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An elephantine memory, a forensic ability to interpret law and a thundering voice—justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, a man ordained a Parsi priest at 12, has retired from Supreme Court on August 12 after seven years of judgeship.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the powerful ally of the Congress in the United Democratic Front (UDF), has been buffeted by another crisis.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was euphoric in declaring that India was a major exporter of mobile phones in the world in his 75th Independence speech on 15th August, exhibiting India’s advancement in technology. India exported mobile phone, worth US $ 3 billion .Seven years ago, India was a major importer of mobile phones, worth US $ 8 billion. Advocating a new look to export basket, from conventional export to technology oriented, he asserted that India was at the turning point to set up a global hub for manufacturing.

The latest climate risk profiles prepared by Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB) Group and also the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) have categorically demonstrated in their assessment that heat waves and floods will be occurring in South Asia with more fury and devastation in the coming decades. The regions particular vulnerability to temperature and erratic weather conditions thus not only require immediate mitigation measures but also greatly enhanced preparation to protect lives and livelihoods.

The next ten days are going to be extremely crucial for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government as the Supreme Court on Tuesday served a notice to the Modi government telling it in clear words that it will hear the Pegasus snooping case in which petitioners have sought an independent inquiry into the allegations that the government used Israeli-based Pegasus spyware to snoop on citizens.

The Modi government believes that national security and the sense of insecurity for the rulers are one and the same thing and freely interchangeable. There was further evidence of this in its response to the petitions relating to the use of Pegasus spyware when the Supreme Court considered the issue. But it is highly reassuring that the judges were not impressed.

No nation or society or any ruler has ever succeeded in climbing to a higher slot of success by dividing their ruled populations or people in various groups based of their denomination or economic and social differences. Nine decades ago the four known as Axis nations attempted to conquer the rest of the world by division of their own people. Names of four rulers that lost their empires and also their lives in that exercise are today freely used to terrorize not only children but also their teddy bears. But the dedicated believers in or the pretenders of their adoration for the Sangh philosophy of divide and rule are again attempting to walk the same path. The Prime Minister NaMo is the target only because he is attempting to take all with him to new India as a super economic power.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that "new India does not put pressure for medals on its athletes but expects them to give their best."

Since the horrific events of September 11, 2001, much has been said about the desperate situation of the Afghani people now crushed under the heel of the theocratic, dictatorial Taliban, and about the role of the Northern Alliance and other Taliban opponents who now figure in Washington’s plans for the region.

Industrial sickness is a common phenomenon world over but resolution of a sick industry is a very painful exercise in India despite periodical changes in legislations to expedite it. The main reason for it is lack of political will and the colonial mindset of bureaucracy which shies away from taking a decision.