Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt is not keen to collect the upgraded silver medal from 2012 London Olympics on humanitarian grounds given that the original second place finisher’s positive dope test came after his death. “Besik Kudukhov shandaar pehelwaan the (Besik Kudukhov was a magnificent wrestler). Unke mirtyu ke baad dope testContinue Reading

Geneva: The number of unemployed young people is set to swell by 500,000 worldwide this year to reach 71 million, marking the first hike in three years, the UN said Wednesday. In a new report, the UN’s labour agency estimated that the global youth unemployment rate would reach 13.1 percentContinue Reading

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad high court has called upon state governments across India to consider dissolving the sports quota for admission in educational institutes, saying it provided a backdoor entry to students who were not meritorious. The quota does not have constitutional sanction either, it added. In an order dated AugustContinue Reading

Guwahati: Former Cuban president Fidel Castro’s image is hardly seen without his trademark fatigues. A group of students here decided to initate a metamorphosis. They made a portrait of the revolutionary leader garlanded with a gamosa, a cloth used in Assam as a mark of love or respect, and sentContinue Reading