The FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup was initially scheduled to be held in South Africa in December 2021 but had to be put on hold due to the outbreak of Omicron - a new coronavirus variant.
India, China, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore will be playing in the Asia Cup from where top four sides will qualify for the FIH Women's World Cup 2022.
Pushed back by a year due to the pandemic, the quadrennial sporting extravaganza is slated to be held in July-August.
The Indian team trained at the Sports Authority of India centre in Bengaluru for several months as international competition came to a halt due to the pandemic
Indian women's team will hit the restart button and begin its Olympic preparations with the tour of Argentina, starting next week
The Indian women's hockey team, which returned to the Olympic fold in Rio in 2016 after a gap of 36 years, take on the United States at Bhubaneswar on November 1 and 2 for a berth in next year's Tokyo Games
After their successful outing against Spain and Ireland, India starts the series as favourites
Indian athletes who displayed exceptional sporting feat during the past one year were honoured with DSJA Awards in Delhi.
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.