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The G-7 meeting that has just concluded has promised to donate one billion doses of anti-Covid vaccine to the rest of the world, consisting primarily of the so-called “developing” countries. The US has promised 500 million doses, Britain 100 million doses; the otherG-7 countries, Italy, Japan, France, Germany and Canada are supposed to make up the rest.

Ever since RSS led BJP has come to power, the democratic spirit of the Constitution has been constantly under attack. In fact democracy itself and its impeccable values are grossly threatened by the managers of state power. In the name of patriotism, attempts have been made to imbibe a totally different variant that has no concern for the masses and have, in return, no love from them. For them, dissent is depicted as a crime and the term anti national has elaborately been used to unleash attack on each one who dared to come in the way of 'Hindutva'.

New Delhi: Hockey India on Friday named 11 Olympic debutants in its 16-member men's squad to be led versatile mid-fielder Manpreet Singh for the Tokyo Games.

New Delhi: Ace striker Rani Rampal on Thursday was retained to lead the Indian Women's hockey team for the second successive Olympics as she was named captain of the 16-member squad for the Tokyo Games.

THE Calcutta High Court has a celebrated history when it comes to the protection of constitutional rights. It has very recently championed the cause of liberty by granting interim bail very expeditiously to the four accused All India Trinamool Congress leaders through its order on May 28th in the matter of CBI ACB Kolkata vs. Shri Firhad Hakim @ Bobby Hakim & Ors. (WPA 10504 of 2021).

Surprises loom large over Japanese investment in India, which plummeted in 2020 against the spurring growth in investment by global riches like USA, Singapore and UK. Analysts were agog with Japanese volte- face to India’s FDI potential, despite the fact that total FDI flow in India spurred during COVID 19 pandemic. It increased by over 19 percent in 2020-21.

Once again the Delhi police has been caught distorting the judicial provision and penal policy by not releasing the three student activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha granted bail on June 16 by the Delhi High Court on the plea that it needed time to conduct address verification of the accused and their sureties.

Nepal Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli lost parliamentary majority on May 10 but did not resign. He continues to be the PM, courtesy president Bidya Devi Bhandari. The next election to the House of Representatives will be held on November 12 and 19 this year. In the 275 member Lower House, Oli got only 75 votes on May 10, when 232 votes were cast. The Prachanda faction of the now-split Nepal Commuist Party does not support him, the Nepal Congress does not support him, the Rashtriya Janata Party does not support him but they cannot join hands together to form an alternative government. So Oli continues to occupy the high office without majority. This is the tragedy of Nepal.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The K. Sudhakaran era in the Congress in Kerala has begun with the Kannur strongman formally taking charge as the president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on June 16 amid much hype and blatant violation of the Covid-19 protocol. The Police have filed cases against six Congress leaders and 100 workers for flouting covid guidelines to witness the change of guard at Indira Bhavan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an inordinate capacity for doublespeak and hypocritical posturing. Even then, his performance at the outreach meeting of the G7 Summit at Cornwall reached new heights.