Making her Olympic debut, Elavenil Valarivan finished 16th, while Apurvi Chandela settled for the 36th place
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The two athletes, who have had an impressive 2019-20 season, won the Sportsperson of the Year awards in their respective categories
The National Rifle Association of India released the list of 34 shooters who will be training separately for the Tokyo Olympic Games, scheduled to be held next summer after the COVID-19 pandemic pushed it back by a year
National Rifle Association of India on Thursday recommended Anjum Moudgil's name for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award while Manu Bhaker is among four shooters recommended for the Arjuna Award
Manu Bhaker, 17, fired her way to the gold with a junior world record in the women's 10m air pistol event, while the 20-year-old Elavenil claimed the top honours in the women's 10m air rifle competition at ISSF World Cup Finals
In her debut year at the senior level, the 20-year-old Elavenil Valarivan shot 251.7 in the 10m air rifle competition finals, leaving behind Seonaid McIntosh of Britain, who settled for silver with an effort of 250.6 on Wednesday (August 28).
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.