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New Delhi: National champion Archana Kamath’s perseverance paid off as the teenager took India past the finish-line in the decider of round of 32 against favourites Sweden at the ITTF World Team Qualification Tournament in Gondomar (Portugal) on Wednesday.

India, with a revised down growth projection at 4.8 per cent in current fiscal (2019/20), finds itself on a rough road to regain the lost momentum for 7 per cent, given the latest IMF projections of 5.8 per cent in fiscal 2021 and 6.5 per cent in 2021-22. The Modi government’s ambitious goal of a five trillion dollar economy by 2024 stands ruled out for the near future.

Will Nitish Kumar strive to keep his flock together and united, or sacrifice the interest of his party JD(U) for protecting and promoting the personal interest of Modi and Shah? This is the question haunting most of the JD(U) leaders. This question has attained huge significance and a completely new dynamics, with the party vice president Prashant Kishor challenging Shah’s assertion at a Lucknow public meeting that Modi government would not succumb to the opposition pressure tactics and withdraw the CAA.

BHOPAL: Along with rest of India, CAA and NRC are causing tensions and clashes between us of the two measures and administration in Madhya Pradesh, too. However, an incident in Rajgarh, which happens to be the home district of Digvijaya Singh, caused a flutter in the state’s political and administrative circles. The interesting part of the episode was a direct clash between the collector and deputy collector and the protestors. Both the officers happened to be women.

Domestic investment is sluggish and consumption is in slump. It dragged GDP growth in tailspin. On the contrary, foreign investors were unperturbed and poured in cash, reposing confidence in strong parameters of the Indian economy. Amidst this paradoxical situation of investment, China emerged as a new brand of potential investor, leaving aside the political row.

Our Republic Day is here, a moment for us to introspect how close we have been to meet the ideals spelt out in our Constitution. In India, for more than half a decade, the extreme rightist forces have been in power, elected with promises to serve the people’s cause. The shift represents a new stage in the old garb.

Guwahati: Maharashtra retained supremacy in the Khelo India Youth Games 2020 with a rich collection of 78 gold and 77 silver in a total of 256 medals, leaving Haryana to draw consolation from their 200-medal haul as the celebration of sports for the nation’s youth came to a poignant end here on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Bengaluru’s Yash Aradhya became the first Indian motorsports star to win the prestigious Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar Award here on Wednesday. Yash received the award in a grand ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan from Honorable President of India Shri. Ram Nath Kovind.

Chennai: Lakshya Sen and Tommy Sugiarto won their singles while Dhruv Kapila and Jessica Pugh triumphed in mixed doubles to take Chennai Superstarz to victory against Mumbai Rockets in the Star Sports Premier Badminton League at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here today.

New Delhi: Delhi Badminton League (DBL), an initiative of RDG Global Sports to promote sport of badminton in national capital is set to debut in its first season from 25th to 28th January in Thyagraj Stadium in Delhi.