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The D-day had come and gone. The new parliament building was inaugurated By the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28, however much boycotted. That means, the curtains had come down on the old Parliament House. What will happen to it, not yet certain. Some have suggested it to be converted, like many another old building, into a heritage hotel. Some have suggested it should be a place for holding meetings and conferences related to parliament functions.

There was the Planning Commission, and there’s the NITI Aayog, supposedly a good enough name-swap. The Planning Commission became NITI Aayog in 2015, a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi did his first flat-out ‘shastang pranam’ in Parliament, the old one. Today, nine years and a second ‘shastang pranam’ later, this one in the new Parliament House, time has come to consign the impotent NITI Aayog to the dustbin of history.

New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday confirmed the Australia and India squads for the World Test Championship (WTC) 23 Final to be played at The Oval (London) from 7-11 June.

New Delhi: HS Prannoy over powered China's Weng Hong Yang 21-19, 13-21, 21-18 to become the first Indian men's singles shuttler to clinch the Malaysia Masters title in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

New Delhi: India squandered a lead and chances galore and was held to a 1-1 draw by Pakistan in their third Pool A game of the Junior Asia Cup Hockey in Salalah, Oman on Saturday.

New Delhi: Leader board topper India suffered their second successive defeat and were toppled from the top by Britain who beat Men in Blue 4-2 victory in the FIH Hockey Pro League encounter at the Lee Valley Hockey Stadium in London on Saturday.

New Delhi: Navneet Kaur and Deep Grace Ekka scored a goal each to enable Indian Women's hockey team to beat Australia 'A' 2-1 in their fifth and final game of their tour in Adelaide on Saturday. Abigail Wilson (22') scored for the hosts.

Forced labour in India is the highest in the world. About 11 million are presently under forced labour in the country, according to the Global Slavery Index 2023, released by Walk Free Foundation. The Global Slavery Index is a national breakdown of the extent of modern slavery in 160 countries.

What are some of the implications of the Congress’s emphasis and creditable win in Karnataka for national politics? At one level it would be unwise to extrapolate from state to national elections. The logic of these elections is not always aligned. Nevertheless, the Karnataka results have implications for how we understand the evolution of national politics.

New Delhi: A 12-member team from the global MotoGP™ commercial rights holder, Dorna Sports, concluded their successful advance reconnaissance to assess race preparations at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in Noida.