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As the hijab controversy simmers and the Karnataka High Court hears the case whether wearing the hijab is essential practice in Islam, there are people who are asking if a recent breakthrough in heart transplants involving the heart of a pig does not tell a story to be heard and digested ? That said, anybody with rudimentary understanding of Islam will know that pig and pork—the meat of pig—are ‘haram’ in Islam and no good Muslim will be seen dead with a pig forget living with a pig heart beating in his breast. But, what if there is another story that urges not to be stuck in hard positions?

Circulation of all variants of coronavirus is declining, but it should not make the people and the public health authorities to put off their guards against the COVID-19. Government still needs to prepare the healthcare system ready to face any future threats, and people to be kept at the heart of the post-pandemic recovery.

The recent urban local body elections in Tamil Nadu held for the first time after 2011 has helped strong ruling DMK in the state to consolidated further decimating its rival opposition AIADMK. DMK won all the 21 corporations and unseated AIADMK in its traditional stronghold in western Tamil Nadu. The National electronic channels while interpreting the results however wrongly claimed that the BJP had finished third but in reality the saffron party had finished poor fourth. This is because it counted out Congress which had contested in alliance with ruling DMK.

Mumbai: Leading women golfers of the country including Tvesa Malik Amandeep Drall Pranavi Urs and Gaurika Bishnoi will be seen in action in 3rd leg of Hero WPGT to be played at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club here from Wednesday.

New Delhi: Two boxers Nitu and Anamika made it to the quarter-finals while two other Indians crashed out after losing their first round bouts on the second day of the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

New Delhi: Promising striker Sukhjeet Singh will make debut for the country as he is the only new face in the Manpreet Singh led 20-member named by Hockey India on Tuesday for FIH Pro League matches against Spain to be played on 26th and 27th February in in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

The Supreme Court bench led by the Chief Justice N V Ramana will be considering on February 25 the interim report submitted to the apex body by the technical committee set up by the CJI through his order given on October 27 last year to go into the allegations of surveillance using Pegasus software, supposedly by the government agencies. The 12 petitions filed on this issue will come up for hearing also.

The CPI(M) central committee has just released its draft political resolution (DPR) for discussion and adoption at the 23rd congress of the party scheduled in Kerala in April this year. The last party congress was held in 2018 and this DPR assesses the course of developments in the last four years both nationally and globally to enable the party delegates to arrive at the final political resolution which will guide the party leadership in framing strategy and tactics for the next few years till the 24th party congress.

Will too many cooks spoil the Opposition broth? Many players in the national opposition camp are trying to come together ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls against the BJP. You have Congress President Sonia Gandhi attempting to form a united opposition coalition. You have West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee trying to develop a non- Congress non-BJP coalition with the help of Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar. Then you have the Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao who wants to form a federal front without Congress. Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin is the new entrant to this effort.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a classic example of commendable conflict resolution in the face of extreme provocation. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government’s efficient handling of the explosive situation averted a confrontation with Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan.