A look at some figures behind the dismal medal tallies at 2012 London Olympics and the news is not so bad. It is a story of all-round improvement and progress in some key sports and areas.
Over the century leading up to Athens 2004, India won no more than 15 Olympic medals, 11 of these in hockey. So while competing at Olympics, we must always maintain perspective.
This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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