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In 2018, Trade Unionist, Pragya Akhilesh, popularly called “Toilet woman of India”, recorded more than 10,000 abandoned toilets in the rural areas of India where women were forced to be manual scavengers in both the banned dry and the recently built sanitary latrines under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Indian government’s much-applauded policy.

Only the Jarawa and the North Sentinel must not know of Arvind Kejriwal. The Delhi Chief Minister cannot stomach the jolt that the 'Govt' in Delhi means 'LG' courtesy the "unconstitutional" Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the Bill and the new nomenclature for Delhi government had become necessary.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Murphy’s Law seems to be operating against the saffron brigade in Kerala. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance(NDA) in the State suffered a major setback when the Kerala High Court dismissed a petition filed by BJP candidates in Thalassery, Guruvayoor and Devikulam challenging the rejection of their nomination papers.

India's vaccine diplomacy has been steaming ahead and has set the pace for countering the Covid pandemic. It was indeed a big boost when as part of the first Quadrilateral Security Dialogue leaders' meeting, the US, India, Japan, and Australian leaders decided to help India produce at least 1 billion vaccine doses to the Asia Indo-Pacific region.

The unprecedented level of spike in COVID-19 infections in India one year after the lockdown of March 24, is an additional threat, not only in terms of infection and death but lives in general due to impending economic disruption, if India does not plan for the crucial next six months, ie upto September 2021. The latest UNICEF report on “Direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and response in South Asia” contains the warning the country must heed to.

BERLIN: Germany, once viewed as an exaggerated model of exactitude and discipline, is currently in a muddle.

Al Ain (UAE): Promising Avani Lekhara shot brilliantly to clinch the silver medal as Team India had another good day at office at the ongoing Al Ain 2021 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup here on Monday.

New Delhi: Indian mixed pairs- Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Panwar (10M Air Rifle) Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary(10M Air Pistol) and a trio-Mairaj Khan, Angad Vir Bajwa and Gurjoat Khangura (Skeet) grabbed gold each as the hosts won five medals at ISSF World Cup Rifle/ Pistol/ Shotgun stage at New Delhi’s Dr Karni Singh Shooting range here on Monday.

The outcome of the state assembly polls in Bengal may be the turning point for the Indian politics though it may push India to another spell of coalition politics. Indians may have to witness a fierce struggle within the ruling ensemble. The ouster of the chief minister Mamta Bannerji will certainly be celebrated as the BJP victory but the failure to do so would be paraded as the NaMo defeat. Hence the coming times will certainly be of fierce politics.

What appears to be an innocuous Bill, in fact, seeks to introduce a complete change in the way the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi is administered. The Bill introduced in parliament conceals more than it reveals, since it contains no substantive reference to the purpose of the Bill. Indeed, this Bill — in its Statement of Objects and Reasons — turns the issue on its head and undermines not only the 2018 judgment of the Supreme Court of India, but also certain provisions of the Constitution of India itself. In particular, Article 239AA.