Kanika Siwach from India got off to a good start giving India a glimmer of hope, but Argentina maintained its dominance, sealing its victory with four goals against India’s two.
Sports, like wrestling, hockey, cricket, shooting & table tennis, where India performs well, have been removed from the scaled-back programme for the Games in Glasgow.
India is hosting the biennial hockey championship from 11 to 20 November in Rajgir. The other 5 countries participating are China, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand.
Fresh off the success at Paris Olympics, coach Craig Fulton is now eyeing Asian Champions Trophy. He speaks to ThePrint about his vision for the team, his journey so far & more.
Before this, the 2 teams have faced each other 11 times on Olympics stage, with Australia holding slight edge with 6 wins & India securing 3, while 2 ended in stalemates.
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.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
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.
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?
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