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Protesting farmers led by their legal cell have written to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) India head seeking protection from arrests and “illegal detention.” It has claimed that the governments’ decision to suspend internet services at the border areas is a violation of freedom of speech and press.

A Japanese asked what is the difference between Atma Nirbhar Bharat (ANB) and Make In India. Was it a new catchphrase of Make in India, he argued? He reiterated that aims of Make in India were to rebuild Indian manufacturing sector with a focus on increasing share of industry in GDP than agriculture and global platform for manufacturing. The objectives of ANB were also to reshape the manufacturing sector to develop domestic supply chain to achieve self -reliance.

The West Bengal Pradesh BJP President, Dilip Ghosh is fast emerging as a rival to Mamata Banerjee in popularity. There has been speculation that in the event of the BJP getting majority in May Assembly election Dilip Ghosh may be the Chief Ministerial candidate. Dilip Babu’s vitriolic campaign has upset urban Kolkatans, but has made him popular in rural Bengal. The former RSS Pracharak is likely to become chief minister if the BJP manages to defeat the TMC in the coming elections, say BJP leaders.

Fatorda, Goa: Two goals in a space of seven minutes enabled Mohun Bagan outplay Bengaluru 2-0 in the Hero Indian Super League, the JL Nehru Stadium in Fatorda on Tuesday.

Bambolim, Goa: Things just aren’t going Chennaiyin’s way in this Hero Indian Super League season and nothing less than a win each game will suffice for the Marina Machans. And they’ll be hoping to do just that when they face Jamshedpur FC at the GMC Stadium, Bambolim on Wednesday.

Mumbai: Pranavi Urs, who has a win and a runner-up finish in the two starts in 2021, starts as a big favourite in the third leg at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Ace defender Gurjit Kaur feels that Women Hockey team's recent tour of Argentina has helped the players in their preparations for the Olympics.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted protection from arrest to Lok Sabha member Sashi Tharoor and leading journalists including Rajdeep Sardesai, Mrinal Pande following series of FIRs filed against them by the pro-BJP elements for allegedly misleading information in twitter on the death of a tractor rally protester on January 26.

Twitter, that little blue bird, is not scared of the Modi Government taking penal action against it. Not even a tiny-wee bit. Otherwise Twitter wouldn’t have refused to disable the nearly 1400 handles charged with instigating protests against the three farm laws. On the contrary, Twitter is behaving as if it gives the orders and the government complies. The microblogging site says it does not want to be seen as highhanded or vindictive, forget the fact that in the United States, Twitter’s highhandedness is legendary.

With the farmers’ movement which so far has been focused on repealing of the three black laws, acquiring the new dynamics of protest for restoration of the democracy and protection of the human rights, the prime minister Narendra Modi has personally launched a vitriolic campaign against the farmers and tried to blame the agitators of nursing ill will against him.