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Sheikh Hasina was forced to escape to India after protests in the country grew out of control. While the police are back patrolling, concerns of minorities in Bangladesh do remain as also concerns on how the new interim government led by Muhammad Yunus works with India at a time when China could make serious inroads to try and take advantage of the power vacuum. Can Muhammad Yunus protect Hindus in Bangladesh?

There is outrage across the country with doctors going on strike after a 31-year-old doctor at a leading hospital in Kolkata was raped and murdered. While the accused has been caught, many are demanding a CBI probe. Mamata Banerjee has urged protesters to give her police force a few days to crack the case after which she will hand over the case to the CBI. This is just the latest in a series of horrific attacks on women in the country. Are there no safe spaces for women in India?

Harmanpreet Singh converted two penalty corners as India beat Spain 2-1 in the men's hockey bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics, winning the bronze medal. With this, India has secured back-to-back medals at the Olympics, having also won bronze in Tokyo three years back. The last time India won back-to-back hockey medals at the Olympics was in 1968 and 1972. The Indian players mobbed Sreejesh after the full-time whistle, capping off a brilliant farewell for the 36-year-old.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus took oath as the leader of the interim Bangladesh government. After landing in the country, Yunus paid tribute to those killed in Bangladesh's deadly protests that toppled Sheikh Hasina's government, saying their sacrifices had brought the nation a "second independence".

In what was a heartbreak for millions of Indians, wrestler Vinesh Phogat was declared overweight and disqualified from the Olympics today as she appeared confident of a gold medal. She was just 100 grams overweight, but rules are that if she couldn't bring down her weight, there is no remedy. Experts and athletes discuss.

 

India has evacuated non-essential personnel from the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh as the security situation gets out of control. This has, perhaps never happened before since the formation of Bangladesh. Family members and others from India's consulates across several cities in Bangladesh are also returning to India at a time when there are reports of a purge taking place within the country within the army and police. Members of the Awami League, including ministers, are being detained and the police are off the streets as lawlessness continues. There are reports of minorities being targeted too. We bring you the full story of what is happening in Bangladesh at this time.

India's foreign minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday New Delhi was "deeply concerned till law and order is visibly restored" in neighbouring Bangladesh, a day after the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina. S Jaishankar also gave the first official confirmation Hasina was in India, where she fled on Monday as protesters stormed her palace. Bangladesh army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced on state television on Monday that the military would form an interim government. On Left Right and Centre we ask, what's next  how will this affect the Delhi Dhaka Ties .

 

There is a palpable rage on the streets of the UK. Why is Great Britain so angry? Have differences on issues like immigration become irreconcilable? On left right and Centre, we discuss Britain's worst riots in over a decade. Has the country turned into the United Kingdom of anger?

With over 300 people dead in landslide-hit Wayanad, larger questions are now being raised on the red flags ignored. Did the Centre and the State governments rise to the occasion quick enough?

 

"Living a life of hell..." was the plaintive cry of a student who has written to Chief Justice DY Chandrachud to demand action against city officials and others responsible for the deaths last week of three fellow students, who drowned in the flooded basement of a coaching centre in east Delhi. The student flagged poor infrastructure in areas like Rajendra Nagar and Mukherjee Nagar, residents of which often battle floods caused by drainage issues and "negligence" by the Municipal Corporation, and asked for protection of students' fundamental rights. It's the same problem we face across Delhi - year after year. Why are our cities such a mess?