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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicMonsoon Session

Topic: Monsoon Session

No question hour or friendly chatter — Covid forces Parliament to do away with many traditions

The monsoon session of Parliament began Monday with split timings for Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha and many other changes to enforce social distancing.

Opposition protests Question Hour suspension, govt says parties had agreed to it earlier

Opposition says govt trying to strangulate democracy by suspending Question Hour. Rajnath Singh says Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had given consent to it earlier.

Opposition was okay with no Question Hour, can’t record calls to prove it, says minister

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi says Congress leaders in both Houses were ‘on board’ with suspending Question Hour, protested as an afterthought.

Modi govt climbs down on Question Hour, will allow ‘unstarred questions’ in monsoon session

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi also requests Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman to keep duration of Zero Hour to 30 minutes.

Govt doesn’t want to answer on Covid and economy, so no Question Hour, Trinamool says

Govt has scrapped Question Hour from monsoon session of Parliament beginning from 14 Sept. TMC leader Derek O’Brien says they will take it up with the Speaker.

MPs to get tested 72 hours before Monsoon Session, says Lok Sabha Speaker

Speaker Om Birla said arrangements have been made for zero-touch security checks during the session and random tests for Covid-19 will be conducted during the session.

Seating order in Monsoon session to be based on health ministry guidelines, says LS Speaker

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla chaired a meeting Friday on arrangements for the upcoming monsoon session and said comprehensive arrangements have been made.

Monsoon session of Parliament to be held from 14 September to 1 October

This is the first time in the history of Indian Parliament that members of the Upper House will be seated in both chambers and galleries during the session.

Modi govt can’t put off monsoon session anymore. India needs its MPs in the House

Some 40 bills are awaiting deliberation and passage by one or both Houses. Out of these, five are pending before parliamentary committees.

Mixed ‘online-offline’ Parliament session discussed as legislature eyes comeback amid Covid

A completely virtual session, as demanded by some parliamentarians, is unlikely because of technical constraints and other factors.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.