In Parliament: Food, accommodation sought in Manipur camps

A parliamentary committee has recommended that the Centre should take additional steps for providing nutritious food and adequate accommodation facilities to women and children in relief camps in Manipur. “A significant number of those affected are women and children, who have been rendered homeless, deprived of basic necessities and left in extreme distress.

RS passes Bill to boost aircraft leasing industry

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed The Protection of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill-2025, which seeks to give legal effect to certain international agreements in their application to India with Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, asserting that it would partly help in bringing down airfares. “We hope this Bill is going to give a lot of push for the leasing industry,” he said.