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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s upcoming visit to India, starting March 20, 2023, has been engulfed by controversy, after Japan refused to send its Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi to the G-20 summit held in New Delhi on March 3, 2023 under India’s presidency. His paradoxical googly, first, not sending the Foreign Minister to the G-20 summit, and, second, visiting India himself within two weeks of the summit, has spurred surprises and raised eyebrows in the diplomatic circles, especially the pro-Japanese eager to further Indo-Japan relations in the period following the assassination of former premier Mr. Shinzo Abe. Mr. Abe’s personal bond with Prime Minister Narendra Modi had helped elevate India’s hopes for Japan’s strong support for India’s new role in the world. Even though Mr. Kishida has been known to have been handpicked by Shinzo Abe as a potent successor to strengthen his legacy, much of the work was undone since the assassination of Abe.

So, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is 'ekakela sab par bhari'! Does that make him ‘God’? The Creator’? Perhaps, the ‘One’ who makes the Sun rise? The Congress says any such thoughts in the Prime Minister’s head should be squelched, cleansed right away, because Modi is behind the “dead democracy” in India! The Congress believes Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a disaster for India and the quicker he departs, the better for India, and Indians.

Whenever joblessness arises, parochial issues like migrant labour raise their ugly head in different parts of the country. Be it the attack on South Indians in Mumbai in the 1960s by the late Bal Thackeray-led Shiv Sainiks, or on UP bhaias and Biharis in 2000s.

A prominent private bank in the United States — the country’s sixteenth largest— has failed and this can have significant impact on the Indian technology industry.

RSS Pariwar Union Government in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has raised Government of India’s concern over the failure of States to implement the Model Jail Manual 2016 for bringing uniformity in the basic principles governing jails of the country.

Rourkela: Riding on three- goal blitz by drag flicker and captain Harmanpreet Singh India chalked out a thrilling 5-4 win over Australia in the FIH HockeyPro League at the Birsa Munda on Sunday Evening.

Bengaluru: Ankita Raina defeated compatriot Rutuja Bhosale 6-1, 6-1 on Saturday to set up a singles title clash with top seeded Brenda Fruhvirtova in the KPB Trust ITF Women’s Open here at the KSLTA Stadium.

Gurugram: An eagle on the 18th and final hole enabled Sneha Singh to snatch a dramatic one -shot win in the fifth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour here on Saturday.

Rourkela: Putting behind yesterday's debacle, World Champion Germany waged a grim battle to pip former champion Australia 1-0 in FIH Hockey Pro League at Birsa Munda Stadium here this evening.

Rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into both workplace and domestic settings poses serious challenges to women’s opportunities for work, their position, status and treatment in the workplace.