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Hunger is the biggest curse in life. It is only when one has experienced it one can realise the agony and humiliation hunger can cause to a person. This can be easily gauged by long queues at the free or cheap food stalls organised by the philanthropist organisations. In the absence of such stalls these people would have missed that particular meal.

Vasco, Goa: Aridane Santana scored a last-gasp equalizer to help Hyderabad hold East Bengal to a 1-1 draw and dent their hopes of making it to the playoffs of the Hero Indian Super League at the Tilak Maidan, Vasco on Friday.

New Delhi: Rhinos beat Ninjas 37-32 while Cheetahs registered a thrilling 40-39 win over against Jaguars in Pool A on the opening day of the 2021 Super League Kho Kho Tournament, at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here today.

Dubai: Simran and Neeraj Yadav won a gold each as India bagged six medals on the second day of the 12th Fazza International Championships – Dubai 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix here on Friday.

Mumbai: Teenaged Avani Prashanth rode on the wings of an eagle as she shot 3-under 67 final round to overturn a three-shot deficit into a 2-shot win in the third leg of the Hero WPGT at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club on Friday.

New Delhi: Two-time Olympian Sanjeev Rajput gave another dominating performance as he won the 50 M Rifle 3-Positions (3P) event with ease at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range in New Delhi on Friday.

Bambolim, Goa: For misfiring Chennaiyin it is do or die battle against Goa in the Hero Indian Super League this season. Lose against Goa at the GMC Stadium in Bambolim on Saturday and its curtains for the two-time champions.

New Delhi: Six-time world champion Mary Kom (51kg), Asian Games champion Amit Panghal (52 kg) will spearhead 14 -member (eight men, six women) strong Indian challenge at the Boxam International Boxing Tournament to be held in Castellon, Spain, March 1 to 7.

A few days ago, as the institutions of Wall Street swatted away rogue stock traders, none other than Ted Cruz decided to try and get in on the action. “Today’s Democrat Party,” declared the Texas Republican, “is the party of Wall Street, Big Tech, and Hollywood and they’ve turned their back on working men and women.”

The scheduled withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by May 1 2021 in sync with the agreement, inked by the erstwhile US President Donald Trump is mired by a set of uncertainties, although currently there are about 2500 troops in contrast to 100,000 in 2011. But there are still 6.346 US contractors. The main hindrance to President Joe Biden in honouring the assurance to complete drawdown of US troops is backing out of the Taliban from written-down commitments. Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said in end-January. "The Talibans have not met their commitments. Without them meeting their commitments to renounce terrorism and to stop the violent attacks on the Afghan national security forces, and by dint of that the Afghan people, it's very hard to see a specific way forward for the negotiated settlement."