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“Breaking double digit barrier possible”: OGQ CEO Viren Rasquinha on India’s chances at Paris Olympics
Rasquinha now dons the hat of an administrator at OGQ, a not-for-profit organisation that aims to support and train Indian athletes to win the coveted gold medals at the Olympics and other international sporting events.
India is a very open society, says Minister S Jaishankar in response to Joe Biden’s ‘xenophobic’ remark
“India is always… India has been a very unique country… I would say actually, in the history of the world, that it’s been a society which has been very open… different people from different societies come to India,” he told the newspaper.
Google doodles to pay tribute to India’s first professional woman wrestler Hamida Banu
Born into a family of wrestlers in the early 1900s near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Banu grew up wrestling, winning over 300 competitions throughout her career spanning the 1940s and 1950s.
Indian general polls: Congress fields Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli
In its latest candidate list, Congress fielded Kishori Lal Sharma from Amethi.
WATCH: Local civic body comes up with unique solution to beat the heat as India battles extreme hot temperatures
Riding on open streets with no or fewer trees can be exhausting during summer, especially around the noon when the heat is too high to drain you out. While trees that run alongside roads provide some shade and ease the travel a little, what about those spaces which lack greenery? Planting a tree might serve […]
Salman Khan residence firing: Accused dies by alleged suicide in police custody, brother accuses law enforcement of murder
The brother of one of the accused in the Salman Khan residence firing case has accused the law enforcement of foul play after his sibling, Anuj Thapan, died by allegedly committing suicide while on police custody on Wednesday. The accused, Thapan, had supplied weapons for the firing outside the actor’s Galaxy Apartment residence in Mumbai. […]
Bomb threats target 100 schools in Delhi NCR; police say “nothing objectionable” found
The Ministry of Home Affairs said that this appeared to be a hoax threat and that there was no need to panic.
Prajwal Revanna: JD(S) suspends Indian MP accused of large-scale sexual harassment
The decision to suspend the lawmaker was taken at a JD(S) core committee meeting.