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Sunday, January 4, 2026
TopicAsian Games 2023

Topic: Asian Games 2023

How athletics drove India’s record performance in Asian Games — 29 medals in 2023 from 12 in 2010

India's overall tally of 107 medals accounted for 6.7% of the total medals up for grabs. But its 29 medals in athletics made up 20.1% of the total track & field medals on offer.

After Asiad silver, Odisha boy Kishore Jena sets sights on Olympics. His advice — ‘trust your coach’

Jena speaks about his Asian Games 2023 experience, 1st encounter with javelin throw, relationship with Neeraj Chopra, training regime & plans for Paris Olympics.

‘Country lost assured medal’ — Punia faces flak for Asian Games loss, INDIA bloc says ‘proud’ of him

Punia, who lost out at Asian Games, was supported by fellow wrestlers & INDIA alliance. The Oppn bloc lauded him for ‘facing a goon, while demanding justice for women wrestlers’.

Women’s kabaddi team beats Chinese Taipei, regains Asian Games gold for India’s 100th medal

This was India’s third gold in women’s kabaddi. India won gold in the 2010 and 2014 editions but settled for a silver in 2018 after losing to Iran in the final.

Asian Games: Ace player PV Sindhu loses in badminton women’s singles quarterfinal

Sindhu, currently ranked 15th, looked a pale shadow of herself against world No.5 Bingjiao, losing 16-21, 12-21 in just 47 minutes to bow out of the competition.

Boxer Lovlina Borgohain settles for silver, Parveen Hooda signs off with bronze at Asian Games

Borgohain, the reigning world Asian champion, was thrashed by home favourite and two-time Olympic medallist Li Qian in the 75kg final.

Asian Games 2023: Indian men’s cricket team enters semi-final after beating Nepal by 23 runs

Avesh Khan took three wickets for 32 while Ravi Bishnoi picked up three scalps by conceding 24. Arshdeep Singh got two wickets and Sai Kishore picked up one wicket. 

North Korea’s Kim Il Gyong sets women’s weightlifting world record at Asian Games

Kim's lift, achieved with the 20-year-old's third snatch of the women's final, eclipsed the previous record of 110kg set in 2021 by Taiwan's star weightlifter, Kuo Hsing-chun.

Sable wins Asian Games 3000m steeplechase, 1st Indian gold in athletics

Sable rewrote the previous Asian Games record of 8:22.79 held in the name of Iran's Hossein Keyhani set at the 2018 Jakarta Games.

Brij Bhushan takes aim at Phogat & Punia’s Asiad shot — ‘not much hope of medals from team’

MP and besieged former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh questions ad-hoc committee's decision to give direct entry to Asiad to Bajrang Punia & Vinesh Phogat.

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One young patient came to me after years of non-stop gels; her nails were so fragile they peeled in layers.

Wall Street carries big expectations this year after best run since 2009

The concern is not that 2025’s rally was irrational, but that it may be difficult to repeat. Outlooks remain anchored to AI investment and growth without reigniting inflation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.