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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: Hima Das

Hima Das’ ‘gold’ in CWG exposes ignorance about all things not cricket

Sukriti Vats -
The ace sprinter’s phenomenal win at the junior world championships in Finland in 2018 is being lapped up as a ‘gold’ in the ongoing CWG.

‘One of my biggest dreams comes true’ — sprinter Hima Das gets inducted into Assam Police

Angana Chakrabarti -
The induction took place in the presence of Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal in a ceremony that was attended by top functionaries of the state government.

Doping, Hima Das gold rush, Dutee Chand world record — highs, lows of athletics in 2019

PTI -
It was a barren year in terms of medals as the world of athletics was mired in doping & age-fraud controversies, leaving the sport with very little to celebrate.

In Hima-Dutee euphoria, we’re forgetting India’s fastest rising sprinter: Mohd Anas Yahiya

Achyut Mishra -
Anas has qualified for September’s World Championships, but even he, like Hima Das & Dutee Chand, is some way from qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics.

This is how India’s 2018 Asian Games mixed relay silver turned into gold

Achyut Mishra -
India’s 4x400 relay squad’s medal was upgraded to gold after Bahraini runner Oluwakemi Adekoya tested positive for doping and was disqualified.

Modi lauds Hima Das, Shashi Tharoor’s Ghalib goof-up & Priyanka Chaturvedi’s ‘tauba tauba’

Rachel John -
The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

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

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

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

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

Modi loses 3 lakh followers on Twitter and Nawaz Sharif gets arrested in Pakistan

Manisha Mondal -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Lok Sabha elections for breakfast and a diluted liquor law

Sankalita Dey -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

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Opinion

India is becoming a Republic of RWAs. It’s the most powerful elected body

Karanjeet Kaur -
Civics textbooks need an upgrade, considering that RWAs enforce laws they’ve devised themselves – no matter if it violates a fundamental right or two.

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Rahul’s ‘vote chori’ attack on EC is a political dead-end. He still has a point

Economy

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

Sampurna Panigrahi -
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Defence

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

Javaria Rana -
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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