The reigning world champion, seeded sixth, beat the 58th ranked Polikarpova 21-7 21-10 in a lop-sided opening match in the women’s singles group J match Sunday.
Last year, the entire sports ecosystem saw social activism that inspired reviews of archaic practices and helped amplify the voices of underrepresented groups.
Harmanpreet Singh scored a double for India, while Rupinder Pal Singh opened the scoring in the tenth minute for the eight-time former champions, currently ranked fourth in the world.
The setback puts pressure on hotel industry that bet big on the Games serving as a springboard for Japan’s economic goal of attracting 40 mn overseas visitors a year.
Officials said the person is not an athlete but 'a games-concerned personnel', and has been placed in a 14-day quarantine. The Olympic games are scheduled to begin on 23 July.
This is the first time India will have two flag-bearers, one male and one female, to ensure 'gender parity', Indian Olympic Association announced Monday.
Even the fastest woman alive, Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, can’t avoid all the logistical hurdles along the road to this year’s extraordinary Olympics.
A senior BCCI official said the modalities of the donation will be finalised after talking to Sports ministry and Indian Olympic Association. The Tokyo Olympic Games will begin on 23 July.
Digital sovereignty cannot stop at government cloud systems. It must extend to the networking, CDN, AI, and security layers permeating the entire economy.
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.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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