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2019 has been a particularly testing year for Venezuela as President Nicolas Maduro’s government has fought off two coup attempts and is now subject to an extensive US-imposed economic blockade of the type employed against Cuba since the early 1960s.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The massive setback suffered by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra has spread a pall of gloom in the Kerala unit of the party.

BHOPAL: While the Congress and other parties were busy in exposing and defeating the ‘game’ of the BJP in Maharashtra, Congress leader Jyotiradita Scindia caused a flutter in Madhya Pradesh by changing his Twitter profile. Scindia deleted all references to his party from his profile, including the fact that he is a former Congress MP and a former minister in the UPA government. Media interpreted this as a signal that Scindia was ready to walk out of the Congress and may join the BJP. This speculation was reported while recalling Scindia’s outright support to the Centre’s decision to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution. The scion of the Scindia family, however, termed all these speculations as ‘baseless’.

The world oil market is poised for a pivotal shift, which will see the US emerge as energy-surplus and this has implications for all major importing countries like India.

The defeat of BJP's diabolic game in Maharashtra on the Constitution day of November 26 is the biggest blow to the image of Modi-Shah duo since the formation of the second Narendra Modi government at the centre in May this year. Only the senior BJP leaders, especially the President Amit Shah are able to understand the impact that this formation of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in the financial capital of India, will have on the money and muscle power of the saffrons in the coming days.

Goa: Jamshedpur FC returned to winning ways and handed FC Goa their first defeat of the season (1-0) in the Hero Indian Super League at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Hero MotoSports Team Rally, on Tuesday named four riders for the Dakar Rally 2020.

Kolkata: An eight-member FIFA delegation led by Oliver Vogt is here on a six-day visit for an official inspection to evaluate the progress and preparations for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020.

Ajmer: In what were thoroughly one-sided and dreary final affairs, Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) lifted the silverwares in the 49th Inter-Institutional Table Tennis Championships as they sent their rivals packing with an identical 3-0 margin of victory at the MCC Indoor Stadium here today.

Jalandhar: World Championships bronze medallist Vinesh Phogat will headline the Senior National Wrestling Championships to be held here from November 29 with over 500 grapplers vying for top honours in the men’s freestyle, Greco Roman and women’s events.