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There is always a debate in India whether South is doing better than North. In the early years after independence North was doing better and South which always had better administration, was lagging behind economically. One of the reasons for South todo better in subsequent years was the politicians in south worked much more for the common good of the society than north Indian politicians. Politicians everywhere do give more emphasis on self-promotion and making money for themselves and parties but the difference in south is that they do contribute much more to improving the society.

The situation worldwide and in India for the working class and the common people in general has further deteriorated on all counts since the last CPI party congress held at Kollam, Kerala. In 2018. The 24th congress of the CPI is currently on in Vijayawada till October 18.

Indian Rupee (INR) is constantly depreciating against the US Dollar (US$). If the trend continues the exchange rate of INR vis-à-vis US$ may touch Rs.100 for a dollar before the end of this financial year. It could be a matter of great concern if India continues to import heavily from US$ trade regions. Imports during April-August, this fiscal, grew by 45.74 percent to $318 billion. Trade deficit widened to a record $124.52 billion in the first five months of 2022-23 as against $53.78 billion in the same period last year. Rising US$ did not help much to push exports. Moreover, India’s export basket is limited. Most economies are under pressure from high energy costs and domestic recession. Imports don’t figure highly in their economic agenda. India is 86 percent import dependent on oil. While it can do little to compress the oil import bill immediately, it can certainly contain non-oil non-essential imports, at least for the time being.

The wheelchair-bound former Delhi University professor, GN Saibaba, accused of being a Maoist “mastermind”, remains incarcerated in Nagpur Central Jail despite the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court acquitting him, and five others, including one who is no more, ordering that they be released on October 15 itself. But the euphoria was stillborn. The Supreme Court in a surgical operation of no mean haste, undid the Bombay High Court’s gesture and made sure Saibaba and fellow inmates didn’t walk free.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s words of caution to the natives of Gujarat; “stay alert and away from the “urban naxals” and foreign agents who were creating roadblocks in development and pursuing a malicious agenda to wreck India,” may appear to be of local character, it echoes the view expressed by the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. Only some time back Bhagwat had said “Maoism has always been "urban" and the neo-Left doctrine of urban naxals is to establish an "anti-national" leadership with blind followers”. He charged that 'urban Maoism' was propagating falsehood and spreading hatred in the society.

The Oracle bribery case has once again exposed deep rooted corruption in Indian Railways, which is in contrast to the PM Narendra Modi’s claim of corruption free government. Moreover, even a fortnight after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) clamped a fine on the Oracle Corporation for bribing unspecified officials of the Indian Railways, no prosecution has been launched against the culprits so far.

Chandigarh: Gaganjeet Bhullar held his nerves at the crucial moments as he converted his final shot on the 18th – a 12-footer birdie putt to win his maiden Rs 1.5 cr Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational here on Sunday.

New Delhi: Manish Sureshkumar and Vaidehi Chaudhari chalked out easy victories over their rivals to win the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship here on sunday.

New Delhi: Ethiopia’s Chala Regasa and Kenya’s Irine Cheptai shared honours as they won maiden Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon titles, when they crossing the line in 60:30 and 66.42 respectively here on Sunday.

New Delhi: Team ‘Baale Golf’ took a huge 9.5-point lead over the next best team in their group, ‘MMG Coca-Cola’ to top their group and cruise into the Quarter-Finals of the ‘Lloyd Delhi Golf Club League' here on Saturday.