scorecardresearch
Thursday, August 15, 2024
TopicParis Olympics 2024

Topic: Paris Olympics 2024

‘Come back stronger’ — Modi consoles wrestler Vinesh Phogat after disqualification from Paris Olympics

Indian Olympic Association says Phogat failed to make weight before her gold-medal match in 50-kg freestyle. Modi has sought firsthand information from IOA about recourse before India.

Heartbreak for India, Vinesh Phogat disqualified ahead of Gold medal match at Paris Olympics

A statement issued by the Indian Olympic contingent said Phogat had tipped the scales above the 50-kg mark.

History-making shooter Manu Bhaker arrives home to enthusiastic reception

Bhaker won a bronze each in women’s 10m air pistol and 10m air pistol mixed team event — where she had paired with Sarabjot Singh — to script Olympic history for the country.

As Vinesh Phogat makes history, Kangana makes it about Modi. ‘Given opportunity despite protesting’

Phogat, 1st Indian woman to reach finals of 50 kg freestyle tournament at Paris Olympics, was reminded of how she had allegedly said 'Modi teri kabar khudegi' during wrestlers' protests.

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat beats Ukraine’s Oksana Livach, enters maiden Olympic semi-final

Trailing 0-2 after conceding penalty points for passivity, Phogat came back brilliantly in the last five seconds to take down the top seed by clinching three points to win 3-2.

Olympic boxers Imane Khelif & Lin Yu-ting at centre of gender row, here’s what science & rules say

Algerian boxer Khelif defeated Italian Angela Carini in 46 seconds at Olympics, after which she was accused of having genetically male traits.

On Camera

How did East Bengal become Muslim-majority? Changing Ganga, Sufi entrepreneurs

Before and after 1947, Bengal experienced many episodes of religious violence, often driven more by 20th-century nationalism than by the region’s rich Islamic history.

Indian indices shrug off Hindenburg’s report on SEBI chairperson, close less than 1% down

Adani Group companies experienced a decline of up to 4 percent Monday, with Adani Wilmar being the biggest loser, dropping by 4.1 percent to close at Rs 369.35.

Presidential gallantry award for Army dog Kent, anti-terror ops veteran who laid down her life in J&K

Till 2017, Army would put down retired canine soldiers unless they had won a gallantry medal, but opened a retirement home in Meerut after uproar among animal lovers & a Delhi HC order.

Opposition attack on the counter has BJP playing defence. It has set agenda with caste, revdi, jobs

Third Modi govt has quickly moved away from dismissing all Congress ideas as unimaginative and is now implementing several of them. Think poll-bound Haryana and Maharashtra.