Shafali Verma smashed her maiden T20I century while Smriti Mandhana became the format’s highest run-scorer as India defeated Bangladesh by 114 runs.
The 36-year-old Rohtak athlete defeated Mongolia’s Altanchimeg Baigalmaa before her semifinal loss secured India’s maiden Asian Games MMA medal.
Twenty NCC girl cadets completed a 30-day, 250-km expedition from Kibber to Karzok, crossing the 5,578-metre Parang La Pass.
From a modest Kurichya tribal settlement in Wayanad and a four-kilometre walk to school, Sreedhanya Suresh has risen to become Kerala’s first tribal woman district collector.
Colonel Shivani Sangwan completed the 122-km Silk Route Ultra in 21 hours, 44 minutes and 8 seconds, finishing ninth among women.
The 2006-batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer brings counter-insurgency, field policing and NIA experience to CoBRA’s top post.
The Indian Army officer from Agra completed the 21.0975-km Half Marathon in a provisional 2:10:43 at Leh’s high altitude.
Odisha’s Tanvi Patri overcame fellow Indian Shaina Manimuthu in three games to claim the Asian U17 crown in Chengdu, capping a breakthrough 2026 season.
Maharashtra’s Harita Bhadra has transformed a breakthrough 2026 season into an Asian Games opportunity.
A 20-year-old German traveller who came to India in 1978, Friederike built a lifelong mission around caring for abandoned cows.
