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As sports regains ground in Mumbai, over 35 teams have registered to play the Hockey India-sanctioned, School of Sports-sponsored, Winter Rink Hockey Tournament to be played at Dominic Savio Ground, Andheri, on February 12 and 13. This is the first hockey tournament in Mumbai to take place after 2020 witnessed no sporting action at all. “The players are ready, and so is the ground. With no action taking place in 2020, the teams jumped at the first opportunity they got to get back. I want to thank Hockey India for approving this tournament and extending their support by allocating qualified umpires for the event,” tournament organiser Lawrence Bing said. Lawrence added that in the times where it was difficult arranging for finance to organise tournaments, Siddharth Krishnamoorthy of School of Sports stepped up to provide financial backing to the event. Participating teams Men: Bombay Republican, India Rush, UK United, Western Railway, Central Railway, Union Bank, … [Read more...] about Hockey set to resume in Mumbai: 37 teams register for rink tournament

Tilak Nagar, Mulund see spurt in cases as residents flout Covid protocols MUMBAI: Nine of the city’s 24 civic wards are registering a higher growth rate of Covid-19 cases than the city’s average. While Covid-19 cases in Mumbai grew 0.13% over the past one week, five wards from the eastern suburbs, three from western and one from central Mumbai recorded a growth rate of 0.14% to 0.21%. Importantly, cases are mainly from non-slum areas. Areas reporting most cases from central suburbs include Tilak Nagar, Mulund, Nehru Nagar in Kurla, Ghatkopar, Vikhroli and Bhandup. In the western suburbs, more cases are being reported from Bandra, Khar, Andheri and Jogeshwari (East). The only ward showing a higher growth rate from central Mumbai is F-North (0.15%) that includes Matunga and Dharavi. Civic officials said the spurt in cases couldn’t be linked to local train access to all as people were already commuting by buses and other modes. 1 In M-West Ward that covers … [Read more...] about Mumbai: Nine wards see COVID cases rise above city’s average

'Vietnam had shown that the world could indeed be changed and the power of the people was more than the power of the State.' 'America's withdrawal from Vietnam was an inspiring moment for all of us. We believed it was a glorious victory of ideology and spirit, as historic as the defeat of the Nazis.' Kumar Ketkar remembers the end of the Vietnam War 40 years ago. Image: Viet Cong soldiers during the Vietnam War. Photograph: Getty Images I distinctly remember the tense and confrontationist atmosphere in Bombay when Madame Binh visited the city in July 1970. Madame Nguyen Thi Binh was the Communist leader of South Vietnam. The peasants organised by the Communist Party there were termed the Vietcong by the US military and the American media. So when the news appeared in the Indian press that a senior Vietcong leader, Madame Binh, would visit Bombay (it was not Mumbai then), we were excited. Madame Binh became the foreign minister of Vietnam after it was … [Read more...] about ‘Mera Naam Tera Naam, Vietnam-Vietnam!’