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Chennai: Veteran Prabhu Arunagiri (Pacer Yamaha) and Mumbai youngster Kayan Zubin Patel (Axor Sparks Racing) qualified for pole positions in Pro-Stock 165cc and Novice (Stock 165cc) categories, respectively, in the third round of the Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship at the Madras International Circuit, here on Friday.

Spectrum (radio waves) is a scarce resource, and almost all of us may have already heard something about 2G, 3G, 4G, and now 5G. Even PM Narendra Modi has been championing for it for quite some time. However, it would be shocking to know that the management of spectrum in India has all along been plagued with adhocism, which made its availability uncertain, delayed, underutilized, and even denial in many cases, though it has been recognized world-over as an important tool for socio-economic development of a nation and it is needed for all wireless applications including mobile phones. Government and public institutions need it to provide public services, while the private organizations need it for value addition to their services.

If a Karnataka lingayat seer is to be believed, Rahul Gandhi will be prime minister in 2024. With that taken for granted, the Congress can set its eye on winning the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections. The lingayat seer is invested in Rahul Gandhi. He also happens to be from the lingayat mutt which gave “deeksha” to the Gandhi scion and admitted him into the Lingayat sect!

In the face of persistent inflationary pressures and tie in prices, the Reserve Bank of India has jacked up on Friday its basic policy rate —the repo rate— by 40 basis points to 5.4%. With this hike, the RBI policy rate now reaches what it was before the pandemic started.

New Delhi: Boxers assured India six medals, in hockey drag flicker Harmanpreet Singh scored a hat-trick to help his team down Wales 4-1 and book a place in the semifinal while shuttlers PV Sindhu, K Srikanth and Akarshi Kashyap moved into the next round on the 7th day of the Commonwealth Games at Birmingham on Thrusday.

Mamallapuram: India A and I, will lock horns in a crucial seventh-round match in the open section at the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, on Friday.

New Delhi: Riding on drag flicker Harmanpreet Singh's hat trick, India downed Wales 4-1 to move into the semi finals of the Men's hockey tournament at the Brimingham Commonwealth Games on Thursday.

The prime-time anchor couldn’t hold back his happiness. He wanted to know from the anti-corruption crusader exactly where the “case” stood. The anti-corruption crusader was happy to oblige. Both had tried and found Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi guilty. The anchor spelled out the verdict and the anti-corruption crusader said there was no need for a money-trail to nail the culprits.

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, spoke recently about how a strong government should be. Addressing a university convocation in Chennai on July 29, Modi said: “A strong government does not control everything or everyone. It controls the system’s impulse to interfere…A strong government does not move into every domain”. He further said: “A strong government’s strength lies in its humility to accept that it cannot know or do everything”.

At the hearing of the Maharashtra political stalemate before the Supreme Court bench comprising the Chief Justice of India (‘CJI’), N.V. Ramana, and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli on August 3, arguments commenced with senior counsel addressing the court on the questions of law arising for consideration in the Sunil Prabhu batch of petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution.