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Albany, Bahamas: Patrick Reed shot a second successive 66 to move to 12-under and three shots clear of the field at the halfway stage of the Hero World Challenge.

Pokhara: Ashmita Chaliha and Siril Verma were crowned the men’s and women’s singles champions as Indian shuttlers claimed eight medals that included four gold, two silver and two bronze in the individual badminton events which came to an end at the 13th South Asian Games here in Nepal today.

Guwahati: An unbeaten NorthEast United face a tough Hero Indian Super League challenge at home when ATK visits the Indira Gandhi Athletic stadium here on Saturday.

Bhubaneswar: With the year coming to a close, it has been a positive one for Hockey team's drag-flicker Rupinder Pal who made a comeback to the side when he took part in the team's Tour of Belgium and then the crucial FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Odisha held in November.

Jammu: It was a sad day for Indian table tennis as two stalwart coaches, Bhawani Mukherji and Tapan Bose, breathed their last today.

An unprecedented decline has started eroding the economy in the country. It has also induced an extremely slow pace to the growth in the eight core sectors, contracting it to 5.8 per cent in October 2019, leading to nose dive in the production in most core sectors. The cumulative growth during financial year 2018-19 was also indicative of the dangerous abyss facing the economy.

BERLIN: Looking out my window at the wide Karl Marx Allee boulevard below, I have seen many a big May Day parade march by in the old GDR days, and many a passing bicycle race or marathon.

LUCKNOW: Senior Uttar Pradesh Congress leaders are gearing up for show of strength to confront the leadership. Shocked by their expulsion from party, senior Congress leaders have decided to hold big conclave of party leaders from all over the state on December 28 at Lucknow to decide future Course of action. Former MPs and MLAs are expected to the workers conclave to discuss the extraordinary situation.

The growing urbanization in India seems to be nothing but an urban sprawl since the legal, institutional, and financial challenges has been causing scant implementation of the Town Plan (TP) Scheme of the country that was institutionalized even more than 100 years ago. Economic development model and migration into the town are causing additional challenges. India has been implementing ‘Smart City Projects’ for the last few years for creation of new townships, bur the progress is very slow. Moreover, the project itself is not the answer to the scanty implementation of the TP Scheme in the country.

If you cannot fight your enemy, join him: This is a most pragmatic approach, provided one is emotionally strong enough to absorb the change in role. Something similar is being advocated with regard to the policy on gambling: if it’s not possible to prevent it, regulate it.