The 23-year-old para-athlete from Haryana sent the spear to 68.55m in his 5th attempt. Australian Michal Burian & Sri Lanka's Dulan Kodithuwakku won silver & bronze respectively.
Jhajahria, 40, pulled off a new personal best throw of 64.35m for the silver, while 25-year-old Gurjar was third with a best effort of 64.01m at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Pakistanis want their atheltes to win both medals and hearts. But they also know why Tokyo Olympics couldn't end the country's dry run since Barcelona 1992.
The stellar performance of Indian women in the Tokyo Olympics shows the need to expand the scope of Army's Mission Olympics Programme to admit girls in institutes too.
Neeraj Chopra, who belongs to 4 Rajputana Rifles, initially took to the javelin to lose weight. Now, he's earned India's first Olympics gold in athletics.
Competing in his first Olympics, Chopra took a few seconds to make it to finals as he sent the spear well past the qualifying mark of 83.50m in the first attempt.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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