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Dusseldorf: India Women's hockey team suffered their fourth successive defeat as they went down 1-2 to Germany and in the last fixture of the four match series here.

Fatorda, Goa: For a side that has been the most consistent team in the history of the Hero Indian Super League — they have secured playoff qualification a record six times — Goa have never managed to lift the ISL title. Besides that, they have lost the finals on two occasions.

New Delhi: Indian challenge came to an end with star paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal suffering a straight set 6-11, 4-11, 8-11 defeat against World No. 7 Lin Yun-Ju of Chinese Taipei in the singles pre-quarters of the WTT Contender in Doha on Thursday.

New Delhi: Young Jasmine (57 Kg) made a dazzling debut at a senior level in an international tournament chalking out a stunning 5-0 win over star USA pugilist Andrea Medina and along with three other compatriots made it to the semi-finals in the respective categories on the second day thus assuring India of four medals at the Boxam International Tournament in Castellon, Spain.

The Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSHW Code) was introduced to consolidate and amend thirteen laws that regulated working conditions in establishments so far.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no denying it. The filing of a case by the Enforcement Directorate against the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) for allegedly violating the Foreign Exchange Maintenance Act (FEMA) constitutes a violation of the model code of conduct which has come into force following the announcement of the Assembly elections in the state on April 6.

India's "partly free" are having a gala time ribbing the "totally free" in the country who are identified as 'RSS' and 'andhbhakts' by the partly free who include the 'secular' and the "scapegoated" Muslim Indians such as actors Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan, who famously said in a movie "My name is Khan", but that was in a United States setting and the "partly free" designation applies to India only, where the "slowly descending into authoritarianism" dispensation of Narendra Modi rules with a "hamhanded" fastidiousness!

When the cup of poison was offered to Socrates, he was given the options too and those were either death or exile. His reply was critics should be always kept alive with their freedom to speak, because it is for them that the system keeps evolving. Without that freedom, he had only one option, and that was not to live, he said and took the cup.

The schedule for the assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the union territory of Puducherry has been announced. It stretches from March 27 to April 29.

NDA Union Government with a fascist mindset has struck the people of India hard curtailing their fundamental rights to freedom of speech, freedom of expression and privacy by regimenting the social media and Internet based streaming of news and entertainments, which cannot be consumed by people with thinking minds. Government, which is authoritarian and arbitrary in its exercise of power, wants the people to know what the government wishes them (people) to know. This is what happens in fascism where it controls the thought processes of the people. The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, promulgated on February 25, 2021, will work as a watchdog over the big tech companies, social media networking sites, other digital platforms including OTT.