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From Reluctant Boxer to Commonwealth Champion: The Making of Preeti Pawar
From Reluctant Boxer to Commonwealth Champion: The Making of Preeti Pawar
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She never wanted to become a boxer. A bout of Hepatitis almost ended her Olympic dream. Today, Preeti Pawar is India's first boxing gold medallist at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. This is the story ...
CWG 2026: Commonwealth Gold Still Eludes Lovlina Borgohain, Olympic Medallist Settles for Silver
2 min read
The Olympic bronze medallist came closer than ever to her first Commonwealth Games title but lost a gripping women's 75kg final to Australia's Emma-Sue Greentree, adding silver to her decorated career ...
CWG 2026: India Scripts Historic Boxing Triumph with Record Five Gold Medals in Glasgow
2 min read
Arundhati Choudhary's commanding victory in the women's 70kg final completed India's finest-ever Commonwealth Games boxing campaign, as the country smashed its previous record with five gold medals an ...
Goodbye, Nimsdai: The Climber Who Rewrote Mountaineering History
2 min read
He stunned the world by climbing all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres in just over six months, proving that impossible was often just a mindset. Nirmal Purja, one of the greatest mountaineers of his genera ...
Nepal Unrest Explained: Why Curfews Are Being Lifted After a Week of Violence in the Southern Plains
2 min read
Authorities have begun easing curfews across parts of Nepal's southern plains after nearly a week of communal unrest that left at least three people dead. Dialogue between communities and "Harmony Ral ...
Explained: Why France's Biggest Wildfire Since 1949 Became a Climate Warning for Europe
3 min read
After burning 42,000 hectares, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing more than 220,000 people to flee, France's largest forest fire in over seven decades has finally been brought under control. Her ...
How China's Electric Vehicle Boom Is Reshaping Global Oil Demand
2 min read
Electric vehicles displaced an estimated 1.4 million barrels of oil a day in China during the first half of 2026, according to Jefferies. With EV sales now dominating the world's biggest car market, t ...
Political Potboiler: Vijay’s new film, Jana Nayagan, is the chronicle of a popular icon foretold
5 min read
Jana Nayagan is the latest and perhaps last release of Thalapathy Vijay, movie star and newly elected chief minister of Tamil Nadu
Delhi HC Shields Yuvraj Singh from AI Deepfakes, Fake Posts and Unauthorised Merchandise
2 min read
Calling AI-generated deepfakes and unauthorised commercial use of his identity a threat to his reputation and personality rights, the Delhi High Court granted former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh inter ...