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New Delhi: Pritam Siwach Academy, SAI Shakti, Sports Authority of Gujarat Academy, Har Academy, SAI Bal and Salute Academy recorded easy victories over their rivals on day 2 of the 3rd Khelo India Junior Women's Hockey League (Phase- 1) here on Monday.

The idea of Congress-AAP alliance has travelled one step forward. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal’s expression of intent before the Congress leadership Sonia Gandhi to have an alliance with the Congress is a significant development, since the birth of Congress-AAP alliance could imperil BJP’s political prospects in 5 states and Union Territories in particular and adversely affect its fortune in at least 18 states on the one hand while proportionally bolstering political fortunes of both the Congress and AAP in particular and opposition INDIA alliance in general in these states.

Meta-Man versus X-Man. The Mark Zuckerberg-Elon Musk fight everybody was waiting for is off. The two gladiator billionaires with too much on their plates but not enough patience to make it a battlefront fight. Of both, Musk is the braggart and Mark self-effacing. The Meta billionaire says he has given up on the Tesla Musk; that the “Apar-Tide-pod” isn’t serious about the staged cage-fight.

New Delhi: At the end it was a heart break for Indian hoopsters Luck deserted India at the crucial moments and they went down to Kazakhstan 70-73 in their third match of the in the Olympic Pre-Qualifying Basketball Tournament Asia, at the Al-Fayhaa Sports Arena in Damascus, Syria on Monday.

BHOPAL: BJP in general and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular are paying maximum attention to Dalits and Tribals of Madhya Pradesh, who constitute more than one third Vidhan Sabha seats. This is clear by the fact that the Prime Minister has paid two visits to the state in just within a month. During his first visit he announced several schemes for tribals and during his second visit he announced several schemes for Dalits. This included laying the foundation of a temple for Sant Ravidas, who is worshipped by Dalits. Addressing a huge gathering, he claimed that Dalits, Tribals and backward classes are getting maximum benefits from his government’s welfare schemes.

KOLKATA: In Northeast India, the debate over officially proposed palm oil cultivation on a major scale has warmed up, with some opposition parties in Assam protesting the state’s decision to go ahead with the scheme.

Much water has flown down Hwang Ho river since the July day of 1971 when US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger visited China and met People's Republic of China's first Premier Zhou Enlai to broker an understanding between two ideologically incompatible nations which would irrevocably change the economy behind the Bamboo Curtain in the decades to come. In this backdrop, the recent curbs on technological investments in China by US marks a low in Sino-US relations.

The RBI’s monetary policy meeting, last week, just days before the expected release of the monthly consumer price index data by the government came as a surprise. Food prices in India have been constantly peaking. Lately, India’s high food inflation has been featured in the global media, including BBC. However, they seemed to have had little impact on the central bank’s inflation management policy for now. The need for fixing a higher prime lending rate to control inflation and fixing rigorous lending norms to prevent reckless accumulation of sticky assets with a section of borrowers somewhat fail to occupy the central bank’s monetary policy agenda. The RBI’s monetary policy committee decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent for the third time in a row last Thursday. The decision came as a relief to bank borrowers at the cost of the common man’s growing concern for feeding their stomach in the face of high food inflation.

Can the Manipur crisis impact the newly formed opposition coalition I.N.D.I.A. to its advantage? Can Congress leader Rahul Gandhi utilize it as another Opposition leader Mamata Banerjee did in Singur and Nandigram Moment in West Bengal to win in 2011 assembly elections? These significant moments are rare and unforgettable.

Myanmar's ousted civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has recently relocated to the capital city of Naypyidaw, where she is now placed under house arrest following a year of solitary confinement. This development by the military junta has surprised both national and international observers.