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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A case of ‘human sacrifice’, in which two women were brutally killed, has shocked Kerala. It is difficult to believe that such an act of unspeakable barbarity should happen in a progressive state like Kerala. But that is the chilling reality to which traumatized Keralites must come to terms.

Economists have ennobled their discipline by turning some basic common sense into highly esoteric and exotic body of intellectual exercise. Common housewife is the best economist for Aristotle. Economics for the Greeks was the knowledge of running a household’s balances.

Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor is getting under the other Congress presidential candidate's skin, party veteran Mallikarjun Kharge, who has to now defend himself from marketplace innuendos that his name for the top party post was “suggested” by none other than the party’s interim president, Sonia Gandhi.

Chief Justice U U Lalit can feel happy that his 74-day tenure, coming to an end on November 8, is not the shortest in the history of India’s Supreme Court. That dubious record belongs to the 22nd chief justice, K N Singh, who occupied that position for a mere 17 days, followed by Justice S Rajendra Babu, with a tenure of 30 days in the year 2004. The year 2022 will also have the distinction of having seen three chief justices in office. The average tenure of CJIs in India is one-and-a-half years. The short tenures mean that the occupant of the highest position in the country’s judiciary retires even before the incumbent can settle down in the chair.

Gandhinagar: Services with a tally of 124 medals including 56 gold are all set to win the Raja Bhalindra Singh Trophy as the champion team in the National Games for the fourth time in succession.

Rajkot: In a fast-paced title clash Karnataka piped Uttar Pradesh 5-4 in tie breaker after being levelled 2-2 in regulation period to win the Men's team title while Haryana Women lived up to their rankings as they regained the title beating arch rival Punjab 1-0 to claim top honours of the National Games hockey competition at the Dhyanchand Hockey Stadium here today.

New Delhi: GMSSS Chandigarh and Pilgrim Higher Secondary School (PHSS), Dimapur, Nagaland chalked out contrasting victories over their respective rivals to set up a title clash in the 61st (U-17) Subroto Cup International Football tournament here.

Chennai: Bengaluru’s Pragathi Gowda kept Indian hopes alive as she qualified for Stage-3 of the FIA Rally Star Asia-Pacific Finacompetition at the Madras International Circuit, here on Tuesday.

Rajkot: Chief Hockey coach Graham Reid feels that the National Games are being at the right time and that it will help in building a formidable Indian team for the 2024 Paris Olympic.

New Delhi: Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen is now ranked World no. 8.