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Politics is the art of keeping the adversary guessing, which is what Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is good at. The harbinger of the crisis that is dogging the Congress in Rajasthan, Gehlot says something before going to bed and, then, something altogether different the next morning.

The latest data released by the National Statistical Office has been presented in a way that shows a ‘buoyancy’ in the formal job creations in India in July 2022 compared to a year before, across the three major schemes – Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), Employees’ State Insurance, and National Pension Scheme (NPS). However, it has all the elements that mislead and does not provide a clear picture of the ground realities of the volatile job market in the country. Formalization of jobs is too slow to outpace the fast increasing informal jobs sans social security coverage.

It may be early to predict the future of Vedanta-Foxconn’s proposed $22-billion joint venture project in India for an integrated display and semiconductor fabrication ecosystem. The promoters have already got themselves enmeshed in a political controversy over a sudden change in the project location — from Maharashtra to Gujarat. Significantly, the location change came just three months before the Gujarat assembly election. The promoters were in dialogue with the Maharashtra government for several months. The deal was about to be signed and sealed when Vedanta-Foxconn changed their mind to locate the project in Gujarat. The choice may be more political than economic. Gujarat has little background in electronics manufacturing.

The joint opposition rally held at Fatehabad in Haryana on Sunday organized the INLD leader Om Prakash Chautala on the occasion of the birth anniversary of his father Devi Lal has made a good success in facilitating the unity of the anti-BJP political parties to take on the Narendra Modi Government in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Ahmedabad: Maharashtra’s women and Gujarat’s men scored upset victories on the opening day of Kabaddi competition in the 36th National Games at the EKA Trans Stadia Indoor Stadium here on Monday.

Indian prisons have been witnessing an alarming rise in deaths of prisoners along with overcrowding of inmates creating inhuman conditions violating even basic human rights behind the bars.

New Delhi: Tennis star Sania Mirza says that the National Games had given her international career a major boost.

New Delhi: St. Patrick’s High School, Gumla, Jharkhand and Wangoi Higher Secondary School, Imphal Manipur chalked out contrasting victories on Sunday over their rivals to set up a title clash in the Girls Under - 17 category of the 61st Subroto Cup football tournament at Ambedkar Stadium.

Gandhinagar: Newly elected Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey on Sunday exuded confidence that the 36th National Games will unearth several new talented players.

New Delhi: India made a medal winning debut at the Women’s International Tent Pegging Championship, winning a bronze medal in Jordan.