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The corona pandemic has exposed the myth of the British exceptionalism. The myth has been created by some people who are engaged in the psychological war to prove the dominance of the UK. This word is usually referred to identify the nature of the capitalist development.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan has a clear message for a self-reliant India. “What an idea!” exclaimed all, in their initial ecstatic reaction, which later gave way to a great disgust, fear, and frustration. The announcement of PM Modi’s economic stimulus package of Rs 20 lakh crore under this umbrella movement announced on May 12 turned out to be Rs 20.97 lakh crore made known to the public in five tranches by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, ultimately proved to be a great deception. Economic analysts are unanimous on this point that the real fiscal cost of this seemingly big package is less than Rs 2 lakh crore, i.e., only one per cent of the GDP as against 10 per cent originally claimed.

Naxal, renamed Left Wing Extremist (LWE), violence is on the wane. As claimed by the NDA Union Government in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), steadfast implementation of National Policy and Action Plan for development of LWE affected areas and their containment has resulted in consistent decline in LWE violence. Overall decline is 38 per cent during the last five years since 2015. This is despite the fact that the Union Government is trying its best to deprive and dispossess the tribal of their inherent right to forest, land and water for mineral exploration, infrastructural development and industrialization by private corporates.

New Delhi: Giving reason for his joining the Delhi Capitals, versatile spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said that he wanted to “strengthen the bowling” and make the team “the front-runners for the IPL title.”

Bangalore: In a move to offer a remote-coaching platform for aspiring cricketers , Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan’s Cricket Academy (CAP) on Friday announced its partnership with StanceBeam, a Bengaluru-based sports technology start-up.

Bengaluru: For the national men and women’s hockey probable housed in Sports Authority of India Centre, Bengaluru while pitch training is out of bounds, they have taken to indoor workout regime to maintain their fitness.

Narendra Modi wants to win in India. And Donald Trump in the United States. But Xi Jinping wants to conquer the world! With a coronavirus vaccine which, he says, will be for the “global good.” That has set gremlins in several heads in a heightened state of agitation. Those in Trump’s America, which is different from Barack Obama’s United States, the most. For example White House trade adviser Peter Navarro last week charged China with sending “hundreds of thousands of Chinese on aircraft to Milan, New York and around the world to seed (the coronavirus).”

LUCKNOW: The ongoing tussle between the Congress party and the Yogi Adityanath-led UP government over the issue of arranging buses for migrant labourers stranded in Uttar Pradesh has boosted the sagging morale of the Congress leaders and workers in the state.

Two different messages with two entirely different connotations underline the two widely different attitude and approach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi towards the two states of West Bengal and Odisha.

Integrity and defence of the truth, whatever the personal cost, was a choice Denis Goldberg made from a tender age and stuck to throughout his life. It is said that a life lived with integrity, served in a struggle for freedom and equality of all, is as a light unto the nations. Denis joins that pantheon of stars in the firmament. He died at the age of 87 at his home in Cape Town.