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New Delhi: Defending champion India thrashed Japan 62-17 for its third straight emphatic win at the Asian Kabaddi Championship in Busan, Korea on Wednesday.

Ravi Shastri debuted for India as a cricketer in 1981. He was 18. A left-arm spinner who batted right—handed, he took six wickets in the test at Wellington, which India lost to New Zealand, and scored 22 at number 10. Playing alongside the likes of captain Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev must have been a great learning experience for the Mumbaikar. So, when he advocates the need to push youngsters when the experienced are still around, he has to be taken seriously. After India was defeated at the Oval in the final of the World Test Championship, Shastri, who was in London as a commentator, was first to say that India has to learn from Australia on making the transition smooth.

New Delhi: Seven-time champion India started defence of their title in style as they thrashed Korea and Chinese Taipei in Asian Kabaddi Championship in Busan on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Hockey India on Tuesday named Olympian Tushar Khandker as the new Coach for the Junior Women's Team.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after completion of a nine-year majoritarian reign, has successfully accomplished a dramatic transformation in Indo-US economic and, more importantly, defence-related ties, raising further India's global status, already the fifth largest economy.

Andhra Pradesh is in a different ballpark from the other states. The bifurcation left it curtailed, territory-wise, and crimped, politically, vis a vis the relatively flamboyant Telangana, which for its share of area got the city of Hyderabad, which is for the time being the capital of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. For no inexplicable reason, Andhra Pradesh comes out as a poor cousin of Telangana!

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to the United States has strengthened the ties between the two countries, augmenting his global presence and reinforcing his association with the Diaspora and business leaders.

New Delhi: Brushing aside Pakistan's protestations, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced the schedule of the World Cup to be played in India across 10 venues from 5 October to 19 November, with the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad hosting the tournament opener. the crucial India-Pakistan match on 15 October and the final.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The embattled Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran is entitled to a sigh of relief as the Congress High Command has extended him full support to him.

Being the son of Lalu Yadav is not the guarantee that Tejashvi Yadav will inexorably inherit his political legacy and acumen. People nurse the perception that like Lalu he also symbolises and represents the aspirations of the poor and the backward castes. But this is not the fact. The poor and the backward castes revere him for the simple reason that he is the son of Lalu.