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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
TopicVinesh Phogat

Topic: Vinesh Phogat

Urdu press slams Waqf bill, sees ‘agenda to strip Muslims of assets under guise of reform’

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

General Chaos has strategic advice for Bangladesh & why Indian rupee would survive any weigh-in

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

What is Court of Arbitration for Sport – Vinesh Phogat’s only hope for a silver medal in Paris

The ace grappler has moved CAS for a joint silver after her shock disqualification before the final for being 100 grams overweight.

‘Despair’ over Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification & Nita Ambani’s ‘publicity blitz’ at Paris Olympics

Foreign media also looked at Indian Right-wing's participation at conferences abroad with aim to build global front against liberalism, and India's 1st multi-nation air combat exercises.

‘Vinesh is our gold’ — heartache in Phogat’s village in Haryana after her disqualification, retirement

After being disqualified from Paris Olympics, Phogat announced her retirement from wrestling. And though people from her village are mourning loss of gold, they wish for her to fight again. 

Protest over Vinesh Phogat in Rajya Sabha, anguished Dhankhar leaves House

Opposition parties walk out after not being allowed to raise the issue.

US wrestler suggests rule changes after Vinesh Phogat’s Olympics setback — ‘maybe this’ll wake up IOC’

Jordan Burroughs, 2012 Olympics gold medalist who has supported Phogat via social media, says wrestling needs 'more than 6 weight classes', also proposed changes for United World Wrestling.

‘I don’t have the strength anymore’: Phogat bids adieu to wrestling, day after setback at Paris 2024

During the morning weigh preceding the final match against Sarah Hildebrandt, Vinesh Phogat was 100 grams above the prescribed weight.

Oppn cries foul over Phogat losing out on Olympics medal, demands probe into possible ‘sabotage’

Earlier in day, MPs of INDIA bloc walked out from both the Houses of Parliament expressing displeasure over sports minister's statement and Centre's refusal to clarify their doubts.

Coaches, doctors ‘at fault’, Vinesh a winner — uncle Mahavir Phogat on wrestler’s Olympic heartbreak

Former wrestler says rules at Olympics, only event without a 2kg buffer, too strict, should be eased. Coaches, doctors responsible for diet, should explain how Vinesh's weight increased.

On Camera

From ‘Jai Kisan’ to CVC, Shastri walked the talk. But corruption proved harder to root out

Set up by Lal bahadur Shastri, the Santhanam Committee's key concern was that corruption, once limited to the lower rungs of the bureaucracy, had now infected the All India Services and political leadership.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.