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Fatorda, Goa: Bengaluru has managed to remain unbeaten in the last four games and they will look to carry on with the positives when they face Mohun Bagan at the Fatorda Stadium on Tuesday.

New Delhi: National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) president Raninder Singh feels that the recent decision taken by the Governing Body, to ban certain Shooters from the next Nationals for disciplinary reasons should be put on hold.

New Delhi: Five sportspersons - Chess player Koneru Humpy, shooter Manu Bhaker, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, hockey striker Rani Rampaul, and athlete Dutee Chand on Monday were shortlisted for this year’s BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year (ISWOTY) award.

In several states, FIRs were recently registered against the makers and actors of Tandav, Amazon Prime Video’s latest political drama series. This was following complaints against the inappropriate depiction of the UP Police Personnel and the character playing the role of Prime Minister in the show. This is one of the examples of outrage against content in the media.

The latest army coup in Myanmar has impacted its neighbours India and Bangladesh in sharply contrasting ways. For the bigger country, to judge by initial MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) reactions, it would be a wait-and-watch situation until democracy is restored. Near normal bilateral interactions should be possible thanks to the close coordination between the Indian and Myanmar armies (Tatmadaw) over insurgency-related issues plaguing both countries in recent years.

The protests by a “very small section of farmers” from “one state”- in the government’s words - have apparently sent India’s ruling party into a tizzy. As much is clear from its jittery response to the support extended to the farmers by several international celebrities.

Too many assumptions behind the government’s 2021-22 budget projections make India’s new budget a big gamble. The budget proposal to spend over Rs. 34.83 lakh crore in the coming fiscal is subject to the receipts (other than borrowings) of Rs 19.76 lakh crore in 2021-22, which is 23 percent higher than the revised estimates of 2020-21. The revised estimates for receipts in 2020-21 were 29 percent lower than the original budget estimates for the year due to the pandemic. The budgeted receipts target for 2021-22 is entirely based on an important assumption that the nominal GDP will grow by 14.4 percent. Interestingly, the Reserve Bank of India and the government’s own chief economic advisor differed on the GDP forecast.

India’s progress in medicine and pharmaceuticals has come to limelight again in the beginning of the outbreak of the conona pandemic when ‘quinine’ suddenly became much sought after drug all over the word including the USA and several countries of the Europe. India emerged as the major source of supply of this drug, and this rekindled India’s hope to emerge as the pharmacy of the world. The breakthrough in making two vaccines for COVID-19, further strengthened India’s position also as major supplier of these vaccines to control the disease that has caused unprecedented devastation of the health and economy of the world. The report had it that seven other vaccines are in pipeline.

Fatorda, Goa: East Bengal survived a scare before overpowering Jamshedpur 2-1 in Hero Indian Super League' at the Fatorda Stadium, here on Sunday.

Bambolim, Goa: Mumbai City and Goa, two teams that dominate most of the statistics in the Hero Indian Super League, will go head-to-head at the GMC Stadium in Bambolim on Monday.