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Rourkela: Title aspirant India commenced their campaign on a victorious note as they overpowered Spain 2-0, while England ran over debutant Wales 5-0 in the Group D matches on the opening day of the Hockey World Cup at the Birsa Munda stadium here this evening.

Bhubaneshwar: Tom Craig and Jeremy Haywards scored three goals each as Australia displaying tremendous firepower drubbed France 8-0 while former Olympic champion Argentina huffed and puffed before downing spirited South Africa 1-0 in a Pool A matches of the Hockey World Cup at Kalinga Stadium here on Friday.

In Tripura, on the eve of the state assembly polls next month, a fresh development has taken place giving some relief to the ruling BJP which has been struggling to get the support of the tribals to retain power.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's virtual speech to the Global South leaders has come in for a degree of praise not expected for a leader under siege in his home country. A large constituency of Indians consider Prime Minister Modi’s nearly nine years in power not worth the calendars they were published in.

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh has been assured massive investment both by foreign and domestic investors in the course of two day Global Investment summit (GIS) held at Indore. Leading business houses of the country and also from abroad. The sectors that were assured investment include chemicals and petroleum (Rs. 77,000 crore), service sector (Rs. 71,000 crore), Auto, engineering and e-vehicles (Rs. 42,000 crore) Pharma and healthcare (Rs. 18,000 crore), Logistics and warehousing (Rs. 18,000 crore) and others (Rs. 1.25 lakh crore).

On December 23, 2022, the Union government announced that it would discontinue the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) from January 1, 2023 and provide ration free of cost. This was hailed as a ‘historic’ decision. But in reality this in no way compensates for the huge reduction in the ration entitlement. It simply cuts the ration by 50 percent that is to nearly 81.3 crores of poor entitled under National Food Security Act (NFSA). As consequence, from January onwards, as the ration entitlement is halved, they will be entitled to only five kgs of ration per person (under regular NFSA) instead of the current 10 kgs of ration per person (NFSA+PMGKAY).

The World Social Report 2023 has called for concrete measures to support the greying population of the world amidst escalating pension and healthcare costs. It is urgent, since the number of people aged 65 and above are projected to more than double by middle of the current century.

Centre-State relations between the opposition ruled States and the RSS Pariwar Union Government have worsened as never before. The much touted, much hyped ‘cooperative federalism’ by the Prime Minister (PM) has taken a big hit since 2014. Institution of Governor is aggressively misused to destabilize opposition (non-RSS Pariwar) ruled State Governments so much so that the implementation of committed welfare in the election manifestos of the elected state governments either stops or gets slowed.

Mumbai: Yohan Blake, the world’s youngest 100m world champion, feels that marathon runners don't get the utmost respect that they deserve.

Pune: Seher Atwal carded a flawless 3-under 68 to emerge a sole leader in the opening leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Poona Club Golf Course here on Thursday.