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Rajya Sabha Chairman Dhankhar rejects privilege notice against Amit Shah

New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday rejected a privilege notice against Union Home Minister Amit Shah after he cited a 1948 government press release to authenticate his statement that a Congress leader was part of the management of Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh had moved the notice against Shah for “casting aspersions” on Congress Parliamentary Party head Sonia Gandhi. Dhankhar said Shah had, after making certain remarks while replying to a debate on the Disaster Management Bill, 2024 in Rajya Sabha on March 25, agreed to authenticate his statement.

Rise in antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea could become ‘untreatable’,

Cases of gonorrhoea infections that are resistant to antibiotics are on the rise in England, scientists have warned. Increased resistance could one day make the sexually transmitted infection (STI) “untreatable” if the problem is not tackled. Gonorrhoea is usually treated with the antibiotic ceftriaxone, readily available as an injection or tablets from your GP or a sexual health clinic. In some cases, this isn’t effective, as the bacteria has developed the ability to survive and multiply even when exposed to the antibiotic. But these are often remedied with a second line of treatment. A small number of cases are classed

ED conducts fresh searches in case against Bihar IAS officer Sanjeev Hans

Patna, Mar 27 (PTI) The ED (Enforcement Directorate) on Thursday carried out fresh searches against some Bihar government officials and engineers as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation against IAS officer Sanjeev Hans, official sources said. About six-seven locations in Patna are being raided. Some cash and documents have been seized, the sources said. The searches are being conducted on government officers and engineers who are facing allegations of bribery, they said. The money laundering case against Hans, a 1997-batch bureaucrat who last served as the principal secretary of the Bihar energy department, stems from a special vigilance unit

Indian auto components makers more likely to be hit by Trump’s tariff than vehicle makers

New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) Indian auto component makers are more likely to be impacted than their vehicle manufacturing counterparts by US President Donald Trump’s tariff war, industry observers said on Thursday. Trump on Wednesday announced imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on auto imports from April with another 25 per cent tariffs expected to be applied on imports of major automotive parts — engines and engine parts, transmissions and powertrain parts, and electrical components by May. “It is the Indian auto components industry that is more likely to face the heat due to the US tariff as exports from

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