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In what could be a significant turning point in global geopolitics, the United States is reportedly contemplating extending an invitation to India to join the NATO Plus security arrangement. This move, a first of its kind, comes as the US seeks to strengthen its alliances and partnerships to counterbalance the growing influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) across the Indo-Pacific region.

New Delhi: A rampaging India tore apart Olympic Champions Belgium with a 5-1 thrashing in their second match against them in the ongoing FIH Hockey Pro League at the Lee Valley Stadium in London on Friday.

Finally, the opposition parties are meeting in Patna on June 12 to discuss the joint strategy to fight the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, with the objective of removing Prime Minister Narendra Modi from power. Less than ten months are left for the Lok Sabha elections scheduled in April/ May next year. For the opposition, the political situation is congenial after the impressive victory of the Congress in the recent assembly polls in Karnataka. Further, the opposition has shown unity in opposing PM's inauguration of the New Parliament Building as also on the matter of the central ordinance limiting the powers of the Delhi Government.

To stifle the opposing voices, PM Narendra Modi led government has planned to bring a more stringent law of sedition before the General Election 2024, in which he and his party BJP would be seeking election for their third term, if the report of the Central Law Commission is of any indication.

New Delhi: Members of India's 1983 World Cup-winning cricket team on Friday came out in support of the protesting wrestlers saying they are "distressed and disturbed" at leading grapplers being "manhandled" by police in Delhi earlier this week.

Having earlier asked its West Bengal unit to mend its affairs, the national leadership of BJP have instructed its state unit to step up its campaign against a traditional political opponent -Left. Going by it, the state saffron camp will be henceforth focussing on the "misdeeds" of erstwhile Left Front government together with the present ruling dispensation of Trinamool Congress.

Many economists these days talk of a process of “deglobalisation” taking place; some others talk of the neoliberal regime of yesteryears no longer existing. Of course, nothing remains the same forever: as the Greek philosopher Heraclitus had said “You cannot step into the same river twice”; some change in the neoliberal order therefore is inevitable with the passage of time. But the real point is: has the analytical frame used for understanding the economic reality of the contemporary world, with a view to changing it, become obsolete and hence in need of serious revision?

Nine Muslims grace the treasury benches in the 224-member Karnataka assembly, all of them Congress MLAs. En bloc Muslim voting in the just-concluded 2023 Karnataka assembly elections was one of the reasons why the Congress returned to power. Muslims comprise nearly 13% of the Karnataka electorate and this percentage is bound to increase as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had promised during the run-up to the elections to repeal the state’s anti-conversion law.

New Delhi: Riding on goal keeper Shashikumar Mohith's outstanding saves, India survived last 15 minutes of furious onslaught before piping Pakistan 2-1 to regain the Junior Hockey Asia Cup in Salalah, Oman.

New Delhi: Chandigarh based Harjai Milkha Singh finished strongly with three birdies in the last five holes to card 2-under 70 and take sole lead in Boys 13 Category of the US Kids Golf European Championship in Edinburgh (Scotland).