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Kannur: Chandigarh’s Rituz began her campaign emphatically as she defeated Ladakh’s Dechen in a one-sided affair in the light fly weight category as the referee had to stop the contest in round one itself on the opening day of the 4th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship at Mundayad Indoor Stadium, Kannur, Kerala on Monday.

Pokhara (Nepal): Indian men’s and women’s team clinched gold medals in their respective team events at the 13th South Asian Games in Pokhara, Nepal, on Monday. Men’s team beat Sri Lanka 3-1 while women’s team also registered thrashing 3-0 win against Sri Lanka.

Kochi: Kerala’s John Paul C staved off a stiff challenge from a strong field of runners to clinch the gold medal in the IDBI Federal Life Insurance Spice Coast Marathon 2019 here.

Jamshedpur: Sergio Castel’s fine form in front of goal was not enough for Jamshedpur FC as NorthEast United fought back late for a pulsating 1-1 draw at the JRD Tata Sports Complex here on Monday.

Rightist forces led by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson are resorting to all the mischievous intrigues having at their command to ensure the defeat of Jeremy Corbyn the Labour Party at the December 12 general election.

The opposition against the Narendra Modi Government's decision to sell stakes in the five leading public sector companies including BPCL and the privatisation of Air India, has become all pervasive with the RSS think tank firing its salvo at the disinvestment policy and also the other economic policies of the Modi 2 regime.

Of all the BJP’s opponents, the party of which the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo will be extremely watchful is the Shiv Sena. The reason is that the Sena can be uncommonly sharp in its criticism, a trait it has acquired through its years as a street fighter.

It may be time to track job losses in the country alongside the routine study of job growth. The government may disagree, the country’s job scene looks truly dismal, if not alarming. This is partly because of the dwindling economic growth and recessionary pressure on a number of industries. Industrial shake up, corporate mismanagement by greedy short-sighted entrepreneurs and the urgent need for implementing new technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc., are also contributing significantly to job losses. The global economic slowdown too is badly impacting the import-dependant Indian market with more foreign countries trying to push their India sales while Indian exports are shrinking. Imports adversely affect the local labour market.

Perhaps the most significant of Sri Lanka’s new president Gotayaba Rajapaksa’s New Delhi visit was that as a man who has never concealed his Sinophilia, he made New Delhi, rather than Beijing, to be his first port of call. On assuming presidency, he made his elder brother Mahinda, the former president, his prime minister. That tightened the grip of the Rajapaksa family on Sri Lanka’s government and politics. Both brothers are known for their proximity to China and antipathy to India. Gotabaya himself, even before he was elected, assured Beijing that it would be his topmost priority to forge closer relations with China.

Kochi: A 10-man FC Goa denied Kerala Blasters their second win of the Hero Indian Super League after an injury-time strike from Lenny Rodrigues ensured a dramatic 2-2 draw at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Sunday.