Parliament Highlights: Monsoon Session ends as both Houses adjourned sine die

LokSabhaon Monday passed a Bill to rename the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre as the India International Arbitration Centre.

Piloting the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Bill, 2022, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said the objective of the amendment is to have world-class arbitration in the country.

. Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi on Monday alleged that India has recorded the world’s highest number of internet shutdowns in the last four years under the NDA government and sought to know whether any legislation is being framed to regulate the suspensions.

. Rajya Sabha passes the Central Universities Amendment Bill, 2022 which seeks conversion of the National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), Deemed to be a university, into Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV), a Central university

. A statement made by Kapil Sibal is in line with his existing mindset. For Congress & like-minded people, Courts/constitutional authorities must favour them or work as per their interest, or else they start attacking constitutional authorities themselves: Union Law Min Kiren Rijiju

. LokSabhaSpeaker Om Birla on Monday took exception to an opposition MP walking up to a Union minister's seat during Question Hour, saying no one should move around without his permission.

It was after the House discussed a supplementary question related to the availability of human resources in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh called Trinamool Congress MP Sougata Roy to explain the government's position in private.

. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday called on outgoing Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu.

. The Standing Committee on Energy in its report tabled in Parliament also expressed disappointment over the slow pace of work in starting the production of newly allocated coal blocks to state run thermal power plants.

. A Congress MP is planning to bring a private member’s bill in the Lok Sabha seeking nomination of two people from the LGBT community in Lok Sabha and state Assemblies, saying their presence in lawmaking bodies would help in breaking down intolerance and building alliances that cut across pre-existing cleavages within society.

. Naidu demits office on Wednesday and his successor Jagdeep Dhankhar will take the oath of office on August 11.

. He also said Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu "failed" to protect Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge last week from being summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) when the House was in session.