Tag: ethics

NEW DELHI, Nov 9: The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee on Thursday recommended the expulsion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra from the House in the “cash-for-query” matter, sources said.The committee, headed by BJP MP Vinod Kumar Sonkar, met here and adopted its report recommending her expulsion. After the meeting, Sonkar ...

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra criticized Lok Sabha ethics committee head Vinod Sonkar for discussing the 'cash for query' case with the media before the complaint was heard. She questioned how the media obtained access to businessman Darshan Hiranandani's affidavit, which violates the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of ...

Former Ambassador Richard Olson pleaded guilty last year to various charges of misusing his position for personal gain Richard Olson, a former United States ambassador to Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, was sentenced to three years of probation on Friday after pleading guilty last year to various federal ...

NEW DELHI: News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has ordered three TV news channels including News18 India, Zee News and Times Now to remove seven programmes broadcast by them from their online platforms and YouTube because these were in violation of the Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards. ...

NEW DELHI, Nov 8: Former Union Minister Prakash Javadekar and BJP MP C..M. .Ramesh have been appointed as chairpersons of Rajya Sabha’s ethics and housing committees, respectively.Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar reconstituted several committees and appointed their chairpersons, according to notifications issued by the Secretariat of the Upper House.BJD ...

The government has faced intense pressure over gatherings held in and around Downing Street during Covid lockdowns. Senior civil servant Sue Gray has said that many of them “should not have been allowed to take place or to develop in the way that they did.” Here is what we ...

The annual Nobel Peace Prize shines the brightest of lights on the person or group thought to have done most to promote peace. But guessing who it will be is just a stab in the dark. That's because the secretive Norwegian Nobel Committee never drops ...

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva was called out Thursday by the World Bank, her previous employer, for applying pressure to boost China’s position in a ranking of economies. Georgieva said she disagreed with the findings, compiled by an outside law firm at the World Bank’s direction. The ...

"Chemical castration" is a popular term for what doctors call "anti-libidinal" treatment. It means reducing male testosterone by administering a drug similar to the female hormone progesterone through injections or pills. "There are indications that it works, but there is no concrete evidence to prove how effective it is," Jürgen Müller, ...

Article content continuedJody Wilson-Raybould was later moved from the justice and attorney general portfolio to veterans affairs. She quit shortly afterwards over the SNC-Lavalin scandal.Now-Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould. Patrick Doyle/ReutersTrudeau then ejected Wilson-Raybould from the Liberal party caucus along with one of her supporters, former president of the Treasury ...