Manu Bhaker, Gukesh among four athletes to receive Khel Ratna award

New Delhi, 2/1: The quartet of shooter Manu Bhaker, chess world champion D Gukesh, men’s hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and para-athlete Praveen Kumar were on Thursday named recipients of this year’s Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award . The 22-year-old Bhaker became independent India’s first athlete to win two medals in a single edition of…

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Gambhir lets out his anger at senior players after Melbourne loss, says report

Melbourne, 1/1: India’s loss in the Melbourne Test match in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia has reportedly opened a can of worms within the dressing room. The loss compounded with the poor form of two senior batters — skipper Rohit Sharma and ex-captain Virat Kohli — has reportedly resulted in coach Gautam Gambhir losing…

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Stuck in borewell since Dec 23, three-year-old finally rescued in Rajasthan

Jaipur, 1/1: The three-year-old girl, who fell in a borewell in Rajasthan’s Kotputli on December 23 was finally rescued by officials on Wednesday. In perhaps one of the longest rescue operations in Rajasthan, efforts to pull out the girl from of a 150-foot deep borewell in Kotputli-Behror district finally materialised nine days after the incident….

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2024 warmest year in India since 1901, says IMD

New Delhi, 1/1: The year 2024 was the warmest on record in India since 1901, with the average minimum temperature settling 0.90 degrees Celsius above the long-period average..The annual mean land surface air temperature across India in 2024 was 0.65 degrees Celsius above the long-term average (1991-2020 period), Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of the India…

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