A number of barbs have been flung at Anna Hazare and the India Against Corruption campaign, amidst the rising popularity of the effort. Are these justified, wonders Rajesh Kasturirangan.

The Commonwealth Games were no showcase, but a mirror of India 2010. If they presented anything, it was Indian crony, casino capitalism at its most vigorous, writes P Sainath.

With only 14 functional State Security Commissions in the country, and those too with flawed compositions and diluted roles, the efforts towards minimising government interference in police functioning have naturally been lax. Navya PK cites critical findings of a CHRI Report that shows the present sad state of our SSCs.

While agreeing with General S Padmanabhan who says in his recent book that "politicisation of the military is a self defeating exercise in a democracy," it is difficult to concede that "greed for fish and loaves of office" is how the politician would corrupt the military establishment and wrench it from its apolitical moorings, writes Firdaus Ahmed.

The proposed 1000 MW coal-fired power plant at Chamalapura, Mysore, to be located on agricultural land and within 30 kilometres of the Nagarhole and Bandipur national parks, evoked strong protests last year. Recent announcements indicate that the government is going slow. Nandini Chami has more.

In the name of good governance, decision-making powers in Karnataka are being given to parastatal organizations and non-elected task forces. Kathyayini Chamaraj asks for a re-look at outsourcing government.

Karnataka's plan to harvest power from the Gundia river that runs through the Hassan and Dakshin Kannada districts has been criticised by environmentalists, farmers and the Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. Bhanu Sridharan investigates.

At least sixteen committees and panels – from the National Farmers Commission led by Professor M S Swaminathan to the Planning Commission's fact-finding-mission led by bureaucrat Adarsh Misra – came this year to Vidarbha, apparently peeved by and concerned over the suicide crisis. Nothing has come of all this yet, notes Jaideep Hardikar.

कोरोना के प्रकोप को देखते हुए देशभार में लॉकडाउन को एक बार फिर बढ़ा दिया गया है. ऐसे में देश की BSF और CISF की टीम ग्रामीण इलाकों में जरूरतमंदों को खाना बांट रही है. इसी कड़ी में झारखंड के पूर्व सिंहभूम जिले के रानीडिह गांव के करीब 700 जरूरतमंदों को सीआईएसएफ टीम की तरफ से खाना खिलाया गया. एक बूढ़ी औरत सीआईएसएफ के जवान के हाथों से खाना लेती हुई नजर आई. साथ ही ग्रामीण लोगों को कोविड-19 के बारे में जागरूक भी किया जा रहा है. देखें तस्वीरें.

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

The incident took place when Meera Solanka (29) from England's Solihull town was out with her friends, including her Chinese friend Mandy Huang (28) from London, celebrating her 29th birthday in Midlands region. Solanka was knocked unconscious and hospitalised after she stepped in when Mandy was told: "Take your f****** coronavirus back home!", Birmingham Mail newspaper reported.

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कोरोनावायरस महामारी (Coronavirus Pandemic) की वजह से नकदी संकट से जूझ रही केंद्र सरकार को पेट्रोल-डीजल (Petrol-Diesel) पर उत्पाद शुल्क (Excise Duty) में बढ़ोत्तरी करने से से चालू वित्त वर्ष में 1.6 लाख करोड़ रुपये का अतिरिक्त राजस्व मिल सकता है.

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The Bombay high court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to take an appropriate decision on sharing the transport costs of migrant workers returning homes.

Santee Mayor John Minto in a joint statement with the city council also condemned the incident and termed it a 'symbol of hatred'.

These duty rate changes will come into effect from May 6.

The government hiked excise duty on petrol by Rs 10 per litre and that on diesel by Rs 13 a litre to mop up gains arising from international oil prices falling to a two-decade low.

Despite crude prices trading at a two decades low, the government had earlier this week hiked excise duty on petrol by Rs 10 a litre and on diesel by Rs 13 a litre to mop up nearly Rs 1.6 lakh crore in additional revenue this fiscal.

First 20 minutes of Mrs Serial Killer look like a total assault on the senses, but what do you do? You can only wait for little joys of life.

JK Rowling tweeted in support of a researcher who lost her job for stating that people cannot change their biological sex. A spokeswoman for Rowling said that the author would not have any further comment.

French Football Federation president felt the Ligue 1 season was over while Lyon president was not sure of the same. The league is yet to take a decision.

Italian football would suffer losses of up to 800 million euros in TV rights, sponsors, ticketing and marketing in the event of the season being cancelled.

FC Cologne midfielder Birger Verstraete said he should not have given the interview out of emotion while the club said the player gave false impression of the safety measures in place.

Patrice Evra was subjected to racism in 2011 by Luis Suarez, for which the latter received an 8-match ban by the FA.

Bala Devi posted a video of herself stretching her legs, creating a gym experience for herself at home.

Lewis Hamilton will start from second after his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas pipped him to the pole at British Grand Prix

Thirty-three CISF personnel deployed at the gallery's security unit have been asked to self-quarantine, Indian Museum director A D Choudhury told PTI.

The 47-year-old, who was a qualified ophthamologist, was rushed to a hospital when he fainted soon after ingesting the chemical component.

Among the 48 active cases, maximum 31 are in the unit that guards the Delhi Metro followed by 13 in the Mumbai international airport guarding unit.

The RJD supremo has been admitted in the private ward of Ranchi's Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences which has been designated as a 'coronavirus hospital'.

That Tony Perkins and his ilk get to dictate, influence opinion about Bharat speaks volumes of the deterioration in standards of USCIRF.

The Congress party slammed the Khattar government's move to 'burden people' in the time of a crisis.

Congress said while other governments were putting money in people's hand during the crisis caused by coronavirus, the BJP-JJP dispensation was 'taking anti-people decisions' in Haryana.

I expect the Prime Ministers Office to take a rational and judicious decision, keeping aside the state politics, said NCP chief Sharad Pawar.

The CM said Students' fares were being paid directly by his government to the railways, while migrant workers will be reimbursed the entire expenses they incurred on the journey once they have completed their 21-day quarantine after reaching Bihar.

The ruling party also accused the Congress of promoting indiscriminate movement of people which would lead to "faster spread" of coronavirus infection.

As per figures released by the state excise department, on the very first day of the opening of shops, people bought liquor worth about 225 crore, setting a new record.

Venugopal said it was due to protests by a large number of expatriates and their relatives as well as the general public over the past few days that the central government took the decision to bring back Indian citizens from abroad.

A freewheeling interview, some banter thrown in, and careful attention to the fact that no personal attacks on PM Narendra Modi are made while questioning the government over the coronavirus pandemic crisis was the template of Gandhi's press conference.

Echoing similar sentiments put forth by several eminent economists, the senior Congress leader appealed to the central government to shed its reservations and borrow more in 2020-21.

A day after Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) and Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation decided to deny entry to local residents employed in essential services in Mumbai and residing in Kalyan-Dombivli and Ulhasnagar limits from May 8, both corporations issued fresh order on Wednesday staying their order passed on Tuesday.

The Health Ministry said it now wants people experiencing difficulty breathing or heavy sluggishness to seek advice on whether they may have been infected with the new coronavirus.

The researchers cautioned that the differences observed in the study relate to size and sex and that there is great variability in airway size among different individuals.

Symptoms of exercise-induced asthma during or following exercise include chest tightness or pain, cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, underperformance or poor performance on the field, fatigue and prolonged recovery time.

Shilpa Shetty has posted a video showing a number of exercises you can do at home to keep your body flexible and pain-free.

A pharmacist died and his boss was left hospitalised after the pair drank a chemical concoction they had developed in an effort to treat coronavirus, police said Saturday. The men worked for a herbal...

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