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Sunday, August 2, 2026
TopicWorld Athletics

Topic: World Athletics

India’s track & field showing at CWG 2026 isn’t one-off. Behind it is a whole new approach

Within the first six months of 2026, Indian athletes rewrote the national records, breaking more than 24 of them in track and field events.

World governing body bans transgender women from female athletics events

World Athletics president said that the decision to exclude transgender women who had gone through male puberty was based 'on the overarching need to protect the female category'.

On Camera

The thrill of ‘down low’ wears off fast. Why do gay men even fall for it?

Being DL is not the same as being closeted, though there’s some overlap. A closeted man knows he is queer, but a DL one does his best to not acknowledge the Grindr logo on his phone.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

In Delhi, an emotional farewell to former Army chief Gen VN Sharma with full state honours

The three service chiefs paid tributes, along with several former Army chiefs. Friends & fellow soldiers remember him as a 'natural charmer'.

India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.