LUCKNOW, Jan. 13 -- Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak on Monday urged youngsters to adopt indigenous products, promote innovation, make concrete efforts toward self-reliance, and realise that youth power had the strength to bring about a social change.

He spoke to them at a programme organised on the occasion of National Youth Day at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) here on Monday. National Youth Day, also known as Vivekananda Jayanti, is celebrated annually on January 12 to mark the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. 'Youth Power and Swadeshi Spirit for Building Atamanirbhar Bharat: Swami Vivekananda's Life and Philosophy'.

"Despite enduring countless foreign invasions, Indian culture and civilisation have remai...