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A writer woke up in panic but felt relieved when felt it was only nightmare. He had gone back in time to being a young doctor, feeling helpless with high rate and mortality rates, a paediatric ward filled with children suffering from tuberculosis meningitis, polio, severe malnutrition and diarrhoea.

Proponents of a moderate Islam that embraces tolerance, diversity, and pluralism may be betting on the wrong horse by supporting Muslim scholars on autocrats' payroll. Polling in the Middle East seems to confirm that state-sponsored clerics lack credibility.

Questions outnumber answers in the tragic death of eight persons in a flash flood in Mal river in North Bengal recently. Even as the Opposition is crying itself hoarse that a "temporary barrage" allegedly in aid of the sand mafia led to the tragedy, the theory floated by some of the Trinamool Congress big wigs that immersion of the idols of the goddess and her entourage would have been an impossibility in the absence of the barrage adds to the complexities of the matter.

Uddhav Thackeray grew up jostling with a rival for his father Balasaheb Thackeray’s pats and “well-dones”. Cousin Raj Thackeray was finally gone and the years thereafter erased the memory of living with a 'resentment'. But, irony of all ironies, whoever would have thought that a grown-up Uddhav Thackeray would be challenged by an outsider for his father’s legacy, by far a bigger threat to family-Bal Thackeray than cousin-Thackeray ever was!

Explosive growth and spread of digital technologies have brought transformations changes to the working world. Labour market is being reshaped, demand for digital skills and competencies increasing, and the demand for people who perform routine manual jobs is reducing. The COVID-19 crisis accelerated digitalization and automation. Though this transformation promises higher productivity, it comes with challenges – automations eliminates many jobs, digitalization transforms traditional practices in entire industries, and unequal access to digital technologies threatens to further exacerbate job market vulnerabilities of the poor and disadvantaged.

A Citizens Committee comprising former Supreme Court and High Court judges and a former Home Secretary of the Union Government have authored a report raising serious questions about the role of the news media, social media, Bharatiya Janata Party (‘BJP’) and Hindu nationalist leaders, the Delhi police, and both the Union Government as well as the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, in either fomenting the North East Delhi riots of February 2020, or not doing enough to quell them.

As the global oil markets digest the news about OPEC+ announcement of a 2 million barrels per day of crude output cut, more details emerging from market analysts should calm Indian nerves a bit as the impact may not be as severe as feared.

Ahmedabad: Domintating the ring, world championships medallists Simranjit Kaur and Shiva Thapa thrashed their respective opponents, and advance to the quarterfinals of the 36th National Games at the Mahatma Mandir here on Friday.

New Delhi: Team ‘Delhi Tigers’ consolidated their position atop the Leaderboard in their group with 5 wins and 1 draw in 7 games against team ‘Shiva Motocorp Land Rover’ on Day-5 of the ‘Lloyd Delhi Golf Club League here on Friday.

Gurugram: Pranavi Urs, is the latest addition to the star-studded line-up at the USD 400,00 prize money Hero Women’s Indian Open .to be held at DLF Golf and Country Club from 20-23 October.