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When two honourable Supreme Court justices are unable to arrive at a mutually acceptable decision on the hijab, then why do you think the Karnataka High Court ruled that a classroom is out of bounds for religious symbols? The top court’s fractured verdict will keep the Karnataka High Court’s no hijab in schools verdict in animation while the three high court judges who gave that verdict will remain in suspended animation till a larger Supreme Court bench surprises everyone all over again.

In West Bengal, the administrative deadlock with the centre over the mandatory provision of 100 days work for unskilled rural people under the MNREGA scheme drags on, adding to the political concerns of the ruling Trinamool Congress(TMC) Government. This project, suspended since last December in the state, is the centrepiece of the Central government-aided social welfare schemes.

The next eight years of the present decade would be decisive not only for Net Zero by 2050, but also to ensure energy security. The world is already not on track to achieve SDG target of providing universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030, which may fall short by a wide margin. Climate change has further threatened the energy security, that the world can overcome only by a complete transformation of the energy sector, which is responsible for around 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

The Modi government has been trying to impose Hindi as the official language through various means. The recent instance is the report of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language headed by the union home minister, Amit Shah. The 11th volume of the committee’s report has been presented to the president of India.

The heroic city of Vijayawada is all set to host the 24thCongress of Communist Party of India (CPI). The city has hosted the Party Congress twice before, in 1961 and 1975. On October 14, 2022, the Red flag, the flag of hope will be unfurled there again to mark the beginning of the 24thCongress of the Communist Party of India. Up to October 18, the days and nights of Vijayawada will be electrified with purposeful discussions and meaningful path searching.

The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party begins on October 16 in Beijing. It will chart out the course of action for the next five years in terms of Chinese domestic politics, economy and also foreign policy, with the objective of catapulting the world’s largest populated country with the second biggest economy to the absolute forefront in the global stage by 2049 — the centennial year of the Communist republic’s formation.

Chennai: Bangaluru based Pragathi Gowda and Australia’s 19-year old Taylor Gill, were declared winners of the FIA Rally Star Asia-Pacific Final at the Madras International Circuit, here on Wednesday.

Gandhinagar: Formidable Services completed their domination of the National Games in a blaze of glory, winning 128 medals including 61 gold here on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Vice-President of India, Jagdeep Dhankar will flag off the 17th Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, here on Sunday.

Gurugram: Caroline Hedwall, the winner of the Hero Women's Indian Open in 2011, has confirmed her participation in this year's edition of the tournament.