In Tokyo 2020 on Saturday, boxer Pooja Rani is a win away from securing at least a bronze medal for India. Watch live action
Pooja dominated Algeria's Ichrak Chaib in all three round, securing the match with 5-0 verdict
Pooja defended her gold in the Asian Championships in Dubai recently by beating Mavluda Movlonova of Uzbekistan in the final
Pooja Rani defeated her 18-year-old rival 5-0 to be assured of a medal as well as her maiden Olympic spot in the Asia/Oceania Qualifying tournament
Shiva Thapa (63kg) outpunched Kazakhstan's national champion Sanatali Toltayev 5-0 to win a gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 boxing test event on Thursday.
Shiva Thapa (63kg) defeated Japan's Daisuke Narimatsu in a split verdict to advance to the final at the Tokyo 2020 boxing test event on Wednesday.
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.