttar Pradesh in the 2022 assembly elections. Will voters favor those who talk about farmers? Or will Hindu-Muslim polarization be the deciding factor?

Union minister SP Singh Baghel on Monday filed his nomination papers from the Karhal assembly constituency of Mainpuri to take on Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday transferred the investigation into the suicide death of a schoolgirl studying in a school run by a Christian missionary in Thanjavur district to the CBI.

The Kerala High Court on Monday deferred by two days the implementation of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s (I&B) order canceling the license of MediaOne TV channel and deleting the channel’s name from the list of permitted channels.

India called for calm diplomacy and a peaceful resolution to Russia-Ukraine tensions. Speaking at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Ukraine, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations also called for an immediate de-escalation of the situation, keeping in mind the security interests of all.

The UN Security Council is set to meet for the first time on Monday on Russia’s military build-up and threatening actions against Ukraine at the request of the United States, and all major players are expected to publicly close in on the possibility of Russian Invasion and its global impact.

The United Arab Emirates intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday, January 31, 2022, as the Israeli president visited the country, officials said, the third such attack in recent weeks.

The attack comes amid the visit of President Isaac Herzog, fueling ongoing tensions affecting the wider Persian Gulf, which has seen a series of attacks as Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers collapsed and Yemen’s years-long war Has been.

Story so far: India has invited applications from 100 domestic companies, startups and small and medium enterprises to be part of the Design-Linked Incentive (DLI) scheme. Simultaneously, the IT ministry has sought proposals from academia, start-ups and MSMEs to train 85,000 qualified engineers on semiconductor design and manufacturing.

Equity benchmarks posted solid gains on Monday after falling for two sessions in the form of healthy growth projections in the Economic Survey and supportive global cues encouraging investors.

Veteran India hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh on Monday won the coveted World Sports Athlete of the Year for his 2021 performance, becoming only the second Indian to receive the honour.

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