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June - an auspicious start of summer in England for Indian cricket
The inaugural edition of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final is to be held at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Southampton in England from June 18. India should look at it as a lucky omen, as June 2021 could just be the crowning glory for Indian cricket, if they lift the trophy and become the official Test cricket champions. It would be a glorious moment for Indian cricket after 89 years of playing the longest format.
Multiplexes face single screen fate
Now that is a tough situation there. The first multiplex at Saket, Delhi, came up in 1997, owned by the PVR group. The 20th century was nearing its end, and the 21st century promised to be the era of multiplexes. Not only the big corporate houses, investors and even foreign companies entered this exhibition trade. There was no bases or logic in the build-up to the multiplex rise.
India's Covid-19 Challenge: A Crisis Management Perspective
During first wave last year India was grossly unprepared, but the control of Covid-19 management system was central. The centralized lockdown and management helped India to control the spread and generate requisite capacity to handle the case load during the process of unlocking.
India's Central Vista must dedicate a memorial to "Live. And Let Live"
The controversial project may continue, or may be paused, but in any case, in next 3 or so years, India will have a new central administrative district. The renovation is fairly justified since there is a reasonable case that many of the old buildings of the government and the present Parliament are running out of spaces or upgrades, and hence, a revamp of some degree is needed in the next 4 to 5 years.
Election saga: How BJP lost the plot in Bengal polls
While several reasons might come out in the party's internal introspection meetings, IANS lists some factors that helped Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cruise to a landslide victory over the saffron brigade, which used all its resources in the run-up to the high-octane Assembly polls to wrest power from the Trinamool Congress in the state.
Ahead in the GDP race - USA or China?
We must remember that these technologies (IR3.0 technologies and later) changed the direction of GDP growths from the West to Asia after 1970, particularly China in this globalised, connected world. IR 1.0 and 2.0 technologies had helped most Western nations take over all nations in GDP growth when they increased their GDP 5 to 10 times.
Covid Emergency: We should go back to the districts
The leadership of the Civil Services advises the policymakers and also coordinates implementation of the Government's decisions. The matter of whether inputs provided by it to the political masters were duly considered, cannot be easily fathomed but it can be rationally believed that 'wise counsels' would be rarely disregarded.
Ninth Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur led a dharmic path
Guru Tegh Bahadurji was born into a tradition that challenged Mughals of Central Asia that had occupied vast tracts of Indian territory. He is a symbol of tenacity, sacrifice and his life is a wonderful example of physical and mental valour.
The show must go on
The pertinent question that has arisen is whether the Indian Premier League (IPL) should continue or not. The IPL at present is the lifeline for Indian cricket and cricketers. The Indian cricket board (BCCI) could have easily held it in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) like they did six months ago.
Is India's military exercise with Kyrgyzstan part of its bigger outreach in Central Asia?
Seen in isolation, Khanjar-VIII, the name of the manoeuvres, may not mean much. But when clubbed with China's long shadow over the region, which has discomforted both Russia, the traditional heavyweight, and India, which is anxious that its deep cultural ties with Central Asia may soon be eroded under Beijing's influence, it acquires an altogether different meaning.
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