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Indian hockey teams’ Olympic wins are a sign that a deeper, positive nationalism exists

The stories of women hockey players are not dissimilar to the stories of Indian hockey in the 1970s. I don’t care if they don’t win any Olympic medal – they are still national icons.

‘Indians first’, says Twitter after Amarinder post on ‘Punjab players’ in Olympic hockey team

Several Twitter users, including politicians from the BJP and AAP, accused Punjab CM of playing 'divisive politics' and putting the state above the nation.

Active Covid cases rising. Slow vaccination shows lessons of second wave haven’t been learnt

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India men’s hockey team beats Great Britain, enters first Olympic semifinal in 49 years

India scored three field goals through Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh and Hardik Singh to seal a 3-1 victory, and will face Belgium in the semifinals Tuesday.

Indian men’s hockey team storms into quarterfinals at Tokyo Olympics after defeating Argentina

India has consolidated their position in the second spot of Pool A with three wins and one loss out of four games. It will now take on Japan in their final pool match on Friday.

India men’s hockey team beats New Zealand 3-2 in first match of Tokyo Olympics

Harmanpreet Singh scored a double for India, while Rupinder Pal Singh opened the scoring in the tenth minute for the eight-time former champions, currently ranked fourth in the world.

88-member Indian contingent reaches Tokyo for upcoming Olympic games

First batch of the Indian contingent, which comprises 54 athletes besides support staff, had received a formal send-off by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur in New Delhi Saturday.

Olympic bronze and Hockey World Cup winner Michael Kindo dies at 73

Michael Kindo, a full back in his playing days, was a member of the team that won the lone World Cup for India in 1975.

When a 70-plus Balbir Senior taught a 28-year-old journalist a life lesson in a 200m dash

Balbir Singh Senior offered me friendly advice to stay fit, but I challenged him to a race instead. He made sure my embarrassment was complete.

Olympic gold medalist Balbir Singh Senior suffers multiple cardiac arrests, remains critical

The 96-year-old hockey icon was admitted to a Mohali hospital last week with fever & breathing trouble. But his Covid-19 test came negative.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.