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Despite the slanted propaganda that passes for “news” in the mainstream Western media right now, the truth of the matter is that there are no good guys when it comes to the conflict in Ukraine. But depending on the day, some of the bad guys outdo the rest.

On February 21, 2022 the rate of unemployment was going up to 7.89 which is biggest jump in the second month of this year, according to CMIE. However, this is just statistics, the reality is much grimmer and ruthless. Almost all the young people, not to mention those post youth, are facing the challenge of finding an employment, at any level. Even the lives of pre -youth adolescents are clouded by pessimism. For the entire gamut of the middle and lower strata, life is defined only in terms of unattainable pursuit of the means of survival. The claim made in this year’s budget of creating sixty lac jobs over the next five years, like a distant dream, much hyped during all these years, appears as barren as it ever was. The promise is to get a nose up for the economy but the process is strengthened through disinvestment and decline in investment. This has resulted in multi-dimensional crisis.

Ahmedabad: Bengaluru’s M Dharma, Chandigarh’s Ranjit Singh and Kapil Kumar of Delhi, all placed at 10-under 206 shared three way lead at the end of the penultimate round of the Gujarat Open Golf Championship, at the Kalhaar Blues & Greens Golf Club in Ahmedabad.

Mumbai: Hyderabad’s Sneha Singh fired another round of 2-under 68 and along with Hitaashee (69) shared the lead on the second day of the third leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club.

New Delhi: Putting up a gutsy display, Nikhat Zareen and Nitu overwhelmed their rivals to move into the semi-finals and confirmed two more medals for India at the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria on Thursday.

As Russian military moves into Ukraine, our familiar world vanishes. The world order returns to the point when Winston Churchill had said “an iron curtain” was falling across Europe. The single step of a Russian soldier in Ukraine brings back the Cold War dispensation in international affairs.

IMPHAL: ‘To defeat BJP and its manipulative politics please cast your vote for the ‘Manipur Progressive Secular Alliance’ said D. Raja MP Rajya Sabha and CPI General Secretary at a press meet held at Sangai Hall, Hotel Imphal on Tuesday.. He said, “Manipur is a border state and it is the most sensitive state among the north eastern states of India. Our main aim is to defeat BJP for protecting the future. BJP is the political wing of the RSS. It is very sectorial party besides being communal, BJP and RSS combined is bringing disaster to our democratic polity. And BJP is favoring the corporates.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan must be wishing he hadn’t told Russia’s RT television network that he wanted a TV debate with Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. What must be striking to Imran Khan and his countrymen and countrywomen is that cricketer Khan’s wish elicited a reply not from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but from Thiruvananthapuram Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who spoke of “jaw–jaw” only to see Russia start “war-war.”

We have many food assistance programmes but not food for all, as the latest Hunger Watch Survey II has found. Food insecurity still hounds people at household level though India is self-sufficient in food at national level. The food assistance programmes that our Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been claiming time and again to be robust, have actually failed for millions, especially during the past two years of the pandemic.

The Kerala government has written to the central government proposing amendments to the constitution to give powers to the state governments in the appointment or recall of governors. This has been done in response to the recommendations made by the Justice Punchhi Commission on reforms in centre-state relations. The stand taken by the Kerala government reflects the longstanding need felt for change in the role of the governor who, at present, is appointed by the centre and hence acts as an agent of the central government.