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Kulbhushan Jadhav, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled today in a big win for India. Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence "should remain suspended until Pakistan effectively reviews and reconsiders the conviction and sentence," said the UN court, agreeing with India's stand that Pakistan had violated the Vienna convention by denying consular access to Jadhav after his conviction in a "farcical" closed trial. "Truth and justice have prevailed. I am sure Kulbhushan Jadhav will get justice," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.

It is a piece of legislation that has created a huge controversy but the government is determined to push it through. A bill regulating surrogacy in India has been introduced in the Lok Sabha which will essentially ban commercial surrogacy and allow only close relatives to act as surrogates to infertile couples for "ethical altruistic" reasons. The bill also says surrogacy will only be allowed for an Indian married couple between the ages of 25 and 50 for women, and 26 and 55 for men. The intending couple must have no surviving child biologically or through adoption or through surrogacy earlier. A woman should be allowed to act as a surrogate mother only once and should be between 25 and 35 years of age and should be a close relative of the intending couple. She should be married and have a child of her own as well.

Several people are dead, many trapped and injured as a decades-old four storey building came crashing down in south Mumbai today, in a very congested neighbourhood called Dongri. It turns out that the BMC, which is Mumbai's civic body, had warned of disaster way back in 2017. In a letter dated August 7, 2017, the BMC had said "the building is to be evacuated for demolition at the earliest... In event of any mishap this office won't be responsible." Every year, it is the same, tragic story in Mumbai, India's financial capital, where urban infrastructure has virtually collapsed, leading to these deaths - from buildings to bridges what is even more shocking is how authorities haven't been able to act and get people out of buildings that as classified as dangerous.

It has been 53 days since Rahul Gandhi announced his resignation as Congress President and there has been no sign of a new leader for the party. Meanwhile, internal bickering in the party has peaked between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot and now Navjot Singh Sidhu has resigned as minister from the Amarinder Singh cabinet.

They have been on the run since July 4 after eloping and even after getting protection from the court. Sakshi, 23, and her 29-year-old husband Ajitesh have been running for their lives, scared of Sakshi's powerful politician father who she says has threatened her with his goons. Ajitesh belongs to a Scheduled Caste and Sakshi says this is what enraged her father, the BJP MLA from Bareilly. Her video on social media a few days ago made national headlines as she desperately outlined their fears. Today as the couple went to Allahabad High Court seeking protection, Ajitesh was attacked, slapped and pushed allegedly by a group of lawyers. The court however directed the Uttar Pradesh police to extend full protection to the couple.

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a huge mandate in May, one of the first things he talked about was "sabka vishwas" and said he will take everyone, including minorities, along. Many hoped that this comment by the PM would mark a shift in the way Muslims are perceived by his party BJP, while others have been more skeptical and pointed out that Muslims being beaten up and forced to chant Jai Shri Ram only demonstrates that nothing has really changed. Are India's Muslims being marginalised? Or are these concerns being exaggerated? At this time, former union minister Salman Khurshid has come out with his new book 'Visible Muslim, Invisible Citizen'.

In Uttar Pradesh, law and order violations have been taking place quite frequently. Today, inmates in a UP jail are seen flashing pistols in a video making threats. On tonight's show we discuss the lawlessness in Uttar Pradesh prisons.

Trinamool Congress's Mahua Moitra has made waves with her debut speech in parliament as an MP which is still trending online two days later. First time MP Mahua Moitra joins us tonight to tell us why she thinks India is showing early signs of Fascism.

At a time when ties have been shaky between India and the US over trade and ties with Russia, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Delhi to break the ice. However, differences remain between the two countries. On tonight's show, we discuss, "Can India trust the Trump administration?"

The state of India's healthcare is deteriorating at an alarming rate. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are at the bottom of the health index rankings at 21 and 20 respectively. On tonight's show, we bring to you a special report from Uttar Pradesh on troubled healthcare.

On the 44th anniversary of its imposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invokes the emergency in his address to the Parliament today. He goes on to say India's soul was crushed and that it is a blot on democracy which can never be forgotten. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee however says the last 5 years of the Modi rule were like a 'super emergency'. On Left, Right and Centre, we discuss, "can an emergency ever happen again in India?"

Prime Minister Narendra Modi again talks about India becoming a 5 trillion dollar economy. Can the Budget, due next week, help India's ailing economy? Now, even the government acknowledges the slowdown in the economy. But what needs to be done to address it? We discuss.

Mayawati officially called off her alliance with Akhilesh Yadav today after the Lok Sabha election disaster. Meanwhile, it has been nearly a month since Rahul Gandhi offered his resignation as Congress president but the party is in limbo with no clarity on leadership.

The horrific mob killing of a man in Jharkhand - where the victim was forced to chant "Jai Shri Ram" and "Jai Hanuman" as he was beaten for hours - shows that hate crimes are still continuing. After his re-election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had spoken of "sabka vishwas" - everyone's trust but what does that slogan really mean?

A young man, 24-year-old Tabrej Ansari, was beaten to death by a mob as they watched and egged on his attackers. He was beaten on suspicion of having stolen a motorcycle. In the video, Mr Ansari is seen pleading with his attackers and begging to be let go. He was thrashed allegedly for over 12 hours before the police came and took him away. Four days later he collapsed and was taken to hospital, where he died possibly of internal injuries. Videos of the mob lynching was shared widely on social media. An FIR has been filed and a man has been arrested. Mr Ansari's family says the mob and the policemen who did not act on time should be booked for his death. (Disclaimer: Content in this video could be disturbing for viewers)