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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said Friday she was marking her last "school strike" as she was graduating high school, but said she would continue partaking in weekly protests.

Pakistan's government will present its annual budget to parliament on Friday needing to satisfy the IMF to have any chance of securing the release of more bailout money, with the crisis-riven country due to hold elections by November.

Mr Chandrasekhar said consultations with stakeholders on the Digital India Bill will start this month. The new personal data protection bill will also be introduced in Parliament soon.

The mayhem went on for several minutes amid loud heckling from both opposition and majority lawmakers until the vote officially certified the approval of the bill.

In a scathing attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Mohabbat Ki Dukan', Union Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday questioned his love for Indian democracy and his boycotting of inauguration of new Parliament building.

A baby took a seat in the Italian parliament for the first time ever on Wednesday, when lawmaker Gilda Sportiello breastfed her son Federico in the Chamber of Deputies, triggering a round of applause from fellow members.

Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said the decision on the new Parliament building could have been taken through talks with political parties.

Many opposition parties, including the Congress and JD(U), are trying to forge unity ahead of next year's Lok Sabha polls.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking support from opposition parties in his fight against the Centre's ordinance on control of services in Delhi, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Monday said they know how to pass it.

Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Varun Gandhi today urged his fellow MPs to give a portion of their salaries to the families of those killed and injured in the Odisha train tragedy.

The government today dismissed a brewing controversy around a mural in the newly inaugurated Parliament building that has drawn some angry reactions from Nepal's political leaders.

From the time it was conceived, to its execution over the last few years, leading up to the inauguration ceremony - the new parliament building has been an exercise in architectonic narcissism. Or, to put it more simply, 'The I-Me-Myself Project'.

"I, not as a member of Parliament, but as a woman, say that if such a complaint comes from any woman, then its cognisance should be taken. It should be verified," Ms Munde said, according to news agency PTI.

The Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament for the Ministry of Railways on Thursday resolved to upgrade 1,275 railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station. The decision was taken at a meeting in New Delhi.

In his first remarks on the Congress-led Opposition boycotting the inauguration of the new Parliament building, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said they "insulted" the sentiment of the country and the hard work of 60,000 labourers.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said Friday she was marking her last "school strike" as she was graduating high school, but said she would continue partaking in weekly protests.

Pakistan's government will present its annual budget to parliament on Friday needing to satisfy the IMF to have any chance of securing the release of more bailout money, with the crisis-riven country due to hold elections by November.

Mr Chandrasekhar said consultations with stakeholders on the Digital India Bill will start this month. The new personal data protection bill will also be introduced in Parliament soon.

The mayhem went on for several minutes amid loud heckling from both opposition and majority lawmakers until the vote officially certified the approval of the bill.

In a scathing attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Mohabbat Ki Dukan', Union Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday questioned his love for Indian democracy and his boycotting of inauguration of new Parliament building.

A baby took a seat in the Italian parliament for the first time ever on Wednesday, when lawmaker Gilda Sportiello breastfed her son Federico in the Chamber of Deputies, triggering a round of applause from fellow members.

Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said the decision on the new Parliament building could have been taken through talks with political parties.

Many opposition parties, including the Congress and JD(U), are trying to forge unity ahead of next year's Lok Sabha polls.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking support from opposition parties in his fight against the Centre's ordinance on control of services in Delhi, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Monday said they know how to pass it.

Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Varun Gandhi today urged his fellow MPs to give a portion of their salaries to the families of those killed and injured in the Odisha train tragedy.

The government today dismissed a brewing controversy around a mural in the newly inaugurated Parliament building that has drawn some angry reactions from Nepal's political leaders.

From the time it was conceived, to its execution over the last few years, leading up to the inauguration ceremony - the new parliament building has been an exercise in architectonic narcissism. Or, to put it more simply, 'The I-Me-Myself Project'.

"I, not as a member of Parliament, but as a woman, say that if such a complaint comes from any woman, then its cognisance should be taken. It should be verified," Ms Munde said, according to news agency PTI.

The Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament for the Ministry of Railways on Thursday resolved to upgrade 1,275 railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station. The decision was taken at a meeting in New Delhi.

In his first remarks on the Congress-led Opposition boycotting the inauguration of the new Parliament building, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said they "insulted" the sentiment of the country and the hard work of 60,000 labourers.