Vinesh was hospitalised Wednesday after she fainted soon after she learnt about her disqualification. Tributes poured in as the shocker seeped in among countrymen.
Pune-based shooter becomes first Indian to win a medal in 50m Rifle Three Positions event at Olympics. All three medals in Paris have come from shooting so far.
In the women's singles, Sindhu will face tough competition from the likes of Tokyo gold medallist Chen Yufei and world number one An Se Young of South Korea.
IOC ‘apologise’ for blunder involving South Korean flag during Friday’s opening ceremony, while South Korean sports ministry urge foreign ministry to raise issue with France.
Reports also explore one of India’s top automakers, Bajaj Auto’s plans for the CNG motorbike space and the impact of veterinary drugs on Indian vultures’ lives and, in turn, human life.
The tennis competition at the Olympics begins on 27 July and Murray, who made his Olympic debut in Beijing 2008, will play in both singles and doubles in his fifth and final Games.
In golf, course designers are now factoring in flood control measures as part of designing the greens. Plastic pollution is even becoming part of the obstacle course for Olympic water sports.
Paris will kick off its Olympics extravaganza with an unprecedented opening ceremony on the river Seine. For the first time, the opening ceremony will not take place in a stadium.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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