Venkaiah Naidu administers oath to five newly-elected Rajya Sabha MPs

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday administered the oath of office to five newly elected Members of Rajya Sabha from the States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha in the Rajya Sabha chamber in the Parliament House. Those who took oath are Niranjan Reddy Sirgapoor and Ryaga Krishnaiah (both of YSRCP) from Andhra Pradesh, Damodar Rao Divakonda and […]

Collective efforts required to achieve target of TB free India by 2025: Venkaiah Naidu

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said collective efforts from all are needed to achieve the target of a Tuberculosis (TB) free India by 2025. The Vice President, who chaired a sensitisation programme for Members of Parliament on Tuberculosis along with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, said TB is one of the unfinished items […]

Venkaiah Naidu inaugurates Pediatric Rare Genetic Disorders Laboratory in Hyderabad

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the ‘Pediatric Rare Genetic Disorders Laboratory’ on the Silver Jubilee of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion the Vice President said that the CDFD is a unique institution. “Abnormal increase in crime rate has been the major problem in […]