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March 8 is the International Women’s Day (IWD). The history of IWD is linked to women protesting for their rights as workers and thereafter receiving official recognition through this day from the United Nations (UN) in 1975. Each year, women’s movements in India mobilize on critical concerns impinging on women in the country. The UN has declared the theme for 2022 as “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow” with a specific focus on climate change issues and women’s leadership, and contributions to mitigate climate change problems and build resilient societies.

Just a day ahead of the counting of the votes, March 10, for the assemblies of five states, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had observed emphatically that soon India will be a Congress Free Bharat. His tone bore the impression of an assertive authority. Ever since taking over the office of the premier he has been busy planning decimating Congress.

In West Bengal, the first immediate impact of the recent Assembly polls in five states has been a noticeable change in the familiar rhetoric used by major parties. The eventual outcome of the polls has also affected the internal functioning of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)and the CPI(M)-led Left Front (LF) in the short term.

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo ‘Behen’ Mayawati feels betrayed by the ‘bahujan samaj’. The BSP’s Muslim vote-bank dumped the elephant for the cycle and, watching this migration, the party’s upper caste and non-Jatav vote-banks also left fearing the return of the “jungle raj” of the Samajwadi Party if they didn’t join the bandwagon hitched to Yogi Adityanath’s bulldozer.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka-1000 Rally, attracting 53 entries across all categories – INRC, INRC-2, INRC-3, INRC-4 and the FMSCI Gypsy Challenge, was flagged here on Friday.

New Delhi: Vishwanath Suresh and Anand Yadav came up with a gritty performances to storm into the finals of Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Friday.

There is “gehri manthan” going on as to what led to the Samajwadi Party loss even after all the signs on the ground pointed to a Bharatiya Janata Party debacle? More important, why did an entire tribe of political analysts fail in their “reading” of the situation unfolding? There is genuine consternation. There was no lack of ears to the ground. Even the caste-equations were pat.

LUCKNOW: Extensive campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Uttar Pradesh countered the anti-incumbency against Yogi government which is evident from substantial fall in seats in 2022 polls as against 2017 elections.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The result of the assembly elections in five states will not boost the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala. The Party can not hope for any inroads in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.

New Delhi: Krrish Pal and Ravi Saini chalked out contrasting victories to storm into the finals of Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Thursday.