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Seventy-three per cent of the workforce in India are reeling under poverty in spite of theirs being working for long hours much more than the eight hours a day. Employers do not give them enough wages, which has resulted in 8 per cent of the workforce living in extremely poor condition, 30 per cent in moderately poor and 35 per cent in near poor conditions. Moreover, millions of them do not get their wages in time, but are compelled to work, which the Supreme Court of India has called a modern-day slavery while hearing the Union Government flagship scheme MGNREGA that intended to guarantee employment for rural workers but were being paid even less than minimum wages with payments delayed for months.

Surat: Top seeds Maharashtra and West Bengal breezed through their opening two rounds in women’s table tennis in the 36th National Games here on Tuesday.

Surat: "It is a golden era for Indian Table Tennis,” asserted the World No. 37 G Sathiyan.

Gurugram: Overcoming the mid round hiccups, Nayanika Sanga, returned a fine 2-under 70 to take a one-shot lead over favourite Pranavi Urs and the experienced Gaurika Bishnoi at the end of the first round of 13th leg of Hero WPGT at the DLF Golf & Country Club here on Tuesday.

Health refers to a state of complete emotional and physical well-being. It is, therefore, important that social and environmental milieu is conducive and fulfils the criteria of better nutrition, equitable distribution of resources and affordable healthcare facilities. There have to be sufficient conditions to prevent mental health issues. For all this, it is imperative to imbibe and practice democratic values for rapprochement of cultures, freedom of expression, right to dissent and right to demand for better life. But when these conditions are disturbed because of political and economic interests of a few, physical and mental health are bound to suffer.

With 41.4 million disaster displacement in the last decade between 2010 and 2021, India has emerged as the most vulnerable in South Asia, followed by Pakistan with 16.4 million, Bangladesh with 14.1 million, and Nepal with 3.3 million displacements. South Asia, as a whole, accounts for 61.4 million disaster displacements.

LUCKNOW: Leader of Opposition and Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav has decided that his party would hit the streets on public issues to take on BJP to face 2024 Lok Sabha. Former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav led impressive padayatra of his party legislators on the opening day of UP Legislature session.

Has Rahul Gandhi’s persistence prevailed? The Gandhi scion has always wanted an elected Congress president, and it seems he is getting his wish fulfilled: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has given her consent to Thiruvananthapuram Congress MP Shashi Tharoor to contest the party’s presidential election, and Congress leaders claim there couldn’t be a bigger endorsement of inner-party democracy.

Prince Charles, who held this title for a long time acceded to the British throne after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, last week. He has a robust Indian connection and has been familiar with Indians for decades. After his accession, he became Head of the Commonwealth, a group of 56 independent countries representing 2.4 billion people, including India.

Surat: The best of Indian table tennis, led by Tamil Nadu’s Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan and Delhi’s Manika Batra, will be the star attractions in the initial phase of the 36th National Games, getting underway here on Tuesday.