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Circulation of all variants of coronavirus is declining, but it should not make the people and the public health authorities to put off their guards against the COVID-19. Government still needs to prepare the healthcare system ready to face any future threats, and people to be kept at the heart of the post-pandemic recovery.

The recent urban local body elections in Tamil Nadu held for the first time after 2011 has helped strong ruling DMK in the state to consolidated further decimating its rival opposition AIADMK. DMK won all the 21 corporations and unseated AIADMK in its traditional stronghold in western Tamil Nadu. The National electronic channels while interpreting the results however wrongly claimed that the BJP had finished third but in reality the saffron party had finished poor fourth. This is because it counted out Congress which had contested in alliance with ruling DMK.

Whole world has suffered due to humanitarian crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic. The threat is not yet completely over as we are still not certain about the new variants of the rapidly mutating virus. Even though vaccination has given some respite, but glaring inequity in vaccination of the population in different countries hampers the fight against the COVID-19. We need immense resources to meet the challenge not only for the pandemic but also for other diseases, both communicable and non-communicable which have been largely ignored during this period. Patients with diseases like Tuberculosis, Dengue, Malaria, Diarrhea, Diabetes, Cancer, Chronic Kidney problems suffered due to changed priorities. The effect has been seen more in the developing countries who are already short of resources.

Europe is likely to shoulder the brunt of the fallout of a rapidly escalating crisis over Ukraine. Middle Eastern states could prove to be a close second. That is no truer than for Turkey and Israel, whose management of the Ukraine crisis could determine their ability to protect perceived core national interests.

Tensions over Ukraine have combined with record-high gas prices to raise questions about the long-term security of gas imports through Russian-operated pipelines, giving coal a new place of importance in the energy mix.

The confrontation over Ukraine between Russia and the United States has reached a decisive stage with President Putin recognizing the two breakaway regions Donetsk and Luhansk and soon after President Joe Biden announcing strong sanctions aimed at crippling the leading Russian banks and the financial institutions. The U.S. and the NATO aim at the moment is to drastically weaken the economic power of Russia so that Putin is forced to scale down his demands.

Mumbai: Leading women golfers of the country including Tvesa Malik Amandeep Drall Pranavi Urs and Gaurika Bishnoi will be seen in action in 3rd leg of Hero WPGT to be played at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club here from Wednesday.

New Delhi: Two boxers Nitu and Anamika made it to the quarter-finals while two other Indians crashed out after losing their first round bouts on the second day of the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

New Delhi: Promising striker Sukhjeet Singh will make debut for the country as he is the only new face in the Manpreet Singh led 20-member named by Hockey India on Tuesday for FIH Pro League matches against Spain to be played on 26th and 27th February in in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

The Supreme Court bench led by the Chief Justice N V Ramana will be considering on February 25 the interim report submitted to the apex body by the technical committee set up by the CJI through his order given on October 27 last year to go into the allegations of surveillance using Pegasus software, supposedly by the government agencies. The 12 petitions filed on this issue will come up for hearing also.