Shot putter Abha Khatua wanted to pursue her Olympic dream despite a recent family tragedy. However, she is now missing from India's Paris-bound contingent.
Khatua was the joint record holder of 18.06m with Manpreet Kaur before this event. But with her fifth round hurl of 18.41m at the Kalinga Stadium, she became the sole national record holder.
The sports ministry cleared the final contingent that also features 140 support staff and officials, of which 72 "have been approved at cost to the Government" to meet the "requirements" of the travelling sportspersons.
Shah Rukh Khan won his first National Film Award for best actor for Jawan, sharing the honour with Vikrant Massey for 12th Fail. Rani Mukerji was named best actress for Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway. 12th Fail was adjudged best feature film.
The AFI chief also feels Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra's propensity to live in the moment and the remarkable consistency in his throws make him stand out among some of the best javelin exponents in the world.
The squad comprises 17 men and 11 women athletes with some of the other prominent names being Asian Games champions Avinash Sable, Tejinderpal Singh Toor along with sprint hurdler Jyothi Yarraji, to name a few.
Several Indian athletes secured their spots for the upcoming Paris Olympics, with Jyothi Yarraji becoming the country's first female 100m hurdler to qualify.
Unheralded Abha Khatua equalled the women's shot put national record of 18.06m while winning silver in a surprise performance.
Neeraj Chopra's broad shoulders will carry a weight of massive expectations
Sunday also proved to be a good day for Delhi's star 400m runner Amoj Jacob, whose winning time was 45.92 seconds.
The United States has welcomed the recent move by India to send its special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan to broker peace between the two countries, where New Delhi has sizeable oil interest. "We welcome that degree of interest," US Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan Princeton Lyman told reporters during a conference call on Monday.
The Cabinet cleared amendments to the Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, giving the FMC autonomy and including various provisions aimed at developing the market. Business Standard spoke to Khatua on how the amendments will impact the markets once it comes into force.
Commodity markets regulator Forward Markets Commission's new chairman B C Khatua has called for the participation of farmers and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the futures market.
At a media briefing in Hyderabad, Khatua said the bullion accounted for 42 per cent of commodity trade, and agriculture 23 per cent. He expressed hope that the government would lift the ban on eight commodities -- rubber, chana, soyoil, potato, rice, wheat, tur and urad -- shortly as prices had declined in the recent months. Wheat, for instance, is selling lower than the minimum support price.
India's apex commodities regulator - the Forward Markets Commission - is a hub of activity these days. The Bill amending the Forward Contracts Regulation Act is pending before the Parliament.
In a reiteration of its stand, Forward Markets Commission (FMC) chief B C Khatua said FMC is open to foreign participation in the market in a limited way and will talk to the Centre in this regard.
Maharashtra is likely to incur a revenue loss of Rs 1,500-2,000 crore (Rs 15-20 billion) in the current fiscal due to implementation of value added tax.
A man carrying a 9 kg tumour, like an albatross hanging from the left neck and chest wall, for the last 30 years had the affliction removed after successful surgery at the premier Calcutta Medical Research Institute.
To the disappointment of the Forward Markets Commission, the commodity markets regulator, the standing committee of Parliament examining the Bill seeking to amend the Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1952, has invited suggestions from the public and stakeholders, including consumer bodies.
Commodity markets regulator FMC on Wednesday said it has given approval to the Anil Ambani Group to acquire 26 per cent stake in Indian Commodity Exchange from one of its promoters, Indiabulls group.
The regulator's comments has come at a time when national level exchanges NCDEX and NMCE are mulling to cut transaction fees, after leading bourse MCX decided to slash the charges from November 2.
In a significant development, India's National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited on Thursday launched its futures contract for Certified Emission Reduction. Forward Markets Commission, chairman, B. C. Khatua inaugurated the launch at NCDEX Exchange Platform. The CER contract of NCDEX will be traded in multiples of one lot of 500 CERs each.
FMC chairman B C Khatua said differential margins were being considered as the perceived risk of hedgers and speculators was different.
The government last week extended the ban on futures trading in the four commodities till November 30, which was initially meant for four months when imposed in May. The top official regulating India's commodity futures market said FMC had submitted inputs to the government before the decision on the extension was taken. He iterated that there was no direct link between futures trading and price rise.
Groundsmen at Kolkata's famous Eden Gardens have threatened to commit suicide if the cricket authorities do not meet their financial demands, including five months' back pay, Indian media reported on Wednesday.
India's apex Forward Markets Commission says physical delivery is essential for the transparent functioning of the commodity exchanges.
Pallavi Darua was crowned winner at Adi Rani 2018, a first-of-its-kind beauty contest held in Orissa.
India is at risk of sustained food price inflation as domestic production of key staples such as wheat and edible oil fails to keep pace with rising demand, according to the country's top official on commodities trading.
The newly appointed chairman of the Forward Markets Commission says futures market is in for a healthy growth in India and existing powers of the apex commodities regulator can be effectively used to regulate commodity markets.
Intense competition and lifting of trading ban on four agri products will help the commodity futures exchanges end 2009 with a record turnover of up to Rs 70,00,000 crore (Rs 70 trillion), up 39 per cent from last year. The total turnover was at Rs 50,33,872 crore (Rs 50.338 trillion) in 2008.
India's commodity markets regulator, the Forward Markets Commission has urged commodity exchanges to review the mechanism of spot market prices. In an interview to a leading business daily, FMC Chairman B C Khatua said the commodity exchanges should widen the sample size of the poll participants for spot market prices.
Indian futures market may have lost business worth Rs 8,00,000 crore (Rs 8,000 billion) due to ban in forward trading of eight commodities such as wheat, rice and pulses.
Voices of concern over cumin seed and pepper delivery and quality standards were aired at a meeting of traders and hedgers called by the Forward Markets Commission.
The Forward Markets Commission will convene a meeting of 21 regional exchanges in the country to prepare a plan of action for their revitalisation, commission's chairman B C Khatua said.
Four Indian authors, including well-known writer Urvashi Butalia, attended the KLF which was held between February 10-12 in Pakistan.
With the tribes together accounting for less than 1,000 people, largely disconnected from the rest of the world and having very low immunity levels, anthropologists fear they could get extinct should the pandemic spreads its tentacles across the islands.
Delhi and Maharashtra may lower value added tax on bullion to 0.25 per cent as consensus on introducing uniform floor rate for precious metals seemed difficult to emerge at the empowered committee's meeting on Wednesday
India's state banks are under pressure to improve profitability.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
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