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New Delhi: Table Tennis player Mudit Dani has earned the distinction of being first Indian to win the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) Athlete of the Year award for his exceptional performances in 2022-23.

New Delhi: Asian Junior Champions Rohit Chamoli, Bharat Joon and Krrish Pal stormed into the quarter finals on third day of the sixth Youth National Boxing Championships in Gangtok, Sikkim.

New Delhi: The Sports Ministry on Friday announced a hefty 66 percent hike in the boarding and lodging amount for Athletes and team officials.

New Delhi: India overpowered China to win the recurve team bronze medal at the Archery World Cup stage 3 in Medellin, Colombia.

Emergence of cracks in ruling BJP-JJP alliance in Haryana, just 10 months ahead of Lok Sabha elections and 16 months ahead of Vidhan Sabha election in 2024, foretells an omen for PM Narendra Modi, the BJP that he leads, and his RSS Pracharak friend CM Manorhar Lal Khattar.

After Telugu Desam Party Chief Chandrababu Naidu met Bharatiya Janata Party top-brass in Delhi a little over a week ago, there’s movement. The BJP appears to have thrown its weight behind the TDP and the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) helmed by Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy isn’t complaining. The decision set free Jagan Mohan who always gave the impression of being a lone ranger.

In his decades long association with Narendra Modi, and especially as the second in command, during Modi’s nine year rule as the prime minister, Amit Shah has never faced any kind of spanner from the original BJP workers.

After Sri Lanka and Pakistan, Bangladesh has become the third country in our neighbourhood to become afflicted by a serious economic crisis. It has asked for a $4.5 billion loan from the IMF, apart from $1billion from the World Bank and $2.5-3billion from multilateral agencies and donor nations. Though the government has put on a brave face, Bangladeshis facing a growing trade deficit, shrinking foreign exchange reserves, a rapidly depreciating currency, a record inflation and an energy crisis that has necessitated massive power cuts.

The recent report on the state of annual assessment of the state of armaments, disarmament and international security released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on 12th June 2023 is startling. The report highlights that the ‘number of operational nuclear weapons has increased because several countries have expanded their long-term force modernization plans’. At present it is estimated that there were 12 512 warheads in January 2023. Out of this about 9576 were in military stockpiles for potential use which is 86 more than in January 2022.

China could just as well be contesting with the United States as the new super power, however internally it is facing serious problems with its younger generations turning away from traditional social norms.