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Twenty years after the corporatisation of the strategic operational division of the government’s Department of Telecommunication (DoT) as Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) by the then BJP-led government, under Atal Behari Vajpayee, the present government is planning to corporatise a part of another department, the Railways. It is engaged in production of rolling stocks, including coaches, wheels and engines. The unplanned corporatisation of telecom department operation, which witnessed the transfer of some two lakh government employees to the corporate body, BSNL, is now faced with a kind of financial disaster. BSNL, with 1,74,216 employees till 2018, spent Rs. 14,488 crore on its employees’ salary account out of its total revenue of Rs. 19,308 crore, last year. The company incurred a loss of around Rs. 14,000 crore.

Al Khobar (Saudi Arabia): India ended their AFC U19 Championship 2020 campaign with a 0-3 loss to Afghanistan on Sunday at the Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium in Al Khobar.

New Delhi: 23-year old Angad Vir Bajwa, and 44-year old Mairaj Ahmad Khan, won a gold and silver respectively in Skeet at the 14th Asian Shooting Championship in Doha Qatar on Sunday and in the process secured India’s 14thand 15thTokyo Olympic quota places.

Bhavnagar: Fifth-seed Haryana boy, Jeet Chandra, sent top-seeded Sanil Shetty packing to join state mate Soymajit Ghosh in the semi-finals of the UTT National Ranking (Central Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the SAG Sports Complex here today.

New Delhi: Teenager Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, claimed a bronze in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) and earned a record 13th Olympic quota place in Shooting for India. at the 14th Asian Shooting Championship in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday.

Bhavnagar: Among the top eight men seeds, third-seeded Sudhanshu Grover was denied entry into the men singles quarterfinals when he went down to Ronit Bhanja 2-4 in the UTT National Ranking (Central Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the SAG Sports Complex here today.

Chachoengsao, Thailand: Veteran S.S.P. Chawrasia made his return to the Thai Country Club after 12 years a memorable one by grabbing a share of the lead with Australia’s Andrew Martin following the penultimate round of the Thailand Open on Saturday.

Bhavnagar: Second-seeded Manush Shah’s withdrawal in the round of 32 has not only jeopardised his chance of winning a medal but also deprived him of valuable points in the UTT National Ranking (Central Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the SAG Sports Complex here today.

New Delhi: The Indian hockey team believes that 2023 World Cup to be hosted in the country will be their best chance to finish on the podium after India last won the coveted trophy in 1975.

New Delhi: Commonwealth Games champion Tejaswini Sawant, finished fourth in the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) final in the 14thAsian Shooting Championship in Qatar on Saturday to clinch 12th quota place for India for the next year's Olympic Games.