Phangnon Konyak became the first woman to chair the Rajya Sabha from Nagaland

Phangnon Konyak became the first woman to chair the Rajya Sabha from Nagaland

Daily Current Affairs / Phangnon Konyak became the first woman to chair the Rajya Sabha from Nagaland

Change Language English Hindi

Category : State Published on: July 28 2023

Share on facebook

BJP’s S Phangnon Konyak became the first woman member from Nagaland to preside over Rajya Sabha.
On July 17, she became the first ever woman member of Rajya Sabha to be appointed to the panel of vice-chairpersons.
She is also the first woman to be elected to Rajya Sabha from Nagaland (April 2022) and the second woman from the state to be elected to either house of the Parliament or the state assembly.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar nominated four women members (50% of the total) to the panel of Vice-Chairpersons to promote gender equality.
All the nominated women members are first time MPs.
The reconstituted panel now comprises a total of eight members, half of whom are women, a first in the history of the Upper House.

Recent Post's

International Dance Day was observed on April 29.
Read More....
Jyothi Surekha Vennam secures a hat-trick of gold medals at the Archery World Cup.
Read More....
Indian Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane engages in SCO Defence Ministers' Meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Read More....
India Today Group's AI anchor, Sana, clinches a prestigious global media award.
Read More....
China sends a three-member crew, Shenzhou-18, to its Tiangong space station.
Read More....
Iraq passes strict law limiting LGBT rights.
Read More....
Gina Justus honored with 2024 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards for Middle East and North Africa.
Read More....
Sarvadanand Barnwal appointed as Director in the Department of Land Resources.
Read More....
India men's archery team triumphs over Korea, clinching World Cup gold.
Read More....
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will lift off aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and dock at the orbiting laboratory.
Read More....