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Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra found a passage related to the draft telecom bill hilarious as it compared spectrum with that of 'atma' (soul) which is ajar (indestructible) and amar (immortal). The Lok Sabha MP said she will carry Gita to the sitting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on this draft bill as Gita will be essential reading material, Mahua Moitra said tagging his Parliament colleagues Congress's Shashi Tharoor, Karti Chidambaram and DMK's Thamizhachi Thangapandian.

The portion that amused the Lok Sabha MP was page 5 of the explanatory note to the draft telecom bill. "In a way, spectrum is similar to atma, which is ajar, amar as described in Shrimad Bhagwad Gita. Like atma, spectrum too does not have any physical form, yet it is omnipresent," it said.

The Kerala High Court expressed its displeasure on Thursday with the boards and flags placed on highways as part of the Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Yatra.' "Illegal Installations have been made by a particular political party on every side of the National Highway from Trivandrum to Thrissur and even beyond; and even though the Police Authorities and other statutory authorities are fully aware of this, they have chosen to turn a build eye to it," the court observed. This was observed by a single bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran while considering the issue of illegal banners and boards on roads. This was brought to the court's attention by Amicus Curie, who stated that, a "particular political party, while conducting procession across Kerala, had illegally erected large numbers of boards, banners, flags and others."

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a sessions court hearing to take up on September 22 an Enforcement Directorate application seeking transfer of bail hearing of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case to another judge. Observing that any accused is entitled to an expeditious hearing of his bail plea, a three-judge bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud asked the principal district and sessions judge of the Rouse Avenue court to take up the petition for hearing.

"We clarify that any party aggrieved by the decision on transfer petition can seek appropriate remedies available in law. The forum for hearing of bail will depend upon the decision of the District Judge," said the bench also comprising Justices Hima Kohli and P S Narasimha.

India is among a handful of nations in the world that is capable of making a fighter jet and has made 2 fighter jets till date. First was the HAL Marut and the second is the IAF Tejas LCA, the only active India-made fighter jet with the Indian Air Force. The IAF Tejas, in many ways, is a stepping stone for the government's 'Make-in-India' campaign and also among the most advanced home-made fighter jets, although it's a Gen 4 fighter jet, as against the Dassault Rafale, the only 4.5 Gen aircraft with the Indian Air Force. Tejas is a single engine multi-role supersonic fighter aircraft that will replace the ageing Soviet-era MiG-21 Bison jets.

On the other hand, the JF-17 Thunder is a fighter jet jointky developed by China and Pakistan. The JF-17 serves with the Pakistan Air Force, who considers them a home-made fighter jet, even though its co-developed with China. The Pakistani JF-17 Thunder is updated time and again and competes against the Indian Air Force's HAL-Tejas LCA as an advanced indigeous fighter jet. Here's how the Indian Air Force's Tejas LCA and Pakistan Air Force's JF-17 Thunder stack against each other:

A day before Punjab’s CM Bhagwant Mann-led government was to convene a special session of the assembly for a confidence vote, Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday withdrew his order summoning the assembly, citing legal reasons.

The order follows representations by Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president and MLA Ashwani Sharma, stating there is no legal provision to convene a special session just to move confidence motion in favour of the state government.