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Friday, January 30, 2026
TopicGold medalist

Topic: gold medalist

Neeraj Chopra creates history, wins India’s first gold at the World Athletics Championships

Chopra final throw was of 88.17 metre, while Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem and Czech Republic's Jakub Vadlejch bagged silver and bronze with throws of 87.82 and 86.67 metre respectively.

Makeshift gym, no money for chicken, odd jobs—What’s behind Achinta Sheuli’s CWG gold

In West Bengal’s Deulpur village, Achinta Sheuli’s mother is happy people are finally ‘enquiring about us’. Brother Alok wants Achinta to ‘win Olympics gold next’.

UNESCO declared Indian national anthem as the best, tweets Babita Phogat

Before Phogat could delete the fake news tweet, it had at least 111 retweets and 192 replies.

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India’s tech ambitions need private sector investment in R&D. Budget 2026 holds the key

India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.

More states giving out cash transfers. They aren’t substitutes for investments: Economic Survey

Number of states implementing unconditional cash transfers increased fivefold between FY23 and FY26, half of them estimated to be in revenue deficit, report says.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.