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New Delhi: Delhi’s 14-year old Namyaa Kapoor earned the distinction of becoming the youngest Indian shooter to be crowned the world champion while Aishwary Pratap Singh equaled the men's world record in the 50M Rifle 3 Positions event to win the gold at the ISSF Junior World Shooting Championship at Lima (Peru).

New Delhi: Top golfers of the country including Udayan Mane, SSP Chawrasia, Shiv Kapur, Jyoti Randhawa, and PGTI Order of Merit leader Karandeep Kochhar, will be seen in action in the 126- strong field (123 pros, three amateurs) at the Rs 70 Lakh PGTI MP Cup to be played at Delhi Golf Club C from October 5 - 8.

Brazil witnessed massive demonstrations in all big towns across the country on Saturday demanding the impeachment of the far right President Jair Bolsonaro for his all round failure in protecting the lives of the citizens against covid and drastic fall in the living standards of the common masses. There were demands for his jailing for corruption also, currently under investigation by the courts.

LUCKNOW: The killing of more than half a dozen farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri has hottened the political situation in Uttar Pradesh with all opposition parties hitting street putting Yogi Adityanath government on defensive. Senior opposition leaders including former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leaders were arrested while going to Lakhimpur Kheri.

Please nobody should complain. Especially don’t complain about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's programmes and policies. Criticism is okay, but not complaints. PM Modi is extremely sensitive to “complaints”. Especially those from miffed and upset farmers, and those from the opposition parties. The farmers are opposed to the Centre’s three farm laws, which they complain are “black laws”. Opposition parties complain of everything that Modi does. Period.

A scheme that overtly or covertly benefits a particular group is partial, and hence for impartiality’s sake it must be struck down. Sale of electoral bond in India falls in this category, since it benefits the party that made it. However, despite concerns expressed by the Election Commission of India of its misuse and many petitions challenging in Supreme Court remaining pending Modi government went ahead with its sale from October 1 to October 10, 2021. Political parties in, opposition have also opposed the scheme since they have been at receiving ends, but who cares.

Little is heard of India’s National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) and its Drug Price Control Order (DPCO), these days. This is despite the fact that most drug prices have zoomed by over 60 to 100 percent since last year. Thanks to the lack of actions by the regulatory authority, pharmaceutical companies are having a field day. Profit-wise, the industry is booming in the domestic market. The world’s third largest manufacturer of pharmaceuticals by volume never had it so good. And, this is substantially at the cost of a large proportion of the country’s population whose purchasing power is extremely low.

The results of the three by polls in West Bengal announced on Sunday indicate major signals for the coming period of the state politics as also the shaping of the opposition unity on national plane to fight the BJP in the coming state assembly elections in 2022 and 2023 culminating in the Lok Sabha elections in April/May 2024.

Kolkata: FC Goa are the new Durand Cup owners.

Chennai: Bengaluru's Hemanth Muddappa (Mantra Racing) overcame his rivals without much ado and completed a double in the second round of the Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship at the MMRT, here on Sunday.