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It is time to take account of the damages, and the repairs. The year of ruination with its pandemic, uprooting of the almost entire toiling masses, horror advent of four labour codes limiting the entire gamut of labour laws, each one won after blood soaked struggles of the working class, and finally the three farm laws that brutally slash the farmers rights and come as the extreme step in the packaging of the era that signals a new turn, despite the fact that the basics with all its negativity remains unchanged. The gap between the rich and poor keep widening.

After infusing a new life into the farmers’ protest which after the January 26 unfortunate development was gasping for survival, Rakesh Tikait, the leader of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, on Wednesday sought to know from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi “what will you do if youth removes you from power.”

Myanmar’s decade-old dalliance with democracy has ended. The army has seized power again and a national emergency has been declared for one year. This can be further extended if the army so wishes. The army had ruled for fifty years till 2011, when the first elections were held, which were neither free nor fair. The National League for Democracy (NLD) emerged victorious, with its leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her colleagues still behind the bars. It again swept to power in the third general elections held in November last year. The last ten years had seen an uneasy partnership between the elected government and the army, with the long and ominous shadow of the military always looming large behind the civil government.

Kalyani: Table-toppers Churchill Brothers were held to a goalless draw by former champions Aizawl in the Hero I League at the Kalyani Municipal Stadium here on Wednesday.

Bambolim: Kerala Blasters squandered a lead once again as Mumbai City came from behind to win 2-1 in the Hero Indian Super League at the GMC Stadium, Bambolim, on Wednesday.

Kalyani: Mohammedan Sporting’s troubles in front of goal continued as the Black Panthers failed to score in their second consecutive game and drew for the fourth straight match against Neroca at the Kalyani Municipal Stadium here today.

Vasco, Goa: Just when all hope seemed lost for NorthEast United, Khalid Jamil's appointment as interim coach has proved to be a breath of fresh air.

New Delhi: Ending the suspense and speculations, Ajay Singh romped home comfortably as he elected as the President of Boxing Federation of India (BFI) for the second consecutive term on Wednesday.

The Modi Government is seeking to re-set a pandemic-hit economy in unorthodox ways by injecting a substantial dose of asset monetisation and privatisation of the entire stock of public sector enterprises, other than in four strategic areas. Two banks and one general insurer will also be privatised this year.

There is not and cannot be any civilization better than the Indian civilization. The secret of its outliving all others for five thousand years is in the greater freedom of religious adherence and tolerance for freedom of others in living styles it allowed to her inhabitants. The Indian wise knew basics of science though not in the modern phraseologies. The French Researcher, Louis Dumont confirmed it in his book Homo Hierarchicus published in the middle of last century. He claimed the much abused Indian social construct based of four Varnas, (not skin colour), was classic evidence of science of pollution known only to the ancient Indian sages five thousand years before the West had even inkling of it. Number one in four Varna was accorded to the group of persons in vocation that had least contact with dangers of pollution. The last category in the system, Shudras performed vocations or duties with high possible potential of contact with pollution. The system was not a social division but vocational compartments.