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Despite big promises to women in BJP’s 2019 manifesto, including to formulate a comprehensive ‘Women in the Workforce’ road map focused on dramatically increasing female workforce participation rate over the next five years, the women’s share in Central Government jobs have been declining with the general decline in total job opportunities. Women’s participation has substantially gone down in single digit in central government and CPSE jobs.

A high percentage of Opposition parties' nominees filing nomination and a sharp drop in uncontested seats as compared to 2018 rural polls cannot assure a significant portion of the state populace especially living in the rural areas that panchayat election of West Bengal will be held peacefully, come 8 July. Given the incidents of violence which marred the nomination process, large number of voters as well as activists of the Opposition outfits in the state will be keeping their fingers crossed during the campaign, the polling day and a not too short time span following the declaration of the election results.

On June 23 when the opposition parties gather in Patna to discuss 2024 and the end of the Modi regime, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will still be in the United States in the eye of the global media glare. The opposition parties should take care events involving Prime Minister Modi in the United States do not upstage the important political conclusions emerging out of the Patna Conclave.

New Delhi: India’s top amateur golfer Avani Prashanth, will be seen in action in the Singapore Ladies Masters, a US $100,000 professional event.

One view is that one Indian is having all the fun! Like “excitement and euphoria have gripped many Indian Americans ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to the US”. Such a view should not be allowed to gather moss. It is humiliating to the country, and to the country’s rulers. But, hey, it is the truth, the only wholesome truth – Prime Minister Narendra Modi does give the impression he’s having all the fun while the rest of India hurts.

At the end of Mary Shelley’s iconic novel, the Frankenstein’s monster had finished in the same place where it started. Its creator, the scientist Victor Frankenstein, died wishing that he could destroy the alien he created. What was most unfortunate was that he did not learn from his mistakes.

On June 19 evening West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee conveyed something politically significant in her tweet congratulating the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his 54th birthday. Her tweet said ‘Best wishes on your birthday, Rahulji. Wishing you good health. May you have a terrific period next year’.

After shaking the foundation of traditional finance and making central banks give a war cry, the cryptocurrency world faces one of its most critical moments as it moves forward nonchalantly. With over a trillion dollars in market cap and the bitcoin keeping in the range of $26,000, it's not a doom or gloom story for digital assets. But there are some upheavals, nevertheless!

New Delhi: Ace cyclist Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam set up a new national record in 1km time trial as he won a silver medal in the 1km individual time trial at the Asian Track Cycling Championship in Niali, Malaysia.

New Delhi: Hosts India will take on China in their campaign opener of the six-nation Hero Asian Hockey Champions Trophy on 3rd August at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai.