Jena is a promising javelin thrower, with a world ranking of 33. He threw his personal best of 84.38 m on July 28, 2023, in Sri Lanka at the 101st Sri Lankan Championships. It was a gold medal-winning throw.
India's final tally in Hangzhou stood at 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze, a quantum leap from the 70 medals the contingent bagged at Jakarta in 2018.
In these pandemic stricken, music bereft times, what can be more joyous than a playlist of golden melodies?
Ayushmann Khurrana is ready to repeat the flirtatious woman deed second time around in Dream Girl 2.
Tejaswin will however focus on Asian Games 2023, which will be held from Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 8.
In 2022, he raced past Usain Bolt, 'the world's fastest man', to become the world's most written-about athlete. The attention has followed a stream of medals: Asian Games gold twice, an Olympic gold, and silver and gold at the World Athletics Championships.
Hrishida's Abhimaan captured the real life pair Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan's dazzling chemistry in the many stages of the husband-wife relationship, observes Sukanya Verma.
'If you want it to grow well and serve the true needs of the economy, it needs a lot of freedom and flexibility, which comes in terms of the reform objective set by the regulator.'
As India successfully lands Chandrayaan-3, does the moon look as beautiful as one's beloved or has the Chanda Mama of folk ditties acquired a whole new meaning?
Subhash K Jha picks songs to celebrate Maha Shiv Ratri.
In these pandemic stricken, music bereft times, what can be more joyous than a playlist of 25 golden melodies?
'The credit for giving me my first major break goes to Master Ghulam Haider.'
Bollywood's stars were out and about. And Pradeep Bandekar captured them in his camera.
Gina flew down to Mumbai for Shalimar's mahurat and pictures of her with Zeenat Aman and Dharmendra were duly splashed all over the newspapers.
'But some like Rakesh leave an imprint that is hard to remove or forget...'
Playback singers enjoyed the challenge of being pitched against the finest voice God ever created, but they were also wary of Lata Mangeshkar's endless resourcefulness in rendition.
Watch Hindi a capella group Penn Masala, who performed for US President Barack Obama last year, belt out a few hits!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday began his maiden state visit to Egypt by holding discussions with his Egyptian counterpart Mostafa Madbouly and top cabinet ministers on deepening trade relations and further strengthening the strategic partnership.
'I faced difficulties, but today when I look back, it all looks mazedar (fun).'
Yogesh, who worked across generations with everyone from Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna to Amol Palekar and Shah Rukh Khan, passed away on May 29.
Aditi Pohankar steals the show in She Season 2, applauds Namrata Thakker.
'I introduced her around.' 'Her first audition was for Heropanti, but she did not get it.' 'Now she is doing movies regularly.' 'After her movie releases, she always calls me to ask if I have seen the movie and if I liked the way she acted.'
Singer-music composer Amit Kumar talks about his famous father, and gives us his reasons for quitting the film industry.
Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.
'Asha atya remains down-to-earth and frank.' 'If she likes something, she will tell you to your face.' 'Ditto, if she doesn't.' 'She is full of life and energy, I have never seen her brood.'
Das, a law graduate, was in politics from his college days and was elected as the Students' Union president at Gangadhar Meher College at Sambalpur, one of the oldest colleges in western Odisha.
What's your favourite Lata song?
Sukanya Verma makes a playlist of 15 profound Rajesh Khanna ditties.
Punjab Kings' head coach Anil Kumble and batting coach Wasim Jaffer tried their hand at singing during the team's karaoke night session in Dubai.
Basu Chatterjee's films have wonderful songs, 10 of which Joginder Tuteja lists here.
'I am writing two films. Something very different from Rocky Aur Rani.' 'I know I'm back on the set next year.'
Using snatches of a cult favourite or evergreen classic in its original form for action, comedy or romance can transform the entire vibe of a scene.
Sukanya Verma lists many more Rishi Kapoor chartbusters.
'Many have tried to imitate her. They've fallen flat on their faces.'
iyush Goel, Dharmendra Pradhan, Pralhad Joshi, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Biseswar Tudu are the 5 Union minsters.
'Dada is a living legend, not just here but around the world. The biopic on him will be very special.'
Things may not always look bright, but the sun won't stay out forever is a running theme conveyed across its short films about people from various walks of life in all their varying moods and musings, applauds Sukanya Verma.
After regaling fans for 15 years, Singer Arijit Singh has now reinvented himself as a music composer.
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