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Every citizen has the right to celebrate or observe the Republic Day, depending on one’s frame of mind and mood. There is no prescribed manner in which to this, although flag hoisting is a common event. As such, the protesting farmers have a right to observe the day in a manner that fits best with their situation and they have announced a tractor rally in Delhi and protests across the country to press for their demand for the repeal of the three controversial farm laws the Modi government has passed in a jiffy.

The New Year has begun with a sobering reminder that the foreign policy of the Modi government is in shambles and its pro-US approach has landed the country in a strategic cul-de-sac.

While launching a book on Mahatma Gandhi, anathema to the RSS since its inception, its chief Bhagwat said: “If someone is Hindu, he has to be patriotic, that will be his or her basic character and nature. At times you may have to awaken his or her patriotism but he (Hindu) can never be anti-India.” The quoted section created a controversy as people were quick to recognise and call out the divisive agenda behind such utterings. RSS-BJP leaders are making such remarks which are disrespectful of the spirit of our Constitution and are reflective of the nefarious designs of the RSS-BJP.

Vasco, Goa: Two goals in first half enabled Chennaiyin overpower spirited Odisha 2-1 to keep their hopes alive for the top four-berth in the Hero Indian Super League at the GMC Stadium here on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Maharashtra's Rahi Sarnobat, Punjab's Rajeshwari Kumari and Lakshay Sheoran (Haryana) topped their respective events in the national shooting trials at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range here on Wednesday.

Kolkata: Table-toppers Churchill Brothers clash swords against third-placed Mohammedan Sporting on Thursday at the Kalyani Municipal Stadium in Kolkata.

Fatorda, Goa: Goa will look to extend its 3-game unbeaten streak when they take on Jamshedpur in the Hero Indian Super League at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda on Thursday.

Bengaluru: Ridhima Dilawari began with a double bogey, but by the time the first round of the first leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour ended, she had a share of the lead with Amandeep Dral.

Guess what, the conservative lot in the United States of America, the “greatest nation the world has ever known”, is cursing its lot in the changed outlook since the January 6 “insurrection,” lamenting the hard times POTUS Donald Trump’s lot are getting at the hands of Big Tech — Facebook and Twitter and Google, and Snapchat... The “bans” and the “ousters”, the “ejections” and the “expulsions.” It’s like the aliens have landed, and the extraterrestrials don’t recognize the ‘Who’s Who’ among the right-leaning earthlings!

Supreme Court of India these days are behaving in bizarre ways. After all the hearings on the petitions challenging the enactment of the three farm laws by the Narendra Modi Government in Parliament in a hurry during pandemic, the three member bench of the Court set up a four member committee for listening to the views of farmers and the Government for submitting recommendations. One positive thing is that the apex court stayed the implementation of the three farm laws until further orders.