Month: August 2024

Aman Sehrawat Breaks PV Sindhu’s Long-Standing Olympic Record, Makes Wrestling History

August 10, 2024 admin

Grappler Aman Sehrawat became India’s youngest ever Olympic medallist by clinching the 57kg free-style category bronze less than a month after his 21st birthday to complete a memorable Games debut and lift the sagging spirits of the controversy-hit national wrestling contingent on Friday. Sehrawat, who turned 21 on July 16, notched up a…

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WHO Issues Urgent Alert On Potentially Severe Variants

August 10, 2024 admin

WHO urges individuals, especially those in at-risk groups, to ensure they are vaccinated. If you believe that Covid-19 is no longer a concern or that its impact has diminished, think again. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the percentage of positive tests has been increasing across 84 countries in recent weeks. The UN health…

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“I Am A Woman”: Imane Khelif’s Message After Winning Paris Olympics 2024 Boxing Gold

August 10, 2024 admin

Imane Khelif won boxing gold at the Paris Olympics 2024© AFP Algerian gender-row boxer Imane Khelif said that winning Paris Olympics gold on Friday was the perfect response to “attacks” and “bullying”, and declared: “I am a woman like any other.” Khelif comprehensively won the women’s 66kg final at Roland Garros, having been the focus of intense…

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PM Narendra Modi Congratulates Wrestler Aman Sehrawat

August 10, 2024 admin

Aman Sehrawat made his Olympic debut this year. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Indian grappler Aman Sehrawat for clinching the bronze medal in the men’s freestyle 57 kg wrestling event at the Paris Olympics. Mr Sehrawat, making his Olympic debut, secured the medal with a 13-5 victory over Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz…

Nation

These 31 MPs Are Its Members

August 10, 2024 admin

The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on Friday adopted a motion naming the members. (File) New Delhi: The joint committee of Parliament to examine the Waqf (Amendment) Bill will have 31 members — 21 from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha — and will submit its report by the next session….

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Rs 3 Crore Cash, Gold Worth Lakhs Seized During Raid On Telangana Nizamabad Municipal Corporation Civic Body Officer

August 10, 2024 admin

Dasari Narendar was arrested after the raid Hyderabad: Rs three crore cash and gold worth lakhs were recovered during a raid by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on the residence of the superintendent and revenue in-charge officer at the Nizamabad Municipal Corporation in Telangana on Friday. During the search at officer Dasari Narendar’s residence, the ACB discovered…

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The Hindu Morning Digest, August 10, 2024

August 10, 2024 admin

This frame grab from video shows wreckage from a plane that crashed by a home in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP No survivors in Brazil plane that crashed in Sao Paulo with 61 aboard A passenger plane crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo…

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India-Bangladesh ties not dependent on Awami League, says BNP

August 10, 2024 admin

Indo-Bangla bilateral ties are not dependent on the Awami League and it is “natural to evoke adverse reactions” in Bangladesh over India giving refuge to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Senior leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Friday, August 9, 2024. Ground Zero:The making of the Bangladesh revolt Asserting that India was “very…

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Border Force Foils Bangladeshi Infiltration Bid At West Bengal’s Cooch Behar District

August 10, 2024 admin

Amid unrest, around 1,000 Bangladeshi nationals gathered at the West Bengal border to enter India. Siliguri: The Border Security Force (BSF) with the help of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) foiled an infiltration attempt along India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district on Friday, an official said. According to a spokesperson of the border guarding…

Nation

Automakers creating new steels to make safer, more fuel-efficient cars

August 10, 2024 admin

Like many useful innovations, it seems, the creation of high-quality steel by Indian metallurgists more than two thousand years ago may have been a happy confluence of clever workmanship and luck. Firing chunks of iron with charcoal in a special clay container produced something completely new, which the Indians called wootz. Roman armies were soon…

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