Over 100 athletes will represent India in 69 medal events across 16 sports at the Paris 2024 Olympics, which officially gets underway on July 26 in France.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 23: A special screening of the film "The UP Files" was organized for Union Minister Ramdas Athawale in Mumbai. The event was attended by Ramdas Athawale and Manoj Joshi, who is playing a lead role for the first time in his three-decade career. Directed by N
The 16 sports India will be competing in during Paris 2024 are: Archery, athletics, badminton, boxing, equestrian, golf, hockey, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis and tennis.
For the first time, women from the Indian armed forces will be participating in the Olympics, with Havildar Jaismine Lamboria and CPO Reetika Hooda set to represent the tricolour in boxing and wrestling events at the multi-sport extravaganza.
Among these 24 athletes, 22 are men, including star javelin thrower and Subedar Neeraj Chopra, and two are women, which marks the maiden participation of female service athletes at the Olympics, as per a press release from the Union Ministry of Defence.
Kishore Jena's impressive achievements include a silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games and a top-five finish at the 2023 World Championships. He is now poised to compete in the javelin throw event at Paris Olympics 2024
After Janata Dal-United-led NDA lost by-election in the Rupauli legislative assembly constituency, JDU spokesperson and MLC Neeraj Kumar said on Monday that the party accepted its defeat and will review the reasons behind it.
In the boys' singles finals, 10th seed Aditya representing Haryana beat Punjab's Gurbaaz Narang, also from Roundglass Tennis Academy (RGTA) 6-1, 6-3. Aditya combined with Aarav Chawla to beat the fourth seed pair Jevin Kanani of Gujarat and Neeraj Ringangaonkar of Maharashtra 6-3, 6-2 in str
All 30 Indian athletes selected for Paris 2024 are scheduled to assemble in Paris on July 28, four days before the track and field competitions begin on August 1.
The CBI has registered cases based on a complaint received from the Chief Vigilance Officer of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Sumariwalla was speaking at a special event on 'India's Preparation for Paris 2024' at the Alliance francaise de Delhi, organized by the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IFCCI).