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As the dates of the Vidhan Sabha elections are approaching, both the BJP and Congress, the two major contenders have stepped up their propaganda. They are bringing their stalwarts to influence the voters in their favour. The Congress is using the charismatic personality of Priyanka Gandhi and holding public meetings to be addressed by her. The first such public meeting was held in Jabalpur and the next was held in Gwalior, the area where Jyotiraditya Scindia wields considerable influence.

Ethnic violence has thrown Manipur, India's attractive state bordering Myanmar, into turmoil. Persistent clashes between the Meiteis and Kukis for over two months have left both feeling besieged. The neighboring villages of these communities appear to be particularly susceptible to attacks.

Several recent studies have claimed that India has made significant progress in reducing poverty during the decades leading up to the pandemic in 2020, however, a recent Staff Paper prepared in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that the magnitude of the decline in poverty over the past decade is highly uncertain given the lack of official household expenditure data after 2011. It means, for the entire period under PM Narendra Modi’s regime, there are only government’s claims of reduction of poverty but no government data to substantiate such claims.

New Delhi: The 132nd edition of the Asia's oldest football tournament, the Durand Cup featuring 24 teams will commence on August 3.

Spanish voters finally gave a big rebuff to the Far Right People’s Party(PP) and the fascist VOX by denying them majority in the 350 member house of national assembly elections to which were held on Sunday, July23. Despite all opinion poll predictions about the defeat of the coalition government headed by Pedro Sanchez with participation of left Podemos including the Communist Party, the ruling PSOE and the left coalition Sumar did well putting them above the total tally of the far right formation.

It can happen only in India when wholesale prices shoot up and retail prices drop sharply. Or, when consumer prices flare up, wholesale prices are deeply depressed. Ordinarily, they may look somewhat absurd, but are often seen as true by the data provided under India’s government-run price indices such as the wholesale price index (WPI) and consumer price index (CPI). Take for instance, the data released by the government in March, 2022, showing that the wholesale inflation (WPI) in the country rose to 13.11 percent in February while the retail inflation (CPI) was down to as much as 6.07 percent that month.

New Delhi: A 16-member Indian women's softball team is all set to debut at the 19th Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, China, in September-October.

New Delhi: Indian Men's and Women's Hockey Teams have exuded confidence of putting up a good display in the 100th Anniversary Spanish Hockey Federation - International Tournament, set to commence from 25th July in Terrassa.

Indian Railways’ safety has taken a big hit with the June 2, 2023 horrendous Odissa triple train accidents. Budgetary allocations for safety of rail services have come down drastically since 2014. Commensurate with that, massive vacancies in Indian Railways have plagued rail safety.

New Delhi: In a nerve wrecking contes, ace double pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty pulled off a stunning come from behind victory to stun top seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Adrianto of Indonesia 17-21, 21-13, 21-14 to clinch the Korea Open Badminton Super 500 crown at the Jinnam Stadium in Yeosu, South Korea on Sunday.