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It is a known fact that the Congress leaders are well versed with the art of committing hara-kiri. They cherish to live in their make-believe world and refuse to accept the ground realities. Even in the existing political situation when they and their parry have been completely marginalised, when even the regional parties prefer to keep them poles apart, they nurse the illusion that they are born to rule. It is their foolish sense of inflated ego that they refuse to learn the art of electoral alliance and master the skill of bringing together divergent political parties.

Fatorda, Goa: It was yet another case of the Monday Blues for Bengaluru. This time, Jamshedpur notched up a gritty 1-0 victory over the former champions in a Hero Indian Super League game at the JL Nehru Stadium, Fatorda here, on Monday.

Goa: Chennaiyin coach Csaba Laszlo faces a quandary as he prepares his team to take on Mohun Bagan in the Hero Indian Super League at the GMC Stadium, here on Tuesday. On one hand, goals are coming from everywhere — Chennaiyin have already had six different individual goalscorers this term. On the other, the people tasked with scoring them — the strikers — aren't finding the net often enough.

New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah unveiled the statue of former DDCA president and Union minister Arun Jaitely at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground here on Monday.

Even as official preparations are on, it is unlikely that the scheduled January 2021 talks between India and Bangladesh on river water sharing will make much progress. The major reason: West Bengal elections. For Bangladesh, this is both good and bad news.

India has planned rollout of COVID vaccines first with a dry run in two districts each in states like Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Punjab considering the geographical locations. The Union government has already consulted with these states for the locations of the dry run. Each state will plan it in two districts and preferably in five different session type settings - district hospital, CHC/PHC, urban site, private health facility, rural outreach etc, according to the press release issued by the Union health ministry.

A well-respected think tank is projecting the new dynamics in world economy in the year of the pandemics which is going to change the league table standings.

There are bound to be a few glum faces in India’s external affairs ministry over the news of seven American lawmakers approaching the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, for interceding with India on the farmers’ issue.

Few will shed tears to sing the dirge of the dying year, 2020. It was a year of fear, the fear of a pandemic the like of which the world never experienced. Covid-19 sent the world into a big death trap and depression. Will the New Year be different? As for now, there is little sign of a strong recovery. The scare of a more deadly mutant Wuhan virus has spoilt the cherished Christmas in the United Kingdom. “Over the last few days, thanks to our world-class genomic capability, we have identified a new variant of the coronavirus, which may be associated with the faster spread in the South of England,” UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the House of Commons on December 14. The UK has already notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about the variant. Europe and the rest of the world are worried.

The impact of Covid-19 in our lives is wide-ranging–loss of livelihoods and incomes, forced migration, increased unemployment, disruption of the education system, reduced access to routine healthcare services, interrupted work and home environments and restrictions on travel, meetings, leisure activities and visits to friends and relatives.