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Tokyo: Day two of Tokyo 2020's judo competition on Sunday saw a pair of siblings mount the top step of the podium for the first time in Olympic history, with Japan's Hifumi Abe and his sister Uta Abe triumping...

New Delhi: Mary Kom, the face of India’s boxing contingent, defeated Hernandez Garcia of the Dominican Republic by a split decision 4-1 to advance into the last 16 round of the women’s 51kg category event in Tokyo on Sunday.In...

Tokyo: Russian markswoman Vitalina Batsarashkina won the women's 10m air pistol gold at the Tokyo Olympics with an Olympic record of 240.3 points here on Sunday."I did not set a goal to win or to get into the top...

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday completed four years in office, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said, highlighting that he gave assent to 63 Bills of the Union and state governments, besides lauding frontline Covid warriors for saving countless...

Guwahati: At least nine Rohingya refugees, including three women and a child, were arrested from the railway station here on Sunday morning. They were allegedly carrying fake UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) ID cards, the NDTV reported.On...

Kohima: NSCN (IM) general secretary Th. Muivah has been reportedly admitted to a hospital in Dimapur on Saturday evening. According to the reports, he was admitted to the Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (CIHSR) Dimapur.The reports said...

Tokyo: Eighteen-year-old Ahmed Hafnaoui of Tunisia stunned the pool when he swam an event-winning time of three minutes and 43.36 seconds in the men's 400m freestyle, as the first four swimming medals of the 2021 Olympic Games were awarded...

Tokyo: Japanese swimmer Yui Ohashi claimed the women's 400m individual medley title at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Sunday.Ohashi burst into tears after winning in four minutes and 32.08 seconds. Emma Weyant (4:32.76) and Hali Flickinger (4:34.90),...

Tokyo: Australia beat its own world record to win women's 4X100m freestyle relay gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Sunday.Touching home in three minutes and 29.69 seconds, the team (Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon and Cate...

Aizawl: The Mizoram government on Friday extended the total lockdown in Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC) and imposed certain COVID-19 restrictions in other parts of the state till July 31 to curb surging infections, officials said.The ongoing shutdown was scheduled...