Month: July 2024

Abhinav Bindra Conferred With Olympic Order, Becomes First Indian To Get The Award

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Abhinav Bindra Conferred With Olympic Order, Becomes First Indian To Get The Award

Abhinav Bindra, the first Indian to win an individual medal at the Olympics, has been conferred with the Olympic Order for his outstanding services to the Olympic movement. The Olympic Order is the highest award given by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for meritorious services. Bindra, a member of the IOC Athletes Commission,…

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Sports

‘Hopefully We Can Win Two Medals’: Yogeshwar Dutt On Indian Wrestling At Paris Olympics

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‘Hopefully We Can Win Two Medals’: Yogeshwar Dutt On Indian Wrestling At Paris Olympics

The upheavals in wrestling in the last two years have “severely affected” the growth of the sport in India, feels Olympic medallist grappler Yogeshwar Dutt, though he is still optimistic that the six-member Indian squad can win two medals at the Paris Games beginning on July 26. Sustained protests by six of the…

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IAS Officer’s Wife Who “Eloped” With Gangster Returns Home, Dies By Suicide

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IAS Officer’s Wife Who “Eloped” With Gangster Returns Home, Dies By Suicide

The couple had separated in 2023 and were heading for a divorce. She eloped with a gangster nine months ago. On Saturday, the 45-year-old woman returned to her IAS husband’s home in Gujarat, where she tried to kill herself. The woman, Surya Jay, died during treatment at a hospital a day later, on Sunday. The…

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Nation

Philippines ‘cannot yield’ in territorial disputes: Marcos

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Philippines ‘cannot yield’ in territorial disputes: Marcos

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. | Photo Credit: AP The Philippines “cannot yield” in territorial disputes, President Ferdinand Marcos said on Monday, after a series of escalating confrontations with Beijing in the South China Sea. Manila is locked in a longstanding territorial row with Beijing over parts of the strategic waterway through which trillions of…

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World

India has moved from women’s development to women-led development: Economic Survey

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India has moved from women’s development to women-led development: Economic Survey

Women counting money at a garment sewing machine unit. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Observing that India is transitioning from women’s development to women-led development, the Chief Economic Advisor on July 22 said there has been a 218.8% increase in budgetary allocation for schemes for the welfare and empowerment of women even as it acknowledged…

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Business

K Kavitha Involved In Tweaking Of Delhi Liquor Policy: CBI In Chargesheet

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K Kavitha Involved In Tweaking Of Delhi Liquor Policy: CBI In Chargesheet

The matter has been listed for scrutiny of documents on the next date of hearing. New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in its chargesheet filed against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha, has stated that she was involved in the manipulation and tweaking of the Delhi Excise Policy. During the investigation, the role…

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“Expecting A Lot From Captain Harmanpreet Singh: Hockey India Chief Diliip Tirkey Ahead Of Paris Olympics

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“Expecting A Lot From Captain Harmanpreet Singh: Hockey India Chief Diliip Tirkey Ahead Of Paris Olympics

Former captain and Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey has high hopes from skipper Harmanpreet Singh at the Paris Olympics, saying if the star drag-flicker is on song there is no reason why the country cannot change the colour of the medal at the quadrennial showpiece event. India had defeated Germany to clinch the…

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Primary healthcare registers rise in expenditure with reduction in out-of-pocket treatment cost: Economic Survey

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Primary healthcare registers rise in expenditure with reduction in out-of-pocket treatment cost: Economic Survey

A pharmacist arranges stocked medicines at a Jan Aushadhi Pharmacy in Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu. | Photo Credit: M. SRINATH The Economic Survey 2023-2024 highlights that the latest National Health Accounts (NHA) estimates show an increase in the share of Government Health Expenditure (GHE) in the total GDP as well as the share of GHE in…

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