View Articles

Union Ministry of Labour and Employment is celebrating ICONIC week March 7-13, 2022, which is no more than an exercise just before rolling out the four labour codes to be implemented this year for which preparation are at very advanced stage. However, it betrays the hollowness of Modi government’s programmes for the workforce in the country.

The maverick film director of Bengal Mrinal Sen, the second most important member of the famous troika in the cinema world that included Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, will step into his 100th year on May 14, 2023. Significantly, Ray was born just two years before in 1921, on May 2, the same month as Sen. Ghatak was born in November 1925, youngest of the terrific trio.

Years from now, when the present will become history, generations will wonder how the world could have survived, if so lucky, with such hyper nationalists like Putin in power. Russia’s Ukraine war is no longer a limited affair now.

International Women’s Day (IWD) is being celebrated all over the globe on March 8 every year. Theme of IWD-2022 is Break the Bias. Bias, whether deliberate or unconscious, makes it difficult for women to move ahead. It is not enough to recognize bias; action is required to level the playing field. Countries need to devise policies to end the bias so that women can prosper in different walks of life. There are statistics that show bias against women is extremely real. Governments are delivering; outcomes for women not so much. This has prompted demands for renaming IWD to International Do-More-Work-For-Free Day.

New Delhi: Krrish Pal (46kg) and Ravi Saini (48kg) chalked out contrasting victories over their respective rivals to move into the semi-finals of the Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Sunday.

New Delhi: Champion pugilist MC Mary Kom on Sunday announced her decision to opt out of the World Boxing Championships and Asian Games, to make way for the upcoming young boxers.

New Delhi: F1 hopeful Jehan Daruvala set the second-fastest overall time at the Formula 2 pre-season test session in Bahrain.

New Delhi: Eknath Sambhaji Turambekar and Priyanka Goswami created new National Records in the men and women’s 35km events in the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Muscat on Saturday.

New Delhi: Nivedita Karki and Tamanna recorded facile victories over their respective rivals to move into the semi-finals of the Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Saturday.

New Delhi: Ace duo of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan overcame spirited resistance from Frederik Nielsen and Mikael Torpegaard 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) to give the hosts winning lead as India overpowered Denmark 4-0 in the Davis Cup World Group 1 Playoff at the Delhi Gymkhana Club here on Saturday.