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Monday, September 15, 2025
TopicAsian Games 2018

Topic: Asian Games 2018

The Haryana-Kerala domination of Indian sport is complete, this Asiad shows

Trio of the newest female stars — Dutee Chand, Hima Das and Swapna Barman — has emerged from India’s east-by-northeast.

Dehydrated & hurting, triple-jump gold medalist Arpinder wanted to break national record

Athlete says he wanted to break the national record but was dehydrated and his calves were hurting.

Two silvers at the Asiad is great, but equestrian needs a lot of change to grow

From the tight control of the Army over the federation to the lack of sponsors, the sport faces many challenges to its growth in India.

Indians have won six Asiad medals for wushu and kurash. But what are they?

The two are forms of martial art that trace their origin to different countries: Kurash is a traditional martial art of Uzbekistan, while wushu is Chinese.

Obsession with Asian Games’ medal tally shows India’s breathtaking apathy towards sports

Indians need to care about sports, not just the medal tally.

Leetul Gogoi is guilty of meeting a woman, says Army

Your daily news capsule

Sindhu to fight for gold, Saina fetches bronze in Asian Games

Sindhu's win against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi puts her up against world no. 1 for Asiad gold.

Saina suffers 10th defeat against Tai Tzu Ying, but not without winning an Asiad bronze

Though the game progressed with good intensity, Ying ultimately prevailed because of her court coverage. 

Saina falters, pushes India’s badminton team out of the Asian Games

The loss comes after the women's badminton team secured a bronze in the Games last season. 

Soul queen Aretha Franklin passes away at 76, US says press not ‘enemy of the people’

A reunion for families separated by the Korean war 68 years ago, and why Indonesia is hiding a river. 

On Camera

Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.