From this weekend, West Bengal is all set to be rocked again over protest movements by various groups on the first anniversary of the rape and murder of a woman junior doctor of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata in August last year.

Books by Booker winner Arundhati Roy, constitutional expert AG Noorani are among the 25 titles banned by the Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor’s administration for allegedly propagating “false narrative” and “secessionism” in the Union Territory.

PM Narendra Modi is likely to visit China for the Shanghai Cooperation Summit in late August, hosted by President Xi Jinping. Preparations are underway for India’s participation, with a potential bilateral meeting between Modi and Xi on the agenda.