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Thursday, December 4, 2025
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Topic: Paris Olympics

Manika Batra beats France’s Prithika Pavade in table tennis women’s singles at Paris Olympics

Batra is the first Indian table tennis player to reach Olympics pre-quarter finals. She defeated her French opponent by 4-0.

Do not apply if you have Seine-sitive skin & who’s winning the Budget Olympics

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Paris Olympics: Manu-Sarabjot enter bronze playoff in 10m air pistol mixed team; Babuta finishes 4th

Babuta shot a total of 208.4 in the air rifle individual final. A last shot of 9.5, in response to Croatian Miran Maricic's 10.7, put paid to his hopes of finishing on the podium.

Pakistan’s Jehanara Nabi broke barriers to reach Olympics. Men worried about what she wore

Pakistani swimmer Jehanara Nabi competed in the 200 m freestyle event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She recorded a time of 2:10.69, placing third in her heat and 26th overall.

Paris Olympics: 24 hours before 1st race, swimming training cancelled over Seine water quality

This is the 2nd day that training has been cancelled after heavy rains affected the water. A swimmable Seine is a key legacy Games organisers aim to leave behind for Paris residents.

Rohan Bopanna & N Sriram Balaji lose 1st round, crash out of tennis men’s doubles at Paris Olympics

Duo lost 7-5, 6-2, against French pair Gael Monfils & Edouard Roger-Vasselin in straight sets. Bopanna & Balaji made 15 unforced errors, which stopped them from taking control of match.

Manu Bhaker wins bronze in 10m air pistol – India’s first medal in Paris Olympics

Indian shooting endured two Olympics without a medal before the 22-year-old Manu fought hard to get the bronze with a score of 221.7.

PV Sindhu begins Olympics run with win over Maldives’ Fathimath Abdul Razzaq

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.

Behind Paris Olympics train attack, an unfolding story—rise of new caliphate in Africa

Ever since 9/11, the world has known the price that has to be paid for letting jihadists shelter inside imploded nations—but has proved remarkably unwilling to do what's needed.

French rail sabotage, Pakistan designates Netanyahu ‘terrorist’ & other global news you may have missed

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the past week.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.