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PV Sindhu walked into the IG Indoor Stadium in New Delhi with an unblemished 8-0 record against Chinese shuttlers at the World Championships. Eighty-eight minutes later, the Indian shuttler stood aghast, world No
New Delhi: Before Lakshya Sen took the court against Collins Valentine Filimon of Austria in his first-round match at the BWF World Championships here on Tuesday, some of the big names of world badminton had found the court conditions tricky. The talk centered
Apart from the opponents on the court, shuttlers often have to deal with the drift caused by air conditioning and ventilation in the arena. At the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, during the ongoing Badminton World Championships, the four courts in u
As the BWF World Championships got underway at Delhi s Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Monday, organisers were determined to avoid a repeat of January s India Open embarrassment. Then, pigeon droppings interrupted play and a monkey wandered into the venue
A Punjab woman arriving from Thailand and her accomplice were arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi after customs officials recovered over 11 kg hydroponic weed from her baggage, officials said on Monday. To evade detection, the two alle
New Delhi: PV Sindhu cruised through her first match at the BWF World Championships, beating Sophia Noble of Ireland 21-7, 21-11 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Monday. For the biggest star of the Indian contingent, assessing the court conditions o
New Delhi: I will beat Shi Yu Qi on August 17. Ayush Shetty had written this sentence on a piece of paper and every morning for the last 10 days, he would wake up and read the note. It was his way of showing his determination and belief
There were international fans in the arena too, with some turning up to cheer for Japanese, Danish and other shuttlers from across the world competing at the championships. Hariharan Amsakarunan and Arjun got India s day off to a winning start
LONDON: As the BWF World Tour approaches its most prestigious week, nostalgia hangs over the courts at New Delhi s Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. The badminton World Championships starting from Monday will mark the twilight of an era
New Delhi, The Chinese badminton contingent on Saturday gave a thumbs-up to the preparations for the BWF World Championships, saying the conditions at the Indira Gandhi Stadium were much improved compared to the India Open earlier this year.The organisers have
A security screening at Delhi s Indira Gandhi International Airport took an unusual turn on Monday when CISF personnel spotted what appeared to be a human skull concealed inside a passenger s hand baggage, senior officers said. The passenger later told the per
The Jharkhand protests against irregularities in state competitive exams present what seems to be an irony. While the protests are against the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) government in the state, protesters have been spotted with placards of
BJP Rajya Sabha member Harsh Mahajan s health suddenly deteriorated during a party protest in Shimla on Saturday, after which he was rushed to the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC). The incident occurred outside the Shimla deputy commissioner s
For the first time, the 1975-77 Emergency one of the most turbulent episodes in post-Independence Indian history finds a place in a Class 9 Social Science textbook, with NCERT framing it as one of the major challenges that Indian democracy had to endure and su
As a young girl, when Teejan Bai decided to sing her family folk form, Pandavani, she was thrashed by her father. Teejan Bai, the noted Pandavani exponent who broke centuries-old cultural barriers and became the first woman from her Pardhi community to perform
Eighty-year-old Hindumbi Kaurom Kakkada still walks into Indira Gandhi Hospital at Kavaratti, the most developed island in the Lakshadweep, to turn people s bad days into good ones. A nurse for 53 years, she s helped in over 20,000 surgeries and emergencies
Cockroach Janta Party protest: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke secured permission from the Delhi Police to stage a protest at Jantar Mantar soon after landing in India on Saturday. A...