Category: India News

” M.C. Mary Kom confirmed another medal for India as she outclassed Maroua Rahali of Tunisia 15-6 in the quarterfinals of the women’s flyweight category at the ExCel Arena here on Monday.” The Hindu reported. Mary, the Manipur lady, played cautiously in the first two rounds eventually punching her way to victory in the third […]

(Image Source : The Hindu) Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal got India its third medal at the London Games, a bronze as her opponent and world number two Xin Wang of China surrendered in the third-place play off match due to a knee injury after winning the first game. Saina thus became the first Indian badminton player ever to win a […]

Victory thy name is Vijay. Vijay Kumar brought some happiness to India by performing consistently well and shot his way to win the silver medal in 25m rapid fire pistol at the Royal Artillery Barracks here on Friday. “The 26-year-old Vijay was like a rock in the final in which the reigning world champion Alexei Klimov […]

Three indian contenders have moved forward into quarter-finals or semi-finals. India’s star boxer Vijender Singh moved into the quarterfinals of the men’s middle weight (75 kg) category of the Olympic Games by winning against his American opponent in London on Thursday. Saina Nehwal cruises into the semifinals with a 21-15, 22-20 victory over Tine Baun of […]

It was a long blackout for two days but now there is an end to this dark tunnel. The power has been fully restored. The power failure caused havoc, with whole cities grinding to a halt and transport and other services badly hit. “Power System Operation Corporation chief SK Soonee said electricity had been restored […]

Hundreds of millions of people have been left without power in northern and eastern India after three main powers grids failed. What does that mean? Let’s understand. Power plant is the place where electricity is made. The poles and wires on the road are used for transmitting the electricity to our house. Most power plants […]

  India’s ace badminton player Saina Nehwal made a exciting start to her bid for an Olympic medal as she beat Swiss Sabrina Jaquet in straight games in a women’s singles group stage opening match. Saina took  22 minutes to complete a 21-9 21-4 victory at the Wembley arena here. Sabrina Jaquet ranked 65th was […]

Teenage boxing sensation, 18-year-old Shiva Thapa’s Olympic debut ended in disappointment as he was defeated in the opening round bout in the London Games. In Badminton, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa played well but lost  in a women’s doubles league match. On the other hand, Parupalli Kashyap  came up with a super performance in men’s […]

The Supreme Court of India, in an attempt to keep the vanishing tigers safe, banned tourists from the core reserve areas of tiger forests. These are protected areas where tigers are kept safe. Almost hundred years ago there were 100,000 tigers in India and now there are only 1700 of them left. Clearly, the number […]

After a long suspense, it is now decided that Union Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherejee is the next president of our country. He will be the 13th president of India. He defeated the former Lok Sabha Speaker,P.A. Sangma. Pranab Mukherjee was also the leader of Lok Sabha. But when he moved on to contest for […]

Yes, six states of India have been put on a drought alert. What is a drought? It is a complete opposite of floods. It is a condition where the affected areas receive less or no rain at all. This condition is bad for us because the crops that need rain die, there is shortage of […]

UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee is all set to be elected the 14th President of the country. Votes polled in the election held on Thursday will be counted on Sunday. The Hindu Reported. Given the strength of the parties in the presidential electoral college which have agreed to support Mr. Mukherjee, there is  doubt about his […]