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It has been eight years since that woeful night of December 16, 2012, that shook the nation and the world when a para-medic was gang-raped in a moving Delhi bus. She later died of grievous injuries though she was given the best medical care.

Bambolim, Goa: Hyderabad put up a dominating show as they trounced Chennaiyin 4-1 in the Hero Indian Super League at the GMC Stadium, Bambolim on Monday.

Fatorda, Goa: In their last two matches, Bengaluru suffered back-to-back defeats and for the first time in the history of the Hero Indian Super League,they failed to score in consecutive games and now face another tough test as they take on Mumbai City at the Fatorda Stadium on Tuesday.

Since both the Indian vaccines – Covaxin and Covishield – have now been officially approved for emergency use, the focus is on its distribution and prioritization, which are still being worked out as a ‘work in progress’ due to many inherent difficulties in India’s vaccine drive against COVID-19, monitoring the recipients of the vaccines, and also the future uncertainties relating to the pandemic itself. The known and unknown administrative issues may also crop up during the implementation of the drive requiring great alertness and quick response.

Jawaharlal Nehru’s tryst was with ‘Destiny’. With the ‘Midnight Hour’ and with ‘Redemption.’ There’s nothing to show in verses and stanzas if he had ever had a tryst with writing poetry. Maybe he must have quoted poetry to someone at some time, but there’s nothing in the public domain to write home about. India’s first Prime Minister preferred prose to poetry and in the process went on a Discovery of India!

In the current financial year, many companies suffered due to the lockdown following pandemic, but there are other companies which did normally and profits soared, but the figures show that despite high revenues, these companies cut wages of the workers taking advantage of the general panic situation and the workers anxiety to keep their jobs.

The anonymity provided to the donors by electoral bonds (EBs) is making it the preferred choice for big donors, including corporates. Over the past three years, State Bank of India (SBI), the official channel for selling these instruments, has sold EBs worth Rs 6,492.68 crore in 14 phases, shows an analysis by Commodore LokeshBatra (retd).

2020 has been a tumultuous year. Millions marched in the streets against police brutality and violence after the killing of George Floyd. They were tear-gassed, shot with rubber bullets and percussion grenades, and run over, among any number of other civil liberties abuses. Their demand was “Black Lives Matter!”

New Delhi: With 200 days left for the Tokyo Olympics, Hockey Team Captains Manpreet Singh feels that this will be the most crucial time of their lives and has urged his teammates to remain steadfast focused on their goal of achieving success.

Farmers from Punjab and Haryana have shown the community their resolve to protect their interest against lawmakers. If farmers from the rest of the country have not shown a similar courage and initiative to express their disapproval of the three central farm legislations passed on September 27, last year, it could be because they are not as united as their counterparts from Punjab and Haryana and also are not financially strong enough to continue with such a prolonged day-night agitation at Delhi’s door step in a nearly freezing night temperature. Punjab and Haryana farmers are rich. They have all the resources at their disposal to fight the chill and make themselves reasonably at home on the national highway bordering Delhi.