BSF personnel keep tight vigil at the India and Pakistan International Border at Gakhrial of Akhnoor sector about 55 km from Jammu, Oct. 1. (Press Trust of India)

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India has avenged the terror attack about ten days after four Pakistan-based militants struck at the highly guarded army installation at Uri, Kashmir. It took lightening swiftness of a handful of army-men to conduct ‘surgical strikes’ in Bhimber, Hotspring, Kel and Lipa sectors beyond the Line of Control in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to inflict heavy casualties on terrorists and “those protecting them,” writes Priyanka Bhardwaj.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump battled it out in front of millions of undecided American voters over racism, terror and temperament in their first presidential debate, Sept. 26, with the media declaring the Democratic nominee as the winner of the fiery contest, write Lalit K. Jha and Yoshita Singh. 

There is an opinion that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been lucky as the global oil prices crashed around the time he assumed charge. This has had an impact on inflation given India’s overwhelming dependence on imported oil and gas. The common man in India is known to endure several hardships. The electorate, however, invariably has a virulent reaction if prices are not under control, writes Siddharth Srivastava.

India notched up a mammoth 197-run win in their historic 500th cricket Test to assert their supremacy in home conditions, bowling out New Zealand for 236 to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series in Kanpur, U.P., writes Amanpreet Singh.

Investing in the stock market is a proven way to increase wealth. One key to success is to invest over a long period of time to allow the power of compounding to work for you, writes Arjun Oza.

“In Silicon Valley, we have a perfect weather to grow everything, why aren’t we taking advantage? Our community is ready to grow,” says Martha Barahona, a member of La Mesa Verde, a project of the community service organization Sacred Heart, which helps low-income families build backyard vegetable gardens, writes New America Media’s Honora Montano.

The hide-away burg of French Gulch is a pastoral jewel on the west side of Redding, Calif. A funky little spot, in its heyday it was noted for its surrounding gold mines and debauchery on weekends featuring hard scrabble miners, hard liquor and hard women. Legend has it the nefarious Black Bart is said to have held up a number of stagecoaches around the French Gulch area. The most famous is the holding up of the French Gulch Stage and leaving one of his infamous poems behind, writes our travel and lifestyle editor Al Auger.