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There is no crystal ball to gaze and forecast what is in store for the rest of the century. But 2020 will be marked in history as a real turning point and one of the worst in memory for all contemporaries. We had approached 2020 with a lot of hopes, although the stock market exuberance had camouflaged the underlying stress in the financial sector, agrarian crisis, rising unemployment and above all a complete drying up of demand in the economy.

The ground-breaking ceremony of the new “People’s Parliament” building took place with considerable fanfare two weeks ago. Under Article 79 of the Constitution, Parliament consists of the President and its two Houses. But neither the President nor the Vice-President, who is also the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, were invited. The protocol would have required the President to perform the ceremonies.

Goa: East Bengal are still on the lookout for their first win of the Hero Indian Super League season as they face Chennaiyin the Tilak Maidan here on Saturday.

New Delhi: Former fast bowler Chetan Sharma was on Thrusday named chairman of the senior men's selection committee of the BCCI.

New Delhi: Boxing Federation of India (BFI) on Thursday announced that it will hold the elections for its office bearers in February 2021.

It is always a tough job to review a book written by friend(s). It is more difficult to critically look at a sports book in India. The reason being that most of the sports books have been and are being penned by sports journalists and mostly the reviewers also belong to that small tribe. Any lavish praise of the book is dismissed as “back scratching of fellow journalist” and criticism is taken as frustrated comments by a scribe who has yet to come to terms with the success of the writer(s). With market being flooded with books on Individual cricketers / coaches it is becoming increasingly arduous to be impartial reviewer.

There is something curious about the “Legion of Merit” award conferred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi by President Donald Trump. The Legion of Merit is primarily a military honour bestowed by an American president. The chief commander category has been in the past given mainly to army chiefs, generals and commander-in-chief of the armed forces of other countries. Only a handful have been given to heads of State, or, government leaders and those too have been close military allies of the United States.

On December 26 in the year 1925, the Communist Party of India (CPI) — was formally founded on Indian soil at Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) braving the brutal attacks and repression unleashed by the British and other colonial rulers.

Lawyers from across the country have announced that they will observe fast along with the farmers to show solidarity.

Year 2020 has been a bad year for the publishing industry. Retail buying has gone down to near zero. For six months, from March to September, online sales of books too could be counted on the fingertips. It is books that have been on the anvil since 2018 that have been really forged and have been made available in the public domain by major publishers in India after August.