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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: India Celebrates Two Double Podium Finishes in Athletics, Historic Para Gold Headlines Medal Rush
2 min read
India enjoyed one of its finest days on the athletics track in Glasgow, winning four medals across two events. Praveen Chithravel and Selva Prabhu finished second and third in the men's triple jump, b ...
CWG 2026: Jadumani Singh's Dream Debut Ends with Boxing Silver After Gritty Fight in Final
2 min read
The 22-year-old Manipuri boxer came within touching distance of Commonwealth Games gold before going down to Australia's Jye Dixon in the men's 55kg final. The silver medal capped a remarkable debut c ...
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 ...
'I Didn't Think I'd Ever Come Back': Taslima Nasreen Returns to Kolkata After Nearly Two Decades
2 min read
The exiled Bangladeshi author said she never imagined she would return to Kolkata after leaving the city in 2007. Thanking the West Bengal government, Taslima Nasreen also renewed her call for freedom ...
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 ...