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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s year-end assurance that China is ready to work with India for the “steady and sound growth” of bilateral ties and it is committed to upholding stability at the border areas where a stand-off has prevailed since 2020. The statement, believed to have been meant for an international audience, is untrue. Only last month, Chinese troops clashed with well positioned Indian soldiers near the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh. In January 2021, another face-off left troops on both sides injured. India's construction of a new road to a high-altitude air base is seen as one of the main triggers for a deadly Galwan Valley clash in June 2020 with Chinese troops claiming at least 20 lives. Tensions continue to simmer though China is concerned about the possible economic fallout as it runs a massive trade surplus with India. Wang Yi’s assurance on China’s readiness to work with India for the “steady and sound growth” of bilateral ties may have more to do with economic ties than military disengagements.

New Delhi: Defending champion Lakshya Sen and double Olympic medallist PVSindhu will spearhead the 19-member strong home challenge in a very tough field which includes among others, Tokyo Olympics gold medallists Viktor Axelsen ( Denmark), China’s Chen Yufei and reigning women’s singles world champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan at the ‘bigger than ever’ edition of the Yonex Sunrise India Open, which commences at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi from January 17.

Rourkela: India survived a dying moments scare as they played a nerve wrecking goalless draw with England in their second pool D match of the Hockey World Cup at the Birsa Munda Stadium here this evening.

Mumbai: Hayle Lemi and Anchalem Haymanot made it an all-Ethiopian affair as the duo won with new course records to take home USD 45,000 winner’s prize and a course record bonus of USD 15,000 each at the 18th edition of Tata Mumbai Marathon here on Sunday.

Modi government neither cares for judiciary nor legislature, gives assurances in abundance, but do not keep up the promises given. The Parliamentary Committee on Government Assurances has expressed its displeasure over this attitude of the Union government and its ministries in its 76th report recently submitted in the Rajya Sabha that reveals government’s evasive answers regarding actions taken on even Supreme Court orders or parliamentary committees’ recommendations.

Vice-president Jagdeep Dhankar and law minister Kiren Rijiju are decidedly waging a proxy war on behalf of the Narendra Modi government. The Collegium happens to be just a prop and the real target is the Constitution, which the ruling party considers as a hindrance to the pursuit of its isolationist agendas. While it began as potshots on the judiciary, the fight has transformed into a full-fledged war, with the vice-president lately taking direct aim at the Constitution. And it is the most vicious attack on the statute since Indira Gandhi’s dubious Emergency.

Rourkela: Three-time winners the Netherlands opened their campaign with a dominating 4-0 win over tentative Malaysia in the Pool C fixture of the Hockey World Cup at the Birsa Munda Stadium here on Saturday.

Mumbai: Defending champion Derara Hurisa has exuded confidence of retaining the Tata Mumbai Marathon title in the 18th edition on Sunday, January 15.

Bhubaneswar: It turned out to be a poor day for Asian teams in Hockey World Cup, as defending champion Belgium thrashed Korea 5-0 while former winner Germany overpowered Japan 3-0 in the Pool B matches at the Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday.

"If they answer not your call, walk alone, walk alone" one of Rabindranath Tagore’s great poems, set to music used to be one of the favourite songs of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the most famous Congressman to don khadi. If the charismatic prophet of non-violence sang it in many a trying times, another Congressman in salt and pepper beard trudging across the country these days who shares nothing except the sur name with the Mahatma " The Great Soul" cannot afford to walk alone; Rahul Gandhi and the Congress can ill afford to pick and choose fellow political travellers if a tangible challenge to BJP is to be put up at 2024 Lok Sabha elections.