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Hungary's PM gets sweeping powers to handle coronavirus pandemic
Updated : 47 min ago IST
Budapest [Hungary], Mar 31 (ANI): Hungary's parliament on Monday voted to allow Prime Minister Viktor Orban to rule by decree indefinitely, in order to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
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Combatting COVID-19: BJP MP donates Rs 1 cr from MPLAD fund
Updated : 7 hours, 1 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Monday gave a consent letter for contributing Rs 1 crore from his MPLAD (Member of Parliament Local Area Development) funds as part of the efforts to fight COVID-19.
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Several MPs donate Rs 1 crore from MPLAD fund to fight COVID-19 af
Updated : 1 day, 5 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): A day after Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla appealed to MPs to send consent letters for contributing Rs 1 crore or more from their MPLAD funds to efforts to fight COVID-19, 35 parliamentarians have already done so, sources in the Lok Sabha Secretariat said on Sund
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Venkaiah Naidu urges Rajya Sabha MPs to contribute from MPLAD fund
Updated : 1 day, 14 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday appealed to the Rajya Sabha MPs to contribute at least Rs 1 crore initially from their Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) funds to supplement the Centre's efforts in the fight against coronavirus pan
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VP Naidu appeals to MPs to contribute Rs 1 cr from MPLADS for COVI
Updated : 1 day, 15 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has appealed to all Members of Parliament to contribute at least Rs 1 crore from their MPLADS funds to the Centre in the fight against COVID-19.
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British Secretary of State for Health Matt Hancock tests positive
Updated : 3 days, 10 hours ago IST
London [UK], Mar 27 (ANI): British Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Member of Parliament from West Suffolk, Matt Hancock has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Friday. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was tested positive.
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Sonia Gandhi writes to Rae Bareli administration, offers MPLADS fu
Updated : 3 days, 12 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written to District Magistrate, Rae Bareli, authorising the local administration to withdraw as much money as is needed from MPLADS fund to help people in her parliamentary constituency during the crisis created by a coron
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BSP MP Afzal Ansari allocates Rs 39.50 lakh from MPLAD to combat C
Updated : 3 days, 18 hours ago IST
Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party MP Afzal Ansari on Friday allocated Rs 39.50 lakh from his Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) fund to Ghazipur District Magistrate for buying ventilators and other medical equipment to combat COVID-19 outbr
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Rahul Gandhi urges release of Rs 2.66 cr from MPLAD fund to combat
Updated : 4 days, 14 hours ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday requested for an 'urgent release' of Rs 2.66 crore from his Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD) funds for the purchase of ventilators, testing kits, personal protection equipment (PPEs) a
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Decision not to bring back Pak students from Wuhan "tough but good
Updated : 5 days, 10 hours ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 25 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan told parliamentary leaders that the country does not have a single coronavirus case which was imported from China due to government's "tough but good" decision of not bringing back students stranded in Wuhan, the epicente
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Nityanand Rai donates Rs 1.25 crore from MPLAD fund to Samastipur,
Updated : 5 days, 10 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Wednesday donated Rs 1.25 crore for Samastipur and Vaishali districts from the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Division (MPLADS) fund for purchasing equipment required to combat against coronaviru
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COVID-19: YSRCP MPs to donate salary to relief funds
Updated : 5 days, 18 hours ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The YSR Congress Party on Tuesday announced that all its Members of Parliament will donate two month's salary, to help curb the spread of COVID-19.
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