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“My operation depends on your co-operation, otherwise there will be separation.” As Venkaiah Naidu, 73, demitted office as Vice-President of India on August 10, the Rajya Sabha of which was ex-officio Chairman, will be poorer for his quick wit and puns, many of which elicited laughter and served briefly unite the Treasury benches and Opposition benches at a time of brief discord and distrust between the two sides. His recent “operation-cooperation-separation” response was in response to frequent disruptions in the Upper House by Opposition members seeking discussion on price rise.

Chess became a craze after Celebrated Bengali Director Satyajit Ray's movie 'Shatranj ki Khiladi' created a big buzz in 1977. But the recent Netflix release " Queen's Gambit" took it to a different level worldwide.

The rate of urbanisation in India has so far been slower than other emerging countries. But this is expected to change drastically in the coming decades. So much so that in the next two decades, the country is expected to add a new city of the size of Los Angeles every year.

Mamallapuram: Indian women’s team scripted a new chapter by winning the country’s first-ever medal in the women’s section while men claimed their second bronze medal at the 44th Chess Olympiad here on Tuesday.

Union government has ordered all its employees to hoist the national flag stop their houses to mark Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the 75th year of India’s Independence celebrations from August 9-13 to show their love for the country preceding the Independence Day on August 15, 2022 with the customary unfurling of the national flag Tiranga by the Prime Minister from the ramparts of the red fort followed by his landmark address to the nation. Union government has also exhorted the people at large to do the same to exhibit and reiterate their love for the country.

Mamallapuram: Koneru Humpy, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni scored victories as India A beat Kazakhstan3.5-0.5 to emerge sole leader in the women’s section after the tenth round of 44th Chess Olympiad here on Monday.

NEW DELHI: On a day when shuttlers rained gold for India winning three of them Australia crashed into the party humbling men in blue 7-0 in the Men's hockey final thus taking away bit of sheen from the celebrations as the country finished 4th in the medal tally of 61 medals - 22 Gold, 16 Silver and 23 Bronze-in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games that concluded today.

New Delhi: India's hope of elusive Commonwealth Games Hockey gold medal went up in smoke as dominant Australia deconstructed Men in Blue India with a 7-0 thrashing at Birmingham on Monday.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is confident that Indian economy is in a comfort zone to weather the storm witnessed in the global economy, with some of the advanced economies heading towards recession. Winding up the debate on price rise in Rajya Sabha she quoted IMF and former Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan to say the economy is resilient and equipped to face the emerging challenges. Rajan had said India would not go the Sri Lanka way in view of the strong macroeconomic fundamentals and that India’s central bank is up to the task in dealing with inflation.

Sceptical of the political consequences of its open attack on Nitish Kumar just ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP duo Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have preferred to launch a proxy war through R C P Singh an ex union minister in Modi cabinet and former closest aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.