Since its liberation in 1971, Bangladesh has not witnessed such political violence which led to the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and made her flee the country on Monday. The turmoil, that started with a students’ protest against a controversial reservation rule, has left the country uncertain and disruptive. The protests became so widespread and rebellious that they overthrew the prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling party Awami League out of power. Statues of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, also known as ‘the father of the country’, have also been vandalized by uncontrolled protestors. To put things in balance, the country’s army…
Author: Moheet Saini
Thousands of fans at the Stade de France started clapping slowly in rhythm and singing along to the French song “Alleur de Feu” — “Light the Fire” – as Armand Duplantis was getting ready to leap into history on Monday. The drama unfolded for over a half hour at the end of the night when almost all the track and field events for the day were wrapped up at the Paris Olympics 2024. But, 80,000 spectators, including the King and Queen of Sweden, stayed on their feet to witness the greatest jump by the greatest jumper of contemporary times. Armand…
India’s track and field athlete Neeraj Chopra is tasked to achieve an unprecedented feat in the history of Indian sports. ‘The man of many firsts’ has the golden opportunity to become the first Indian athlete in an individual sport to win two consecutive gold medals in the Olympics. Chopra would start his journey on Tuesday (August 06) with the qualification round and eye the finals on August 08. However, it might not be easy for the Haryana lad as his competitors will also try to finish first on the podium. The Hurdles in the Destiny First of all, Neeraj Chopra…
The streets won’t forget the name of Manu Bhaker anytime soon. Even though she narrowly missed her mark to claim a third medal at the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024, Bhaker’s talent and achievement in the biggest sporting carnival of the world. The 22-year-old bagged a bronze medal in the women’s 10m air pistol and then partnered with Sarabjot Singh in the mixed 10m air pistol event to win another bronze. She has now joined the likes of P.V. Sindhu and Sushil Kumar to become the only Indians to have two Olympic medals. On Saturday, the young Indian prodigy missed what…
