Bhubaneswar: Disability rights activist and quadriplegic actor, Jitendra Biswal, suffering from Myopathy since his early childhood, was predicted by the doctors that he wouldn’t survive past the age of fifteen. However, defying all odds and predictions of the doctors, he celebrated his 50th birthday on September 2 this year. The actor-filmmaker, who can hardly move…
India’s ends its Paralympic campaign with record highest 19 medals from Tokyo today. On the ultimate day of the quadrennial event, shuttler Krishan Nagar won another gold medal taking the number of yellow metals for India to 5. In addition to the 5 golds, India’s para-athletes won 8 silver and 6 bronze medals, mostly in…
Two employees of a news portal have been arrested by Commissionerate Police Cuttack-Bhubaneswar for allegedly publishing defamatory and objectionable content against ace sprinter and Olympian Dutee Chand. Police took the editor of the portal Sudhansu Rout into custody on Friday after Dutee lodged a police complaint against him and three other people including reporter of…
Ace badminton player from Odisha, Pramod Bhagat and 19-yea-old shooter from Haryana, Manish Narwal clinch gold medals at Tokyo Paralympics on Saturday to take India’s gold tally to four. Besides, shooting star Sighraj Adana added a silver to make his personal medal tally two in the ongoing event, while shuttler Manoj Sarkar won bronze medal….
Odia para-shuttler Pramod Bhagat reaches semi-final in Tokyo Paralympics after beating Ukraine’s Oleksandr Chyrkov in straight sets of 21-12, 21-9 in the men’s Badminton SL-3 singles group match on Thursday. Top seed Bhagat’s convincing win against Chyrkov comes a day after he beat compatriot Manoj Sarkar, ranked-3, in the first group match on Wednesday. The…
Odia paralympian and world number-1 shuttler, Pramod Bhagat started his campaign with a victory against compatriot Manoj Sarkar at Tokyo Paralympics on Wednesday. Bhagat (33) defeated Sarkar, who is ranked-3, in 21-10, 21-23, 21-9 sets in the Men’s Badminton SL3 Singles league match that lasted 56 minutes. Bhagat faces Ukraine’s O. Chyrkov on Thursday afternoon….
India’s medal tally hits double digit with the addition of three more medals on the seventh day of Tokyo Paralympics today. Para-athlete Mariyappan Thangavelu wins silver and his teammate Sharad Kumar clinches bronze medal in High Jump T-63 event, and shooter Singhraj Adhana claims bronze medal in the P1 men’s 10m air pistol SH1 event….
India’s Sumit Antil wins second gold for the country at Tokyo Olympics on Monday with a world record throw of 68.55m in the Javelin Throw- F 64 event. Interestingly, he broke his record thrice during the five attempts in the F-64 final. While his first attempt of 66.95m was a world record, he bettered it…
India’s medal rush continues as the contingent added four more medals on the sixth day’s morning session at Tokyo Paralympics with a historic gold for 19-year-old shooter Avani Lekhara. Javelin legend Devendra Jhajharia bags silver while his teammate Sundar Singh Gurjar grabs bronze medal, and Yogesh Kathuniya wins silver in discuss throw to take India’s…
Koraput: A report on the intangible tribal heritage of the state focussing on Kondh and Gadaba tribes was released today at the Seminar Hall of the Tribal Museum, Koraput. The Odisha chapter of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has been conducting research on the tribal heritage of the state since 2018. …
