This was Russia's first final appearance since 2015. They won the competition in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008. For Switzerland, it was their first final outing in the competition.
The 12 teams in the tournament are divided into four groups of three teams, with only the group winner advance to Friday's semifinals.
Ranked 174, Ankita lost the first reverse singles match 0-6 6-7(5) to Sevastova, who had got the better of legendary Serena Williams in her team's previous tie against the USA.
Both Ankita Raina, Karman Kaur Thandi fought hard but lost their respective matches to Jelena Ostapenko and Anastasija Sevastova
India had qualified for the Billie Jean King Cup World Group Play-offs for the first time after finishing second in the Asia/Oceania Group I tie
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.