MORNING NEWS DIGEST dated 20 AUGUST 2021, Friday

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INDIA (National Affairs)

Jawaharlal Nehru, Atal Bihari Vajpayee ideal leaders, all parties must introspect: Nitin Gadkari
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nehru-vajpayee-ideal-leaders-all-parties-must-introspect-gadkari-7462050/

Pakistan-based terror groups operate with impunity: Jaishankar at UNSC
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jaishankar-india-terrorism-united-nations-7461770/

Congress president Sonia Gandhi to meet leaders of opposition parties virtually on Friday
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/congress-president-sonia-gandhi-meet-leaders-opposition-parties-virtually-friday-1842975-2021-08-20

J&K govt issues order to protect properties of Kashmiri Pandits
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/jammu-and-kashmir/story/jk-govt-order-protect-properties-kashmiri-pandits-1842970-2021-08-20

INDIA (Community Affairs)

West Bengal: With big processions banned, people asked to stay home on Muharram
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/with-big-processions-banned-people-asked-to-stay-home-on-muharram-7462108/

Adityanath: Previous UP govts didn’t promote Kumbh, they’d rather wear ‘topis’, say ‘mubarakbaad’
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/yogi-adityanath-govt-kumbh-topis-mubarakbaad-7461822/

Gujarat: 1 held for putting up ‘anti-RSS graffiti’
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-1-held-for-putting-up-anti-rss-graffiti-7460547/

FOREIGN

Washington DC: Man arrested over bomb threat near US Capitol
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58273778

MUSLIM WORLD

Afghanistan: Taliban carrying out door-to door manhunt, report says
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58271797

EDITORIAL

Arms and the women: On gender parity in the Army
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/arms-and-the-women-the-hindu-editorial-on-gender-parity-in-the-army/article36007123.ece

OPED ARTICLES

On women’s rights, can the Taliban pass the scripture test?
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/on-womens-rights-can-the-taliban-pass-the-scripture-test-7461919/

ECONOMIC / BUSINESS / FINANCE

Future of post COVID pandemic world: Investment in infrastructure, new technology will be game-changer
https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/future-of-post-covid-pandemic-world-investment-in-infrastructure-new-technology-will-be-game-changer/2313883/

TWEETS

rathin roy @EmergingRoy
Not Kabul….. never forget.
https://twitter.com/EmergingRoy/status/1428189163703083011

IndiaTomorrow.net @IndiaTomorrow_
अलीगढ़ का नाम हरिगढ़ और मैनपुरी का नाम मयन नगर करने की मांग के बाद, राइट विंग कार्यकर्ताओं ने अब देवबंद का नाम बदलने की मांग की है। #deoband
https://twitter.com/IndiaTomorrow_/status/1428388717136211968

SIO Delhi @siodelhi
Jamia COE (controller of examinations) must immediately revoke the question of jamia entrance paper ,situating Jerusalem in other than Palestine. Jamia against Israel. Jamia stands with Palestine.
https://twitter.com/siodelhi/status/1428426216743129093

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