In its email, the ministry had highlighted the fact that women's football team Gokulam Kerala FC was already in Uzbekistan's capital when FIFA's suspension of AIFF was announced.
India was forced out of the tournament Sunday after a dozen Covid cases among their players led to the cancellation of a group match against Chinese Taipei.
India failed to name the required minimum of 13 players for Sunday's match against Chinese Taipei, and withdrew from the tournament, according to the AFC rule-book.
Captain Ashalata Devi, team members Dalima Chhibber & Aditi Chauhan among those who feature in video message. 'The Blue Tigresses' face Iran in 1st Asian Cup appearance since 2003.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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