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Monday, January 5, 2026
TopicParliament special session

Topic: Parliament special session

‘Built by foreign rulers, but with hard work, money of Indians:’ Modi on last day at old Parliament House

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced at the five-day special session that proceedings would shift to the new building from 19 September.

‘It will be short but of historic developments,’ says Modi about Parliament’s special session

The rare, five-day sitting will discuss the Parliament’s 75-year journey – starting from the Constituent Assembly – and other legislative businesses.

‘Only two people know agenda’: Congress hits out at govt over Parliament’s special session

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh had earlier claimed that the agenda of every special session in the past was well known in advance.

Congress attacks BJP over ‘lotus motif’ in new Parliament staff uniform — ‘Why not a peacock?’

While the lotus is the national flower of India, it is also the symbol of the BJP. Latter dismisses criticism, says Congress has ‘hatred for anything which is Bharatiya’.

On Camera

Trump is tying his legacy to whatever happens in Venezuela

A bad turn in Venezuela would raise the same questions that have dogged the unlawful US strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean: Why now, and why at all?

Trump threatens India with fresh tariffs on Russian oil, calls PM Modi a ‘good guy’

The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.

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.