From struggling with a prosthetic leg to defending his Tokyo gold in Paris despite intense back pain, the javelin para athlete from Haryana has achieved what many only dream of.
Impending strike at 12 government-run ports & heartwarming story of India’s armless archery prodigy Sheetal Devi also find place in foreign media reports.
Three-time ‘Deaflympics’ gold-medalist wrestler Virender Singh is seeking recognition on a par with para athletes from the Manohar Lal Khattar government.
The Indian para-athletes returned from Tokyo on the back of a campaign that saw them win 19 medals, including 5 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze, and finish 24th in the overall tally.
Indian para-athletes’ performance at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 must lead to entry of qualified classifiers so that more para-athletes can compete in future games.
The 23-year-old para-athlete from Haryana sent the spear to 68.55m in his 5th attempt. Australian Michal Burian & Sri Lanka's Dulan Kodithuwakku won silver & bronze respectively.
Security forces are successfully neutralising top Maoist leaders. The extremists are finally being rooted out through the determined efforts of the Indian government.
Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.
In his new book, CDS emphasises that India secures itself through policy & structure, not a written NSS document. Israel never released a formal NSS, he mentions.
India is better positioned in the world than at any point post-Cold war. We have to decide if global opinion matters to us or not. If it does, we must engage with their media, think tanks, civil society.
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