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Gurugram: Norway's Madelene Staynar fired error free six under 66 to emerge sole leader but it was Diksha Daggar (67) and Vani Kapoor (68), who hogged the spotlight as they were second and third respectively after the first round of the Hero Women’s Indian Open at the DLF Golf and Country Club.

New Delhi: JSW and GMR co-owned franchise Delhi Capitals on Thursday announced that it has retained 15 players, including 5 overseas players and released three ahead of the Women's Premier League auction which is set to be held later this year.

New Delhi: Former World champion, PV Sindhu came from behind to beat the seventh-seed Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung to advance to the quarter-finals of the Denmark Open Badminton at the Jyske Bank Arena in Odense on Thursday.

Rightist forces do not empathise with the human and humanity. Humanitarian emotions and sensibilities have been unknown commodities for them. Hitler crushed the humanity and the worst victims of his tyrannies were the Jew. It is ironical that now the same Jews are perpetrating the worst kind of torture on the Muslims of Gaza and Palestine.

One of the biggest challenges for PM Narendra Modi and the BJP in their way to returning to power after the Lok Sabha election 2024 is infighting in the state BJP units, a fact that is well known by now. No wonder former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Raghubar Das is being cleared out of the politics of the state by appointing him governor of Odisha with due honour.

The Israel-Hamas war is nearly two weeks old. The highlight was a rocket striking a hospital parking lot which killed 500. The tally was later corrected to 471. US President Joe Biden said he was happy that the “other team” was to blame and not Israel as alleged by Hamas and Iran. Joe felt the backlash when he promised the Palestinians 100 million dollars in aid without the surety that it would not end in Hamas pockets. A Fox News talking head said Biden was "dozing" at the podium when he announced the largesse.

90 years is ripe old age. But when renowned cartoonist nonagenarian Amal Chakraborti passed away on October 18 in the midst of puja festivities in Kolkata , legions of his admirers felt that his exit from the mortals' company was untimely. Chakraborti's fans included readers of Dainik Pratidin whose pages were lit up by his cartoons. And there were greenhorn and veteran scribes who were inspired by his cartoons.

As Israel’s offensive continues against Hamas and Palestine, people who loved peace and relished good times are shocked. With thousands killed and cities flattened, the anger is only growing, promising more of it in the following days.

The nation of Grenada will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the tragic assassination of its revolutionary hero, Maurice Bishop, on October 19. The government has declared the date a public holiday now known as National Heroes Day.

"…In a more or less developed form fascist tendencies and the germs of a fascist movement are to be found almost everywhere," said Georgi Dimitrov, while presenting his report in the annual conference of Communist International (Comintern) in 1936, and then, cautioned, “With the development of the very deep economic crisis, fascism has embarked upon a wide offensive.”