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Carolina Marin to undergo knee surgery, to miss Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Rio 2016 Olympic badminton champion Carolina Marin on Tuesday announced that she has torn the ACL on her left knee, and as a result, she would be undergoing surgery later this week. The 27-year-old also announced that she would not be in the best shape for th
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Current batch better prepared for Olympics than we were in 2016, says VR R
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 31 (ANI): Veteran hockey players VR Raghunath feels that the current lot of Indian players are better equipped for the Olympics than the ones who took the field in Rio de Janerio in 2016.
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Olympic champion Carolina Marin suffers ACL injury during training
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], May 28 (ANI): Rio 2016 Olympic badminton champion Carolina Marin suffered an injury on her left knee during the training on Friday.
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"My contribution to the society in these testing times is only a fragment
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 26 (ANI/PNN): Nitin Agarwal from Jaipur, Rajasthan, began his journey alone as a social activist in 2016 and now has a team of over 30 members and volunteers helping him create a well-fed and well-educated society through Janta Rasoi and other projects.
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'Doctor Strange' casting of Tilda Swinton as 'The Ancient One' was a mista
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 21 (ANI): Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige during a recent interview admitted that the controversial casting of actor Tilda Swinton as 'The Ancient One' in 2016's 'Doctor Strange' was a mistake.
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Japan: Gifu govt, Osaka TV station among targets of suspected Chinese mili
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 20 (ANI): The headquarters of the government of Japanese city's Gifu and a television station in Osaka Prefecture were among the targets of a major series of cyberattacks in 2016 and 2017 in which the Chinese military is believed to have been involved, local media reported
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Never gave Tokyo Olympics much thought, but have been training for it sinc
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh were blissfully unaware of the Olympic Games till 2016, let alone weaving dreams around it. But last week the Indian duo won a silver medal at the Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic continental qualification regatta to make
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China's 'relatives policy' emerging as part of broader crackdown on Uyghur
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 11 (ANI): China's 2016 'relatives policy', where Chinese government cadres are sent to live, work and sleep with families to promote national harmony in the country, has emerged as a major constituent of a broader crackdown on Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang
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India's first plastic credit certificate trading platform Ecoex completes
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): Ecoex, India's first plastic credit certificate trading platform completed transaction of 5000 MTs of recycled plastic waste this month since its commencement.
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Punjab's 6th Pay Commission recommends 2-fold increase in salaries for gov
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 4 (ANI): In a major bonanza for government employees, the 6th Pay Commission of the Punjab Government has recommended an over 2-fold increase in salaries of all employees, with increase in minimum pay from Rs 6950 to Rs 18000 per month, with retrospective eff
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Fitter Mirabai Chanu aiming to give India medal at Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has her sights set on winning a medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games later this year. After the heartbreak in Rio in 2016, she now wants to go the distance and secure a medal for India, riding on better fitness than before and the hun
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SC rejects plea seeking probe into death of ex-CM of Arunachal Pradesh
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) for seeking an investigation into the death of Kalikho Pul, former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh in 2016.
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