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The spontaneity in the response to the farmers’ agitation makes it stand out from similar campaigns. The agitation is drawing support from all shades of public opinion and patriotic sportspersons from Punjab have threatened to return their awards. The first time this happened was when Anna Hazare launched his anti-corruption crusade. It is a different matter that the movement did not ultimately help achieve its goal, although it swept Narendra Modi’s BJP to power. The farmers stir many not be playing out in the same fashion, but it has the latent energy to sweep the Modi government away from power.

During the last Lok Sabha elections, Trinamool Congress supremo and chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee was quite sure that her party would get most of the 42 seats. Based on that hope she even dreamt of her party playing a major role in national politics. However, it didn’t happen. Her party lost 12 seats and got only 22 out of 42. The main beneficiary was BJP — which increased its seat share from 2 to 18.

New Delhi: Strains of Christmas music will reverberate in Indian homes on Saturday, December 12, when New Delhi YMCA launches Christmas festivities in the country.

Fatorda, Goa: NorthEast United held Bengaluru to thrilling 2-2 draw and split the points in the Hero ISL at the Fatorda Stadium, here on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju, on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious scheme to provide employment to retired sportspersons.

Gurugram: Hyderabad based teenager Sneha Singh will attempt to become the first ever amateur back-to-back winner in 2020 as she faces strong field in the eighth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the DLF Golf and Country Club here from Wednesday.

New Delhi: Hero MotoSports Team on Tuesday named three- rider team for the Dakar Rally 2021 while unveiling new bike and livery.

Bambolim, Goa: Having secured three straight wins, Mumbai City will aim to consolidate their place on the leaderboard when they face Chennaiyin in the Hero Indian Super League at the GMC Stadium in Bambolim, here on Wednesday.

Bangladesh is learning that even achieving economic progress comes with a price tag. . Its march from ‘developing’ to a middle income category by 2024willend the zero tariff and other concessions it currently enjoys from advanced countries on its exports. According to Bangladesh media estimates, the country’s readymade garments (RMG) export earnings from the European Union (EU) could drop by more than $3.8billion annually, following a reset in the present trade arrangements.

President Nicholas Maduro won convincingly in the elections to the 277 seat National Assembly elections in Venezuela on December 6 thereby ending the five year old majority of the right wingers following their victory in the 2015 elections. With the capture of National Assembly which is like the Parliament, President Maduro is now in complete control of all the wings of the Government, judiciary and the Army to lead the 30 million people of this Latin American country towards the projected path of his United Socialist Party (PSUV) which was led by Hugo Chavez before him.