The Indian women's table tennis team was knocked out of the ongoing 19th Asian Games after suffering a defeat against 2-3 Thailand in their Round of 16 clash on Sunday.
The union minister labelled this action as "discriminatory" and emphasized that it goes against the Olympic Charter, a stance deemed "unacceptable" by India.
For India, who suffered a 1-2 loss at the hands of Taipei in their last game, a win against Thailand might just be enough to take them through to the last eight, though head coach Thomas Dennerby feels that the Blue Tigresses will have to work hard to gain victory against Thailand.
As the Indian contingent marched at the opening ceremony of the Asian Games, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur extended best wishes to all athletes participating in the tournament.
"When they (China) refused a visa to three of our athletes (for Asian Games) who hail from the state of Arunachal Pradesh. I decided that I will not go and participate in the Asian Games because Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India," Anurag Thakur said at an event in Coimbatore.
The Indian men's table tennis team of Manav Thakkar, Manus Shah and Harmeet Desai registered a comprehensive victory against Tajikistan in their 19th Asian Games match on Saturday.
“The upcoming state assembly polls are the elections of the future of Madhya Pradesh. The state is number one in corruption, unemployment, atrocities against tribals and women. I am not giving this data, it has been published by the central government. This is the situation of our state toda
Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday flagged concern over the non-inclusion of backward communities in the Women's Reservation Bill and said that women were betrayed and would answer them through votes.