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New Delhi: India suffered their third straight defeat as they lost to Bahrain 66-79 in their last match of the six-nation Olympic Pre-Qualifying Basketball Tournament Asia in Damascus, Syria.

New Delhi: Ace Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and steeplechaser Avinash Sable will spearhead the 27-member (23 men,4 Women) strong Indian challenge at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, from August 19 to 27.

New Delhi: Teenage pair of Shiva Narwal and Esha Singh won India's first-ever mixed team gold medal at the World Shooting Championships when they clinched the 10m air pistol event in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Friday.

New Delhi: India's Men and Women recurve teams chalked out contrasting victories to win a bronze medal each at the Archery World Cup stage 4 in Paris.

New Delhi; India will take on hosts and favourite Germany in their opening match of the Four-Nation Junior Women’s Hockey Tournament in Dusseldorf on Saturday,.

“If you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you,” wrote German philosopher Freidrich Neitszche in his book Beyond Good And Evil.

BJP has released its first list of candidates for Vidhan Sabha elections in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh on August 17, almost two months earlier than the expected date of announcement of elections. BJP’s central leadership has taken a simplistic view of the complex phenomenon called ‘political contest’, and presumed that their candidates would find more time to preparing for the tough electoral battle against the Congress in one-on-one fight. However, it’s a very high-stake political gamble, which may ultimately prove to be a mistake.

Whether Telugu Desam Party head Chandrababu Naidu has a role in national politics in 2024 will depend on whether he is in the NDA or not. Naidu insists he will have a role and if talk of the TDP joining hands with the BJP is true, he may have a certain role. In any case, 2024 is still way ahead even if the speed at which one Friday is piling up on another, tells another story. Fact is, what will Naidu’s role be when Narendra Modi has already declared himself Prime Minister for a third straight term.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others. If they do, they will get it in the neck. That is the fate which befell Congress MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan, who raised charges against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter, Veena.

The month of August calls upon every Indian to recall the unfading saga of great struggles and heroic sacrifices. This is the month that brought the long-awaited freedom to our people. Our long-drawn freedom struggle was an unparalleled one where various streams of struggles, from Satyagraha to Armed Revolt, flowed together and merged to liberate us from colonial clutches. The struggle was against the mighty British Empire over which the sun never used to set. The protagonists of colonial oppression believed that the aim of Indian people to attain freedom was unachievable. But the people’s desire for independence from colonial yoke was so intense and zealous that, they united and achieved what was seemingly impossible.