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A farmer – ‘Bharat ka kisan’ – prevented the hard won gold, silver and bronze medals of the protesting wrestlers from immersion in the polluted waters of the Holy Ganga at Haridwar. This, after the wrestlers refused to take lying down any further the Centre’s intransigence. Even otherwise, the Delhi Police had removed the last traces of the protest from Jantar Mantar, an example of the panic that gripped the Modi government on ‘Sengol Day’, May 28.

The Koh-i-Noor and Cullinan diamonds went on display at an exhibition at the Tower of London on Friday (May 26, 2023) as representations of victory and a ‘symbol of conquest’. The Koh-i-Noor has been displayed as a tourist attraction and is backed by a video which follows the journey of the jewel around the globe.

It needs fairly high amount of moral strength and conviction to look straight into the eyes of the rulers of the country and expose their lies and falsehood in the public domain.

India’s growth rate for 2022-23 exceeded expectations. It has now been estimated upward to 7.2 per cent from 7 per cent as per second advance estimate released in February. The magic was the result of a stronger-than-expected fourth quarter growth when GDP rose to 6.1 per cent, in addition to upwardly revised data for third quarter to 4.5 per cent.

We are a multi-religious country. For each community, there is a spiritual path to arrive at the basics, the most sacred that we hold to ourselves. Our culture is composite, multi- dimensional, and each according to its own context. There are those that are based on natural specifics influencing the practices in everyday lives. Then there are those from not only lower income groups but also from the lowest strata who serve and have to stand and wait patiently to get something in return. It is not for them to ask for their rights. Obviously the relationships were basically evolved to formulate the categorization in the society to keep alive the disparity in the socio-economic formations. It is to serve the interest of one at the peril of the other.

Twenty opposition parties had boycotted the inauguration of the new parliament building on May 28 on the grounds that the Modi government had bypassed the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, who is the head of the state as well as and head of parliament and decided that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new parliament. This constitutional impropriety of imposing the head of the executive over parliament was a legitimate reason for the opposition protest.

New Delhi: Having won Gold with a jump of 8.18m at the International Jumping Meet in Kallithea, Greece earlier this month, Murali Sreeshankar on Thursday exuded confidence of improving his performance as busy season beckons him.

New Delhi: A seven -goal second half blitz enabled three-time winners India drub Korea 9-1 to set up Junior Asia Cup Hockey title clash with Pakistan in Salalah Oman.

New Delhi: Mahreen Bhatia shared the lead in Girls 13-14 category as Indian golfers got off to a great start at the US Kids Golf European Championships with five others in the top-5 after the first day of the three-day competition being held on five famous golf courses in Edinburgh, Scotland.

New Delhi: World Rapid Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen on Wednesday described the Global Chess League (GCL) a unique concept "Something that has not been done this way in over-the-board chess."