The largest democracy in the world completed 73 years of Independence today. On August 15, 1947 India transitioned from bondage to freedom. How did this transition come about? Why did it happen at the stroke of midnight? On #GravitasPlus Palki Sharma Upadhyay gets you some untold stories.

Gravitas Plus: The secret stories of India's Independence

WION's Palki shares her notes to self as India enters its 74th year of Independence.

Gravitas Plus: Is India truly free of the British?

Don't fall prey to false advertising. Watch this episode of Gravitas Plus with WION's Palki before spending a fortune of overpriced 'health' foods. The health and wellness market is worth $4.2 Trillion. Did it get there by exploiting your insecurities? Are superfoods only making your wallet lose weight? Is the health and wellness industry fooling you?

Gravitas Plus: Is your health food healthy?

A genocide of Uighur Muslims is underway in Xinjiang, but the Islamic world has chosen China's money over China's Muslims. The principle of 'Muslim brotherhood' is being used based on economic interests. On Gravitas Plus, Palki Sharma Upadhyay challenges top 5 Islamic leaders to break their silence.

Gravitas Plus: Uighur genocide: Speak up, Islamic world

Germany has threatened Russia with sanctions over poisoning of Russian critic Alexei Navalny. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that Moscow must come clean on the poisoning of the Russian opposition leader.

Germany threatens Russia with sanctions over poisoning of Alexei Navalny

India's Coronavirus outbreak have became the fastest in the world. The country is likely to surpass Brazil's COVID-19 caseload soon. The total number of cases now stand at over 4 million whereas death toll inches closer to 70,000.

India is reporting world's highest single day spike in cases

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked state public health officials to prepare to distribute a potential coronavirus vaccine to high-risk groups as soon as late October, documents published by the agency showed on Wednesday.

US CDC tells states to prep for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Mr Navalny was flown to Berlin after falling ill on a flight in Siberia last month, and remains in a coma.

Alexei Navalny | Russia to probe attempted murder angle | WION-DW partnership

Australian police entered the home of a 28-year-old pregnant woman and arrested her on Wednesday (September 2) after she encouraged others on Facebook to attend an anti-lockdown protest.

Australia: Pregnant woman arrested for promoting anti-lockdown protest

The largest province in Solomon Islands has announced plans for an independence referendum. Malaita is miffed with the national government for choosing China over Taiwan.

Gravitas: A small Island is standing up to the mighty China

An elegant complex of red-brick buildings, the "Proletarka" in the Russian city of Tver was designed as model housing for workers. But a century later, its impoverished residents are living in squalor.

Russia: Soviet housing complex survives in appalling condition

Rescue workers in Beirut dug through the rubble of a collapsed building with their hands on Friday after signs of life were detected under a mound of debris one month after a huge explosion shattered the capital.

Beirut blast: Rescue workers trace signs of life under debris

Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Friday that New Delhi is engaging with Beijing at the diplomatic and military level to resolve the border crisis in Ladakh.

Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane: Talks can resolve border row with China

Seven Rochester, New York police officers were suspended on Thursday over the asphyxiation death of a Black man who they arrested in March in a brutal incident only revealed in videotape footage made public this week.

Seven New York police officers suspended over Black man's death

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden put himself squarely in the middle of U.S. tumult over racial injustice and police brutality on Thursday, visiting strife-torn Kenosha, Wisconsin, and speaking by phone with the Black man shot there by police.

US: Joe Biden meets Jacob Blake's family during visit to Kenosha

A Pakistani court on Thursday directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to execute a non-bailable arrest warrant against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a 34-year land allotment case, according to media reports.

Non-bailable arrest warrant issued against former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif

NATO said on Thursday that Greece and Turkey had agreed to talks to ease their dispute over eastern Mediterranean borders and energy rights, but Athens swiftly denied any deal on negotiations. But later Greece denied it had agreed to hold NATO-brokered talks with Turkey.

Greece: Not part of NATO-brokered talks

US President Donald Trump is silent on Alexei Navalny murder as the world calls for answers from Russia. The European Union(EU) said on Thursday that "reserves the right to take appropriate actions, including through restrictive measures" on Russia after Germany said it has "unequivocal evidence" that Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned.

Alexei Navalny: Trump silent as world calls for answers from Russia

India has ordered for tougher scrutiny of visa requests by a Chinese non-profit group headed by a senior official of the ruling communist party.

India steps up scrutiny of Chinese influence group

The Kremlin on Thursday rejected accusations that Russia had been responsible for the poisoning of opposition politician Alexei Navalny and said it saw no grounds for sanctions to be imposed against Moscow over the case.

Kremlin rejects Alexei Navalny poisoning accusations

Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane reached Ladakh on Thursday (September 3) to review the ongoing security situation along the Line of Actual Control in the region.

Army Chief General Naravane reaches Ladakh to take stock of situation amid India-China border row

India recorded 83,883 coronavirus cases which is the highest single-day rise in COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The country also recorded 1,043 deaths on Thursday.

Is India becoming world's new Epicentre for Coronavirus?

Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, 71, was found not guilty of criminal intimidation by a court on Thursday. Lai had denied charge criminal intimidation over an incident involving Tiananmen massacre vigil in 2017.

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai cleared in intimidation trial

German government on Wednesday said that based on the tests performed on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, it is likely that he was poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent called “Novichok”.

Traces of novichok in Navalny's body, German seeks 'urgent' clarification from Russia

The United States said on Wednesday it would require senior Chinese diplomats to get State Department approval before visiting U.S. university campuses or holding cultural events with more than 50 people outside mission grounds.

US announces fresh restrictions on Chinese diplomats

Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane to review preparedness at LAC

US: CDC asks states to prepare for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Wineries are at risk of shutting down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Grape harvest this season is better than last many years but still, there is gloom in vineyards.

Vineyards in Spain at risk of bankruptcy, demand for wine down by 80%

Millions of students will attend schools in the new academic year from September. Tens of millions of pupils returned to school in France, Poland and Russia on Tuesday, their rucksacks loaded with exercise books, geometry sets and, for many, face masks to protect them from a resurgent coronavirus pandemic.

Schools reopen in Europe amid concerns of second wave of COVID-19

French President Emmanuel Macron voiced support on Wednesday for a sovereign Iraq and said its main challenges are Islamic State militants and foreign interference in its affairs.

French President Emmanuel Macron says France will continue to support Iraq

India records highest single day surge with over 83,000 COVID-19 cases

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