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PV Sindhu is Indian Sportswoman of the Year 

PV Sindhu won the inaugural BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award following a public vote. The shortlist of five contenders also consisted of sprinter Dutee Chand, boxer Mary Kom, wrestler Vinesh Phogat and para-badminton player Manasi Joshi. In 2019, Sindhu became the first Indian to win badminton World Championship gold in Basel, Switzerland. She […]
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Satish Kumar qualifies for Olympics, and it’s huge! 

Satish Kumar has become the first super heavyweight (+91kg) Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympic Games. Kumar is an Asian Games bronze-medallist (2014), a Commonwealth Games silver-winner (2018) and a two-time bronze-winner at the Asian Championships (2015 and 2019). He qualified for his maiden Olympics — in Tokyo later this year — by making […]
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Badminton: Who’s Lakshya Sen? 

On a day when the stalwarts failed, one teenager proved his worth. Teenager Lakshya Sen impressed on his All England Open debut as the Indian shuttler defeated World No. 18 Lee Cheuk Yiu of Chinese Taipei to progress to the 2nd round in Birmingham. Lakshya Sen, ranked 29, beat Lee in 3 games in a […]
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NBA suspends season, Olympics not sure 

The NBA has suspended its season “until further notice” after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for the coronavirus, a move that came only hours after the majority of the league’s owners were leaning toward playing games without fans in arenas. Now there will be no games at all, at least for the time being. […]
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Mahatma Gandhi to go digital 

The times are changing, and so should the people. Mahatma Gandhi is respected all over the world for his ideals and views, but to make him more popular, the government of Maharashtra has decided to make him digital. Mani Bhavan, Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial at Gamdevi, has received a grant of Rs10 crore from the state […]
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Afghanistan: Would the US leave with two presidents and active Taliban? 

Afghanistan has been a troubled nation, for years now. After Osama bin Laden-backed Al Qaeda attacked the US on September 11, 2001, the American troops uprooted the notorious Taliban.  Taliban defeated, democracy back A democratic elected government came into being with Hamid Karzai as its president. But all was not well. Though the Taliban fighters […]
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COVID19: Indian cases cross 70 

Fresh cases of Coronavirus have been reported from India touching the positive cases to more than 70, out of which two have been reported from Mumbai and 11 overall from Maharashtra.  The government has restricted entry and exit in the country for a month as a precaution. This means nobody is allowed to travel abroad […]
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World’s smallest dinosaur is as big as hummingbird 

The world’s smallest dinosaur has been discovered, and it’s stuck in a Burmese amber.  About 99 million years ago, a “super weird” and incredibly small bird-like dinosaur got stuck in a gob of tree resin that eventually hardened into amber, preserving what may be the tiniest dinosaur ever known to live on Earth, researchers of […]
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Listings: Have a fun week ahead!

What: Dramatic Reading Of Play Triangle ABC When: Sunday, 8th March 2020 | 7PM Where: Studio Tamasha, 602 Samartha Vaibhav, Milat Nagar Road, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri West, Mumbai By: Sunita Malpani For: 10+ age group Detailed Info: https://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/dramatic-reading-of-play-triangle-abc/ET00127442 What: The Gruffalo When: Sunday, 15th March 2020 | 4:30PM Where: Odeum, 213, 2nd Floor Crystal Point […]
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Art column: Young prodigy from Pune

Meet young art prodigy from Pune A big inspiration for young and adults and pride of India. For young Advait, his fanciful world of galaxies, dragons and everything vivid is very much real. He channelizes this fantastic imagination through the canvas in colours and combinations that are well beyond his years. The word “prodigal” fits […]