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Manu Bhaker, Tajinderpal Singh Toor NEW DELHI: Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker and two-time defending Asian Games shot put champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor will carry the Indian flag at the opening ceremony of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, giving the country two champions from different generations of Indian sport to lead the contingent into…

The idea came to the teens when Jayanta ate a thekua at his friend kailash’s house. “I ate it and thought, ‘This is something you get only once a year. Why not sell it?’” For 17-year-old Jayanta and his friend Kailash, teenagers from West Bengal, what began with a thought after tasting thekua during Chhath…

Quimcy Dsouza (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza produced a stunning comeback against Japan’s top-seeded Yuina Sakamoto before following it up with another convincing victory to march into the women’s singles semifinals in Teqball at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday.Making her Asian Games debut in a sport appearing at the continental Games…

A flood-relief effort in Bihar took an unexpected turn when a crowd surrounded volunteers distributing fruits, with people seen scrambling to grab the supplies.A video of the incident has surfaced on social media, showing volunteers trying to manage the crowd as the situation becomes increasingly chaotic. Sahaj Duggal, president of the NGO Har Maidan Fateh…

Mohammed Rizwan approaches ICC ACU (Agency Image) Mohammad Rizwan’s troubles following Pakistan’s England tour have taken another turn, with the wicketkeeper-batter approaching the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) for clarity over the seizure of his mobile phone by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA). The move comes days after the Lahore High Court dismissed his…

Photo: @nina.clare/ Instagram Jennifer Aniston has said that if acting hadn’t worked out, she’d have wanted to be a designer in an interview, and one look at her Bel-Air home makes that easy to believe. Bought in 2011 for around $21 million, the property was originally built in 1965 by renowned modernist architect A. Quincy…

Nihal Sarin (on right) saves India’s day at Round 2 of Chess Olympiad (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz for FIDE) NEW DELHI: The current world champion, Dommaraju Gukesh, was on Board 1 facing all the top-rated opponents during India’s gold-clinching campaign in Budapest at the 2024 Chess Olympiad. Besides the team, Gukesh won an individual gold…

More than two decades after Princess Diana’s death, her brother Charles Spencer is revisiting the painful days surrounding her funeral and the disagreements that took place behind the scenes. In an excerpt from his upcoming memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, Earl Spencer describes the difficult task of planning Diana’s funeral while dealing with members…

India at the Asian Games (AI generated representative image) “Abki baar, sau paar” was the rallying cry when India arrived at the Hangzhou Asian Games in September 2023.By the time the Games ended, it had become more than a slogan. India had crossed the 100-medal barrier for the first time in its Asian Games history,…

For Neha Aggarwal Sharma, the difference between this Indian team and the one she was part of at the 2014 Asian Games is hard to miss. India’s 10-member table tennis contingent is already in Japan, with the Aichi-Nagoya competition for the event beginning on September 20. At the forefront are world No. 3 men’s doubles…

BK Sister Shivani is a motivational speaker and spiritual mentor who often speaks about profound topics, navigating through life with a positive outlook, making the right decisions, and following your true calling.In 2019, she received the Nari Shakti Puraskaar, India’s highest civilian honour for women, conferred by then-President Ram Nath Kovind, for her role in…

Plastic buckets often start looking dull with regular use. The factors could be soap residue, dirt, and hard water marks. Everyday use can also leave a layer of grime on the surface. Light-coloured buckets may show these stains more clearly. Over time, the bucket can look old even when it is still in good condition….