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Actors Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan are getting "brutally trolled", along with Laal Singh Chadda. On Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. And people are loving the word ‘brutally’. Especially sub-editors, and headliners. Aamir and Kareena can only “block” the trolls. But that is fraught with risk. The next thing will be the screenshot of “Aamir Khan Blocked You” going viral.

The number of hours worked in the world fell in the first quarter of 2022 and remained 3.8 per cent below the level of the fourth quarter of 2019 – and that is equivalent to the loss of 112 million full-time jobs. The latest ILO estimate has maintained that this represented a significant setback in the global labour market recovery process with the warning that the heightened turbulence and monetary policy tightening is likely to have a broader impact in months to come. “There is a growing risk of a further deterioration in labour markets over the course of 2022,” the ILO Director-General has said.

The incidence where Health Minister of Punjab rebuked the Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences and asked him to lie down on the bed with torn mattress has brought shame to the nation. Dr. Raj Bahadur Gaur, the Vice Chancellor is an upright person against whom not a single finger has been pointed for any misdeed. He has always been working in the interest of the students and has tried his best to streamline the examination system. A Surgeon Par excellence who despite busy schedule as administrator attended to the patients and has been performing spine surgery, which is his expertise.

The startling recovery of more than fifty crore rupees in cash and gold from two flats belonging to an actress and reportedly a close aide to the now dropped TMC minister Partha Chatterjee has once again put the Mamata Banerjee government of West Bengal in the dock. The recovery of the cash and the arrest of the minister have happened in the wake of the Calcutta High Court judgement ordering a CBI probe into the massive irregularities and brazen manipulation in the School Service Commission recruitment process in West Bengal. And behind this court verdict lies the protracted struggle of the deprived and betrayed applicants. While the dominant media coverage of the issue now revolves around the arrested minister and his associates, we must focus first of all on securing justice for the deprived would-be teachers who have been the direct victims of this scam.

How should the newly elected President Droupadi Murmu be addressed? When congress leader Adhir Chowdhury referred to her as 'Rashtrapatni' and claimed it was a slip of his tongue later, still minister SmritiIrani held the word as derogatory. Even when the first woman president, Pratibha Patil (2007-2012), took over, Shiv Sena supremo late Bal Thackeray called her 'Rashtrapatni', but Patil laughed it off. In the end, Patil was addressed as Rashtrapati.

New Delhi: On a day of dramatic twist for India on the field, Judoka Shushila Devi Likmabam clinched a silver, weightlifter Harjinder Kaur was "lucky" to bag a bronze, Women's Four Lawn Bowls team assured themselves a first ever medal in this discipline in the Games even as Men's Hockey team squandered a 4-1 lad to play 4-4 draw with England while all the four boxers on the fray made it to the next round with easy victories on day 4 of the Commonwealth Games at Birmingham.

New Delhi: India squandered 4-1 lead as England staged a stunning comeback to make it 4-4 and share points in the Pool B of Men's Hockey tournament in Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Monday.

Mamallapuram (Chennai): Tania Sachdev battled hard to salvage a precious point as India A registered a dramatic 2.5-1.5 win against Hungary in the fourth-round match of women section at the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, Chennai on Monday.

New Delhi: Buyoed by two back-to-back victories, India captain Savita on Monday exuded confidence that her team will continue with its winning way against hosts England in their third Pool A match at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games on Tuesday.

RBI decision to permit rupee convertible in export and import is a precursor to make rupee an international currency. Although the convertibility is limited to current account, RBI’s decision demonstrates India’s readiness to move forward for full convertibility.