The rugby championship wins have been a decade in the making — a lone ranger coach’s search for talent, convincing conservative parents, explaining rugby to cricket-crazy Indians.
Odisha government recently gave jobs to 19 rugby players. Behind the state's rugby revolution is Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences which began nurturing young talents in 2006.
Before the 2011 nuclear disaster, Fukushima was known in Japan for its seafood, famous peaches and prized Black Cattle. It was also a destination for hikers and skiers.
The 15s women's rugby team, barely a year old, won India a bronze last month in the four-team Asia Women's Division 1 Rugby XVs Championship in the Philippines.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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