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TopicNeeraj Chopra

Topic: Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra bags 1st gold for India at Tokyo Olympics by winning men’s javelin throw event

He threw a distance of 87.58 meters at the Tokyo Olympics to become the first Indian to win a gold in track and field in the Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics 2020 will either make or break Neeraj Chopra’s javelin-throwing career

For javelin throwers, a serious injury that needs a surgery to the throwing arm would have simply meant the end of a career. But not for Neeraj Chopra.

Meet India’s only truly world-class athlete, and it’s not Virat Kohli

Shekhar Gupta catches up with javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, 21, who won India its first Asian Games gold in the sport at the Jakarta games.

Neeraj Chopra is the crown prince of javelin & Indians should be excited about his future

Chopra’s gold medal winning performance at the Jakarta Asiad is even more heartening because of the distances he’s already achieving at the age of 20.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

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.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

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.