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INDIA: SPORTS

HAPPY TO EARN INDIA JERSEY AGAIN: CHINGLENSANA

Special Correspondent - 2020-01-15 17:17
Bhubaneswar: Experienced midfielder Chinglensana Singh Kangujam will wear the India colours after a year-long break due to injury. He sustained a fracture on his right ankle during the 9th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2019 (A Division) where he had led the team to the Title.

MEXICO TAKES ANTI-U.S. STAND ON THE ISSUE OF BOLIVIA

ORGANISING CELAC IS A MAJOR BOOST TO LATIN AMERICAN LEFT
W. T. Whitney Jr. - 2020-01-15 17:12
Mexico’s government intervened recently in two difficult situations beyond its borders. One is turmoil in Bolivia following a U.S.-assisted coup. The other concerns renewing the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). At issue there is regional integration and independence.
INDIA

NEED FOR FOOLPROOF CYBERSECURITY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

VIRUS ATTACK ON KUDANKULAM UNIT CALLS FOR DEEP PROBE
Sankar Ray - 2020-01-15 17:09
The October 2019 cyber attack on a computer system at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant that has two Russian Pressurised Water Reactors at Kudankulam in Tirunelvelli district, Tamil Nadu, by Dtrack virus paved ‘new pathways to severe accidents that can result in widespread radioactive fallout. Attempts to lower this risk would further increase the cost of nuclear power’, according to M V Ramana, Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security and director, Liu Institute for Global Issues, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia and Lauren J. Borja, postdoctoral research fellow MacArthur Nuclear Security Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, University of Stanford, USA. The two nuclear reactors were connected to the electric grid in October 2013 and August 2016 and hence the danger of collapse and destruction of a large segment of national power transmission and distribution network looms large.
INDIA

NOTIFICATION OF CAA BEFORE SUPREME COURT HEARING WAS UNJUSTIFIED

MODI-SHAH DUO SHOWING SCANT RESPECT FOR NATIONAL PROTESTS
Arun Srivastava - 2020-01-15 17:05
Amidst wide ranging country wide student protest, Modi government has notified the Citizenship Amendment Act effective from January 10. This move of Narendra Modi makes it explicit that he has no respect for the peoples’ desire and is ready to confront the citizens of India. His determination to push ahead the saffron agenda is so precious and important that he is even prepared to antagonise the people of the country. This action simply makes clear that apprehensions have come true.
INDIA: SPORTS

FOOTBALL ISL: AFTER EXCELLENT HOME RUN, ODISHA LOOK FOR POINTS IN HYDERABAD

Special Correspondent - 2020-01-14 17:13
Hyderabad: An in-form Odisha FC will be looking to heap more misery on struggling Hyderabad FC when the two sides meet in a Hero Indian Super League clash at the GMC Balayogi Athletic stadium here on Wednesday.
INDIA

WEST BENGAL’S STIR OVER CAA CAN DAMPEN INVESTMENT CLIMATE

CM MAMATA CAUGHT BETWEEN ANGRY CITIZENS AND BIG BUSINESS
Subrata Majumder - 2020-01-14 10:56
The fourth Bengal Global Business Summit in February 2019 showcased hope for resurgence of business opportunities, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s attempts to woo big investors being noticed across the board. Presence of big investors like Laxmi Mittal, Mukesh Ambani, Kishore Biyani, Sajjan Jindal, among others pitched for a re-look by the investors in Bengal. The summit proved a big success when she could manage the presence of pro-Modi entrepreneurs such as Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani.