It was a celebration of woman power in sports as Olympic stars PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and Dipa Karmakar were on Monday conferred India's highest sporting honour -- the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna -- along with shooter Jitu Rai in a gleaming awards ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
India ended their campaign at the 17th Asian Junior Championships in style as they finished third by winning 17 overall medals, including 7 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on Monday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
India's plant-based meat market is estimated at $30-40 million, largely driven by consumer packaged food. The market size in India is likely to touch $500 million in three years.
Check out the complete schedule of Indian athletes at the Tokyo Olympics
Though tragic stories traditionally been avoided by Bollywood, there have been a few instances of this genre resulting in audiences making them commercial winners as well.
Neeraj Pandey's short film Ouch deals with a relevant topic, like an extra martial affair, without being preachy, feels Namrata Thakker.
An overview of India's underwhelming performance in athletics
Joginder Tuteja lists the biggest money-making movie murder mysteries.
India has just 28 Olympic medals to its credit since making a debut back in 1900.
Rathore said the government was 'leaving no stone unturned' to train 200 elite athletes for the 2020 Olympics
The PM appealed to politicians, members of the film fraternity, sportspersons, businessmen, spiritual leaders and members of the media to encourage increased voter participation and urged them to inspire more people to come out and vote during the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
The fallout of the Pulwama terror attack, which killed over 40 CRPF personnel, on the sporting ties between India and Pakistan was felt the strongest on Friday.
Will India finally reach the elusive double-digit mark? Raj Kishore Mishra, former joint secretary at the sports ministry, for one, is willing to stick his neck out on the possibility.
Joginder Tuteja looks at some of the biggest spy thrillers, and where you can watch them.
'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.' 'And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole world, then we are really being losers.' 'The visionaries of the industry must pull up their socks and say that now we will create for the world.'
Indonesia president Joko Widodo declared the 18th Asian Games open in a glittering ceremony on Saturday, launching what promises to be a frenetic fortnight of breathless sporting action featuring the best of the continent's athletes.
'He asked us to spread awareness on social distancing and hygiene. He spoke about how we need Virat's (Kohli) fighting spirit to win this battle'
'For years we train for the Olympics and when we are this close, how can we stop training?'
Most of Bollywood turned up to watch Salman Khan's Eid release, Race 3.
It was disappointing for Jinson Johnson not to win the 800m but the 1500m Asiad champion was far from surprised that compatriot Manjit Singh pipped him for the top prize in his pet 800m event.
Sukanya Verma looks at the many ways fire enjoys a significant presence in our movies.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
As Parineeti Chopra brings Saina Nehwal's story on screen, Joginder Tuteja takes a look at how well Bollywood's sports movies have done at the box office.
Jobless Manjit pipped pre-race favourite and national record holder Jinson Johson to take the gold in 1:46.15
He may have missed out on a gold medal by the thinnest of margins, but the ever-smiling Murali Shreeshankar, who won a historic silver medal in men's long jump at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Thursday, says this is just the beginning; he is hungry for more success.
Hima Das, reflects on here remarkable journey from being a stubborn footballer in a nondescript village in Assam to becoming the first Indian woman World champion in athletics.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
'These actors have come at the right time, when cinema is changing.'
The Gandhi Jayanti holiday on October 2 has worked quite well for Bollywood movie releases.
Top directors are getting ready to put together some of their most ambitious films.
Joginder Tuteja looks back at his movies, and their success rate.
2019 became a 'Year to Remember' in Indian sports for trailblazing performances in Olympic disciplines
Masaan recently screened at the ongoing French film festival and was given a rare five-minute standing ovation.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big September hits in the past decade.
There was ecstasy and agony in equal measure for the Indian contingent on Friday.
Sukanya Verma looks at the recent spate of book-to-screen adaptations.
The best-ever medal haul at the 2018 Asian Games is a leap forward for India sport after the Commonwealth Games medal spurt.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
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