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We are celebrating April 22, the day Lenin was born. He was the one who introduced us to change, the only finality in the entire creation, assuring us that there is no end to it, nor does it repeat itself. There are only stages that move on with the old and also new. New has the hegemony and the old starts dimming into oblivion. But socio economic forces keep evolving as ever. The existing new no more remains new and gets replaced by ever new forces.

For 20 years, Iran supported various militias in the Middle East as it opposed Israel from a distance. However, its recent direct attack on Israel represents a major change in strategy and a significant risk. Iran is aware that its military is not as strong as Israel's, especially given the U.S.'s support for Israel. Since the Islamic revolution in 1979, Iran has had limited support from other countries for any direct conflict with a U.S. ally.

Myanmar celebrated on April 17 the first day of the Burmese New Year, the Thingyan festival. It's a Buddhist festival celebrated for four to five days in the middle of April. Myanmar nationals in other countries celebrated the Thingyan festival, marked by great fun throwing water at each other, which they believe drives out bad luck and brings health and happiness. In the Arakan traditional culture, evenings are reserved for joyous Thingyan dance and music after the day's water play.

New Delhi: Hailing Hockey India's decision to hold National Women's League former Skipper Pritam Rani Siwach described it as a significant initiative for aspiring players who are looking to reach the national team set-up.

New Delhi: Despite suffering a whitewash against Australia in a away hockey series last week, ace drag flicker and captain Harmanpreet Singh has excused confidence that India will have a podium finish at the Paris Olympics.

New Delhi: India finished the Asian Wrestling Championship with nine medals - four silvers and five silvers - in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

New Delhi: With exactly 100 days to go for the start of the Paris Olympics, India is hopeful of bettering its Tokyo Games medal haul in the quadrennial sporting extravaganza this time.

On the day of closing of Election campaigns on April 17 for the first phase of Lok Sabha Election 2024 scheduled to be held on April 19, INDIA bloc seems to have an edge over NDA, though BJP is set to win largest number of seats partywise followed by DMK, and INC.

Oil has spooked the market by registering a fall in prices when it was widely expected that Iran’s retaliatory strike on Israel over the weekend would lead to an instant spike. Not only that the spike did not materialise, but prices fell in a well-telegraphed response that baked in any risk to crude supplies in the wake of the mounting tensions.

On April 3, when Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge walked into narrow lanes of Usmanpur in North Delhi to launch the party’s ‘Ghar Ghar Guarantee’ programme, it was also a trip down the memory lane.