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TopicNari Contractor

Topic: Nari Contractor

Nari Contractor’s courage against pace bowling has made him immortal in Indian cricket

Nari Contractor, who has turned 90, was hit by West Indian fast bowler Charlie Griffith’s delivery in 1962. The hit on the skull caused serious damage to Nari’s cricketing career.

Nari Contractor, the India captain who almost made a comeback after near-fatal injury

On his 85th birthday, ThePrint recalls the story of the former Test captain who led India to its first series victory against England.

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Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.