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Topic: Beijing Olympics

Omicron outbreak isn’t affecting Olympics plans in China yet, organisers say

Unless there are large-scale cases in competition zones, the organisers don’t plan to adjust the Covid-19 counter-measures. That could change if the situation warrants it.

China doesn’t care about US’s Olympics boycott. It has Putin onboard ‘with joy’—it’s enough

UK, US, and Australia boycotted Winter Olympics. But can China win back global opinion? Does it even want to?

US announces diplomatic boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, athletes free to compete

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the decision was taken due to the 'ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang' by the Chinese government.

China can’t use sports as soft power for long. 2022 Winter Olympics looks set to fail

US and UK may boycott the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The 2008 Olympics, when China got away with minimal opposition, seems impossible to repeat now.

On Camera

Like a gambler, govts squandered India’s legacy through mindless socialism: Nani Palkhivala

Our brand of socialism did not result in transfer of wealth from the rich to the poor but only from the honest rich to the dishonest rich, lawyer-jurist Nani A Palkhivala said in 1991.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

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.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

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?