Since 2012, 44 Indians have been anointed as grandmasters -- the highest achievement in chess, points out Arvind Subramanian, economist and former chief economic adviser to the government.
About 200 members of the Indian contingent and officials participating in the Commonwealth Games beginning next week arrived in Gold Coast, on Wednesday.
About 200 members of the Indian contingent and officials participating in the Commonwealth Games beginning next week arrived in Gold Coast, on Wednesday.
'To play my first World Cup match in front of a packed home ground against Pakistan felt like a dream. I can still feel the atmosphere, how the stadium was, how people reacted and how we won that match. That was the best moment for me as a youngster.'
With a jam-packed schedule brimming with both legendary athletes and captivating storylines, Paris 2024 promises unforgettable moments.
India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday, October 2.
Hockey coach Ramesh Parameswaran applies for Dronacharya Award
All these male politicians are unlikely to risk their sinecures to speak up in support of a bunch of women wrestlers who have chosen to challenge a politician who appears to have the ruling regime in a stranglehold, points out Kanika Datta.
Leander Paes said he is currently busy working on a biopic to portray the father-son duo's legacy on the big screen.
Iconic boxer MC Mary Kom and ace archer Deepika Kumari were told they need not say sorry after returning without medals while hockey player P R Sreejesh was asked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he has learnt Punjabi when he hosted the Tokyo-returned Olympians at his residence.
'I feel more like an athlete.' 'So now, I'd like to experience the actor in me more.'
'As our national anthem was being played and the tricolour was going up, I felt that I too was flying with the flag. The sense of patriotism that I felt was beyond any other feeling in the world'
Shooting has provided some rare Olympic joy for India
If you want to see what India should be like and how Indians should live, you have to see Bhilai, says Colonel K Thammayya Udupa (retd).
Virat Kohli, who will turn 34 on Saturday, is back in his element
While a billion hearts would pray for all the participants to do well, all eyes would be set on the duo of Deepika Kumari/Atanu Das, the four shooters and Mirabai Chanu to open India's medals count.
'I would like to work with certain people, which is not happening. I am still struggling.' 'There are people in this industry who want to work only with their favourite people.'
'For men to find their centre of gravity, it will only come when they are settled in their head.'
Because he knows Odisha; and Odisha knows him, observes Aditi Phadnis.
He was blessed with celestial ability, a once-in-a-generation player destined to pull India out of its hockey inertia and lay down for it a new, exciting, path of greatness. Then he was shot and unsure if he would walk, let alone play hockey again. Dhruv Munjal hopes Soorma, the biopic on Sandeep Singh's life, will bring him back where he belongs -- in the spotlight.
In hockey, the women's team continued its inspiring run with a silver medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Humpy bagged the award after receiving the highest number of votes from the fans.
'I got an opportunity to direct him in Baaghi 3.' 'He played a police commissioner's role, and it was so weird directing him.' On the first day of shooting, I asked him, 'What do I call you today?' and he shot back, 'Satish uncle'.'
'Bobby Deol has a child-like quality which makes you love him instantly.'
PM Modi had also taken a review meeting to take stock of how the preparations of India's athletes are going
'The Pangong Tso lake is frozen from September-October to February-March. The windchill factor is phenomenal. The night temperature goes to minus 40. The area is like a barren desert. You are out in the open with no trees or bushes to take cover.'
'A person who does the impossible is a Soorma.' 'Soorma is beyond the normal. Not everyone can be called one.' Diljeet Dosanjh on how he didn't know how to play hockey, but plays a hockey legend in his next film.
Such a person is rare in today's film world, notes Amit Khanna.
'I worked as a cleaner at a store.' 'I worked as a security guard...' 'I have slept on footpaths.' '[I came to Mumbai with great difficulty.' 'I have not seen better people than I have in the film industry.' 'Nobody has helped me the way people have done for me here.'
'I still remember I couldn't buy How To Learn Acting because I did not have sufficient money.' 'Later, when I searched for the book, I could never find it.'
The Phogats became a household name in the country after the success of Hindi film 'Dangal', which is based on the lives of Phogat sisters, all of them wrestlers, and their father who coached them against all odds.
Luger Shiva Keshavan, Indian contingent's chef-de-mission Harjinder Singh and the mayor of the Games Village were present during the brief ceremony.
This was due to the fact that they had already won the Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour.
The view is that the attention on the national team is fleeting, incidental and dependent on the results they produce.
Priyanka Chopra plays mum to an 18 year old! Bolly Gupshup with Subhash K Jha.
'Compared to three or four years back, I have cut down on my time as an active chess player. I have long aspired to come into the chess administration and this opportunity as the deputy president will be a huge learning curve for me'.
They would only be allowed in the academy after they produce COVID-19 negative certificate, the SAI said in a release.
The Tokyo Paralympics slated to begin on August 24, will be Jhajharia's third Paralympics.
Birthday greetings for Sachin Tendulkar poured in from all quarters on his 47th birthday.
