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Guwahati: The third edition of the ambitious Khelo India Youth Games will take place on a larger and grander canvas in the picturesque locales of Guwahati, starting from January 10, 2020 and ending 13 action-packed days later.

Four months from now, the financial year 2019-20 will come to an end. Eight months have already passed with such a fall in the GDP growth rate that all our hopes have been shattered. Slowdown in the Indian economy cannot be reversed in near future. The country cannot realize the budgeted GDP growth rate for this year. The fall in GDP growth rate has touched a new low at 4.5 per cent in the second quarter as against 5 percent in the first. It is worst after 2012-13 when the base year was changed for the new series of the data. The average growth rate in the first six month is thus merely 4.75 per cent, and then in the last two months, the economic and financial crises have signalled a further decline.

Politics is a weird game; yesterday’s enemies are today’s allies. Nobody thought the Congress and Shiv Sena will come on the same platform. One can give some margin to NCP; the Congress-NCP have been in alliance for so long. The BJP and Shiv Sena follow the same ideology and have been allies for about three decades. One can say their commitment is only to one ideology, that is grabbing power.

Jalandhar: Railways dominated the proceedings as Sumit and Satyawart Kadiyan clinched gold medal and their place in the upcoming South Asian Games (SAG) on the opening day of the Tata Motors Senior Wrestling National Championships here on Friday.

Hyderabad: An injury time strike by Robin Singh helped 10 man Hyderabad FC salvage a draw against Bengaluru FC in a thrilling Hero Indian Super League tie at the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium here.

Ajmer: In a remarkable match of one-upmanship, 12th seeded Arjun Ghosh (AAI) proved the stuffing he is made of when he toppled No. 1 seed title-favourites Manav Thakkar 4-2 in the men's singles semi-final of the 49th Inter-Institutional Table Tennis Championships at the MCC Indoor Stadium here today.

New Delhi: Punjab's Angad Vir Bajwa and Uttar Pradesh's Saniya Shiekh upset favorites and four- round leader Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Ganemat Sekhon to win the the Men’s and women's Skeet titles respectively at the 63rdNational Shooting Championship Competitions here on Friday.

On 27th November, 2019, following almost two weeks of hearing, the Supreme Court reserved its judgment in the slew of petitions filed by citizens and political leaders challenging the complete restrictions on internet communications and mobility in Jammu & Kashmir, after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution on 5th August, 2019. The petitioners mainly included Anuradha Bhasin, Editor of Kashmir Times; Ghulam Nabi Azad, senior Congress leader from Kashmir; and Asifa Mubeen, amongst others. Even after almost four months of lockdown, wherein 7 million Kashmiris are literally living a military seige, the Supreme Court has dealt with these petitions in the most cavaliar and casual fashion, with no importance given to the urgency of the situation.

Kolkata: History was made on Thursday in Indian football when City Football Group (CFG) acquired a 65 per cent stake in Hero Indian Super League club Mumbai City FC. The Hero ISL club joins an elite list of clubs who are under the ownership of the Abu Dhabi based CFG which includes Premier League champions Manchester City and six other clubs around the world.

Gurugram: Jitender Yadav, a 23-year-old physical education student from Nangloi in Delhi, will bid fair to complete a hat-trick of victories while doughty 25-year-old Ladakhi Tsetan Dolkar could well be the woman runner to beat in the fifth Apollo Tyres Millennium City Marathon on the Sikanderpur and Golf Course Road underpasses here on Sunday.