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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicMonsoon Session

Topic: Monsoon Session

Parties demand restoration of MPLAD funds, LS speaker says he will raise issue with govt

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and TMC leader Sudeep Bandopadhyay were among those who raised the issue of MPLAD funds during the all-party meeting held on Sunday.

Govt ready to discuss any subject in Monsoon session –– PM Modi at all-party meet

More than 40 leaders from 33 parties attended the all-party meeting held at the Parliament Sunday, a day before the commencement of the Monsoon session.

All Covid protocols to be followed during Monsoon Session from 19 July, says Om Birla

Birla Monday said that 323 MPs have been fully vaccinated and those who have not been vaccinated will be requested to undergo an RT-PCR test before entering the parliament.

Monsoon session of Parliament to begin from 19 July, likely to conclude on 13 August

Both the houses will sit simultaneously. According to the latest data, 444 Lok Sabha members and 218 Rajya Sabha members have been vaccinated with at least one dose of Covid vaccine.

Held amid Covid, this Parliament session was shortest in 20 years but most productive

This was also one of the most tumultuous sessions, with eight opposition MPs suspended from the Rajya Sabha and the opposition boycotting both House proceedings.

Monsoon session was short yet productive. But pushing through reforms came at a cost

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8 suspended Rajya Sabha MPs call off protest to join opposition’s boycott of Monsoon Session

Opposition stages walkout from Rajya Sabha after Chairman Venkaiah Naidu refused to revoke the suspension of the 8 MPs.

PM Modi’s historic ‘targets’, and the construction of a new kind of Parliament

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Rajya Sabha suspends 8 opposition MPs, including O’Brien, for a week for ‘disorderly conduct’

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu also refuses to admit opposition MPs’ no-confidence motion against Deputy Chairman Harivansh.

Fireworks in Lok Sabha as opposition & Modi govt lock horns on ‘black hole’ PM-CARES

The exchange came as Lok Sabha debated the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill 2020, which was eventually passed Saturday.

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This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.