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The spurt in global oil prices could not have come at a worse time for India. The benchmark Brent crude at the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) futures market traded at $67.02 a barrel at the beginning of the week, up 0.22 per cent over the previous session.

As the year 2020 dawns on us, the state of the country, and its judiciary, fills me with dread, and yet the protests of the people of India in coming out on streets, wanting to defend their ‘own’ Constitution are deeply heartening and keep the hopes alive. If the image of the judiciary as an independent and impartial institution suffered a huge damage in 2018, it lied in tatters in 2019. The single biggest development of 2019 was not the executive belligerence to unilaterally impose Hindu majoritarian principles like revocation of Article 370 or bringing in the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (‘CAA’), but it was the complete abdication of the constitutional duty of the Supreme Court to protect the fundamental rights of citizens.

2019 ended with country plunging into a political turmoil from North West to Noth East, from North to South and from East to West. It marked the Mr. Narendra Modi government taking over the power for the second term. It witnessed the abrogation of Article 370 and snatching away of Statehood of Jammu and Kashmir, Ayodhya Verdict and the passage of Citizens Amendment Act (CAA) –NRC, NPR. It also witnessed the increasing crimes against women, Dalits , Adivasis and Minorities. Democracy and Constitution being undermined, the activists and agitators being dubbed as ‘anti nationals and urban naxals’. While the economy continues to fall into recession, the working people both informal and formal sector are resorting to countrywide protest.

Bengaluru: Bengaluru continued their supremacy over FC Goa after a gritty 2-1 win in an engrossing Hero Indian Super League (ISL) encounter at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Friday.

Jaipur: IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals on Thrusday announced New Zealand leg spinner Ish Sodhi in a dual role which will see the 27-year-old be a part of the team’s support staff as a Spin Consultant, while also contributing in operations for the upcoming season of the VIVO Indian Premier League 2020.

Bengaluru: A cracker of a contest is in the offing as defending champions Bengaluru cross swords with table-toppers Goa ,in the first game of Hero Indian Super League (ISL) Season 6 in 2020, at the Sree Kanteerava stadium here on Friday.

New Delhi: Akash Malik, who made history after clinching India's first silver in archery at the Youth Olympics in 2018, said he is sure that the Indian archery contingent will win a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Malik added that the third edition of the Khelo India Youth Games will serve as good preparation for the Indian archery Olympic team trials.

Putting behind the disappointments and setbacks of Asian Games and the World cup, the Indian Men's Hockey team came up with some sterling performances in 2019 and achieved their main objective of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics.

New Delhi: Shivangi Sarma, who clinched a silver medal each in 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle at the South Asian Games 2019, is of the view that swimming has been getting due importance in India in recent times and it's good to see the government supporting athletes financially.

The response to Rebecca Long Bailey’s clearest pitch yet to succeed Jeremy Corbyn at the helm of the Labour Party shows that the contest is going to be difficult to navigate — not just for the candidates, but more importantly for the socialist left.