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Newly constituted INDIA alliance of 28 opposition political parties and refurbished NDA of 39 political parties led by BJP had just tasted the fruit of their first ever electoral battle. INDIA alliance has emerged stronger in 4 of the six states where byelections were held, by winning 4 of the seven seats and establishing upper hand over the BJP and NDA in 3 out of 4 regions in the country.

People of Manipur have a glorious history of resistance against the British imperialism. They struggled hand in hand with the Indian National Army (INA) led by Subhash Chandra Bose to free the country from the yolk of colonialism. But the state of Manipur is in crisis these days. Insensitivity of the government towards the state was apparent for a long time, but silence of the Prime Minister even after the video showing women being paraded without clothes went viral on 19th July 2023 proves the point. This insensitivity led to deterioration of the situation; as a result the violence continues unabated.

Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s remark on ‘Sanatan Dharm’ has been caught in controversy in no time. It reaches even to the top to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who clutched at it like a drowning man. Neither Udhayanidhi, nor PM Modi is a religious man. They are political species and bent upon extracting maximum political benefit out of it.

The Ghosi assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh was going the INDIA way and the BJP couldn’t have been in a worse place at noon September 8 when votes were being counted. At the end of the day, INDIA had nudged its first victory en route to the 2024 general elections. Seven bypolls in six states and the first time the INDIA block was testing the BJP-led NDA of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was staring at a massive defeat. That would be one up for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and zero for the Yogi Adityanath.

The 19-ton statue of the revered Hindu god Shiva, standing as a symbol of India's determination to influence the global order, will undoubtedly catch the attention of world leaders attending the Group of 20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9 and 10.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reeled-out statistics on what the Indian economy would be in 2047. The projections she gave at the Global Fintech festival in Mumbai recently are quite interesting. She quoted a SBI research to say that India’s per capita income is to increase 7.5 times from Rs two lakh annually in 2023 to Rs 14.9 lakh annually by 2047. In dollar terms, it would increase to $12,400 in 2047 from $2,500 in 2023. India’s workforce is expected to increase by 19.5 crore to 72.5 crore in 2047-48 from 53 crore in 2023-24. Workforce share in population will increase from 37.9 per cent in FY 2023 to 45 per cent in FY 2047. Workforce eligible to pay Income taxes to increase to 85.3 percent from the present 22.4 per cent. That is there would be 48.2 crore IT filers in 2047 from 7 core at present, which means seven times more.

One does not usually look forward to turning 90, but Asha Bhosle is not one of them. For old age and its fallouts have been defied by this singer with an evergreen voice. Neither Bhosle's looks nor her voice give the slightest pointer to the age of the much in demand playback singer. This is no yesteryear diva resting on her laurels and reliving her days in the sun.

New Delhi: Hockey forward Gurjant Singh on Friday exuded confidence of making an impact with his skills and experience for team India in the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou.

The G20 summit on September 9-10 could not have come at any time better to highlight India’s great strides in digitalization, that has revolutionized payment system in the country and provided common man easy and quick solutions to his financial problems. With India taking the lead in becoming the voice of voiceless south in such fora that accounted for 85 per cent of the world GDP, an opportunity has come New Delhi’s way particularly from African countries and other developing economies to sell its transformational and cost-effective digital payment systems, produced in house.

Enthralled by the Presidency of G 20, India heralds the new global leadership in geo-political and economic dynamism. A decade and half ago, it was the focus was on poverty, draught , unemployment , red tape and volatile economy.