The Indian men's hockey team will be competing in the Asian Champions Trophy to be held from December 14 to 22 in Dhaka. Besides, India and hosts Bangladesh, Pakistan, Korea, Japan and Malaysia will vie for the top honour.
The players will be returning to the national camp for the first time after their historic bronze-medal winning feat at Tokyo Olympics, breaking a 41-year old drought.
Placed in Elite Group B, Punjab play their first match against Tamil Nadu on Feb 20.
Led by skipper Mandeep Singh's unbeaten 99, Punjab beat Tripura by 22 runs
Mandeep Singh, captain Manpreet, defenders Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, drag-flicker Varun Kumar and goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak tested positive for COVID-19
Mandeep Singh found the target in the 9th, 29th and 30th minutes in India men's hockey team's 6-3 win over Japan at the Tokyo 2020 test event on Tuesday.
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.