India at 148th in number of women MPs; UN calls for quotas
United Nations, March 16 Releasing a world ranking of the number of women parliamentarians that that placed India 148, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of UN...
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South Asian Speakers Summit begins in Madhya Pradesh
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Indore, Feb 18 (IANS) The two-day South Asian Speakers Summit was inaugurated by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan here in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday. The speakers...
Lok Sabha speaker concerned over ‘uneven’ achievement of MDGs
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Hanoi, March 30 Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday expressed concern over the uneven achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) across different regions of...
2 MP’s from India selected to Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
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Hanoi (Vietnam), 29 March 2015: The Indian Parliamentary Delegation led by Sumita Mahajan, Speaker, Lok Sabha is attending the 132nd Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) being...
People should help end gender bias : Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan
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Geneva (Switzerland), Oct 13 People should join hands to eliminate all forms of gender-based inequalities and violence for sustainable peace and prosperity in society, Lok...