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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

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.