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A government indebted to the ideology of fascism would have no regard for Parliament and its practices. For namesake they may do lip service to the parliamentary system. In actual terms their intention is to undermine the institutions of democracy, of which Parliament is an inevitable component. The more they talk about parliamentary discussions and debates, the more they attempt to sabotage it from within. The RSS-BJP government has excelled in implementing fascist strategy with its pseudo adherence to Parliament and the debates there. The happenings during the recently concluded monsoon session of the Parliament unveiled these very intentions of the BJP and its government.

America’s ignominious exit from Afghanistan, the collapse of the Afghan National Army, the fleeing of President Ashraf Ghani and the rapid takeover by the Taliban, have all been stunning developments.

New Delhi: Indian hockey is riding on a euphoria The National team has won an Olympic medal, a bronze after 41 years and for some old timers it was a "dream come true."

Upon the withdrawal of American military forces from the territory of Afghanistan, Kabul has been overrun by Taliban, an insurgent militant Islamist outfit that was biding its time in the mountains of Afghanistan for the last two decades.

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.