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New Delhi: Five-time Asian Championships medalist Shiva Thapa, Amit Kumar and Sachin recorded contrasting victories over their rivals to move into the quarter finals of the Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Friday.

Mystery surrounds the failed assassination attempt on the erstwhile Prime Minister of Pakistan and chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Imran Khan on the seventh day of his protest march on Thursday afternoon demanding snap elections after being forced from office in April this year. He was shot in his right sheen – not chest- while standing and waving to thousands of cheering supporters at Gujranwala which is 200 kilometres from the national capital, Islamabad, and in the province of Punjab where a PTI-led government is in power. Fortunately, the assassin seemed to have been amateurish and not a seasoned hired killer.

Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, GOI (GEAC) has permitted on October 18 the environmental release of genetically-modified (GM) mustard. Being the first food crop, the studies by expert question the environmental and biosafety as well as human health risks associated with hasty government approval. Gory experience of GM cotton, which resulted in havoc and farmer suicides in cotton fields during the last decade and half only benefited Monsanto and other Agribusiness MNCs.

Five years back in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, the BJP and the Congress were face to face and people were asking the question “what does Gujarat and Himachal mean for the two national parties? In 2017, Aam Aadmi Party was limited to Delhi and nobody thought much of AAP other than to mention it in the passing, like in an obituary.

The disgraceful incident in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara in which a man ‘auctioned’ his daughters to repay his debt is a social evil that manifests in similar occurrences in parts of northern India from time to time. The incident attracted widespread condemnation and lowered the prestige of India as a modern nation in highly negative western media reports.

It appears likely that the criminally corrupt former Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be returning to power, despite being under criminal indictment. On Tuesday, Israelis cast their votes in the fifth national election in three years. The more than 4.5 million Palestinians who live under Israeli military occupation have no rights and therefore were not able to participate in the elections.

Article 32 is said to be the heart and soul of the Indian Constitution; it acts as a safeguard for all the other fundamental rights. However, it does not have indefinite jurisdiction – it is limited to fundamental rights, as demonstrated by the existence of Articles 139 and 226 in the Constitution.

The Morbi pedestrian suspension bridge over the Machchhu River collapsed on October 30, leading to the confirmed death of 141 persons and injuries to more than 100. In this column, I will not repeat what is widely known regarding one of the worst bridge disasters in India. The question that needs to be raised is whose responsibility is such a bridge in India and whether the authorities carried out their responsibilities. This is more than simply filing police cases against lower-level staff in the company, Oreva, a manufacturer of electronic clocks, CFL bulbs and e-bikes.

Bhubaneswar: India will be looking for an encore as they take on New Zealand in the second leg of double-header of the FIH Pro League to be played at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium here on Friday.

New Delhi: Indian campaign suffered a bit of reversal as Kapil Pokhariya and Sparsh Kumar bow out of Asian Elite Boxing Championships after losing their respective round of 16 bouts in Amman, Jordan on Thursday.