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Ever since the Union Budget 2023-24 was tabled in the Parliament of India on February 1, 2023, MGNREGA workers across the country have stepped up their agitation to protect the employment guarantee given them under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) 2005. NREGA Sangharsh Morcha, that have fought for the workers right for years, has even launched its 100 days sit-in protest in Delhi on February 12. The agitation is gaining strength with support of the Central Trade Unions, social activists, and other associations of the working class.

Mumbai: League Shield Winners Mumbai City FC face a tough challenge as they take on in-form Bengaluru FC in the first leg of their Hero Indian Super League (ISL) semi-final fixture at the Mumbai Football Arena on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Union Sports minister Anurag Thakur on Monday exuded confidence that Indian sportspersons will perform their best at the Asian Game to held in China later this year.

New Delhi: Ace weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has won BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year (ISWOTY) award for the second year running.

The prediction of normal rainfall in March by India Meteorological Department (IMD) in the range of 83-117 per cent in the country on the basis of the long-period average made the people, the Centre, and the state governments a sort of psychological relief, belittling the seriousness of the concern that the country needs to have for the mitigation of the sufferings of the people due to heavy loss in crop productions and the GDP.

Mahatma Gandhi wrote an article titled ‘Speakers and Politics’ in the Harijan on July 17, 1938. In it he made some illuminating and thoughtful observations. He wrote: “… The speaker’s position assumes very high importance, greater than that of the Prime Minister. For he has to discharge the functions of a judge while he occupies the chair. He has to give impartial and just rulings. He has to enforce decorum and laws of courtesy between members. He has to be calm in the midst of storms. He has opportunities of winning over opponents which no other member of the house can possibly have”.

If anything, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is relentless in his attacks on the Modi government and he is not afraid of calling a spade a spade, does not matter how many would be waiting to mince his comments to mincemeat. Gandhi makes no excuses and he spreads his net wide. That must be why the Bharatiya Janata Party has concentrated its attacks on Gandhi throughout the nine years of Modi rule.

When the voters across the country have been exhibiting their inclination towards Congress and ensuring the victory of its candidate even from the seat which was traditionally held by the anti-Congress force in Maharashtra, the defeat of its nominee Bajrang Mahato from Ramgarh in Jharkhand has certainly not come as a surprise. Of course this has caused some concertation in the Mahagathbandhan circle as it cast bad omen on the alliance. In fact people have started cautioning Hemant Soren to maintain distance from the elements who are out to give a bad name to his leadership and the alliance.

For some time now, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Bengal has been accused by other opposition parties of effectively helping the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) through its decisions, while attacking it verbally. Last week, two seemingly contradictory steps taken by the TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee further strengthened such allegations. In the process, the present initiative launched by other parties to forge a united common front against the BJP, has begun to look unconvincing.

The 12-point Chinese proposal to end the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war fails to address a vital issue that led to the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Subtle diplomatic nuances make the proposal look rather weak. It does not even name the belligerent nations. The proposal is somewhat silent on Russia’s key demand that Ukraine and the US-led NATO give a legally binding guarantee that they will not hold any military activity in eastern Europe and Ukraine.