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The Trump-ordered killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s second in command, has made its way into the 2020 presidential campaign, with Bernie Sanders, on national television, stepping up his sharp criticism of former Vice President Joe Biden.

On June 25 last year, the first time Lok Sabha member of Trinamool Congress Mahua Moitra mesmerised the house in her debut speech indicating how the Indian state under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is showing early signs of fascism. Based on the poster put up in the main lobby of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in the United States, Moitra chose seven signs relevant to the Indian context and explained its significance amidst the continuous disturbances made by the BJP members.

The left has rallied around Rebecca Long Bailey as she confirmed that she was standing to lead the Labour Party. After her announcement in Tribune on Monday night, Labour Party chairman Ian Lavery pulled back from entering the race and offered his “full support” to Ms Long Bailey.

For strategic reasons Rahul Gandhi may not have been actively participating in the anti CAA and NRC agitation, but his action would not do well to the Congress. One of the reasons may be he does not desire to get trapped in Mod-Shah accusation that the movement against CAA and NRC is Congress engineered protest instead of being a spontaneous mass upsurge against the Modi government. Second reason may be he intends to force the state Congress satraps to follow his tactical line.

A serious concern is buried by the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar under his label of a ‘remarkable feat’ of increase in forest and tree cover in India by more than 130 million hectares in the last four years. His comment came after he released the biennial ‘India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2019’ prepared by the Forest Survey of India (FSI). He was found patting his back for so little an achievement risking complacency among the forest officials who actually need very hard work to restore the heavily depleted forest cover of the country. Thanks to the efforts of the people that increased the tree cover in the country, while the dense forest area remains only a little over three percent of the total geographical area of the country.

Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments

It is often said that lawyers’ language and doctors’ handwriting are hard to understand. The legalese of lawyers accompanied with legal jargon often sounds alien and too technical for common people, and for long, the Constitution of India remained the instrument mostly for lawyers, and judges to argue about, interpret and to uphold. Besides the time of emergency (1975-1977), when the country in unison had risen in revolt against the suspension of fundamental rights, and in effect, the Constitution, people in India after independence largely had taken the constitutional values for granted, and not deeply engaged with the same.

Vadodara: Title favourites Delhi paddlers Payas Jain and Vanshika Bhargava registered contrasting victories to enter the finals at the UTT 65th National School Games Table Tennis Championships, at Sama Indoor Sports Stadium in Vadodara on Tuesday.

Pune: Diksha Dagar, who had a brilliant 2019 season, has chosen the first leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Tour to start her new season as she tees up in the first leg at the Poona Club Golf Course on Wednesday.

Goa: Goa will look to put their minor blip behind as they take on NorthEast United in a Hero Indian Super League (ISL) clash at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa on Wednesday.