Highlights: Health minister speaks in Rajya Sabha on Covid-19 situation

Parliament Monsoon Session 2021 highlights: The first day of Parliament's monsoon session saw ruckus over the targetting of prominent leaders, journalists, politicians via Israeli phone hacking software, reported by an international investigative consortium.

Rain on first day of Monsoon session of Parliament at Parliament house in New Delhi, India, on Monday, July 19, 2021. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/ Hindustan Times)

A day after a stormy start, Parliament proceedings in the ongoing monsoon session on Tuesday witnessed high-voltage protests over the Pegasus hacking reports with the Opposition training guns at the government. Alongside, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs to counter the Opposition’s allegations of the government’s lackluster Covid response and the availability of vaccines in the country....Read More

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• 20 Jul 2021, 06:13:45 PM IST

  'Didn't tell anyone to show less number of deaths'

  Centre compiles and publishes the data sent in by state governments. Our work is to publish that data, and nothing else. We haven't told anyone to show less numbers of deaths or less positive cases. There's no reason for that. PM had said the same in meetings with CMs: Mansukh Mandaviya

• 20 Jul 2021, 05:58:26 PM IST

  Many states have 10-15 lakh vaccine doses, says health minister

  When there's need to work together & implementation has to be done by the states, at that time we never said that this state failed or that state didn't do this. I don't want to do politics but many states have 10-15 lakh doses of vaccines with them, I have data: Union health minister Mandaviya

• 20 Jul 2021, 05:24:14 PM IST

  All of us should decide we won't let a third wave hit country: Health minister

  "When we speak of the third wave, the 130 crore people should make a collective decision that we won't let a third wave hit our country. Our resolution and PM Modi's guidance can save us from a third wave," says Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya in Rajya Sabha.

• 20 Jul 2021, 05:00:06 PM IST

  No reports of concealing of deaths by states/UTs: MoS (Health)

  There are no reports of concealing of death by the states/UTs. However, some of the states based on the reconciliation of mortality data have revised their figures: MoS (Health) Bharati Pravin Pawar in Rajya Sabha

• 20 Jul 2021, 04:35:27 PM IST

  Health secretary to brief Parliament floor leaders on Covid-19 at 6pm

  Union health secretary to brief Parliament floor leaders on Covid-19 at 6pm; Congress, Akali Dal to skip briefing.

• 20 Jul 2021, 04:05:37 PM IST

  Why are you hiding data on Covid deaths, Sanjay Raut questions govt

  Why is the government hiding the data. Tell us, how many people have lost their lives due to Covid. Reports say more deaths than government's official figures: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in Rajya Sabha

• 20 Jul 2021, 03:35:31 PM IST

  SAD to boycott PM Modi's briefing on Covid-19: Sukhbir Badal

  Today, Shiromani Akali Dal will boycott PM Modi's briefing on Covid-19. It will be attended only after he calls a meeting to discuss farm issues: Sukhbir Singh Badal, SAD President

• 20 Jul 2021, 03:07:20 PM IST

  Lok Sabha adjourned till July 22

  Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned till Thursday.

• 20 Jul 2021, 02:52:08 PM IST

  BJD MPs meet Piyush Goyal to discuss functioning of RS

  BJD MPs and Leader of House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal hold discussions regarding the proceedings of the House during Monsoon Session of the Parliament.

• 20 Jul 2021, 02:03:48 PM IST

  Rajya Sabha witnesses repeated adjournments

  Rajya Sabha proceedings were on Tuesday adjourned for the third time amid uproar by YSR Congress members demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh.

  When the Upper House reconvened at 1 PM after two adjournments, YSR Congress members led by V Vijaysai Reddy trooped in the well shouting slogans, "We want justice. We want special status to Andhra Pradesh

• 20 Jul 2021, 02:01:53 PM IST

  Salute people who ran 'oxygen langar' in Delhi: Mallikarjun Kharge

  I pay tribute to Covid-19 warriors including doctors andparamedics. I salute people who helped others by running 'oxygen langer' in Delhi during second wave of Covid-19. I also want to salute plasma donors, who came out in support: Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha

• 20 Jul 2021, 01:43:24 PM IST

  Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned for 15 minutes amid uproar by YSR Congress over demand for special status to Andhra Pradesh

• 20 Jul 2021, 12:03:16 PM IST

  Rajya Sabha adjourned till 1pm

• 20 Jul 2021, 11:20:02 AM IST

  Opposition to decide on attending PM Modi meet

  Opposition parties to meet at 2pm to decide on attending PM brief on Covid-19 today.

• 20 Jul 2021, 11:12:29 AM IST

  House adjourned amid opposition uproar

  Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm amid the uproar by the Opposition. While the upper house of Parliament, Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 12pm.

• 20 Jul 2021, 10:38:53 AM IST

  BJP holds meeting with all MPs in Parliament

  The ruling-BJP on Tuesday called for a meeting with all MPs in the parliament. The meeting went on briefly and ended around 10:30am.

• 20 Jul 2021, 10:36:36 AM IST

  Will raise Pegasus in Parliament today: Kharge

  Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said the issue of hacking in the Pegasus controversy will be raised today in the Parliament. "We will raise this (Pegasus) issue... Nobody is obstructing nation's development, it's them (BJP) who have obstructed it. They have earned lakhs and crores of money by imposing cess, hiking fuel price, wasting money on projects."

• 20 Jul 2021, 10:31:40 AM IST

  Conduct 'presentation on Covid-19 and vaccination' in House: CPI (M) to Govt

  Amid the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Parliament, Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP and floor leader Elaram Kareem on Monday wrote a letter to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi, demanding the government to conduct a "presentation on Covid-19 and vaccination" in the presence of all floor leaders of political parties and MPs.

• 20 Jul 2021, 10:11:50 AM IST

  Shripad Naik takes charge as Minister of State for Ministry of Tourism

• 20 Jul 2021, 09:43:14 AM IST

  PM Modi, Amit Shah reach Parliament

  PM Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah arrive at Parliament on the second day of the monsoon session.

• 20 Jul 2021, 09:42:36 AM IST

  Congress to discuss Pegasus Project

  Congress Lok Sabha members to meet at Congress Parliamentary Party ffice today at 10.30 am to chalk out the floor strategy on the issue of 'Pegasus Project' media reports, reports ANI.

• 20 Jul 2021, 08:42:34 AM IST

  Congress MP gives Adjournment motion notice over Pegasus

  Congress MP Manickam Tagore has given Adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha on 'Pegasus Project' media report issue.

• 20 Jul 2021, 08:21:52 AM IST

  AAP MP Sanjay Singh gives Zero Hour notice

  AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh has given Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha on 'Pegasus Project' media report

• 20 Jul 2021, 08:21:32 AM IST

  Health secretary Rajesh Bhushan to address floor leaders on Covid-19 situation

  The Union health secretary will address floor leaders of political parties on Covid-19 on Tuesday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.