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SC to hear Shiv Sena (UBT) plea against merger of six MPs with Eknath Shinde

SC to hear Shiv Sena (UBT) plea against merger of six MPs with Eknath Shinde

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a petition filed by Shiv Sena (UBT) challenging Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s decision recognising the merger of six of its Lok Sabha MPs with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. The apex court issued notices to the Speaker’s office and the six MPs, while declining to grant an interim stay on the merger. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Lok Sabha expands translation services as six new languages added for better inclusivity

Lok Sabha expands translation services as six new languages added for better inclusivity

Image Source : PTI Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. In a significant development, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday announced the extension of translation services in Parliament to six additional languages — Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, Urdu, and Sanskrit. Addressing the House, Birla stated that this move aims to enhance accessibility and representation for lawmakers who speak these languages. Earlier, translation services were available in 10 regional languages, including Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu, alongside Hindi and English. With this latest addition, Parliament now offers translation support in a total of 16 languages.  “Now, we have also included six more languages–Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Manipuri, Urdu, and Sanskrit. Along with this, for the additional 16 languages, as human resources become available, we are making efforts to provide simultaneous translations in those as well,” he said. “India’s parliamentary system is a democratic framework that provides translations in so many languages. When I discussed at the global level that we are making this effort in 22 languages in India, everyone on …