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Since 2012, February 6 is marked as a day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The aim is to amplify and direct attention towards the ongoing efforts to eliminate this practice.

BHOPAL: Mystery surrounds over the extra attention being paid by the RSS Chief Dr. Mohan Bhagwat to Madhya Pradesh. In the last three to four months, Bhagwat has held camps in many cities of the state. At present, he is attending a five-day camp in Bhopal. One of the reasons attributed to RSS’ special attention to the state is that Congress government headed by Kamal Nath has undertaken many programmes to project an image of soft Hindutva. Kamal Nath’s tactics seem to be paying dividends.

The Union Budget 2020-21 said to have been prepared under the tutelage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and presented by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2020 to say the least is full of disincentives that will only drag down the consumer which in turn will discourage fresh investments. Is it that the RSS-controlled BJP government still refusing to acknowledge and accept the deepening slowdown? It is only the other day somebody seriously remarked that ‘boasting is usually only a sigh of lack of confidence’. One can imagine then the plight of the country and people when policy-makers are afflicted with both boasting and arrogance!

The three-day national council of the Communist Party of India at its special session dedicated to party organisation has decided to observe a week-long protest along with other left parties from February 12 to 18, 2020. The special session held on February 2-4, 2020 in Bhupesh Gupta Bhavan at Kolkata was presided over by the party’s West Bengal state secretary Swapan Banerjee.

Despite stiff opposition to CAA-NPR-NRC all over the country, the Modi government’s adamant attitude on their implementation is not only surprising but also alarming. PM Modi is still saying that people are being misled about CAA, deliberately ignoring the fact that it contains all the four fundamental errors – the error of principle, the error of omission, the error of commission, and the error of compensation. With all these errors, it is bound to create numerous known and unknown troubles during its implementation. Additionally, it forms a deadly cocktail along with NPR and NRC.

Pune: Fourth-seeded Kwan Soon-woo chalked out a hard-fought 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) win against Prajnesh Gunneswaran to move into the quarter-finals as Indian challenge came to an end in the singles at the third of Tata Open Maharashtra at Mhalunge Balewadi Stadium here on Thursday.

Mumbai: Mumbai City gave their hunt for a Hero Indian Super League play-off spot a massive boost after a dramatic 2-1 win over Jamshedpur at the Mumbai Football Arena here on Thursday.

Bhubaneswar: India, who commenced their FIH Hockey Pro League campaign on a winning note defeating the Netherlands in both their matches last month,. now face a bigger challenge when they take on World No. 1 side Belgium on Saturday and Sunday at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

Hyderabad: Bengaluru’s Khalin Joshi posted a four-under-67 to take centre stage in round two of the Golconda Masters Golf Championship at the Hyderabad Golf Club (HGC) here on Thursday.

New Delhi: NIKE, Inc. on Thursday unveiled breakthrough innovation for athletes competing in the Tokyo 2020 Games, including footwear designed to provide runners with a measurable performance benefit for a new era of competition.