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New Delhi: Champion pugilist MC Mary Kom on Sunday announced her decision to opt out of the World Boxing Championships and Asian Games, to make way for the upcoming young boxers.

New Delhi: F1 hopeful Jehan Daruvala set the second-fastest overall time at the Formula 2 pre-season test session in Bahrain.

New Delhi: Eknath Sambhaji Turambekar and Priyanka Goswami created new National Records in the men and women’s 35km events in the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Muscat on Saturday.

New Delhi: Nivedita Karki and Tamanna recorded facile victories over their respective rivals to move into the semi-finals of the Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Saturday.

New Delhi: Ace duo of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan overcame spirited resistance from Frederik Nielsen and Mikael Torpegaard 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) to give the hosts winning lead as India overpowered Denmark 4-0 in the Davis Cup World Group 1 Playoff at the Delhi Gymkhana Club here on Saturday.

Russian bombs might be falling on Ukraine cities but many in the United States seem keen on running a victory lap. After Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24 what he termed a “special military operation” in Ukraine following weeks of tensions, the U.S. intelligence community and its boosters were practically howling in delight.

Demand for ramping up health expenditures are at an all-time high, and therefore, countries need additional health resources not only for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic but also closing the gaps in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in health in most emerging and developing countries, and serving an ageing population, particularly in advanced economies. However, facing limited fiscal space for raising health spending policymakers need to focus their attention on ensuring that resources are used efficiently.

Operation Ganga, the evacuation drive launched to bring back Indian students from Ukraine, is by no means comparable to Vande Bharat mounted during the Covid pandemic, in which over 1.8 crore Indians were evacuated from various parts of the world. But the heart-wrenching stories about the journey through hell that Indian students have had to endure before they could be flown back to safety from the war zones of Ukraine have led to more national attention being telescoped on the latest drive.

Indian students going abroad for studies cost approximately $80 billion foreign exchange, which broadly equals forex received by way of NRI remittances annually. This is a staggering figure spent by about 11 lakh students who go abroad for higher studies. This figure is only growing year after year and unlike in the past many students have started going abroad for studies even after their schooling. One of the reasons is said to be the rot that has set in the Indian educational system due to mushrooming of institutions and deteriorating standards.

Supply chain has become the core issue in Make in India. In the forthcoming new foreign trade policy, it will play a prominent role to increase exports. But, unless India reinvents its perception towards Free Trade Agreement (FTA) it will be difficult to emerge as a competitive alternative supply chain hub against Vietnam. The current Russia-Ukraine war has made the journey more complex.