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Pune: Veteran Leander Paes has opined that Indian tennis needs to have people like Rahul Dravid and Pullela Gopichand, who has done excellent job in producing young talent in their respective sports.

Bhubaneswar: India got off to a stupendous start in the FIH Hockey Pro League after defeating the Netherlands in both their matches last month. The World No. 5 team will certainly look to continue their form when they face the World champion Belgium on 8 and 9 February at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

New Delhi: Shuttler Chirag Shetty has echoed positive thoughts on the government’s efforts of hosting the Khelo India University Games.

Hyderabad: Gurugram’s Veer Ahlawat posted a classy five-under-66 to surge ahead in round three of Golconda Masters Championship at the Hyderabad Golf Club (HGC) here on Friday.

New Delhi: Lalit Yadav, who was picked up by Delhi Capitals at December’s IPL Auction held in Kolkata, is looking forward to being a part of the tournament for the first time. “This tournament is a huge platform for upcoming cricketers,” he said.

Kozhikode: In an enticing face-off between north and south, Gokulam Kerala FC will host on Real Kashmir FC at the EMS Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode on Saturday.

Kolkata: ATK will look to reclaim their top position in the Hero Indian Super League table when they take on Odisha at the Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday. The Kolkata outfit trail Goa by three points but a win over Odisha would once again reinstate them at the pole position owing to a better goal difference for now, along with the head-to-head record.

BHOPAL: Mystery surrounds over the extra attention being paid by the RSS Chief Dr. Mohan Bhagwat to Madhya Pradesh. In the last three to four months, Bhagwat has held camps in many cities of the state. At present, he is attending a five-day camp in Bhopal. One of the reasons attributed to RSS’ special attention to the state is that Congress government headed by Kamal Nath has undertaken many programmes to project an image of soft Hindutva. Kamal Nath’s tactics seem to be paying dividends.

The Union Budget 2020-21 said to have been prepared under the tutelage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and presented by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2020 to say the least is full of disincentives that will only drag down the consumer which in turn will discourage fresh investments. Is it that the RSS-controlled BJP government still refusing to acknowledge and accept the deepening slowdown? It is only the other day somebody seriously remarked that ‘boasting is usually only a sigh of lack of confidence’. One can imagine then the plight of the country and people when policy-makers are afflicted with both boasting and arrogance!

The three-day national council of the Communist Party of India at its special session dedicated to party organisation has decided to observe a week-long protest along with other left parties from February 12 to 18, 2020. The special session held on February 2-4, 2020 in Bhupesh Gupta Bhavan at Kolkata was presided over by the party’s West Bengal state secretary Swapan Banerjee.