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New Delhi: Hockey India on Tuesday unveiled the list of nominations for the 6th edition of the Hockey India Annual Awards, with a whopping total prize money of Rs 7.56 crores, scheduled for the 31st of March in the Capital.

Lok Sabha General Election 2024 has come with very high stake for workforce. Barring the pro-BJP Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, all the Central Trade Unions are campaigning against the BJP and PM Narendra Modi, since their returning to power for the third time would mean the implementation of the four controversial labour codes against which they have been agitating since 2020. Moreover, the CTU leaders believe that even the scope for fighting against anti-labour policies and laws will vanish if BJP returns to power.

From a popular anti-corruption star, a populist leader to battling corruption charges himself, the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate in the liquor policy case marks another dramatic episode in the large arc of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief.

So the cat is finally out of the bag following a few reprimands of the government owned and the country’s largest State Bank of India, the sole issuer and encasher of the controversial electoral bonds. The buyers of such bonds were Indian corporate houses and some high net worth individuals and the beneficiaries of the largesse were the political parties, national and selectively regional. Being in power at the centre with an overwhelming majority and in a number of big states, including Uttar Pradesh which sends 80 MPs to the 543 seat Lok Sabha, the unsurprising bit of wrapped in mystery revealed information is that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was the recipient of more than half the donations meant for defraying electoral expenses.

On Saturday Sunitha Kejriwal made her entry, not Rabri Devi-like, but reminding the people of Delhi of what could happen if Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is sent to judicial custody instead of released on bail. Chief Minister Kejriwal’s wife addressed the "nation" on behalf of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Kejriwal’s wife conveyed the Chief Minister’s message to "Indians nationwide” that he will return and they need not worry as “things will all be fine”.

The spotlight is shining brightly on India's digital entertainment market. The news of Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund, ADIA, contemplating a $1.2 billion investment in Pocket FM, a rising Indian audio storytelling platform, is a powerful testament to this growing international appeal. This potential deal signifies a strategic shift in the global entertainment landscape, with India emerging as a key player attracting significant investment. To understand the reasons behind this surge in interest, we need to delve deeper into the unique confluence of factors propelling India's digital entertainment sector.

A just-published Palestinian public opinion survey offers pointers for what a successful transition from the devastating Gaza war to a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will have to entail. The survey’s pointers take on added significance as the United States, Europe and Arab states seek to turn the fallout of Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel and the carnage caused by Israel’s assault on the Strip into an opportunity to create an independent Palestinian state alongside the Jewish state.

A day ago, an American travel influencer named Tara Katims was criticised for taking a Dharavi slum tour in Mumbai and posting a video about it. Some people felt that turning poverty into tourism was disrespectful. Even though Katims explained that the tour guide was a former resident who wanted to break the stigma of slum life, critics thought the tour was insensitive.

Disruption of the ability of the opposition to run political campaigns has been well pronounced since January 1, 2024 to March 22, which can even be seen in the political advertising through Google. No national political party other than the BJP is among the top 10 political campaigners online. PM Narendra Modi is thus seen everywhere giving the wrong impression of his so-called charisma, while it was in reality the effect of the advertising campaigns worth billions of rupees, spent not only by the BJP but also through Central Ministries and departments.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday took back from the Supreme Court his appeal against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate. The top court was poised to hear the plea when Kejriwal’s lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi declared the decision, which Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta said was used by Kejriwal’s counsel to “mislead the court”.