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Mysuru: Mukund Sasikumar and Vishnu Vardhan overpowered B Ritvick Choudary and Nikki Poonacha in straight sets to win the doubles titles while the Indian challenge ended in the singles category of the Cycle Pure Agarbathi ITF Mysuru Open here on Saturday.

The recently held Annual Development Partners meeting of the ILO’s Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for all has reiterated that the human right to social security is still not a reality for more than 4 billion people of the world who are left totally unprotected without access to any social protection benefit.

Chanakya of BJP, Amit Shah has come out with the implicit advice to Rahul Gandhi to go to a higher court and challenge the verdict of the Surat court. This unsolicited advice coming from the iron man of the BJP has given rise to numerous conjecture in the political circle. What compelled him to come out with this advice? Does he think that Rahul would not move court? Rahul is aware of the legal procedure and he knows he has to challenge his conviction in a higher court. There is no ambiguity. But what made Amit Shah to offer unsolicited idea is really intriguing.

As we head into another massive electoral season, starting with Karnataka assembly polls on May 10 and ending with the Lok Sabha 12 months later; two parallel political processes are at work.

With the US Federal Reserve set to continue raising interest rates to combat record inflation rates, the highest in 40 years, there are calls that the Reserve Bank of India deviate from its traditional policy of mirroring the US interest rate hikes.

New Delhi: Ace cricketer Virat Kohli and versatile footballer Sunil Chhetri have called for prioritising sports and fitness at a mass level and integrating it as a relevant subject in the main curriculum of educational institutions for the development of the country.

Lucknow: The Delhi Capitals' captain David Warner has exuded confidence that his team will perform well of against Lucknow Super Giants in their first game of the TATA IPL 2023 here on Saturday.

Mysuru: S D Prajwal Dev showed immense tenacity in carving a 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4) win over Mukund Sasikumar to waltz into the singles semifinals of the Cycle Pure Agarbathi ITF Mysuru Open 2023 at the Mysore Tennis Club on Friday.

Bengaluru: Frenchman Ugo Coussaud fired superb five-under 67 last round to win the title, while Aman Raj finished as the best Indian in tied 6th place at The Challenge a US$300,000 event at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) course e on Friday.

Recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has further led to the fall of Signature bank, Credit Suisse and now a major European German Credit Douche bank. This banking crisis has resulted from US Treasury’s recent interest rate hike. Cracks are appearing in US banking system amidst fears of a possible financial contagion across the world, reminding of Lehman brothers economic meltdown in 2008. Soon the implications will soon be felt in Indian economy also.