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New Delhi: Higher ranked Indian Ramkumar Ramanathan will take on Denmark's Christian Sigsgaard in the opening singles match of Davis Cup World Group Play-off 1 at the Delhi Gymkhana Club here on Friday.

New Delhi: Krrish Pal commenced Indian campaign with a win beating Uzbekistan’s Sobirjon Tastanov in the 46kg junior category at Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in the opening round match in Amman, Jordan on Wednesday.

Aamby Valley, Maharashtra: Hitaashee Bakshi carded superb bogey free 67 to lead after the first round of the fourth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Aamby Valley Green Course on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Non Playing Captain Rohit Rajpal on Wednesday opined that India has the home advantage against Denmark in the Davis Cup World Group Play off tie to be played at the grass court of Delhi Gymkhana Club on here on 4th and 5th March.

Kanpur: Tamil Nadu Grandmaster D Gukesh defeated former national champion Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB) in the penultimate round to share lead with overnight sole leader second seed Arjun Erigaisi of Telangana, at the 58th edition of Senior National Chess Championship at Ganges Club, here on Wednesday.

Every third child in India continues to be undernourished, and a correlation exists between undernutrition rates with lower education rates and poverty. Moreover, the urban poor, in particular, remain highly vulnerable, despite numerous programmes being implemented, such as Poshan Abhiyan, Anganwadi services under ICDS, and mid-day meal for school children et al.

Making one of the worst fears come true, Brent crude, the benchmark oil price, has hit an intimidating $110 a barrel as the Russian invasion of Ukraine is showing no signs of a possible resolution. This is the highest price for oil in more than seven years, which by itself should send shockwaves across the world. What is more alarming, however, is that attempts to arrest the price increase through coordinated action by the key players striving for energy stability in the world are not producing the desired results.

Tucked away in the scenic yet underdeveloped Konkan region lies Mahad, a small town that is 175 km to south of Mumbai. This obscure place is home to one of India’s internationally acclaimed physicians and an authority on scorpion and snake stings, Dr. Himmatrao Bawaskar. He was decorated this year with Padma Sri for his path breaking work.

Indian agriculture suffers from the lack of modern thinking and techniques and it reflects in the engagement of a high number of people whose combined productivity is lower than any other industry. Nevertheless, this sector plays an important role in both employment and GDP where its contribution is about 40% and 20% respectively. While the government has launched various schemes both for greater mechanization and modern techniques in farming, the situation doesn’t seem to improve. And, it’s vitally linked to the Indian economy and the employment scenario.

The NCP’s Nawab Malik continues to remain Maharashtra’s Minority Affairs Minister just like the BJP’s Minority Affairs Minister at the Centre Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. The difference is Nawab is in the custody of a central government enforcement agency, while the Naqvi can move about freely, reinforcing the belief that the only good Muslim in the India of Narendra Modi is the Naqvi-sort, not the Nawab kind.