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The selection of Kamala Harris as the first Black female candidate of a major party for the vice presidency of the United States deserves the support of every single person in this country who cherishes democracy, economic justice, and equality.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Government has demanded immediate withdrawal of the draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020.

“It is my firm conviction that it is not the Constitution which has failed the people but it is our chosen representatives who have failed the Constitution.” — Nani Palkhivala

“There are facilities available even for a heart transplant, but this syndrome of political defections is yet to find a remedy.” – Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The world has changed for the man with the emperor-esque name, Shah Faesal, the first Kashmiri to top the Indian Civil Services Exam; the man who broke into the ranks of the IAS with the proverbial bang, and was felicitated and lauded for being the role model, an apt example, to the youth of the terror-traumatized border state.

India’s megacity, Delhi, the National Capital Region is now substantially free from severe atmospheric pollution, due to Covid 19 pandemic and the lockdowns, according to a six-week (1 April to 14 May) multidisciplinary study by a team of atmospheric physicists, meteorologists and scientists of related disciplines of India and Japan. The results are encapsulated in a paper, ‘PM (particulate matter) diminution and haze events over Delhi during the COVID-19 lockdown period: interplay between the baseline pollution and meteorology’ in the world’s leading scientific journal, Nature, on 10 August. The NCR was before the lockdown one of the most severely polluted megacities the world over.

Democratic Party Presidential candidate Joe Biden's decision to nominate the fiery senator from California, Kamala Harris, as his Vice Presidential mate in the American elections on November 3 this year, has historic significance. The move has wide-ranging consequence in terms of potentially changing the politics in the United States of America, which has undergone its worst Covid-19 pandemic and race riots in the past five months.

Our country unshackled itself from the chains of colonial subjugation and stepped on the path of freedom and self-reliance on 15th of August 1947. It was the culmination of glorious freedom struggle in which thousands of our countrymen sacrificed everything, and it was a new beginning for the fulfilment of our dreams. The first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru echoed this sentiment in the Central Hall of the parliament on the midnight of 14th August 1947 when he said “The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us.”

When one takes stock of India on the occasion of its Independence Day 2020, one is aghast to witness everything topsy-turvy with its rule of law based democratic governance, fundamental human rights of its composite people in the form of Justice, Equality and Fraternity in tatters with the Constitution of India castrated, election laws and all other public institutions established thereunder to strengthen democracy and public accountability shattered with the emergence of a one man arbitrary and fascist NDA Union Government.

New Delhi: Officiating the matches involving top teams of the World at International tournaments is never easy, says experienced International hockey umpire Javed Shaikh.

New Delhi: Sports Authority of India (SAI) has announced that the Men's and Women's Hockey Teams will resume their training/coaching from 19th August following the completion of their 14-day quarantine period.