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Pune: Sweden’s Elias Ymer sent top-seed Aslan Karatsev (Russia) packing out of the tournament beating him in straight sets to storm into the quarter-finals of the Tata Open Maharashtra at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune on Thursday.

Campaigning in Colombia began on January 15 for congressional elections on March 13, and for first-round voting for a new president on May 29. Gustavo Petro, leader of the progressive Humane Colombia movement, will likely be the Historical Pact coalition’s presidential candidate.

Chennai: KY Ahamed clocked 01 minute, 54.353 seconds to take pole position in the premier Pro-Stock 165cc Open category as the fifth and final round of the Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship commenced at the MMRT, here on Thursday.

“... Though the Israeli government’s oversight was meant to prevent the powerful spyware from being used in repressive ways, Pegasus has been sold to Poland, Hungary and India, despite those countries’ questionable records on human rights...” wrote Ronen Bergman and Mark Mazzetti of the New York Times (NYT) in the process of exposing the two billion dollar defence package Indian government finalised to acquire cyber weapon Pegasus from Israel in 2017.

The whole exercise appeared to be a farce as it was claimed to be budget vision for 100 years of independence. In 2015 also the budget presentation was claimed to be for 25 years.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Union Budget has come as a huge disappointment for Kerala once again. The 18-point wish list of the Left Democratic Government , which had pinned great hopes on the Budget remains what it is: a mere wish list!

If reformation was the goal, the “bigoted” Bharatiya Janata Party would also have been invited to the all-parties’ meet to fight “bigotry and religious hegemony.” However, Joseph Stalin’s namesake, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, didn’t think his call to fight “bigotry and religious hegemony” would make sense to the Hindu nationalist BJP, the party in power at the “Centre” of the “Union of States.”

We have faced serious health crisis in the last two years particularly due to the COVID Pandemic which has cost dearly precious lives, economy and pushed millions of people into joblessness and loss of livelihood adding to the already existing poverty. Large number of population could not get required treatment for COVID due to lack of preparedness on the part of the government. They were unable to go to the private hospitals due to exorbitant cost. In addition, the already existing diseases, both communicable and non-communicable faced serious the resource crunch. Whereas the affluent section of the society could get treatment for the above the lower income group, who are largely dependent on the state for their health needs were deprived of the treatment for diseases like Tuberculosis, Dengue, Malaria, Diarrhoea and even Vaccination to the children.

LUCKNOW: The polling in 58 assembly seats during first phase in Uttar Pradesh elections on February 10 will set the mood and trend for rest of the constituencies in UP.

As the election campaign for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls is in full swing with the first phase of elections be held on February 10 in western UP, it has become clear that the BJP is banking solely on the Hindutva communal plank for mobilising support.