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Sunday, July 20, 2025
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Jalebi or not, why MPs, including Gautam Gambhir, don’t have it easy

People had voted to elect Modi, and MPs were just a medium.

Shashi Tharoor: Next Parliament session will again see Modi govt propose, opposition oppose

Most MPs only study the bills they speak on; the rest vote as per what their party whips demand. This is nothing but a travesty of the parliamentary process.

MPs will now get tutorials on laws by experts before they vote on them

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has decided to involve domain experts to explain the provisions of proposed legislations to Members of Parliament before they vote on them

Fridays in Parliament are graveyard of ideas even under Modi govt

In Modi’s first Lok Sabha term, about 900 private member bills were introduced in Parliament but not even 2 per cent of these bills were discussed.

Not just Modi’s museum for PMs, Indian MPs need archives and oral histories too

Beyond leaders’ speeches, there’s not much of parliamentary history. For instance, what was the mood in Lok Sabha when Vajpayee lost confidence motion by one vote?

PM Modi & Amit Shah to brief BJP MPs in 2-day training programme in August

The party communicated to all its MPs to ensure that they attend the Abhyas Varga starting August 3.

Modi government is making laws, not the lawmakers in Parliament

The message is clear: A government with such a brute majority can’t make mistakes.

How to master oratory? Learn from the Communists, Congress tells first-time MPs

At session held for first-time MPs to train them in ways to be effective parliamentarians, Congress cites Hiren Mukherjee, Mohan Kumaramangalam

400 new flats to be built for MPs in Lutyens’ Delhi using construction waste

Old flats built nearly 60 years ago will be demolished and replaced by new ones in North Avenue and South Avenue.

36 flats with modular kitchens, lift & view of Rashtrapati Bhawan to be allotted to new MPs

The Central Public Works Department have constructed the 4-bedroom flats that also have an office area.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.