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New Delhi: Alfiya Pathan (81+kg) led the charge winning the first gold medal for India as Indian women boxers continued their fine run with Babyrojisana Chanu (51kg), Vinka (60kg), Arundhati (69kg) Sanamacha Chanu and Raj Sahiba (75kg) storming into the finals of the 30th Adriatic Pearl Tournament in Budva, Montenegro.

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer feels that inclusion of Steve Smith and Tom Curran will strengthened the side and will boost its 2021 IPL Campaign.

Even as coal is coming back with a vengeance to peak India’s energy mix in the next 15 years, the country’s clean energy outlook is also brightening. As the government pushes ahead with green energy initiatives, an energy think-tank estimates that by 2038, however, all renewable sources put together will surpass fossil fuels in India’s power generation. As much as 70 percent of the country’s total electricity production is currently on account of coal.

We are now witnessing the second phase of the farmers’ sit-in; the consistently peaceful protest was unfortunately and deeply wounded by the violent events on Republic Day at the Red Fort and Delhi Police has already made some headway in the investigation. The prime minister’s reiteration that “I am just a call away” for the next round of negotiations and his government’s offer to put in abeyance the laws’ operation for one-and-half years have not affected the protesting publics; they reverberate with the slogan, “kanoon wapsi, ghar wapsi (we will return home only when the laws are repealed)”.

New Delhi: Ace goalkeeper PR Sreejesh will lead the 22-member Indian Hockey squad on a 17-day tour to Europe in preparation of the Tokyo Olympics.

Belarusian lawyer and academician Alena Douhan, who in 2020 became the United Nations “Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures,” visited Venezuela from Feb. 1-12. She was there “to assess the impact of unilateral [U.S.] sanctions on the enjoyment of human rights.” At her press conference on the last day, she read aloud a preliminary report. The full report will be presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council in September 2021.

The Modi government’s decision to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant has resulted in widespread protests from across the state of Andhra Pradesh. A relay hunger strike camp was staged by the Visakhapatnam Steel Conservation Struggle Committee (VSCSC) near the main gate on February 12. Dr Kolla Rajamohan Rao, who was a part of the Students’ Action Committee of the historic Vizag Steel movement back in 1966-67, shared his experiences of being a part of the “Visakha Ukku – Andhrula Hakku'' movement. He paid tributes to the 32 martyrs of the movement and the hundreds of youth wounded in police firing and lathi charges. He appealed for a united mass movement to protect the Plant from privatisation.

The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown since March 2020may have wreaked havoc for the travel and the publishing industry, and been generally dystopian but lit fests all over the world have seen dramatic rise in attendances, says Sanjoy Roy, the curator of the Jaipur Literature Festival. The Festival expects 10 million viewers this year, he said.

The upcoming assembly polls in Assam are primarily going to be a fight among alliances. The ruling BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) includes Assam Gana Parishad (AGP), United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) and Gana Suraksha Party led by Lok Sabha MP Naba Sarania. Two of its previous tribal partners — Ganashakti Party and Tiwa Aikya Manch — already have merged with the BJP. On the other side, there is the Grand Alliance led by the main opposition Congress. The other constituents include AIUDF, CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML)(L) and Anchalik Gana Mancha (AGM) — a new regional party led by notable journalist and Rajya Sabha MP Ajit Bhuyan.

The NaMo regime is engaged in electoral battle, for a second time in its seven years, for retaining power in Assam and gaining power in Bengal. Both the assembly polls are more tougher for the party even though the home minister Ameet Shah never allows the opportunity to pass by without predicting success of his party in crushing the Chief Minister Mamta Bannerji and her party in the Bengal polls. He has apparently taken charge of the party in the assembly polls with intense campaign.