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INDIA: SPORTS

CHEN YUFEI AND VIKTOR AXELSEN HEADLINE 10TH YONEX-SUNRISE INDIA OPEN

Special Correspondent - 2020-02-26 14:52
New Delhi: World No. 1 Chen Yufei and defending men's singles champion Viktor Axelsen will lead the draw while Indian challenge will be spearheaded by PV Sindhu,Saina Nehwal, K.Srikanth at the 10th edition of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open to be played at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall of Indira Gandhi International Stadium here from March 24 to 29.
INDIA: SPORTS

FOOTBALL ISL: SEMI-FINALS FIXTURES ANNOUNCED; AWAY GOALS RULE TO APPLY

Special Correspondent - 2020-02-26 14:43
Mumbai: Football Sports Development Limited today confirmed the Hero Indian Super League 2019-20 semi-final line-ups and fixture list to be played over two legs. Defending champions Bengaluru face ATK and 2019-20 season’s League winners Goa play Chennaiyin for a spot in the Hero ISL final, scheduled on Saturday, March 14.
INDIA: SPORTS

KIUG: SWIMMER KALYANI, WINS HER 50TH MEDAL AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL

Special Correspondent - 2020-02-26 14:38
Bhubaneswar: Gujarat swimmer Kalyani Saxena completed a unique personal milestone here at the Khelo India University Games on Wednesday, winning her 50th medal at the national level.
INDIA: SPORTS

KIUG: MAHARASHTRA WEIGHTLIFTERS BREAK NATIONAL RECORDS

Special Correspondent - 2020-02-26 14:35
Bhubaneswar: Sanket Mahadev Sargar from Shivaji University, Kolhapur and Prashant Suresh Koli from Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon broke national records to clinch gold and silver respectively in the men’s 55kg weightlifting event at the Khelo India University Games(KIUG) here on Wednesday.
INDIA: SPORTS

DEV V JAVIA AND VAISHNAVI ADKAR REIGN SUPREME AND BOOK THEIR TICKETS TO PARIS

Special Correspondent - 2020-02-26 14:32
New Delhi: Top seed Dev V Javia overpowered third seed Chirag Duhan 6-2, 6-1 to win the boys singles title while Vaishnavi Adkar defeated Sanjana Sirimalla 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 to emerge victorious in the girls section at the Roland-Garros Junior Wild Card Series here at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association on Wednesday.
INDIA

IN DEFENCE IT IS “MAKE IN USA, USE IN INDIA”

ARMS DEAL IS A BUSINESS VICTORY FOR TRUMP
Barun Das Gupta - 2020-02-26 09:28
During his one-and-a-half day’s stay in India, President Donald Trump successfully persuaded a cash-strapped and recession-hit India into signing defence contracts worth $3 billion. Never mind that India’s trade deficit with the USA stood at an astronomical $23,255.9 million by 2019 end. What is obvious is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s slogan of “Make in India” does not apply to the defence sector. Here, the policy is “Make in USA, buy and use in India.”
INDIA

PAGEANT, OPTICS, PLATITUDES AND NOTHING

TRUMP VISIT ENDS UP IN A WHIMPER
K Raveendran - 2020-02-26 09:24
Magnificent pageantry, super optics and perfect platitudes. The much-trumpeted POTUS visit to India produced all this, but very little beyond. Of course, it generated a lot of hot air, creating a bit of ‘western disturbance’ which, however, did not induce any rain.

ISRAEL FACING ITS WORST POLITICAL CRISIS

MARCH 2 ELECTIONS MAY NOT BRING ANY STABILITY
Ramzy Baroud - 2020-02-26 08:35
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, must be channelling the spirit of Houdini as he continues to plot his escape from one of the most convoluted political dilemmas in Israel’s history.
UNITED STATES

RED-BAITING A KEY WEAPON IN SANDERS AGENDA

AS MULTI-RACIAL COALITION EMERGES, THIS MAY NOT WORK
John Wojcik - 2020-02-26 08:32
The red-baiting of Sen. Bernie Sanders has been stepped up as we near the date of the important South Carolina primary election on February 29. “Liberal” pundits have accused him of everything from supporting “Marxist dictators” like Fidel Castro to singing the praises of chandeliers installed in the Moscow subways by the communist dictators of old. “You don’t ever talk about the wonderful chandeliers in the Moscow subways when you have Stalin killing 30 million of his own people,” Joe Scarborough declared on Morning Joe today. “With his praise of dictators, who does Bernie remind you of?” Joe’s wife, Mika Brzezinski, then asked.