Scrutiny of the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority Act shows that the progressive promises of its wording are likely to be belied. Partly this is because of fundamental flaws in its structure, but it is also partly because it reinforces the standard World Bank pattern of reforms, writes Shripad Dharmadhikary.

Beginning this week with the Brics summit at Fortaleza and Brasilia in Brazil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a packed foreign policy schedule over the next two months.

Moderate exercise in middle, older age cuts time spent in hospital

टेनिस स्टार रोजर फेडरर (Roger Federer) की दो जुड़वां बेटियां और दो जुड़वां बेटे हैं. वो छह भाषाएं जानते हैं.

बार्सिलोना (Barcelona FC) के टीम डायरेक्टर जब पहली बार लियोनेल मेसी (Lionel Messi) से मिले तभी उनसे करार करने का मन बना लिया. लेकिन उस वक्त उनके पास कागज नहीं था. उन्होंने एक नेपकिन पेपर लिया और उसी पर मेसी से अनुबंध साइन करवा लिया.

साइकिल चोरी होने की रिपोर्ट लिखाने पुलिस स्टेशन गए थे मुहम्मद अली (Muhammad Ali), वहीं से निकली बॉक्सर (Boxer) बनने की राह.

लीक तोड़कर नया रास्ता बनाने वालीं कैरोलिना मारिन (Carolina Marin) ने आठ साल की उम्र तक रैकेट छुआ भी नहीं था. अब उनके नाम तीन विश्व खिताब और ओलंपिक का गोल्ड भी है.

एमसी मैरीकॉम (MC Mary Kom) खेल जगत के लिए ही प्रेरणा नहीं है, बल्कि दुनिया की हर एक महिला, हर एक पत्‍नी और हर एक मां के लिए भी प्रेरणा हैंं.

स्टार फुटबॉलर नेमार (Neymar) कोरोना वायरस के समय दो बार चर्चा में आए. पहली बार उन पर सोशल डिस्टेंसिंग का पालन नहीं करने का आरोप लगा. दूसरी बार उन्होंने 10 लाख डॉलर दान कर सुर्खियां बटोरीं.

भारत को ओलिंपिक में पहला व्‍यक्तिगत गोल्‍ड मेडल दिलाने वाले अभिनव बिंद्रा (Abhinav Bindra) का करियर इतिहास रचने से ठीक दो साल पहले खत्‍म होने की कगार पर पहुंच गया था

1976 में एक खेल पुरस्‍कार वितरण समारोह में कोच ओएम नांबियार ने पीटी उषा (PT Usha) को देखा था और वह उनके तेज चलने के तरीके से काफी प्रभावित हुए थे.

26 साल की दीपा करमाकर (Dipa Karmakar) की कहानी फिल्मी नहीं है. मगर जब आप उनकी जिंदगी के छोटे-छोटे हिस्सों से मिलते हैं, तो उनका संघर्ष और समर्पण देखकर हैरान रह जाते हैं.

बिलियर्ड्स और स्‍नूकर खिलाड़ी पंकज आडवानी (Pankaj Advani) 23 बार के वर्ल्‍ड चैंपियन हैं

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Politicians from Australia and New Zealand are discussing the possibility of opening up borders to each other, creating a travel corridor -- or "travel bubble" -- between the two nations.

The prime minister also had discussions with key economic ministries such as Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, and MSME to discuss various issues.

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Khan said the BCCI representative did not raise the IPL window issue at Thursday's ICC Chief Executives virtual meeting where he took part as PCB's representative.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed India's readiness to provide all possible support to Myanmar to mitigate the health and economic impact of COVID-19.

India and Italy will work together for addressing the challenges of the post-COVID world, including through our consecutive presidencies of the G20, Modi wrote on Twitter.

Gokhale, the prime minister said, also provided exemplary leadership to India's freedom movement and made 'outstanding contributions towards education and social empowerment.'

A case was registered against the two men for allegedly posting an objectionable WhatsApp message against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

In a tweet, PM Modi also noted that tens of thousands of Indian soldiers also made the sacrifice in the second World War.

Indian embassies may be directed to issue necessary clearance without seeking individual approval from MHA to avoid delay, the letter read.

Reacting to the reports of faulty test kits, Tharoor said he read comments on social media over the issue stating that what can the Modi government do about it as other countries also had the same experience.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said the government should rethink on lockdown measures as the country cannot have the 'lockdown of people and lockout of the economy'.

In a letter to Modi, Gandhi also made some suggestions for the revival of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), which is reeling under the adverse impact of the coronavirus lockdown.

Be it businesses, offices, education institutes or medical sector, everyone is adapting to changes in the post-coronavirus world, PM Modi said.

The Samajwadi Party chief also questioned why the ‘Kutumb Shakha’ of the RSS is being held despite a nationwide lockdown.

In a letter to the prime minister, Yechury said the political executive in the country is proving its "incompetence by knee-jerk reactions" and suggested measures that need to be put in place to fight coronavirus.

The Congress leader demanded that 1 lakh tests should be done from the current 40,000 as the country has testing kits in stock.

The Congress cited media reports about rapid test kits for Covid-19 being sold at around 150 per cent profits to the government and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fix responsibility for the same.

The chief ministers also said that the government should evolve a policy for sending home migrant workers stranded in different states.

West bengal CM Mamata Banerjee further hit out at the Modi-led government for issuing lockdown-related circulars without consulting the state governments and which did not have adequate clarity.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said chief ministers requested PM Modi to tell the nation what is the exit strategy from the coronavirus lockdown

In a tweet, Gandhi said, "In Parliament I asked a straight question that who are the top 50 bank thieves, the finance minister refused to answer, and now the RBI has given the list of Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi, all BJP friends..."

A reply from RBI which stated that the government has waived Rs 68,607 crore of the top 50 bank loan defaulters.

Thackeray will cease to be the Maharashtra CM if he is not a member of the legislative council by May 28, when he completes six months in office.

The BJP in a statement said the former diplomats, during their talks with Nadda, hailed India's move to help other countries in this time of coronavirus crisis.

In his letter to the poll panel, the Governor said the elections should be held ‘at the earliest’ with a view to end the current uncertainty in the state.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan discussed the coronavirus lockdown in India and its economic impact.

The necessary guidelines will need to be ensured for safety against Covid-19 during the elections, the panel headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora stated.

Asking when the lockdown will finally end, Congress's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the prime minister must also lay out the exit strategy from it and spell out the goalpost in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and economy.

Congress general secretary K C Venugopal said Congress are working out the modalities to ensure that every worker and migrant stranded reaches home safely.

The RSS may want to be incorporate the broader policy adjustments -- both domestic and international – in the working and objectives of the government in the aftermath of the pandemic.

The prime minister also chaired a meeting of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to assess the situation.

BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi said the Modi government has been very much receptive to suggestions from the opposition but it should be constructive, adding that it is very typical of Gandhi to speak before media without studying facts.

The Chief Minister noted that Punjab was successfully moving in the service of the nation towards meeting its target of wheat procurement, notwithstanding the challenges imposed by the lockdown.