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Thursday, October 30, 2025
TopicParis Olympics

Topic: Paris Olympics

Our take on GDP growth, extreme heatwaves, and S&P’s upgrade for India—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

First Afghan woman Olympian urges IOC to ban country from Paris Olympics over Taliban resurgence

Appalled by the brutal treatment of women and children, Former Olympian demands Afghan women be allowed to participate as part of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team.

Japan’s 1st aircraft carrier since WWII, EU’s migration reforms & other global news you may have missed

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

Paris says 2024 Olympics will be the greenest in history. Here’s how it’s preparing

Planning the ‘most sustainable’ games will mean limiting emissions to around 1.75 million tonnes of CO2.

Indian racewalker Ram Baboo qualifies for Paris 2024 Olympics in 20 km racewalk event

Baboo says that his training for the Olympic qualification process has focused on speed, endurance, and strength, as well as technique drills.

Indian men’s & women’s Table Tenis teams create history, qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics

The Indian women's team secured 13th position in the World Team Championships Finals in Busan, last qualifying event for Paris Olympics, while the men's team was ranked at 15th place.

Neeraj Chopra is sharpening his javelin for Paris. He has to prove Tokyo was no lucky toss

Olympian Neeraj Chopra has just wrapped up a brief break at his Panipat home. Now, he’s off to South Africa to train for Paris. ‘Sports is like war,’ his father says.

‘Modi told me I’m the light’—Now Dutee Chand has no govt aid but she wants to run in Paris

Dutee Chand’s battles have taken her all the way to Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. She has faith that it will work out for her this time too.


A year before Paris Olympics, Ukraine may drop boycott threat

Some Ukrainian athletes though condemned the blanket ban on competing against Russians and Belarusians as a self-inflicted wound.

Only VIPs allowed to drink alcohol inside Paris 2024 Olympic venues

Under Evin's Law, which has been in place since 1991, alcohol is banned from sale to the general public inside stadiums in France, and Games organisers had not sought an exemption.

On Camera

Here’s how Khilji, Akbar, and Hindu rulers dealt with Halal

In Medieval India, the late Prof Satish Chandra demonstrates how Muslim rulers in India quickly grasped that pristine notions of Halal and haram did not hold up to the realities of statecraft.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.