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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: November 20, 2019 will go down as one of the darkest days in the annals of Kerala’s history. The day witnessed an unpardonable crime against a 10-year-old school girl. It is an unredeeming tale of human beings’ shocking insensitivity to a fellow human being in deep distress.

The passing of the revised Industrial relations Code by the NDA Government in its cabinet on November 20 has imparted a fresh dimension to the continuing confrontation between the central trade unions and the centre on the economic policies of the Government. Already the job losses and continuing layoffs with no prospects of new generation of jobs, have united the TUs including the BJP dominated BMS and most of the central trade unions are preparing for the all India strike on January 8 to focus on their long standing demands. Now, the latest approval to the IRC has intensified the anger of the workers throughout the country.

New Delhi: Former champions Mohun Bagan will take on Aizawl FC in the opening match of the 13th Hero I-League at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Aizawl, Mizoram on 30th November.

New Delhi: Jungsher Virk ( Punjab) fired two flawless rounds of 25 each to be tied on 98 with Olympian Kynan Chenai on the top at the ongoing 63rdNational Shooting Championship Competitions at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range here on Thursday.

Dubai: Belgium’s 17-year old Michelangelo Amendola set the early pace by dominating both the free practice sessions as the eighth season of the International MRF Challenge commenced at the Dubai Autodrome, here today.

Dharamshala: Tamil Nadu will look to add a couple of more titles as their Sub-Junior Boys and Sub-Junior Girls have entered the finals of the UTT 81st Cadet and Sub-Junior National Table Tennis Championships at the Indoor Stadium here today.

New Delhi: Putting behind last two days disappointments, Indian shooters led by teenager Manu Bhaker hit back strongly to win three of the four gold medals up for grabs on the penultimate day of the World Cup Final (WCF) Rifle/Pistol in Putian, China on Thursday.

Digboi, Assam: Gurugram’s Veer Ahlawat, fired an eight-under-64 to take the halfway lead at the Rs Rs. 60- lakh prize money IndianOil Servo Masters at the Digboi Golf Links.

BHOPAL: Led by the veteran Medha Patkar, more than one thousand oustees of the Narmada project are camping in Bhopal for the past five days to highlight their grievances. They have laid siege to the office of the Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA) here, spending their nights under the sky and cooking food on the roads. They have declared that they won’t budge from the place till their demands are met.

The government has refused to accept the numbers that showed the falling affordability of the common masses to meet even the essentials. In its denial, the government has openly gone into politicizing Hunger.