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New Delhi: State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi called on President Ram NathKovind at RashtrapatiBhavan on Saturday. During the conversation, the President said, Myanmar occupies the highest priority for India under its ‘Neighbourhood First’ and ‘Act East’ policies. 

He assured India’s continued support to Myanmar in its peace process, and efforts towards national reconciliation and economic and social development. The President said, India-Myanmar relationship will get a boost if strong political and cultural bonds are supported by commerce. 

He said, bilateral trade of just over 2 billion dollar is not reflective of close ties and there is immense scope for cooperation in sectors such as power, renewable energy, hydrocarbons and health. 

New Delhi: Union minister NitinGadkari has asked farmers to grow crops which are profitable and use the latest techniques to improve farm yields and income.

Gadkari was addressing farmers at the ongoing 'National Agriculture Fair' in Raipur.

"Farmers have to come forward for cultivation of crops which are more profitable, leaving behind farming of traditional crops. They have to adopt new techniques for the purpose," he said.

He said that India was now self-reliant as far as production of rice, wheat and other grains was concerned and, therefore, farmers should now focus on cultivation of pulses, oil seeds and those crops which are being imported.

New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has come down heavily on an applicant for filing multiple applications with a view to harass the public authority.

Information commissioner Yashovardhan Azad called out the actions of the applicant, who had filed a slew of pleas after a dispute with a neighbour. "The commission notes that the appellant is a habitual litigant and has been raising myriad queries about numerous complaints he has filed before various public offices.

It is evident his queries are not aimed at achieving any information or to serve any purpose," Azad said. 

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid has asserted that  the party president Rahul Gandhi being seated in the sixth row at the main Republic Day event in Delhi was "more an issue of good manners than protocols".

Rahul attended the Republic Day Parade at Rajpath and took the designated sixth-row seat, along with Leader of Opposition in the RajyaSabhaGhulamNabi Azad.

"It's sad if those in power think somebody's stature is decided by where that person is seated," Khurshid said.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival, he said India values protocols, but beyond protocols "there is something called good manners".