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Monday, August 11, 2025
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Topic: MPs

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

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.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

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.