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As two major Dravidian rivals, DMK and the ruling AIADMK, firmed up their poll alliances for the April 6 battle to decide who will govern Tamil Nadu the next five years (2021-26), the Modi Government, ever looking for expansionism, has altered the traditional dynamics of the State's politics.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Dhaka on March 26 is quite significant. This will be his first foreign visit after the Covid 19 breakout last year. It is expected to consolidate the bilateral ties in many ways. Bangladesh is a gateway to southeast Asia and part of Modi's Act East' policy. In the past six years, Modi has established a rapport with his Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheik Hasina.

New Delhi: Women’s World Rapid Chess champion Koneru Humpy on Monday was named BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year.

Bambolim, Goa: Two hundred and ten minutes of football over two legs, yet there was no winner to head into the final between Mumbai City and Goa! Such was the battle that it came down to ISL’s first-ever sudden death in a penalty-shootout to decide the first finalist of season 7. And it turned out to be Mumbai City who had the last laugh as they edged Goa on penalties 6-5 at the GMC Stadium, Bambolim.

Fatorda, Goa: Mohun Bagan and NorthEast United played a draw in their first leg playoffs of the Hero Indian Super League. The second leg at the Fatorda Stadium on Tuesday will decide if NorthEast will play their first final or if Antonio Habas leads his side to a third one.

New Delhi: Ace paddlers Achanta Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra started their campaign at the WTT Star Contender with contrasting victories in Doha on Monday.

Antwerp (Belgium): Riding on striker Mandeep Singh's brace India piped Britain 3-2 in their last match of the Tour of Europe here on Monday.

Farmers have marked 100 days of protests and Covid-19 has been in the blood for a year, both the anniversaries falling somewhat in the same week. And neither is in a hurry to say quits. The coronavirus is mutating and so has the farmers agitation against the Modi Government's new farm laws. The farmers have now started blocking an expressway running by Delhi. The hold-ups at the border outposts continue, but the jamming of the expressway covers a wider swathe and the colourful sprawl of the tent across the breadth of the expressway is astonishingly breathtaking. Even the blacktop has transformed into a myriad of shades, red, blue and green with a smattering of yellow in between.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has shed copious tears about high fuel prices and claimed the government feeling ‘dharmasankat’ (dilemma) over the issue. But the government’s cause is not that of ‘dharmasankat’, but one of avarice. Dharmasankat is when there are two options, both of which are correct — morally, ethically and in all respects. But in the case of fuel prices, the government has always been opting for wrong, when the choice was between right and wrong.

When the countries of the world greatly suffered from the outbreak of COVID-19, in India, by contrast, both labour demand and supply increased in the digital labour market, from mid-March 2020. There was also a steep increase in the number of registered workers across all occupations, except for professional services globally. Even the general increase in labour supply was unaffected by the seasonal patterns, in contrast to what was observed in the global trends, indicating a steady demand of such work locally and regionally. If India is to grab these new emerging opportunities, the country must avoid implementing the stifling digital laws it has been trying to implement for quite some time, and go for a considerable legal and financial push to the sector.