Tag: Tokyo

Sinha honours Tokyo Paralympics participants Jammu Tawi, Sep 18: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha honoured the Paralympics participants Rakesh Kumar and Jyoti Baliyan at the Raj Bhavan here on Saturday. The two Para Archers of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board’s Sports Complex participated in the recently concluded Tokyo Paralympics. The ...

There has been a steady rise in the share of Covid-positive children below 10 years in the overall active cases since March this year, according to data available with the Empowered Group-1. Of every 100 active Covid cases, around seven are of children. A source said that trend could ...

SRINAGAR, Sept 3: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha congratulated Para high jumper Praveen Kumar who won silver medal to claim India’s 11th medal at the Tokyo Paralympics on Friday.Taking to Twitter, Sinha said, ?Many congratulations to Praveen Kumar for winning the Silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. The ...

TOKYO: Discus thrower Vinod Kumar fetched a bronze at the Tokyo Paralympics, but the result was put on hold after a protest over his disability classification on Sunday. Vinod's classification in F52, which is for athletes with impaired muscle power, restricted range of movement, limb deficiency or leg length ...

Srinagar, Aug 29: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday congratulated table tennis player Bhavina Patel for her silver medal win at the Tokyo Paralympics, saying the whole nation salutes her determination.Patel on Sunday became only the second Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympics ...

The use of the anthem is an old trick in marketers' booksTokyo 2020 was not just about news jacking and controversial moment marketing, many brands have used the biggest stage in global sports to run some very interesting campaigns. Here is a look at how some brands have used ...

In addition, the build up to the event will be set against the backdrop of a worsening pandemic and lingering questions over Beijing's alleged mishandling of the initial outbreak. Having successfully contained the spread of the virus, China is now grappling with its worst outbreak in more than a ...

The government on Thursday took the first step towards doing away with the contentious retrospective tax law of 2012, which was used to raise large tax demands on foreign investors like Vodafone and Cairn Energy, and blamed for vitiating India’s investment climate — less than a month after Cairn ...

A Supreme Court Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana is scheduled to hear on August 5 a petition filed by senior journalists N. Ram and Sashi Kumar for an independent probe headed by a former or sitting top court judge into the mass surveillance of over ...

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is “still raging” in the country and is far from over, Lav Aggarwal joint secretary, Health Ministry, told a press conference on Tuesday. Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Karnataka, Puducherry and Kerala have registered a rise in the ...