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The first page of few dailies of Delhi carried the full page advertisement on the Tiger Day celebration July 29, the large sized picture of the Prime Minister with two tigers, one kind prowling in the region at 380 meters above sea level and other variety chosen from tigers living in the forests at 3850 meters above the sea level adorned half the page. The quotes appeared like assurance of safe living for the animals by the Prime Minister in his reign. The bottom half with picture of new chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami of Uttarakhand revealed the real purpose.

New Delhi: India made heavy weather of their win as they overcame spirited Japan 5-3, to finish second in Pool A and set up a quarter final clash with Great Britain in the Olympic Men's Hockey competition at the Oi Stadium in Tokyo on Friday.

New Delhi: Teenager Manu Bhaker placed fifth overnight after the first precision round, shot 290 in the rapid fire round to end with a score of 582, and in the process failed to make the finals of the Women's 25M Pistol on Friday at the Asaka Shooting range.

New Delhi: A fine opportunistic goal by Navneet Kaur three minutes before the final hooter kept India alive as they beat Ireland 1-0 in the Women's Olympic hockey competition at Oi Stadium Tokyo on Friday.

Despite some positive developments, serious threat to economy and health continues, warned the mid-year review of the WTO. To overcome the risk the countries across the world need to keep the markets and supply chain open and restrictions minimized it suggested. The report was reviewed by a the WTO’s Trade Policy Review which draws attention of the world towards insufficient production of vaccines contributing to significant disparities in access across countries, especially in the low-income developing countries which are struggling to obtain enough doses to inoculate more than a small fraction of their population.

It is thirty years since India adopted neoliberal policies in 1991, though some would date their introduction even earlier to 1985. Newspapers are full of assessments of the impact of these policies on the economy, and liberalisers from Manmohan Singh downwards, have suddenly become visible, lauding their handiwork, while lamenting at best that the benefits of liberalisation have been unevenly distributed. Manmohan Singh has recently said that “a healthy and dignified life for every Indian must be prioritised”; one wonders what prevented him from doing so when he was at the helm of affairs.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s talks in Delhi during her five day visit beginning July 26, have helped in a big way in facilitating the process of an understanding in principle that the Congress has to be a major partner in the proposed front of the anti-BJP opposition parties in order to ensure the defeat of the BJP led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.

It is almost impossible to find out any news of what is happening in Africa. It’s as though the continent is completely off the media’s radar, yet what is happening there will have consequences for the whole world. The reason why this region is subjected to so much political meddling needs to be understood.

United States President Joe Biden is giving away $100 each to citizens who vaccinate. State and local governments have been told to draw from Biden’s $1.9 trillion ‘American Rescue Plan’ to incentivize vaccinations. The $100 incentive might “sound unfair” to those who have already vaccinated, but it’s “an extra incentive to boost vaccination rates, protect communities, and save lives,” said Biden.

New Delhi: India is left with no choice or alternative, they have to win against Ireland to stay alive in the Women's Olympic competition on Thursday.