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As soon as I landed in Rome, I discovered that I was no longer able to access any Russian media whatsoever. Unfortunately, threats by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, that Europe should sever all links with “Russia’s propaganda machine” were taken seriously by the Italian government.

The only real-time missile that can possibly stand up to the filmic ‘Brahmastra’ is the Brahmos, an Indo-Russian collaboration. But Brahmos doesn’t face a boycott like #Brahmastra does though on the eve of its worldwide release, trade analysts are painting a rosy picture of its “first day, first shows” showing, quite unlike the fates of #Liger and #LaalSinghChadda which went under without creating any trace of a slipstream.

A new UN report has warned that the world would take another 300 years to achieve gender equality if the countries perform to continue as usual. It is too long a time for which generations of girls and women must not be put to peril. Moreover, the pathetic situation under which they weep and wail, silently and unheard, is most likely to continue without urgent investment in them.

Jammu: Khalin Joshi (Bengaluru) carded the day’s best score- four-under 68, to move up two spots and take a one-shot lead at six-under 138 after round two of the J&K Open at the Jammu Tawi Golf Course on Thursday.

Chennai: Top riders of the country will be seen in action in the Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship ,to be held at the Madras International Circuit from Friday through Sunday.

New Delhi: Hosts India have been placed in Group D along with England, Spain and Wales in the Hockey World Cup scheduled to be played at Bhubaneshwar and Rourkela from 13 to 29 January 2023.

Britain gets a new prime minister alright, but that also means the country shows its true colour — a total right wing swing. The new prime minister has won by support of less than 1% of British voters, just by some 20,000 more supporters among the Conservative party members.

In the summer or 1977, when Ghulam Nabi Azad first came to Delhi after being appointed as general secretary of the Youth Congress by Sanjay Gandhi, he could not withstand the torrid summer. Hs nose bled for several weeks, and he told his colleagues that he is going back. Forty-five years later he severed his association with the party which is bleeding because of repeated electoral defeats and constant exodus of leaders.

Turkey’s reconciliation with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel is doing little to return the country to its ‘zero problems with our neighbours’ policy declared more than a decade ago.

Working poverty has become a serious concern in Asia and the Pacific region since majority of employers do not give the majority of the workforce enough wages. As for South Asia, India is worst, and among the countries out off track on several counts including health and social security coverage.