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New Delhi: At the end it was a heart break as India crashed out of contention going down 0-1 to hosts Spain in their must-win crossover match at the Hockey Women's World Cup at Terrassa on Sunday.

New Delhi: A post-race penalty deprived ace racer Jehan Daruvala of his sixth podium of the season at Formula 2 feature race in Spielberg, Austria on Sunday.

Chennai: Rajini Krishnan and Sarvesh Balappa raced to their fourth straight victories, KY Ahamed won a thriller in the Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship at the Madras International Circuit, here on Sunday.

Chennai: Rajini Krishnan posted his third consecutive, in the premier Pro-Stock 301-400cc category while in the Novice class Sarvesh Balappa led a podium sweep for his team, Axor Sparks Racing, in the second round of the Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship at the Madras International Circuit, here on Saturday.

New Delhi: It is do or die scenario for India as they face Spain in the Women’s Hockey World Cup crossover match for a place in the Quarter-Final on Sunday in Terrassa, Spain.

On July 7, a special National Intelligence Agency (‘NIA’) court in Mumbai presided by Special Judge Rajesh Kataria, rejected the plea filed by Gautam Navlakha and Sagar Gorkhe, to use mosquito nets in prison. The court allowed Navlakha and Gorkhe to use mosquito repellant ointments and natural mosquito incense sticks.

Taking clues from finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s last year’s budget speech on the government’s intention to privatise a few PSU banks, media reports appeared last week on the government’s intention to introduce a Bill during the coming monsoon session to privatise them and relax the cap on foreign equity holdings I banks. In this connection various legal, social, economic and the other far-reaching implications of privatisation of PSU banks need to be examined.

Uddhav Thackeray’s challenge to the man who replaced him, Eknath Shinde, to hold fresh elections in Maharashtra hasn’t elicited response, and likely would not because the Shinde-Fadnavis dispensation cannot for all the money in the BJP’s war-chest hazard a guess on which alliance will win the civic body elections, which is where the next test of strength will be on display.

The impact of the ongoing Russia—Ukraine war on energy and commodity prices has caused great global economic turmoil. Some countries are facing food shortage and all oil-importing countries have been adversely affected. The invasion has come at an unfortunate time for India. Just when we all dealt with our double balance sheet problem and our corporate and financial sector balance sheets started to rise, the war affected the capital investment cycle in India. It is important to recognize that inflation in India is not the result of increased aggregate demand — capacity utilization is still, on average, around 70% — but because of higher energy prices and supply chain disruptions. Thus, interest rate hikes cannot curb it.

It was an open secret that the oil companies have been minting money on account of the rising crude prices, although they have been dishing out doctored numbers to show losses. Now that the government has decided to enforce a windfall tax on the companies for the undue profits that have accrued to them, this has been officially acknowledged.