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Pattaya, Thailand: Indians put up a disappointing show as only Mumbai based Nishna Patel made the cut among the six players who were in the fray in the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific golf at the Siam Country Club.

New Delhi: Top seed Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa R drew his ninth-round encounter with B Adhiban in 63 moves to emerge as clear champion with seven points in the Asian Continental Chess Championship at Leela Ambience Convention Hotel here.

Bhubaneswar: Displaying ruthless firepower India turned 1-3 deficit into 7-4 thrashing of New Zealand in its third FIH Hockey Pro League game at the Kalinga Stadium here on Friday.

New Delhi: Five-time Asian Championships medalist Shiva Thapa, Amit Kumar and Sachin recorded contrasting victories over their rivals to move into the quarter finals of the Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Friday.

Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, GOI (GEAC) has permitted on October 18 the environmental release of genetically-modified (GM) mustard. Being the first food crop, the studies by expert question the environmental and biosafety as well as human health risks associated with hasty government approval. Gory experience of GM cotton, which resulted in havoc and farmer suicides in cotton fields during the last decade and half only benefited Monsanto and other Agribusiness MNCs.

Five years back in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, the BJP and the Congress were face to face and people were asking the question “what does Gujarat and Himachal mean for the two national parties? In 2017, Aam Aadmi Party was limited to Delhi and nobody thought much of AAP other than to mention it in the passing, like in an obituary.

The disgraceful incident in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara in which a man ‘auctioned’ his daughters to repay his debt is a social evil that manifests in similar occurrences in parts of northern India from time to time. The incident attracted widespread condemnation and lowered the prestige of India as a modern nation in highly negative western media reports.

Article 32 is said to be the heart and soul of the Indian Constitution; it acts as a safeguard for all the other fundamental rights. However, it does not have indefinite jurisdiction – it is limited to fundamental rights, as demonstrated by the existence of Articles 139 and 226 in the Constitution.

The Morbi pedestrian suspension bridge over the Machchhu River collapsed on October 30, leading to the confirmed death of 141 persons and injuries to more than 100. In this column, I will not repeat what is widely known regarding one of the worst bridge disasters in India. The question that needs to be raised is whose responsibility is such a bridge in India and whether the authorities carried out their responsibilities. This is more than simply filing police cases against lower-level staff in the company, Oreva, a manufacturer of electronic clocks, CFL bulbs and e-bikes.

Bhubaneswar: India will be looking for an encore as they take on New Zealand in the second leg of double-header of the FIH Pro League to be played at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium here on Friday.