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Okay. Here's how it is. Ambani and Adani are mighty accomplished hombres not only in our neck of woods, but also in other necks we don't have an inkling of. And, they have dazzled Prime Minister Narendra Modi with their wealth or, shall we say, with their tremendous wealth-creating means and abilities. In fact, the threat to Ambani, apart from planted gelatin sticks, is Adani, who was the fastest growing billionaire worldwide in 2020. He's still trailing Ambani but that's neither here nor there.

Among this year’s Padma Vibhushan award winners, there is only one personality who got the honour posthumously. Narender Singh Kapany died only last year after reaching 94 which few people reach. Many achievements stand to his credit; very few have reached that height of glory. He was an Indian-American physicist best known for his work on fibre optics. He is credited with coining the term fibreoptics and is also considered ‘father of fibre optics’. Magazine Fortune named him one of seven ‘Unsung Heroes’ in their ‘Businessmen of the century’ issue in 1999. He was awarded India’s second highest civilian award the Padma Vibhushan posthumously this year.

LUCKNOW: Feeling threat from Congress under the leadership of hyperactive Priyanka Gandhi, Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav has ruled out alliance with any national Party. Launching direct attack on Congress, Akhilesh Yadav recently said that it was following BJP. Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav is very critical of Congress and leave no opportunity to criticise it.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It may sound a bit hyperbolic. But it is an undeniable reality. The Congress, which heads the United Democratic Front (UDF), is at war with itself. The list of candidates for the Assembly elections, announced on Sunday, has triggered an avalanche of protest, the like of which the Congress in the State has not witnessed hitherto. The ferocity and the scale of protests have shaken the party to its core.

On the second day of the nationwide strike in banks against the proposed privatisation of Public Sector Banks (PSBs), our Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a statement that the interests of workers of such banks will be completely protected. What would be a better example of narrowness of the mindset with which our government is functioning? Privatisation of PSBs is not all about its employees; it is about equitable access to finance for all, keeping financial services affordable, security for the depositors money, and finally the interest of the nation and its people.

Whenever petrol and diesel prices go up, the government claims it is open market forces at work. But like all pre-election times, fuel prices have suddenly stopped rising and there has been no increase for the past two weeks or so. While it is true that international crude prices have taken a breather in recent days, the reason for a stall in the century run of fuel prices in India is anything but that. It is a deal between the government and the oil companies.

Finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has announced that not all public sector banks will be privatised, but only a select few. If privatisation is good, then all must be privatised; if it is not so, then none should be.

Kalyani: Relegation was confirmed for NEROCA as they slumped to yet another defeat, losing by a solitary goal to nil against Sudeva Delhi at the Kalyani Municipal Stadium here on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Country's number one in both WTA Singles and Doubles rankings Ankita Raina and six-time Grand Slam winner Sania Mirza will lead India's charge in the Billie Jean King Cup World Group play-off tie against Latvia in April.

Jaipur: Seher Atwal, who grabbed a maiden breakthrough win in the fourth leg, is back for the sixth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at Rambagh Golf Course, Jaipur and she will battle it out with Jahanvi Bakshi, who found her maiden win in the fifth leg last week.