Actor Sabyasachi Mishra helped a poor woman with severe sickle cell anemia and jaundice, deliver quadruplets in the SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack today. A group of doctors from Gynecology, Hematology and Hepatology departments of the largest government hospital of the state took a multidisciplinary approach and followed a unique procedure to conduct the…
India’s Neeraj Chopra creates history by winning gold medal in javelin throw at Tokyo Olympics. He wins an athletics medal for Independent India for the first time. His podium finish comes more than 121 years after Norman Pritchard had won 200m silver on July 22, 1900. Neeraj’s throw of 87.58 m in his second attempt…
Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia wins bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics by convincingly beating Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan in the men’s freestyle 65kg event today. He beat the Kazakhstan wrestler with 8-0 points in an one-sides match for the bronze medal. Bajrang had earlier gone down to Azerbaijan’s Haji Aliyev in the semi-final on Friday. Bajrang…
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok, who has a world ranking of 200, ended her inspiring Olympic campaign by narrowly missing out on a podium finish at Tokyo Olympics 2020. The 23-year-old, despite remaining among the top three till fourth round, narrowly missed out on a medal in the last round as she finished fourth in the…
India’s highest sporting honour, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award has been renamed as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today, announced the news through few tweets. The move is aimed at recognising the ultimate hockey hero of India, Major Dhyan Chand. The Prime Minister informed that the decision was taken…
Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya settles for a silver medal in the men’s 57-kg freestyle event at the Tokyo Olympics after going down to Russia’s Zavur Uguev. The Indian pehelwan was knocked out by his Russian opponent by 4-7 to become the second Indian grappler to win an Olympic silver medal after Sushil Kumar, who…
Indian men’s hockey team beats Germany by 5-4 goals to win bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics. The Indian hockey team bags a medal in hockey after 41 years. The men in blue were down by 1-3 goals before they took charge of the situation and scored four more to take the lead. Germans tried their…
Bhubaneswar: Finally the wait of all the devotees of Lord Jagannath is over as Shree Jagannatha Temple Administration (SJTA) has decided to open Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri from August 16. The decision was taken after a meeting between SJTA officials and Chhatisa Nijog on Wednesday. The residents of Puri will be able to visit…
Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya defeated Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan in the men’s Freestyle 57-kg wrestling semi-final to reach to the final at the Tokyo Olympics. His semi-final victory assures the country of at least a silver medal. He will play the gold medal match tomorrow. At the same time another wrestler Deepak Punia failed…
Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain wins bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics after going down in her semi-final bout against reigning world champion Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey. The boxer from Assam was outplayed by her opponent comprehensively by 0-5 in the 69-kg women’s welterweight category. With this, she became India’s second woman boxer to win an Olympic…
