Parliament Highlights: Both Houses adjourned for the day as Opposition MPs cause commotion

Another day of protests was seen in the Parliament on Thursday as the Opposition demanded the resignation of MoS Ajay Mishra. Suspended MPs have planned 'Jan Sansad' to protest suspension. They will focus on people's issues inside Rajya Sabha today. Stay tuned for updates

Lok Sabha adjourned for the day amid Opposition ruckus

Lok Sabha approves amendments made by Rajya Sabha on the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2pm amid Opposition din

Please arrive at consensus so that House functions normally: VP Naidu while adjourning Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day; to resume on Monday

If you truly believe in the cause of women, first stand here and denounce that legislator: Smriti Irani on Ramesh Kumar's rape remarks

Every public representative must condemn Ramesh Kumar's rape remarks: Smriti Irani

Left MPs protest in Parliament in solidarity with bank employees' strike

Suspended MPs get ready for Jan Sansad at Gandhi Statue in Parliament

Congress MP Manish Tewari gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss "propriety and autonomy of EC and the independence of institutions" in wake of CEC & two Election Commissioners' interaction with principal secretary to the PM on Nov 16

IUML MP Abdul Wahab gives adjournment motion notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss proposal cleared by Union Cabinet that raises minimum age of marriage of women

LoP Mallikarjun Kharge submits notice in Rajya Sabha to suspend business and discuss Lakhimpur Kheri farmer killings

Left MPs to hold dharna in solidarity with national strike of bank employees today at Gate no. 1 of Parliament House

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table a Bill to amend the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 and the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 today - IANS

India must develop digital payment network: House panel

The Joint parliamentary committee on Data Protection has recommended India develop its own electronic payment network in the lines of Ripple (USA) and INSTEX (EU), which could be an alternative to the SWIFT payment system, whose privacy has been compromised widely.

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Naidu urges legislators to ensure gender-sensitive approach to TB eradication

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday called on members of parliament and legislative assemblies and gram pradhans to conduct regular review meetings at district and sub-district levels to ensure a gender-sensitive approach to tuberculosis eradication.

Addressing the National Conference on Women Winning against TB, he called upon public representatives to be "catalysts" in the mass awareness campaign in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) by playing a proactive role in public conversations.

Par panel recommends more accountability of social media platforms, non-personal data regulation

A parliamentary panel on Thursday recommended tougher norms to regulate social media platforms by holding them accountable for the content they host, while asserting that it is imperative to store data in India and restrict access to it by categorising it as sensitive and critical personal data.

It recommended widening the scope of proposed data protection legislation to include both personal and non-personal data with "a single administration and regulatory body", and sought greater accountability for social media platforms by treating them as 'publishers'.

Today in Parliament: Lok Sabha

BJP Minister Anurag Singh Thakur will move for consideration and passage the Anti-Doping Bill, 2021. Another Bill for consideration is the Wildlife Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2021.