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TopicUsain Bolt

Topic: Usain Bolt

Buffalo racer, called ‘India’s Usain Bolt’, is injured in fall but doesn’t want to miss action

Srinivas Gowda ran 142.5 metres in 13.62 seconds in the traditional ‘Kambala’ event in February 2020. He was injured in the first race of this season last Sunday.

‘I am as good as the buffaloes’ — India’s ‘Usain Bolt’ says he runs only for Kambala

Kambala sensation Srinivasa Gowda became an overnight star on social media after being compared to Usain Bolt. But the comparison didn’t sit well for him.

Karnataka man compared to Usain Bolt after running 140m in 13 seconds in buffalo race

Social media hailed Karnataka's Srinivasa Gowda, who ran 142.5 meters in 13.62 seconds at the traditional buffalo race - Kambala, in a slushy paddy field.

Rockets attack Afganistan presidential palace, and Usain Bolt’s new career

Iran claims to have made its first indigenous fighter jet, and drones take on cocaine in Colombia.

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Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.