A brainchild of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the outreach envisages interaction of all Olympians and Paralympians with students from 75 schools each in a span of two years to motivate the youngsters to have "santulit ahaar" or a balanced diet and take on fitness activities.
Maharashtra's distance runners Adesh Yadav and Komal Chandrakant Jagdale won the men's and women's 5000m titles respectively earlier on Monday morning.
Robert on Sunday said that her wife Anju's national record of 6.83m set during the 2004 Athens Olympics will be bettered by Shaili within three years
On Sunday the Jhansi-girl Shaili missed long jump gold by 1cm. She settled for silver with a leap of 6.59m
Shaili,17, leaped 6.59m but it was not enough for a gold as she was pipped to the post by Sweden's reigning European junior champion Maja Askag, who managed 6.60m
Thompson-Herah ran the 100m in 10.54 seconds, the best time in the world this year as well as a meet record and a personal best
The Indian quartet of Bharat S, Priya Mohan, Summy and Kapil clocked 3:20.60 seconds to finish third in the final.
Hohn's outburst regarding the lack of facilities at the national camp a month prior to the Olympics also didn't go down well with both AFI and SAI.
Javelin thrower Chopra secured India's second individual gold in Olympic history with a sensational throw of 87.58m
Neeraj Chopra said, 'Milkha Singh wanted to hear the national anthem in a stadium. He is no longer with us but his dream has been fulfilled'
Jacobs, recently crowned Olympic champion in the 100m, helped Italy win 4x100m relay gold
The quartet of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Tom Noah Nirmal, Rajiv Arokia and Amoj Jacob finished fourth missing the final qualification by whisker
De Grasse powered past a pair of Americans — Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles — to finish in 19.62 seconds and take one of the titles that Usain Bolt had owned for the last three Olympics
Thompson-Herah blew away a much-decorated field in the 200m as she completed her 2nd straight Olympic sprint sweep
Dutee, 25, who had already crashed out of her pet event 100m in the first round, clocked 23.85 seconds to finish seventh and last in Heat 4
Thompson-Herah broke Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old Olympic record in the women’s 100m final as Jamaica swept the medals
Long jumper M Sreeshankar, race walker KT Irfan poor form worries AFI, coaches pulled up
The Tokyo-bound track and field contingent will have 47 members, including 26 athletes. There will be 11 coaches, eight support staff, one team doctor and one team leader.
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.