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Topic: paralympics

Forces behind blind football in India: Self-taught coach & player with 2028 Paralympics goal

India’s men’s blind football team is ranked 14th globally, and the women’s team, launched in 2019, holds an impressive second position.

Sumit Antil’s paralympics dream was born in the land of akhadas. How he spun pain into glory

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.

These ‘failed athletes’ at GoSports power India’s Olympic, Paralympic dream—and break barriers

While GoSports is backed by three best friends, Olympic Gold Quest is the brainchild of former hockey captain Viren Rasquinha.

Global media on Modi’s ‘wait-and-see’ Ukraine strategy & transformation into ‘expert on U-turns’

Impending strike at 12 government-run ports & heartwarming story of India’s armless archery prodigy Sheetal Devi also find place in foreign media reports.

Biden announces US delegation for opening and closing ceremonies of Paralympics

The Opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will be held on 28 August.

Day after Padma Shri, Haryana wrestler starts protest in Delhi over ‘unfair’ treatment by state

Three-time ‘Deaflympics’ gold-medalist wrestler Virender Singh is seeking recognition on a par with para athletes from the Manohar Lal Khattar government.

Indian federations lack awareness on Paralympics classification of athletes. It shows in Tokyo

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.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.