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They don’t look like lost and found brothers. Edappadi K Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam share nothing in common other than that they were “dual leaders” of the AIADMK, the party that MGR founded and J Jayalalithaa carried in her aura. Now, her two self-proclaimed protégés have in less than two years of her passing sold the AIADMK down the river, squabbling for control of the party and willing to kill it in the bargain. If Jayalalithaa were alive today, both E Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam would have been flat on their bellies at her feet asking for forgiveness, and, perhaps, getting soundly spanked for the temerity.

New Delhi: Remembering veteran journalist Avinash Chandra Saxena, popularly known as A C Saxena in short, and simply AC among his friends and colleagues, is of great value at a time when independent journalism is in peril, for remembering such professionals could serve as ray of hope and inspire liberal thinking among journalists. He is no more among us. He died on April 27, 2021 the age of 93 after two months of decline in health due to his heart ailments. Today, July 12, 2022 is his 94th birthday. We asked his son Anoop Saxena, Correspondent and Producer, ARD German Radio to let us know about a son’s perspective about him, which we are producing here along with some quotes about him.

New Delhi: Riding on captain Savita's heroics in the shootout, India piped lowly Canada to record their first win at the Women's Hockey World Cup at Terrassa (Spain) to progress to the 9-12th placings of the tournament.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s bravado and brinkmanship turned fatal last Saturday. Not only was he reported missing from his office and residence, but the palatial President’s house in Colombo was also invaded by the protestors. Twitter is flooded with amusing pictures and videos of the incident. Protestors taking a plunge into the swimming pool at the President’s house and some showing his dirty undergarment were instant hits on social media.

The recent disruptions in global supply chain, leading to China losing prominence, are prompting serious discussions on India’s dependency on China. Hitherto, notwithstanding political face-off, India’s rapid growth in electronic and electrical and pharmaceutical industries was largely dependent on China for supply chain. Given these and Russian invasion of Ukraine, which led to more than 5000 sanctions against Russia, unleashing collateral impact on China, new synergies have emerged for global supply chain.

The absence of Congress MLAs from the Maharashtra assembly during a crucial floor test because they were said to be stuck in traffic would have been hilarious if it didn’t carry a sad tale about the party.

The European Commission’s decision just ahead of last month’s G7 Leaders’ Summit in Germany to mobilise Euro 300 billion (US$340 billion) by 2027 to invest in public and private infrastructure around the world is most welcome though it came several years after a similar initiative by China. With US President Joe Biden committing another $200 billion in aid of the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) programme as the global gateway in the next five years, the total fund mobilisation will be in excess of half-a-trillion dollars.

Number of the claimants for the office of the prime minister in Britain is quite alarming. Every fourth law maker of UK is striving to grab the post. If the present trend is any indication, it can safely be said that Conservative leadership election is quite open with candidates from almost every ideological wing of the party in the race. But one aspect of the election is quite significant and it is the trial of strength between the Brexiters and Remainers.

One, the Bharatiya Janata Party does not need the current kerfuffle in Goa. It is already in power there. But the fact that Goa is a neighbouring state to Maharashtra does betray that the disease is contagious. If Maharashtra was engineered to overturn a post-poll “unnatural” alliance, Goa is a straightforward attempt to annihilate the Congress (like with the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra), bringing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mission Congress Mukt’ closer to culmination, the voting public’s preferences be damned.

Most of the experts feel that pushing Gig and Platform Economy, in place of formal sector, would further deteriorate working conditions and throw the workforce into exploitative conditions, and therefore, NITI Aayog had to furnish a difficult task to portray worker perspective seemingly so rosy that could soften stiff resistance of workforce against PM Modi’s brand of labour reforms, which Central Trade Unions label as anti-workforce.