Neeraj has won gold medals in Olympics (Tokyo in 2021), Asian Games (2018) and Commonwealth Games (2018), besides becoming the Diamond League champion last year.
US President George W Bush on Monday spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed the status of the civil nuclear deal and the recent nuclear test by North Korea.
The G-20 alliance of developing countries led by India and Brazil is likely to come up with "better" proposals at its meeting in Geneva this week as chances of a global trade deal on WTO's Doha Round brighten. Nath said members of the G-20 wanted to recognise some of the sensitivities of developed countries as long as their own concerns of livelihood and food security are taken on board.
A day after the failure of six-nation WTO talks in Geneva, government said on Tuesday the US is unwilling to reduce domestic subsidies on farm products.
India has held that countries responsible for creating the problem of climate change should come out in a big way to solve this issue.
India on Friday lashed out at the developed countries for enhancing subsidies to the agriculture sector, apart from high tariffs and trade distorting domestic support and asked them to take immediate corrective steps.
The All India Football Federation is exploring the possibility of selecting Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) for the Indian football team.
India and the US have agreed to meet next month for resolving differences on farm subsidies and industrial tariffs as part of efforts to resume the deadlocked global trade negotiations.
Newly-crowned world champion Neeraj Chopra will look to maintain his unbeaten streak in the prestigious Diamond League meet when he competes in a star-studded men's javelin throw field in Zurich on Thursday.
DP Manu and Kishore Jena are the other two javelin throwers who will be in action on Friday.
If Chopra holds the trophy and pockets the US$30,000 prize money at the Prefontaine Classic, he will become only the third man to defend the DL overall title, though the format changed in 2017.
Highlighting the need to arrive at a "balanced package" at the forthcoming Hong Kong Ministerial, the group of 20 leading economies of the world on Friday
Chitravel and Aldrin set new national indoor records in triple and long jump
The United States has offered to cut its agricultural subsidies by 60 per cent over a period of next five years as demanded by the G-20 developing nations and Britain in its bid to revive the Doha round of trade talks.
In the men's 20km race walk, Vikash Singh finished 28th in a time of 1 hour 21 minute 58 seconds, while Paramjit Singh (1:24:02) and Akashdeep Singh (1:31:12) were 35th and 47th respectively in the event in which 50 athletes competed.
US official says India must resort to greater liberalisation so that US investors have as many opportunities here as Indians have in the US.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
A day after collapse of the G-4 talks, India on Friday said the group's role as a consensus- building mechanism in WTO talks has come to an end and warned the US and EU against trying to divide developing nations.
India's Saurav Ghosal advanced to the second round of the Qatar PSA World Squash Championship, beating Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi in straight games in Doha on Saturday.
The government has taken several measures to clear the applications and that includes sanctioning of 373 additional posts in the patent wing.
But after those events, Federer will take a training break, the paper reported.
Eight stadiums in Doha will host 64 matches at the World Cup.
Neeraj Chopra will next compete in the World Athletics Championships in Budapest starting on August 19, without participating in any other meet.
Prakash Amritraj lost to Mardy Fish at the ATP event in Las Vegas while Uberoi lost to Maria Vento-Kabchi in Doha
When stars travel, they make lovely pictures on social media.
Since the beginning of the World Cup, Ilham has been cheering Morocco on in Doha.
The Doha Round of talks of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) faces a new challenge and if some statements emanating after the General Council meeting on July 25 at Geneva are to be taken at face value, this could derail the process of trade liberalisation through a multilateral route for some time.
A World Championships gold is the only medal missing in Neeraj Chopra's decorated cabinet and the superstar Indian javelin thrower will fancy his chances.
Palak, Esha gold-silver feat makes it a historic day for India
India's struggling singles star Somdev Devvarman was handed a tough opener in the ATP Chennai Open as he is pitted against sixth seed and world number 38 Yen-Hsun Lu.
Trade ministers from 162 WTO countries will gather in Kenya's capital from Dec. 15-18 to work on an agreement to liberalise global trade.
The five top contenders for the men's title at the US Open.
Five top contenders for the women's title at the French Open, which starts on Sunday.
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