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Usain Bolt heads Global Sports Stars attending Laureus 2024 in Madrid
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Jamaican superstar, famous for his trademark victory lightning bolt pose, won four Laureus Awards in his spectacular career in which he won eight Olympic and 11 World Championship gold medals between 2008 and 2016
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"At that time, fan clubs did not exist...": Virat Kohli opens up on starti
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Virat said that when he was starting his international career back in 2008, the social media and fan clubs were not around that much and players had to rely on their skill. During those days, players used to get very few chances to prove themselves at the international level and being aware
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'Uri is our reply...': Jaishankar on India's stance against cross-border t
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Jaishankar drew attention to how India's stance on cross-border terrorism before PM Modi's era, and underscored a notable shift since the Mumbai attacks in 2008, stating, "That era is now behind us. Since the Mumbai attacks on 26/11, we haven't witnessed any major terrorist incidents in our
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Olympic Champion Valerie Adams named International Event Ambassador for Wo
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Valerie Adams is arguably the most successful female shot putter of all time. Across her five appearances in the Olympics, she has won two gold medals (in 2008, and 2012), a silver (in 2016) and a bronze medal (in 2020). Notably, Adams also boasts an impressive record of four consecutive gol
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Mumbai: Court asks NIA to verify Pragya Thakur's health status after she f
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
A Special NIA Court in Mumbai has asked the NIA Mumbai team to get in touch with the Bhopal team and physically verify the health status of Lok Sabha MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who is an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
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"Remembering the legend..." Indian Army pays tribute to Field Marshal Sam
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Manekshaw was born on April 3, 1914, in Amritsar and he died of pneumonia at the Military Hospital in Wellington, Tamil Nadu, on June 27, 2008, at the age of 94.
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"Achhi yaadein hain": Virender Sehwag reminisces triple Test ton against S
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
In easily one of his memorable knocks in red-ball cricket, Sehwag's belligerent approach at the top of the order saw him race to 319 off just 304 deliveries, the highest-ever individual score by an Indian at a strike rate of 104.93.
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India committed to development choices along low carbon pathways, says CAG
Updated : 2 years ago IST
India is committed to development choices along low carbon pathways, coupling socio-economic developmental goals with sustainability goals, as exemplified by the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) 2008, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Girish Chandra Murmu said on Tuesday
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Part of ongoing anti-piracy operation: Admiral Hari Kumar on Navy's Arabia
Updated : 2 years ago IST
"It has been an ongoing operation for a long time. Since 2008, we have had a presence in anti-piracy operations. Piracy suddenly resurfaced around 3-4 months back and since then we have put more ships there. We are investigating all suspicious vessels that have piracy triggers in this ong
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Malegaon bomb blast: Special NIA court issues bailable warrant against one
Updated : 2 years ago IST
On September 29, 2008, six people were killed and over 100 others injured after an explosive device placed on a motorcycle exploded in Maharashtra's Malegaon city, in Nashik town.
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Mumbai: Special NIA court issues bailable warrant against BJP MP Sadhvi Pr
Updated : 2 years ago IST
A special NIA court in Mumbai has issued a bailable warrant of Rs 10000 against BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
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Paris Olympics 2024: India secure historic quotas in table tennis team eve
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Paris 2024 will mark the first time that India will have representation in the team events at the Olympics. Both the men's and women's team events were introduced in the Olympic programme at Beijing 2008
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