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Chennai: Hyderabad’s Jeet Jhabakh (FB Motorsport) grabbed the pole position in the premier Indian Touring Cars class as the Heavy showers in the afternoon forced curtailment of day’s schedule of the 3rdd and final round of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Car Racing Championship at the MMRT, here on Saturday.

Goa: Securing just a point from their opening two games, Kerala Blasters will aim to bag their first victory in Hero Indian Super League as they take on their southern rivals Chennaiyin at the GMC Stadium, here on Sunday.

Goa: Odisha and Jamshedpur will have an opportunity to register their first three points of the season when the two face off in the Hero Indian Super League at the Tilak Maidan here on Sunday.

Since 1968 Puerto Rico has had a stable two-party system, split on the so-called status question rather than the traditional left-right divide. The once-dominant Popular Democratic Party (PPD) supports maintaining the current commonwealth arrangement with the United States, while the New Progressive Party (PNP) advocates statehood. Both parties embrace neoliberal policies, though PPD is generally more liberal on social issues like LGBT rights.

Senior minister Suvendu Adhikari is yet to officially announce his decision to join the BJP, but through his action, going beyond the protocol norms to send the copy of his resignation letter directly to the state Governor Jagdeep Dhankar besides sending to the chief minister Mamata Banerjee, he made his intentions clear that he was quitting the TMC at the prop of the BJP.

For now, it appears to be a right decision on India’s part to opt out of the China-led 15-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement to protect the country’s immediate industrial and trade interests. After prolonged negotiations for years, the agreement, sans India, was finally passed a fortnight ago. The credit for India’s exist from RCEP, however, goes to the right-wing RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Munch (SJM), which staunchly fought against India’s participation at the final stage of RCEP negotiations, last year. Few were surprised when Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself came to the domestic industry’s rescue.

It does not matter if Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the mandarins in North Block agree or not, it is official that India is in recession. Data released by the National Statistical Office revealed that India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted 7.5 percent in the July-September period, a major contraction for the second consecutive quarter, which makes it a recession technically and otherwise. The conclusion is only confirmation as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had earlier estimated that the economy will contract by 9.5 percent for the full fiscal year.

As Diego Maradona turned 60 on October 30 2020, he made an appearance at what would be his final football match. He was in football until the end and, in his role as manager of La Plata-based side Gimnasia, emerged before kick-off to receive birthday wishes ahead of a 3-0 victory against Patronato. He didn’t stay around for the full game due to ill health but was listed as the club’s manager, appearing on an official team sheet for the last time.

Goa: Roy Krishna (49') and Manvir Singh (85') scored a goal each to help Mohun Bagan down arch rivals East Bengal 2-0 in the Hero Indian Super League's first-ever Kolkata derby at the Tilak Maidan Stadium, here on Friday.

New Delhi: The sixth-season of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) will not be held this year due to the pandemic. Fresh dates are being worked in for early next year.