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Rejecting plea for a physical court hearing in suo moto contempt case against Advocate Prashant Bhushan for his tweets against CJI SA Bobde and earlier CJIs, the Supreme Court today reserved its order in the matter. On the other hand, as if facing the adversary in the Himalayan high-altitude difficult terrain was not enough, the Indian Army had to face a bombardment of tweets and social media posts in cyber-space during the ongoing standoff with China's PLA in east Ladakh and north Sikkim. Meanwhile, after Victory in Europe and with Japan not willing to surrender, the United States decided to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in early August 1945, leading to ultimate defeat for the Japanese.
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