INDIA (National Affairs)
Domestic violence ground for pregnancy termination, says HC; allows woman to abort 23-week-old foetus
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/domestic-violence-ground-for-pregnancy-termination-says-hc-allows-woman-to-abort-23-week-old-foetus-7459273/
‘Gun-toting Taliban forces patrolling outside building’, ‘running out of provisions’: Indians stranded in Afghanistan plead for help
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kerala/gun-toting-taliban-forces-patrolling-outside-building-running-out-of-provisions-indians-stranded-in-afghanistan-plead-for-help-7459316/
‘Release caged parrot’: Madras HC asks Centre to make CBI autonomous
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/madras-high-court-cbi-caged-parrot-7459242/
INDIA (Community Affairs)
UP: Muslim man ‘beaten up’ for bid to hoist Tricolour
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/up-muslim-man-beaten-up-for-bid-to-hoist-tricolour-7457222/
FOREIGN
Evacuations from Afghanistan speed up, Taliban vows peace: Live
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/18/evacuations-from-kabul-speed-up-as-taliban-promises-peace-live
MUSLIM WORLD
Exiled Taliban leaders return to take charge
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-58219963
EDITORIAL
Between word and intent: On CJI remarks on legislative debates
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/between-word-and-intent-on-cji-remarks-on-legislative-debates/article35965125.ece
OPED ARTICLES
The horrors of Partition must be remembered — but for the right reasons
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/partition-horrors-remembrance-day-pm-narendra-modi-7458706/
ECONOMIC / BUSINESS / FINANCE
Uttar Pradesh amends key labour law, abolishes imprisonment
https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/up-amends-key-labour-law-abolishes-imprisonment/2312778/
TWEETS
Kaushik Basu @kaushikcbasu
It’s not been this bad for India’s poor in decades. 134 mill people earn below $2/day, from 60 mill a year ago. Even pre-Covid, in 2019, in youth unemployment India 23% trailed 139 nations, including Bangladesh 12%, Nepal 5%. This is the result of all attention being on politics.
https://twitter.com/kaushikcbasu/status/1427814221534973966
ANI @ANI
Delhi Court discharges Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with Sunanda Pushkar death case.
https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1427867347495260160
Aaditya Thackeray @AUThackeray
Students of Afghanistan origin, studying and residing in Pune, called on me with their various concerns regarding their education, future and stay/ return.
I heard them out and have assured them to convey it to the Govt of India.
https://twitter.com/AUThackeray/status/1427699815538827265
