An Australian parliamentary committee on treaties has recommended its government give formal consent to the trade pact which was signed on April 2, this year, between India and Australia in a virtual ceremony.

Raising interest rates is a monetary policy instrument that typically helps suppress demand in the economy, thereby helping the inflation rate decline.

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 7 (ANI): Pune Police has recently filed a closure report in the phone tapping case registered against senior IPS officer and former Commissioner of Police Rashmi Shukla, said a senior police official.

New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): The price of important commodities, especially edible oils, reported a drop in September this year compared to prior years due to the series of proactive and preventative actions implemented by the government to increase domestic availability and stabilise prices of essential food commodities, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said on Monday.

Washington [US], September 22 (ANI): The US Federal Reserve has yet again raised key interest rates in its fight against red-hot inflation in the country. The key policy rate was raised by 75 basis points to 3.0-3.25 per cent -- which is the third consecutive hike of the same magnitude.

New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The chairman of the parliamentary Committee on official language Amit Shah called on President Droupadi Murmu on Friday and presented the 11th volume of the report of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.

New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): India on Friday reiterated its support for the resumption of negotiations regarding the question of the Malvinas Islands between Argentina and the United Kingdom in accordance with the Resolutions of the UNGA and the Special Committee on Decolonization.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 8 (ANI): Raising strong objection to the textbook revision made by the Karnataka government, Congress state president DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said that the BJP is carrying out the cultural atrocity while also suggesting to "throw the revised textbooks into the trash".

New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): India's Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has been appointed as the Chairperson of Committee B at the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA), informed the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday.

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI The Centre on Thursday told the Rajya Sabha that it was not considering setting up of a media commission as recommended by a parliamentary panel to check irregularities in print electronic and digital platforms Noting that media was gradually losing its credibility and integrity the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology had in December 2021 recommended setting up of a Media Council with statutory powers to check irregularities in print electronic and digital platforms Responding to a query raised in the Upper House of Parliament Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said the government regularly meets stakeholders for policy formulation The government regularly holds consultations with stakeholders and utilises datainformation available from various sources for policy formulation building strategies etc The setting up of a Media Commission is not considered necessary at present Thakur said in a written response The parliamentary committee headed by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in its Twenty-Seventh Report had suggested the creation of a media commission comprising experts for wider consultations amongst the interested groupsstakeholders to evolve a consensus on setting up of Media Council The Committee had said the commission will look into all the complex issues concerning the media and submit its report to the Committee within six months of its inception PTI AG AG AQS AQS