Former Indian hockey team captain died Thursday at his home in Himachal Pradesh's Una after suffering a cardiac arrest. He suffered a stroke 5 years ago and was paralysed since then.
The 30-year-old, regarded as one of the best Indian drag-flickers, said it was time to make way for young players to experience the "great joy" he experienced for 13 years.
The new names of the 10 schools, all located in the hometowns of the respective players, were announced by Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla Sunday.
The Indian men's hockey team made one of the most memorable comebacks in the game's history, fighting back from a two-goal deficit to turn the match in their favour.
With the loss, India's dream of entering the Olympics final after 41-years remained unfulfilled. PM Modi tweeted words of encouragement, saying 'wins and losses are a part of life'.
Women's team win at Tokyo Games comes as Indian men's hockey team qualified for semifinals after 49 yrs. Women's team, which beat world no.2 Australia, plays Argentina Wednesday.
India finished group A league proceedings in fourth place with six points, riding on back-to-back wins over Ireland and South Africa. They face Australia in the quarter-final Monday.
Despite the win, India’s chief coach Graham Reid said the team needs to work upon a lot of grey areas, like conceding penalty corners, ahead of their remaining matches.
Real gains can be achieved when the government focuses its reforms upstream in better contract design, stronger capacity to monitor performance and maintain documentation.
In its first ever structured deal, Indian LPG companies are set to import almost 10% of their total needs from US. Trump has been pushing India to purchase more American energy.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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