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Rio Paralympics: Deepa Malik creates history, bags silver in shot put
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janerio [Brazil], Sept. 12 (ANI): Deepa Malik, one of the key figures from India's contingent for the Rio Paralympics 2016, on Mondaybagged a silver medal in the women's shot put final event.
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Pak Army repeating horrors of 1971 by targeting Baloch women
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 10 (ANI): Asserting that history was repeating in itself, Farzana Majeed Baluch, a Baloch human rights activist, has said that human rights violations committed by Pakistan in Balochistan and the army targeting Baloch women was as bad as the torture and rape of w
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High jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu scripts history, strikes gold at Rio Par
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], Sept.10 (ANI): Mariyappan Thangavelu scripted history at the ongoing Rio Paralympics, becoming the first Indian para-athlete to bag a gold medal in the men's high jump-T42 finals on day two of the prestigious tournament at the Olympic Stadium.
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FLAME University's library becomes first ever International branch of
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 6 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): FLAME University, the pioneer in Liberal Arts Education in India recently announced its association with the Library of Mistakes, Edinburgh a charitable venture founded to promote the study of financial history. This is the first ever interna
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Minor mistakes cost a spot in Rio finals, says bronze medallist Sakshi Mal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug.24 (ANI): Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik, who scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to clinch a medal in wrestling in the prestigious quadrennial event, on Wednesday admitted that her minor mistakes cost her spot in the finals of the freestyle 58kg event.
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Shabir Choudhry rejects UN Secy Gen's letter to Pak PM as 'unimp
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London (United Kingdom), Aug. 22 (ANI): Faulting U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's letter to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in which he noted that "Pakistan is committed to peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute for the sake of regional peace and security", found
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Sporting fraternity hails PV Sindhu on her historic Olympic feat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.19 (ANI): The sporting fraternity has come in unison to congratulate India's badminton star PV Sindhu, who scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman athlete to hand her country an Olympic silver medal here in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on
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CMs across India heap praise on Rio Silver medallist PV Sindhu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 19 (ANI): Chief Ministers of various states have praised badminton star P.V. Sindhu for handing over India its second medal - a silver, in women's singles event at the Rio Olympics, while Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister announced rewards of Rs. 50 lakh for Sindhu, who, des
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PM Modi congrats PV Sindhu, says 'her accomplishment at Rio is histor
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu who, despite losing an opportunity to bag a maiden gold in the Rio Olympics, created history by becoming the first woman Indian athlete to clinch a silver medal at the prestigious quad
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PV Sindhu creates history, gives India its first Olympic silver in badmint
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.19 (ANI): Despite losing an opportunity to win gold in Rio de Janerio, PV Sindhu on Friday scripted history by becoming country's first shuttler to hand India an Olympic silver medal here on Friday.
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Bolt reasserts sprint supremacy by winning 200m gold at Rio Olympics
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg, Aug 19 (ANI): Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has left an indelible mark on the annals of sports history by winning a third successive Olympic 200m gold in front of a jubilant crowd in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio Olympics: Vijay Goel congratulates Sindhu, Gopichand for scripting his
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 19 (ANI): Lauding P.V. Sindhu, as she booked her place in the finals of the women's singles event with a straight-game victory over Nozomi Okuhara of Japan at the Rio Olympics, Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel has congratulated the badminton star and said that India is p
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