Fourth Asian Para Games officially commenced in Hangzhou, China, today

October 23, 2023 7:48 AM

Fourth Asian Para Games officially commenced in Hangzhou, China, today

The fourth Asian Para Games officially commenced in Hangzhou, China, today. It will go on till October 28.  The Indian contingent at the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China comprises of 303 sportspersons across 17 sporting disciplines. A total of 143 coaches, escorts, officials and support staff are also part of the contingent. The athletes' list comprises of 191 Male and 112 Female athletes.   A total of 190 athletes in 13 sporting events participated in the last edition of the Asian P...

India receives first C-295 MW transport aircraft for Indian Air Force

September 13, 2023 8:09 PM

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India receives first C-295 MW transport aircraft for Indian Air Force

India on Wednesday (13 September 2023) received the first C-295 MW transport aircraft. Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal VR Choudhari attended the formal handing over ceremony of the first C-295 MW transport aircraft at Seville in Spain. According to the Indian Air Force, the aircraft was formally handed over by Airbus to the IAF. India has formalised the acquisition of 56 Airbus C-295 aircraft to replace the Indian Air Force AVRO fleet. As per the contractual agreement, Airbus will deli...

Davis Cup: Ramkumar, Sumit trample Pakistan on day one, India lead 2-0

November 29, 2019 4:57 PM

Davis Cup: Ramkumar, Sumit trample Pakistan on day one, India lead 2-0

India raced to a 2-0 lead in their Davis Cup tie as Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal toyed with their teen rivals from Pakistan, at Nur-Sultan today. Ramkumar double-bageled 17-year-old Muhammed Shoaib in just 42 minutes in the opening singles. Sumit Nagal then earned his first-ever Davis Cup win, beating Hufaiza Mohammed Rehman 6-0, 6-2 in the second singles. Pakistan badly missed its top players who pulled out, protesting against shifting of the matches to a neutral venue. Veteran Leander P...

Abhishek-Jyothi combine claims compound mixed pair gold at Asian Archery C'ships

November 27, 2019 4:55 PM

Abhishek-Jyothi combine claims compound mixed pair gold at Asian Archery C'ships

Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam claimed the gold in compound mixed pair event at the 21st Asian Archery Championships, which ended in Bangkok today. The Indians defeated Chinese Taipei opponents Yi-Hsuan Chen and Chieh-Luh Chen 158-151 in the final clash. India picked up seven medals including one gold, two silver and four bronze meddles in the event. Earlier in the day, the top-seeded trio of Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Mohan Bhardwaj bagged a silver medal in the compound team event as th...