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New Delhi: Natural venues will provide level playing field while making it more challenging for the teams in the IPL feels Delhi Capitals all -rounder Harsha Patel.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to embark on a big-ticket privatization is certainly welcome but India cannot be without public sector, which always played a critical role in bailing out the economy in crisis.

Just a day after parting of his way with his onetime comrade in arms Lalu Yadav, the RJD supremo, the architect of the modern day rural employment scheme, the MGNREGA, which facilitated the prime minister Narendra Modi salvage his image in the wake of flight of the labourers after lockdown, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh bade his last adieu to the poor and daily wage workers of the country. His passing away at this juncture when Bihar is scheduled to face the assembly elections in November, will put RJD and especially RJD chief Tejashvi Yadav son of Lalu Yadav, in an embarrassing situation and question his leadership quality.

In Assam, two new features dominate the pre Assembly election scenario, if present developments are any indication. One, the Indian National Congress (INC) may fight the polls as part of a grand opposition alliance. The state unit is divided over the proposal to go into an alliance with the All India United Democratic Front (AIDUF). While the All India Congress Committee (AICC) is yet to endorse it, local leaders like ex chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and state party President Ripun Bora are strong backers of the idea.

The great Indian rope trick is widely considered as the ultimate act of illusion. There are different versions of the magic, depending on the ingenuity of the presenter. But essentially, the trick comprises a magician converting a rope into a rod on which he or one of his assistants can climb and perhaps disappear into the air, before ultimately reappearing on the ground.

The ascent of a member of the Thackeray family to the Maharashtra chief minister’s post had persuaded the Shiv Sena to tone down its customary belligerence. There was to be no more blackening of faces or forcing food into the mouth of a Muslim during Ramzan. The sainiks were expected to behave like normal people and not street-level thugs.

The brewing military tension between India and China may not escalate into a war unless China goes crazy about testing its defence capability on India after a gap of five decades. Time has changed. India’s military and economic strength today is far advanced compared to that in 1962. Now, taking on India militarily is going to be far more complex, if not quite risky, for China. Even a chance defeat of China on the Himalayan heights could substantially puncture its global military pride.

COVID-19 has provided great opportunities to the government to implement whatever they want to on the one hand, and a weapon to suppress any organized resistance of the people on the other. Modi government is hell bent on exploiting this situation. The three ordinances relating to agriculture market reform notified as part of the Special Economic Package purportedly to stimulate India’s agriculture sector in the post-COVID-19 economy is the latest example, which is being opposed by the farmers, but will soon be quelled by implementing physical distancing norms. The monsoon session of the parliament may witness uproarious scenes on the issue, but the bills are most likely to be passed and enacted this month itself.

New Delhi: Some of the leading Doctors and paramedical staff of the capital showcased their musical and singing skills as they paid a musical tribute to Corona Warriors at a function organised by New Delhi YMCA here last night.

New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals on Sunday named spin wizard Shane Warne as its brand ambassador for the second year in a row.