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Bangalore: In a move to offer a remote-coaching platform for aspiring cricketers , Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan’s Cricket Academy (CAP) on Friday announced its partnership with StanceBeam, a Bengaluru-based sports technology start-up.

Bengaluru: For the national men and women’s hockey probable housed in Sports Authority of India Centre, Bengaluru while pitch training is out of bounds, they have taken to indoor workout regime to maintain their fitness.

Narendra Modi wants to win in India. And Donald Trump in the United States. But Xi Jinping wants to conquer the world! With a coronavirus vaccine which, he says, will be for the “global good.” That has set gremlins in several heads in a heightened state of agitation. Those in Trump’s America, which is different from Barack Obama’s United States, the most. For example White House trade adviser Peter Navarro last week charged China with sending “hundreds of thousands of Chinese on aircraft to Milan, New York and around the world to seed (the coronavirus).”

LUCKNOW: The ongoing tussle between the Congress party and the Yogi Adityanath-led UP government over the issue of arranging buses for migrant labourers stranded in Uttar Pradesh has boosted the sagging morale of the Congress leaders and workers in the state.

Two different messages with two entirely different connotations underline the two widely different attitude and approach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi towards the two states of West Bengal and Odisha.

Integrity and defence of the truth, whatever the personal cost, was a choice Denis Goldberg made from a tender age and stuck to throughout his life. It is said that a life lived with integrity, served in a struggle for freedom and equality of all, is as a light unto the nations. Denis joins that pantheon of stars in the firmament. He died at the age of 87 at his home in Cape Town.

Even greater hazard than surviving two months of life under the complete lockdown is the task of reviving the sagged economy. The partial lockdown may continue for a long time even after the fourth stage ending on May 31st. Scientist community fears that mankind may be forced to live under fears of the pandemic corona virus for a longer duration with possibility of its turning to be more dangerous. It means lock down may continue in mild forms for longer duration to make the task of reviving economy even more slow and difficult.

When the prime minister came out with the much-awaited package to fight the pandemic, certain enthusiasts of the Sangh ideology were fascinated. For them the most attractive element was his proclamation of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'. They even went to the extent of believing that now India would take her U-turn and tread the path of self-reliance. The unjustified dependence on foreign capital would come to an end, some of them dreamt! The propaganda hype constructed around Atmanirbhar Bharat was of course short-lived. The post truth dissection of the 20 lakh crore package was so ruthless that it buried Atmanirbhar Bharat deep under the soil.

Vietnam celebrated the 130th anniversary of the birth of Ho Chi Minh on May 19 by announcing the imminent end of its COVID-19 outbreak, with no locally transmitted cases reported for 33 consecutive days.

BHOPAL: Enforcement of lockdown has been marked by several controversies in Madhya Pradesh. They include violation of lockdown by the government officials and public representatives. Controversy over the farm loan waiver by previous Congress government and notices to former Congress ministers to vacate official bungalows forthwith. Enforcement of lockdown was marked by an appeal to avoid violation of lockdown norms. But before it could reach the four corners of The state it was violated at a small town (Katni). Daddaji, a popular religious leader died after a prolonged illness. His funeral was attended by hundreds of his devotees. According to lockdown rules only 20 persons are allowed to participate in cremation.