China's state media, athletes and netizens rallied to support Olympic swimming champion Pan Zhanle
Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has undergone an elbow surgery
She had an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery in Mumbai and had to skip the Asian Championships at Thailand in May last year.
Dipa Karmakar scripts history, becomes first Indian gymnast to win gold in Asian Senior Championships
"Our government is fully committed to an early breakthrough in the Doha agreement based on the December 2008 draft texts in agriculture and industrial goods. It must be a balanced agreement that addresses the legitimate concerns of developing countries," Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said.
"... An early conclusion of Doha Round is important; India is willing to take part in negotiations at the WTO provided the core concerns of the Round, namely development concerns of developing nations are addressed," commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma told Rajya Sabha.
New Delhi has all along demanded that the principle of less-than-full reciprocity -- which implies that industrialised countries take bigger tariff reduction commitments than developing countries -- must be the cornerstone of Doha non-agriculture market access modalities. Besides, India demanded that the formula to cut industrial tariffs and the flexibilities provided to developing countries in the July 2004 framework agreement should never be linked.
Ace marksman Abhinav Bindra was handed a cash award of Rs 4.33 lakh by sports minister Ajay Maken, for his splendid performance at the Asian Shooting Championship in Doha.
While India's defensive concerns on special products are broadly taken on the board in the latest revised draft text on Doha agricultural modalities issued last Thursday, its demands in regard to the use of special safeguard mechanism remain to be adequately addressed, trade negotiators said.
Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday clarified that Sunday's Paris Diamond League was never a part of his competition calendar this year.
Even as World Trade Organization director general Pascal Lamy has claimed that a successful Doha Round will lead to rich nations undertaking steeper tariff cuts than developing and poor nations, an analysis of the proposals shows the opposite may be true.
AIFF seeks investigation into Qatar's controversial goal against India
India has been excluded from a high-profile meeting of the European Union, the US and Brazil on the Doha trade negotiations in London. The two-day senior officials' meeting began on Monday at an unknown destination in London to address the specific concerns among the three members. It was 'unusual' that such a meeting is taking place without the participation of India. The three members will talk about industrials and agriculture packages ahead of next month's Geneva meeting.
Reader Kuku Dubey sent us a picture of Anju George from Doha.
It is time to lay the Doha Round to rest and think afresh about trade negotiations.
Jamaica's 100 metres world champion Yohan Blake is the first high-profile athlete to sign up for the opening Diamond League event in Doha, organisers said on Monday.
The Indonesian Minister's comments assume significance as she is also a candidate for the position of Director General, World Trade Organisation.
Union Trade Minister Anand Sharma said on Monday that the impasse has been broken over the World Trade Organisation's long-running Doha round of trade talks.
This licence will further enhance the niche role Doha Bank is playing and facilitating the movement of trade between Qatar and India.
Kerala's Joseph Abraham ran a career-best race and set a national record in men's 400 metres hurdles but failed to book a berth for the Doha Asian Games.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra's Paris Games preparations will be put through a stern test when he begins his season in the first leg of the prestigious Diamond League one-day meet series against a star-studded but familiar field, in Doha on Friday.
Neeraj Chopra underlined his claim as the favourite with a single throw on Tuesday, launching his Olympic title defence with 89.34 metres in qualification.
Defending champion Neeraj Chopra turned on the style as he stormed into the men's Javelin Throw final of the Olympic Games with a season's best effort of 89.34m in his very first attempt in the qualification round in Paris on Tuesday.
Dipa Karmakar claimed a creditable fourth place in the women's vault final at the FIG Apparatus World Cup.
Noting that Obama Administration is fundamentally committed to developmental premise of Doha Round, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk has said that advanced developing countries like China and India need to come in the same spirit as the United States for its success.
Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich overcame extreme heat and humidity to win the World Championship midnight marathon on Friday, in a gruelling test of survival that saw nearly a third of the 70 starters fail to reach the finish line.
Neeraj Chopra is in best physical condition to claim a medal at the Paris Games
Roger Federer will make his return to the tennis circuit from a double knee surgery at an ATP 250 tournament in Qatar in March, having not played since last year's Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic suffered his first defeat of the new season in the Qatar Open semi-finals on Friday, losing in three sets to Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut.
Politics infused the event in Doha where Belarusian swimmers competed as neutrals due to restrictions imposed on their athletes, and Russia's, stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- which Moscow called a "special military operation".
His stunning monster throw of 89.34 metres in the qualification round made quite a statement, but a tough challenge awaits defending champion Neeraj Chopra as he seeks another piece of history in the Paris Olympics men's javelin throw final round in Paris on Thursday.
It is only through a trade-opening global pact that issues like distorting subsidies or generating market access can be addressed, the WTO chief emphasised.
Chopra had claimed the silver at this event in 2022.
Avinash Sable broke his own 3000m steeplechase national record while finishing sixth at the Diamond League meet in Paris.
The eight former Indian Navy personnel were on October 26 given death sentence by Qatar's Court of First Instance.
Since the Doha negotiations began in 2001, the world has changed dramatically, Deputy US Trade Representative Michael Punke stated before the US Senate Finance Committee.
NRAI termed the disqualification of trap shooter Manavjit Singh by organisers of the Asia Olympic Qualifiers in Kuwait as 'unjust and unfair'.
WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said his meetings with the US, China, India, and Brazil over the last fortnight revealed that the gaps in positions among members are too wide
It was always foolhardy to expect the US and the EU to want to genuinely open up at a time their economies are in deep trouble.
A Jet Airways Mumbai-Doha flight had a bomb scare on Monday night just a few minutes before the airplane's departure, officials said.
