India jumped on top of overall medal standings at the 13th Asian Shooting Championship, adding with six more medals to their kitty on Day 6 of the competition in Kuwait City.
Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro Ltd said on Friday it has bagged a Rs 368-crore (Rs 3.68 billion) order from a power generation company in China for supply of critical gasification equipment.
A 51-year-old woman member of an NGO from the city was among five Indians on board the Malaysian airliner that is presumed to have crashed into sea off Vietnamese coast and her family is shattered by the news.
VSO an international development charity that works through volunteers invites applications for its Overseas Volunteering Opportunities program.
VSO, an international development charity that works through volunteers, invites applications for its Overseas Volunteering Opportunities programme.
Indian Grand Master Pentala Harikrishna beat Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in his eighth round tie in the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow.
The Indian ace plays Mongontuul Bathuyag of Mongolia in the eighth round of the World Junior girls' chess championship.
With her sights firmly set for the 2018 Commonwealth and Asian Games, Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik feels that quality preparation can only happen if there are at least two extended camps in foreign countries every year. "Before Olympics, we went to Spain for a training camp and we got to practise with a lot of quality wrestlers. I believe for better performances we need more foreign exposure where we compete with the top wrestlers from other countries," Sakshi, who is face of Delhi Sultans franchise in the Pro-Wrestling League (PWL) told PTI.
The fascination for the skies and what lies beyond has fathered an expansive stockpile of astronomical myths and legends and in India, also an elaborate astrological system, notes Arundhuti Dasgupta.
And we can't get enough of these whimsical creatures.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the seventh day of the Asian Games on Saturday.
'Where people in the name of religion kill each other, kill others just to go to heaven, and thinking only they will go to heaven,' says Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Top seed Vikas Krishan (75kg) and Gaurav Bidhuri (56kg) advanced to the quarter-finals, giving India a good start at the Asian Boxing Championships in Tashkent on Monday.
Indian boxer Sumit Sangwan (81kg) advanced to the pre-quarterfinal of the AIBA World Olympic qualification tournament after notching up a hard-fought win over eighth seed Juan Carlos Carrillo of Colombia in Baku.
Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik crashed out in the first round while compatriot Vinesh Phogat's campaign also ended in a whimper as Indian grapplers continued with dismal show at World Wrestling Championship.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
India's Heena Sidhu made a grand return to form by winning the gold medal in the 10m air pistol women's event at the 13th Asian Shooting Championship, in Kuwait City, on Friday.
Special arrangements have also been made at several places, including the national capital, for people to take bath in rivers on the occasion.
The founder of the dreaded terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed undergoes regular dialysis at an army hospital in Rawalpindi in Pakistan.
Asia's largest integrated wind power company, Suzlon Energy has secured a contract from China-based Guohua Xilinguole New Energy and Source Co Ltd for a wind farm project.
India posted an emphatic 4-0 victory over Mongolia in the third round of the 37th Chess Olympiad.
An Olympic quota place pocketed, Indian boxer Shiva Thapa (56kg) ended his campaign with a silver medal after losing in the final of the Asian/Oceania Qualifying Tournament Qian'an, China on Friday. The 22-year-old Assamese, who is a World Championship bronze-medallist, went down 0-3 to Thailand's Chatchai Butdee in the summit clash. Butdee is the reigning Asian champion. Shiva had booked his ticket to Rio de Janeiro by making the finals yesterday after beating Kazakhstan's Kairat Yeraliyev. Meanwhile, it was a heartbreak once again for L Devendro Singh (49kg), who missed a second opportunity to qualify for the Olympics. The Commonwealth silver-medallist, who lost in the semifinals a day prior, went down in the box-off for the Olympic slot on Friday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Indian grapplers finished their campaign at the Asian Wrestling Championship in Bangkok, Thailand with nine medals, including a gold, in the five-day event.
Robson Conceicao won host Brazil's first ever Olympic boxing gold medal on Tuesday, the lightweight drawing inspiration from a vociferous home support to secure a unanimous points victory over Sofiane Oumiha of France.
The Indian lost tamely in only 44 seconds to Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar of Mongolia in the second round of the 60 kg Group B category.
The medals tally at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Modi was accorded a grand reception at the Great Hall of People in Beijing on Friday when he arrived for talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.
However, there will be no bilateral meetings between Swaraj, Sitharaman with their Pakistani counterparts.
India seeks greater market access for its products including textiles, pharmaceuticals and bovine meat.
Vinesh Phogat created history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian Games, brushing aside her rivals with remarkable ease in the 50kg category.
Mongolia on horseback or hiking through Bhutan -- niche travel firms are offering out-of-the-ordinary holiday alternatives
A select 12 matches will also be broadcast in Malayalam via Asianet Plus.
MC Mary Kom began her campaign in style by outpunching Sweden's Juliana Soderstrom in her opening bout of the AIBA World Women's Boxing Championships in Astana.
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