The Taliban declared the war in Afghanistan was over after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday as the insurgents entered the capital Kabul virtually unopposed. With a Taliban regime taking shape, what will happen to Afghanistan and its people?
Closer to home, PM Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind paid tributes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary at the 'Sadaiv Atal' Samadhi in the national capital.
Several Union ministers met with Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu to demand action against Opposition MPs who caused mayhem in Parliament on the concluding day of the monsoon session. Unruly scenes were witnessed in the Upper House when Opposition MPs streamed into the well of the house, tore and tossed papers and even allegedly manhandled a woman marshal.

All this and more in this edition of First Up.