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KOLKATA: As rural area populace in West Bengal inch closer to July 8 panchayat polls, humour seeks to give intimidation a run for its money in the political parties endeavour to reach out to the voters. Small wonder, humourous and other songs furthering the poll campaign bring a spark of joy to the daily grind of the voters.

For the second time in a month, Saudi Arabia has discovered that money buys a lot but not everything. First, there was Argentinian soccer superstar Lionel Messi, who, contrary to Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and several others, turned down a mouthwatering Saudi offer to go to Inter Miami. Now, there is the apparent collapse of the kingdom’s potential joint 2030 World Cup bid with Greece and Egypt.

New Delhi: Former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap, crashed out in the second qualifying round of the Canada Badminton Open BWF Super 500 -event in Calgary.

New Delhi: Hockey India (HI) on Wednesday set the ball rolling for the revival of the Hockey India League (HIL), featuring eight franchises for the Men's HIL and four teams in the women's format of the League.

New Delhi: Ace midfielder Lallianzuala Chhangte was named the AIFF Men’s Footballer of the Year for 2022-23 while Manisha Kalyan won her second consecutive Women’s Footballer of the Year award.

New Delhi: Two-time Olympic medalist P.V. Sindhu has further slipped three more places to world No. 15 as per the latest women’s singles standings released by the BWF. This is her poorest ranking in last eight years.

Still out of breath after the marche blanche in Nanterre — a solemn procession in tribute to Nahel, the seventeen-year-old shot dead by French police in this suburb west of Paris on Tuesday — La France Insoumise (LFI) MP for Seine-Saint-Denis Éric Coquerel is adamant: “This march was historic: at last, the left-wing activist community was there! Bit by bit, something has happened.” For this historic pillar of LFI, a tireless supporter of social struggles and working-class and marginalized neighbourhoods, the parties of the Left have responded to the current riots in a totally different key to their stance toward the riots that broke out in 2005.

The continuing fame enjoyed by H. G. Wells owes itself largely to his two most famous novels, The Time Machine (1895) and The War of the Worlds (1898). Imaginative and daring, these books infuse the reader with a combination of hope and realism: hope for the possibility of a vibrant future that benefits all, and realism about the difficulty of realizing such an aim. Ignored in retellings of Wells’s life and works is that his vision of progress was a distinctly socialist one.

Doctors Day on July 1 has always been a happy day for the doctors when they get messages of good wishes from their family members, nears and dears and patients who have been successfully cured. This day is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy born on 1st July 1882. He was physician, educationist, and statesman who served as Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1948 until his death on 1st July 1962. Several organisations of the doctors observe the day by organising technical lectures and hold discussions on health issues. Such an important day should not become just a ritual. It should be a day of introspection regarding the contribution which the doctors have made for the society. A continuous self-introspection and assessment by the public helps improve the professional outcome.

Come elections, hurling allegations and canards baseless or otherwise at political opponents is standard poll tactics. One of the principal leaders of BJP campaign in West Bengal rural polls, Subhendu Adhikari calling upon Left and Congress voters to support the saffron camp nominees as their leaders have allegedly closed ranks with Trinamool Congress at the Opposition meet held recently at Patna can be stated to be an instance of this tactic; yet the fact remains unknowingly he has touched upon a raw nerve of his outfit-organisational weakness.