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India is among the 42 countries where victims of rights violations, human rights defenders and journalists have suffered reprisals and intimidation by States and non-State actors – including being detained, targeted by restrictive legislation and surveilled both online and offline.

When Russia, on February 24, 2022 waged a full scale military invasion of Ukraine, many a people and President Putin himself thought that it would be a cakewalk like Russia’s previous invasion of Crimea. But since then the Ukrainians are fighting back vigorously under Volodymyr Zelensky with military and financial support from US and its allies. And after 216 days of bloody war, Russia has to retreat from its occupied area in Kharkiv region.

New Delhi: Team ‘Shiva Motocorp Land Rover’ executed a clean-sweep by winning all 7 of their matches against ‘Ardee Par Excellence’ on the opening day of the Second Edition of the ‘Lloyd Delhi Golf Club League ’ here on Thursday.

Ahmedabad: Tokyo Olympics silver medalist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu London Olympics silver medalist shooter Vijay Kumar, shooter Elavenil Valarivan and gymnast Pranati Nayak will be the star attractions as the 36th National Games gathers steam on Friday, with competitions in nine more sports beginning a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the Games open at a spectacular ceremony.

Ahmedabad: Hosts Gujarat opened the defence of their women’s team tennis title with a commanding win over Telangana while Bengal’s women’s Lawn Balls team chalked out a dominating 12-11 victory over Assam in the 36th National Games on Thursday.

Gurugram: Carding day's best score of five under 67,Ahmedabad’s Varun Parikh joined Gurugram’s Kartik Sharma, in the lead after round three of the Rs. 1 crore Kapil Dev – Grant Thornton Invitational at the DLF Golf & Country Club.

Ahmedabad: Amid pomp, pageantry and colorful display of Gujarat's heritage, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi declared the 36th National Games open at Narendra Modi Stadium here this evening saying that "the feeling and energy of such a grand event are beyond words".

Two-thirds of Cuban voters approved the country’s new Family Code on Sunday, itself a result of an extensive revisions process in which millions of Cuban citizens participated. The new code ends discrimination against gay couples in marriage and adoption. It also strengthens women’s rights by promoting “equal sharing of domestic rights and responsibilities between men and women.”

Rahul Gandhi and the Bharat Jodo Yatra were in the Muslim-majority Kerala district of Malappuram the day before yesterday. Then, September 28, the ‘Yatra’ made its triumphant entry into Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi’s parliamentary constituency. Another day, and Bharat Jodo Yatra would be clean out of Kerala, into Tamil Nadu and next breathing Karnataka air.

The Compliance Audit Report of the Comptrollers and Auditor General of India (CAG) has exposed numerous cases of irregularities and corruption in Uttar Pradesh on which the state government did not take prompt actions even when they were pointed out making the real intention of the government a suspect of their complicity. The total financial impact of the audit findings included in the report for the year ended March 31 2020 is Rs418.13 crore.