BJP member Pragya Singh Thakur speaks in the Lok Sabha on November 29, 2019. Photo: LSTV/PTI
Top news of the day: GDP growth slips to a six-year low of 4.5%, Pragya Thakur apologies for Godse remarks, moves privilege notice against Rahul Gandhi, and more
The lowest GDP growth in six years and three months comes at a time when Parliament has been holding day-long discussions on the economic slowdown, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman assuring the Upper House that we are not in a recession and may not ever be in one. | We are in a virtual free-fall, says Congress on GDP growth slip
The Bhopal MP submitted a breach of privilege notice to the Lok Sabha Speaker against Mr. Gandhi for calling her a “terrorist”. Ms. Thakur, who was earlier forced to tender an unconditional apology for her praise for Nahuram Godse in the House, accused the Congress MP of breaching her privilege as a parliamentarian by calling her a “terrorist” even though there is no court conviction against her and sought action against him from the Speaker.
“I have not ordered work [on the Metro project] to stop but I won’t allow trees to be killed … Not even one tree will be cut as long as I am the CM. I will review how and why these trees were cut,” the Maharashtra Chief Minister said.
Born in 1926, Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, popularly known as Akkitham is one of the most revered names in Malayalam poetry. Apart from poetry, his literary excellence has footprints in genre like drama, reminiscence, critical essays, children literature, short stories and translations.
He was responding to MDMK member Vaiko’s allegation in the Rajya Sabha that Mr. Rajapaksa, was “responsible for the genocide of Tamils”. Mr. Vaiko raised concerns about Mr. Jaishankar’s recent visit to Colombo. | Fight against terror tops Modi-Gotabaya talks
DHFL was facing a liquidity crisis for more than an year after banks choked lending which resulted in defaults. Banks have an exposure of ₹40,000 crore to DHFL.