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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicJagdeep Dhankhar

Topic: Jagdeep Dhankhar

Framework for climate data, greater access to info — to mark 150 years, IMD launches new initiatives 

 Four new initiatives are aimed at better climate modeling & access to climate information. Everyone is a beneficiary of IMD’s efforts, says V-P Dhankhar at Delhi event.  

Dhankhar raises mimicry row, calls himself ‘sufferer’ who wasn’t spared despite being RS chairman

The Rajya Sabha chairman and Vice-President further said he was in service of 'Bharat Mata' and knew how to take all insults upfront.

‘Rahul should touch his feet:’ BJP to hold nationwide protests over ‘insult’ to Dhankhar

BJP Kisan Morcha chief calls TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee 'shameless' for mimicking Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar & accuses Congress MP Rahul Gandhi of 'insulting OBCs' by filming the act.

‘Mimicry an art, even Modi did it,’ says Trinamool MP at centre of row over imitating Dhankhar

Lok Sabha TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee, among the 141 suspended over Parliament security breach issue, said he had no intention to hurt anyone.

Get over the idea that a Speaker is above party politics—Parliament to Maharashtra assembly

The suspension of 12 Maharashtra BJP MLAs in 2021 was as unjustified as the suspension of 141 opposition MPs now. The existence of the Speaker's power under the Lok Sabha rules does not guarantee the constitutionality of their exercise.

Parliament can’t script an SC judgment & SC can’t script a law for us, says Vice President Dhankhar

At Constitution Day event, the ex-officio RS chairman says Parliament ‘reflective of will of people’ & incursion into its legislative domain amounts to ‘constitutional aberration’.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar congratulates ‘Bharat’ for a successful G20 Summit

He said the G20 New Delhi Leaders' Declaration lays the roadmap for collective global action in building a prosperous future, embracing the essence and spirit of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam'.

Dhankhar re-constitutes 8 parliamentary standing committees, appoints Chidambaram to Home panel

P Chidambaram's appointment came as the place was vacant after the retirement of Congress's P Bhattacharya.

TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien asked to leave House over ‘unruly behaviour’ but not suspended

Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar asked O’Brien to leave after heated exchange over Manipur issue. Leader of House Piyush Goyal moved a motion for his suspension, but voting didn't take place.

Kharge asks Dhankhar not to defend Modi, V-P’s response — ‘every Indian should be proud of PM’

Opposition MP says Manipur must be debated without further delay since Monsoon Session is entering last leg & LS is set to take up no-confidence motion against Modi govt next week.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.