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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicOlympics 2020

Topic: Olympics 2020

Tokyo Olympics set to be the first one to be postponed in the history of the games

Japan PM Shinzo Abe said the Olympics will have to be postponed if safety can’t be guaranteed for spectators and athletes due to the pandemic.

Japan is paralysed because it doesn’t know what to do with the Olympics

Other sporting events in Japan, US and and other countries have been canceled, delayed or held without spectators because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Mary Kom beats Nikhat Zareen, makes it to India team for 2020 Olympics qualifiers

In a bout which had very few clear punches, tension was palpable inside the boxing hall owing to the bitter row triggered by Zareen's public demand for a trial.

Mary Kom says ‘not scared’ to fight Nikhat Zareen, asks Abhinav Bindra not to ‘interfere’

Mary Kom found herself embroiled in a controversy after Nikhat Zareen demanded a trial bout against her before the Indian squad for Olympic qualifiers is decided.

Kiren Rijiju says BFI will decide on Nikhat Zareen’s demand for trial bout against Mary Kom

Boxer Nikhat Zareen had written to Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju asking for the trial bout before the Indian squad for next year's Olympic qualifiers in China is finalised.

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.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.