the hindu morning digest february 9 2024

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks throughout the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Feb. 8, 2024. Videograb: Sansad TV by way of PTI

We rescued the economic system from disaster, says authorities

As promised in her Interim Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman laid a White Paper on the economic system in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, outlining that the UPA’s 10 years in workplace created “an inheritance of loss” for the nation and the Narendra Modi-led NDA authorities “rescued the economy from a state of crisis, despair and paralysis”.

Gujarat BJP leaders reject Rahul Gandhi’s expenses on PM’s OBC standing

Former Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat and present Rajya Sabha member Narhari Amin on Thursday refuted Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s declare that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not born right into a caste belonging to the the Other Backward Classes (OBC), and that his caste was really introduced underneath the OBC class in 2000, throughout the BJP regime. 

Pakistan election outcomes being introduced as ‘delay’ raises eyebrows

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) introduced first outcomes of the 2024 polls in the early hours of Friday, greater than 10 hours after voting ended amid allegations of rigging, sporadic violence and a national cell phone shutdown.

Manipur welcomes Free Movement Regime suspension with Myanmar, some tribes sad

Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh on Thursday welcomed the Centre’s determination to scrap India’s Free Movement Regime (FMR) settlement. His counterparts in different northeastern States additionally hailed the announcement by Home Minister Amit Shah, which miffed political events and NGOs in Mizoram and Nagaland.

India’s Kaladan venture ‘almost dead’ after Paletwa fell to Arakan Army: senior Myanmar Opposition chief

One of India’s flagship connectivity tasks that was geared toward enhancing street and maritime reference to Southeast Asia has confronted a particular setback after an essential city in Myanmar was captured lately by a insurgent group, a senior determine of Myanmar’s Opposition has acknowledged.

Tamil Nadu MPs protest in black garments over insufficient funds to the State

Lok Sabha members belonging to Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (DMK) on Thursday participated in the House proceedings carrying black garments to protest towards the non-allocation of requisite funds to Tamil Nadu in the interim Union Budget.

(*9*)Parliament proceedings | PM Modi lauds his predecessor Manmohan Singh for his contribution to Rajya Sabha

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will probably be remembered each time there’s a dialogue on Indian democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated, lauding his predecessor whereas bidding adieu to Mr. Singh who together with different 67 members are retiring from Rajya Sabha.

Lok Sabha passes Water Act to minimize imprisonment worries of trade over water air pollution

The Lok Sabha on Thursday handed The Water Amendment (Pollution and Prevention) Act, 2024. The laws, which was launched and handed in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, makes essential adjustments to the Water (Pollution and Prevention) Act, 1974 similar to decriminalising sure violations of the act deemed “minor,” replaces for the most half the penalties of imprisonment with fines starting from ₹10,000 to ₹15 lakh.

Low budgetary allocation crippling MGNREGS, says Parliamentary panel

A diminished price range at the outset of the monetary yr for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has a “cascading effect on various important aspects” of the programme and a telling affect on its progress, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development stated in its report tabled on Thursday. 

Israeli strikes kill 13 in a southern Gaza city that might be the subsequent goal in the struggle

Israeli airstrikes killed over a dozen individuals in a single day and into Thursday in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’ cease-fire phrases and vowed to broaden the offensive into the southern Gaza city.

Sportstar Aces Awards 2024 | Shami is Sportsman of the yr in Team Sports

India cricketer Mohammed Shami and chess Grandmaster R. Vaishali gained the ‘Sportsman of the year (Team Sports)’ and ‘Sportswoman of the year (Individual)’ awards respectively at the Sportstar ACES Awards 2024 held at the Taj Mahal Palace right here on Thursday.