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Friday, January 30, 2026
TopicWeightlifting

Topic: Weightlifting

Pregnant & ‘ziddi’—Delhi Police constable fought Indian mindset to win powerlifting medal

‘My family told me I was running against the tide,' Sonika Yadav said. 'They told me sports arenas are meant for children, and not grown up women like me.'

Jharkhand’s Babulal Hembrom wins two bronze medals at IWF World Youth Weightlifting Championship

According to the JSSPS, Babulal won the medals in the 49 kg snatch and clean & jerk categories.

Makeshift gym, no money for chicken, odd jobs—What’s behind Achinta Sheuli’s CWG gold

In West Bengal’s Deulpur village, Achinta Sheuli’s mother is happy people are finally ‘enquiring about us’. Brother Alok wants Achinta to ‘win Olympics gold next’.

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Taliban uses Sharia to justify its criminal code. It’s not new to me as a Pasmanda Muslim

As someone who has spent years speaking about caste, hierarchy, and inequality within Muslim societies, I cannot ignore the pattern anymore.

More states giving out cash transfers. They aren’t substitutes for investments: Economic Survey

Number of states implementing unconditional cash transfers increased fivefold between FY23 and FY26, half of them estimated to be in revenue deficit, report says.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.