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New Delhi: India held world No. 1 Netherlands to a 1-1 draw to earn its first point in two matches of the four-nation hockey tournament in Terrassa, Spain.

New Delhi: Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen and world no 10 HS Prannoy chalked out contrasting victories over their rivals to move into the quarter-finals at the Japan Open Badminton tournament at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Thursday.

New Delhi: Striker Uttam Singh, will lead the 20-member Indian Junior Hockey Team in the 4 Nations Tournament to be played from 18th to 22nd August at Dusseldorf, Germany.

New Delhi: Putting up a spirited display India held Commonwealth Games champions England to a 1-1 draw in its opening match of the three-nation Women's Hockey Tournament in Terrassa, Spain on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Indian opened their campaign on a dismal note as they lost 1-2 to Spain in the opening match of the four-nation Hockey Tournament in Terrassa, Spain.

New Delhi: Poor form continues to haunt two-time Olympic medalist P V Sindhu as the ace shuttler suffered yet another first round defeat and crashed out of Japan Open badminton tournament While Lakshya Sen survived a scare before overpowering compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat in three games at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi deriding and insulting the united opposition front, INDIA, and drawing parallels with the likes of the erstwhile British East India Company, the outlawed outfit Indian Mujahideen and the Popular Front of India — has certainly not come as a shock. Expecting PM Modi to speak respectfully of the political opposition is tantamount to living in a fool’s paradise. By lampooning INDIA, the acronym of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, and describing it as the most directionless tie-up the country had ever seen, he was simply accomplishing the RSS mission of downplaying the rising oppositional momentum.

It would be an ideal situation if political parties are brought under the purview of the rights to information (RTI) Act as it would introduce complete transparency in the functioning of the parties. But unfortunately, many ideal situations are never practical and as such remain unattainable. The demand by the Association for Democratic Reforms and others as well as the order passed by the Central Information Commission for the inclusion of political parties within the ambit of RTI Actwill in all probability remain unfulfilled.

There is no end in sight to the woes of the MSMEs in India, that suddenly started worsening with the sudden announcement of demonetization on November 8, 2016 by PM Narendra Modi, further exacerbated by introduction of GST next year from July 1, 2017, and intensified with lockdown of the country from March 24, 2020, and all without preparation for the consequent eventualities. Thousands of MSMEs were forced to shut down, rendered majority of them unviable, and most are still struggling to survive. Lakhs of jobs simply vanished, and the era of joblessness that began in 2016 continues with record unemployment rates that has reached 8.4 per cent in July 2023.

THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The stage is set for a prestigious battle in the by-election to be held in Puthuppally Assembly constituency in Kottayam district of Kerala. The by-election has been necessitated by the death of incumbent MLA and former chief minister of Kerala Oommen Chandy. Though almost three years of the current Assembly are remaining, there is speculation that the by-election in Puthuppally is likely to be held either with the Lok Sabha elections In 2024 or ahead of it.