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Yogeshwar Dutt & Vijender Singh: Two Olympians-turned-BJP leaders join chorus against new UGC rules

Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt has posted sharp criticism on social media, invoking Draupadi’s vastraharan to question the new guidelines.

BJP’s Yogeshwar Dutt loses to Congress again in Haryana’s Baroda, in 1st poll after farm laws

In his second defeat from the Jat-dominated seat, Dutt loses to Congress' Induraj Narwal by over 9,200 votes. Congress terms Baroda win farmers’ victory against an 'anti-farmer regime'.

2 wrestlers, a TikTok star & former hockey captain — how BJP’s stars fared in Haryana

The BJP was counting on celebrities to deliver some of the toughest constituencies, including three it had never won.

In Haryana elections, three sportspersons face the toughest challenge for BJP

Wrestlers Yogeshwar Dutt & Babita Phogat, and ex-hockey captain Sandeep Singh tasked with wresting Baroda, Charkhi Dadri & Pehowa — 3 seats BJP has never won.

Khemka, Yogeshwar in Twitter battle over Haryana govt’s ‘Tughlaki diktat’

The Haryana notification asking sportspersons employed by the state to deposit 33% of their earnings to the govt was put on hold by CM Manohar Lal Khattar after it triggered a huge uproar by athletes.

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.