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BHOPAL: Farming for basic sustenance is all right, but farm entrepreneurship will really make a big change in the agrarian economy of Madhya Pradesh, says Santosh Yadav, a progressive farmer from Khargone district, who received Krishi Karman Award from Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Tumkur, Karnataka recently. He received the award for wheat production during 2016-17.

At a time when there have been protests in several parts of India against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, mostly organised by Muslim groups supported by Left liberals and the opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi rather chooses to connect with the majority community. Modi was on a visit to Kolkata where after his scheduled official tasks, including a meeting with his bête noire, state chief minister Mamata Banerjee, he stayed at Belur Math the whole night. The next morning, PM Modi observed the 158th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the most revered Hindu monk of the modern times — whose life has influenced many leading nationalist leaders and leading Indian thinkers of the British era, including Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Rabindranath Tagore, Aurobindo Ghosh and C. Rajagopalachari.

Speaking at Ramkrishna Mission in Belur Math on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tried to delineate a new political line by saying that the youth of the country are being misguided about the Citizenship Amendment Act. This does not manifest the element of sudden realisation in the ruling clique; instead, it reflects the shift in the strategy of Modi. Just before taking the protesters Modi intends to split their rank.

Guwahati: Hockey matches of the third edition of the Khelo India Youth Games 2020 got off to a rollicking start here at the Maulana Md. Tayabullah Hockey Stadium. Below are the results from Under-17 Men and Women as well as U-21 Men and Women round robin league matches held on Monday.

New Delhi: Ace mid fielder Manpreet Singh was on Monday retained captain of the 20-member Indian hockey team for the double header season opener of the FIH Pro League against the Netherlands to be held at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on 18 and 19 January.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has asked industry leaders to stop ‘self-doubt’ and unleash the animal spirits that have been missing in the economy all this while. But the boss in the North Block office herself seemed to be in need of booster dose of confidence. The persistent criticism about her performance seems to have done its bit to shake her own confidence in doing whatever she is supposed to be doing.

What distinguishes the present government from its predecessors, according to external affairs minister S. Jaishankar, is its problem-solving attitude.

The government’s latest resolve to invest as large as Rs 102 lakh crore in infrastructure is most welcome But, it may have little impact on the country’s shrinking economic growth unless they are properly executed, monitored in stages and their impacts thoroughly audited. After all, the government’s claim of spending over Rs 50 lakh crore on infrastructure over the last six years seems to have failed to generate much positive results on economy. The questions are naturally raised about the sources of such large funds, specific investment projects, their locations and implementation schedules and resultant impact on employment and national income.

Pressure continued to mount on Iran’s regime as thousands poured onto the streets demanding democratic elections and the resignation of supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei. The huge protests took place in major Iranian cities again on January 11 and 12 after Iranian authorities made a stunning about-turn on Saturday, as they admitted to shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet on Wednesday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Narendra Modi Government never loses an opportunity to tout the delights of ‘co-operative federalism.’ But the gap between what it preaches and practises remains yawning.