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Rourkela: A confident India is all set to face Spain in the first match of the Rourkela leg of the FIH Hockey Pro League at Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium here on Monday.

Japan, once the most highly rated economy, is officially in recession, with its GDP shrinking for two consecutive quarters. United Kingdom, currently a pale shadow of its past glory and long discounted as a major economy, has also just landed in recession posing questions about Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s economic policies.

The Narendra Modi government’s electoral bond scheme has been thrown out of the window by the Supreme Court. That is certainly good riddance to an obnoxious and highly abused scheme. But in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decisive ruling, a stark reality emerges – the convoluted landscape of political financing in India that requires a thorough overhaul.

South Africa, the most politically important nation in the African continent, is heading towards its national elections by the end of 2024 which promises to be the fiercest polls since the establishment of democracy in the country in 1994 after the abolition of apartheid.

Farm labours have joined the ongoing farmers’ agitation, and one of their demands is introduction of pension coverage. They suffered even police atrocities on Haryana and Delhi boarders under BJP’s rule which triggered a call for all India rural strike action on February 16. Majority of Central Trade Unions also participated in this strike action supporting all the demands including pension coverage for farmers, agriculture labours, with their additional demand for pension coverage for entire workforce in the country, and adequate pension to salaried workers who are agitated over denial by Modi government to increase their minimum pension from Rs 1000 per month.

Hemant Soren looked every bit of the son of soil in a white kurta-pyjama and red ‘gamcha’ around his neck — a departure from the ‘smart casual’ western attire that he usually sports—as he arrived at the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha on February 5 to take part in the vote of confidence for the Champai Soren government. The proceedings were necessitated by Hemant’s resignation as chief minister just before his dramatic arrest by the Enforcement Directorate on the night of January 31 in connection with the alleged irregularities in a land purchase in Ranchi.

Even before the results for the two parliamentary seats were formally made public, the message was moving around the British political and social circles that Conservatives are set for losing Wellingborough and Kingswood, supposed to be their safe seats. A deeper look into the reasons would make it clear that the outcome could not be construed as defeat for Tories or a win for Labour. Instead, it is a manifestation of no-trust in the policies and style of functioning of the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is running circles around the Bharatiya Janata Party. Around the Modi government. Around the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate. Even around a court. Pinning Kejriwal to an ED summons for questioning in the Delhi liquor scam case is proving to be impossible. But more than frustration, there is admiration for the manner in which Kejriwal has been giving the BJP boast “Modi Hai Toh Mumkin Hai” the short-shrift.

The realisation that Saudi Arabia is not Qatar may seem obvious, but it has significant meaning for the lessons rights activists and others draw from the Qatar World Cup as they prepare for a Saudi-hosted tournament in 2034.

India is gearing up for an ambitious schedule of up to 30 space missions over the next 15 months, highlighting its plans for a substantial increase in both civilian and commercial space endeavours.