Jairam Ramesh

"You Can't Wake A Man...": Shashi Tharoor Backs Trinamool On House Panels

India News | Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Monday May 10, 2021

The Trinamool Congress's demand to hold virtual meetings of parliamentary committees, the deadly second Covid wave notwithstanding, was today strongly echoed by senior Congress leaders.

Jairam Ramesh Versus Foreign Minister Over Oxygen Supply To Embassies

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday May 2, 2021

A couple of foreign embassies' SOS to the Congress for oxygen set off a war of words on social media between the party's former Union minister Jairam Ramesh and the BJP's foreign minister S Jaishankar.

"Atrocious": Congress Slams Centre Over Differential Covishield Pricing

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 21, 2021

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday criticised the Union government over differential pricing of Covishield vaccine, saying the Centre getting it at Rs 150 per dose and states at Rs 400 is no cooperative federalism.

Will "Destroy" Panna Tiger Reserve: Ex-Minister On Ken, Betwa Rivers Linking

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday March 22, 2021

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday expressed fear that the interlinking of Ken and Betwa rivers will destroy the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh.

Top Court Pulls Up Centre Over Jairam Ramesh Plea Against Amended RTI Law

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 23, 2021

The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Centre for not filing reply on a plea by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh who has challenged the Constitutional validity of the Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019, which gives power to the government to prescribe tenure, allowances and salary of information commissioners.

"Completely Atrocious": Activist Disha Ravi's Arrest Triggers Outrage

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Sunday February 14, 2021

The arrest of a 22-year-old climate activist from Bengaluru, Disha Ravi, sparked widespread outrage on Sunday, with politicians, academics, activists, authors and poets among those condemning the police action over a guide to the anti-government farmer protests that was tweeted by environmentalist Greta Thunberg.

"What About This U-Turn, Madam": Jairam Ramesh vs Nirmala Sitharaman

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday February 13, 2021

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, whose party was accused by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of taking an about-turn on agricultural reforms by supporting the farmers' protest, on Saturday rebuffed the attack with the same question.

Was Rebuked For Stopping Hydel Projects In Uttarakhand: Jairam Ramesh

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 10, 2021

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said he came under sharp attack as environment minister when he stopped hydel projects on rivers in Uttarakhand as the cumulative impact of the projects were not taken into consideration.

Jairam Ramesh Tenders Apology To Vivek Doval In Defamation Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 19, 2020

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday tendered an apology to Vivek Doval, the son of National Security Advisor , before a Delhi court in connection with a criminal defamation case.

What Does Anand Mahindra Call A Bath Tub Used By A Tiger? A "Ticuzzi"

Offbeat | Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Thursday December 10, 2020

When Congress leader Jairam Ramesh posted a Twitter video of a tiger, ostensibly from Kodagu in Karnataka, it gave way to joy and nostalgia in industrialist Anand Mahindra who reminisced the time of his childhood spent in the beautiful southern Indian district.

Loyalists Promoted, Dissenters Snubbed In New Sonia Gandhi Decisions

India News | Written by Sunil Prabhu | Thursday August 27, 2020

Days after saying she had no ill-will against 23 Congress veterans who wrote her a letter that lurched the party into turmoil, Sonia Gandhi has taken the first steps to keep the so-called dissenters in check. Jairam Ramesh, a senior leader who was not in the dissident group, has been appointed chief whip of the Congress.

5-Member Congress Committee To Decide Party's Stand On Key Ordinances

India News | ANI | Thursday August 27, 2020

Congress has constituted a 5-member committee to discuss and formulate the party's stand on key ordinances by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central Government.

Draft Environment Rules For Suit-Boot Friends, Loot Nation: Rahul Gandhi

India News | Edited by Nandini Gupta | Monday August 10, 2020

In a tweet replete with jibes at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called for withdrawal of the new Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020 draft to stop "LootOfTheNation". A day earlier he had said the draft provisions are "dangerous" and if notified, the long term consequences will be "catastro...

"Bizarre": Congress Trolls Nirmala Sitharaman On Space Announcements

India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Sunday May 17, 2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcement that space exploration will be opened for private companies amid a migrant crisis is "bizarre", senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said in a series of tweets, following her press conference conducted to reveal the fourth tranche of the centre's Rs 20 lakh crore coronavirus stimulus.

Poor Without Ration Cards Should Also Be Given Food Grains: Jairam Ramesh

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 6, 2020

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday urged the government not to deny the poor and vulnerable food grains even if they do not have a ration card.