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Jaipur: The Bakshi sisters, who have been in the limelight at the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour for the last few weeks, continued their excellent run as they occupied the top two spots at the end of the first round of the sixth leg of the WPGT at the Rambagh Golf Club here on Wednesday.

Gurugram: Defending champion Chikkarangappa S fired seven-under-65, to emerge as halfway leader at a total of nine-under-135 at the Prometheus School Presents Delhi-NCR Open Golf Championship at the Golden Greens Golf Club here on Wednesday.

New Delhi: About 294 shooters from 53 countries will be seen in action at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun stage, scheduled for March 18-29, Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range (DKSSR) in New Delhi.

New Delhi: It was a day of mixed luck for the Indian pugilists as Gaurav Solanki and Sonia Lather kickstarted their campaign on winning note while four others fell by the way side in the Bosphorus Boxing Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

On January 18 this year, the head of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus revealed that 25—yes, just 25 doses—had been administered across all the poorest countries, compared with 39 million doses in wealthier ones. He said the world was on the edge of a “catastrophic moral failure.”

Okay. Here's how it is. Ambani and Adani are mighty accomplished hombres not only in our neck of woods, but also in other necks we don't have an inkling of. And, they have dazzled Prime Minister Narendra Modi with their wealth or, shall we say, with their tremendous wealth-creating means and abilities. In fact, the threat to Ambani, apart from planted gelatin sticks, is Adani, who was the fastest growing billionaire worldwide in 2020. He's still trailing Ambani but that's neither here nor there.

Among this year’s Padma Vibhushan award winners, there is only one personality who got the honour posthumously. Narender Singh Kapany died only last year after reaching 94 which few people reach. Many achievements stand to his credit; very few have reached that height of glory. He was an Indian-American physicist best known for his work on fibre optics. He is credited with coining the term fibreoptics and is also considered ‘father of fibre optics’. Magazine Fortune named him one of seven ‘Unsung Heroes’ in their ‘Businessmen of the century’ issue in 1999. He was awarded India’s second highest civilian award the Padma Vibhushan posthumously this year.

LUCKNOW: Feeling threat from Congress under the leadership of hyperactive Priyanka Gandhi, Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav has ruled out alliance with any national Party. Launching direct attack on Congress, Akhilesh Yadav recently said that it was following BJP. Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav is very critical of Congress and leave no opportunity to criticise it.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It may sound a bit hyperbolic. But it is an undeniable reality. The Congress, which heads the United Democratic Front (UDF), is at war with itself. The list of candidates for the Assembly elections, announced on Sunday, has triggered an avalanche of protest, the like of which the Congress in the State has not witnessed hitherto. The ferocity and the scale of protests have shaken the party to its core.

On the second day of the nationwide strike in banks against the proposed privatisation of Public Sector Banks (PSBs), our Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a statement that the interests of workers of such banks will be completely protected. What would be a better example of narrowness of the mindset with which our government is functioning? Privatisation of PSBs is not all about its employees; it is about equitable access to finance for all, keeping financial services affordable, security for the depositors money, and finally the interest of the nation and its people.