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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
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Topic: Olympics

Olympics body suspends talks with India over hosting events after visa denied to Pakistani athletes

PTI -
India's decision also cost it its qualification status for the men's 25m rapid fire event at the New Delhi World Cup.

Makhan Singh, the Olympian who defeated Milkha Singh but lived a life of penury

Ratnadeep Choudhary -
On his 17th death anniversary, ThePrint recalls the life of Makhan Singh who lost his limb in an unfortunate accident after representing India at the highest level.

KD Jadhav, India’s first individual Olympic medallist who wasn’t even given a Padma award

Aastha Singh -
On his 93rd birth anniversary, ThePrint remembers the achievements of Jadhav, who won a bronze medal in wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

India’s greatest living hockey player says team has great chance at Asiad & Olympic glory

Shahbaz Ansar -
Three-time Olympic gold medallist Balbir Singh Senior feels with Harendra Singh as coach, the men’s team is heading back on the right path.

This tribal leader who opposed prohibition also led India to first Olympic hockey gold

Sakshi Arora -
Through his organisation Adivasi Mahasabha, Munda, in 1938, also raised the demand for a separate state of Jharkhand.

Cricket has a billion fans the world over, reveals ICC’s global market research

Ratnadeep Choudhary -
87% of the survey respondents said the Olympics should feature the T20 format of the sport.

Learning from Britain & China, medal-tally crunchers have 3 tips for India’s Olympic future

Prashant Agrawal -
China went from winning 16 gold medals in 1992 to 48 in 2008, and Great Britain went from five in 1992 to 29 in 2012. India must take inspiration from China and Great Britain.

Global Pulse: The Winter Olympics have begun in South Korea

Vandana Menon -
The widely-anticipated sports event is another installment of diplomacy for the Korean peninsula, as both countries will be appearing as one contingent.

In spite of being mediocre

Shekhar Gupta -
India's bane is our easy embrace of mediocrity — from academia and science to business and military power. Sport is an apt metaphor.

Faster, higher, stronger, but for God’s sake, be calmer

Shekhar Gupta -
No country can go from zero to hero in Olympic sports. A hundred Indians now feature in the top-25 and why that's real progress.
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Ola & Uber to soon have a new competitor as 8 cooperatives take the wheel. All about Bharat Taxi

Udit Bubna -
Bharat Taxi is a cooperative initiative under newly formed Multi-State Sahakari Taxi Cooperative Ltd, which is backed by 8 cooperatives.

Defence

Detained on DRDO officer’s tip-off, Pokhran guesthouse manager ‘passed guest lists to Pakistan for 5 yrs’

Mayank Kumar -
New Delhi: A complaint by a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) officer staying at the organisation's guest house at the Pokhran Field Firing...

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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