Top news this week: From repo rate, Q1 results to Delhi ordinance and Data Protection Bill passed and more
RBI monetary policy was also announced wherein Governor Shaktikanta Das-led MPC kept the repo rate steady at 6.50 percent. Air India too this week unveiled it's brand news logo. In politics, Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership was restored.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lead NDA government on Thursday defeated a no-confidence motion in parliament after a fiery speech by the premier at the climax of a three-day debate. Laws like The bills including the contentious Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill were passed this week. Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership was restored on Monday and he is now free to attend Parliament sessions.
Rahul Gandhi remained suspended from the Parliament for 4 months. Read more here President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday gave her nod to four bills for them to become law. The bills include the contentious Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, and the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, according to media report.
Read more here Indian Railways catering services provider, IRCTC has announced the results for the first quarter of the current financial year. The profit stood at ₹232.22 crore with a decline of 5% on an year-on-year(YoY) basis. The company's profit in the fourt quarter of the last financial year was at was ₹279 crore.
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