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The National Sports Day in India is celebrated on 29 August every year. It is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand Singh. The day also serves as a reminder for all of us to recall the contributions, determination and extraordinary achievements of the athletes and their influence in shaping societies.

U20 World Championships gold. Check. Asian Championships gold. Check. Commonwealth Games gold. Check. Asian Games gold. Check. Olympic gold. Check. Diamond League trophy. Check. World Championships gold. Check. This is not a wish list of a teenager made right after watching a motivational movie. Or a shopping list of a soon-to-be bride. This is what Neeraj Chopra’s trophy cabinet looks like after his Sunday night triumph in the World Athletics Championships finals in Budapest, Hungary. Throw in a couple of silver medals he won at last year’s World Championships and Asian Junior Championships in 2016, too, and you have a treasure box that’s never been seen in India. Chopra threw his javelin 88.17m in his second out of six attempts. No one from the 12 strong finals line-up could breach the mark as Chopra became the first Indian ever to win a gold at the World Athletics Championships. The closest was Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem (87.82). When he won silver at the World Championships in Eugene, US, last year, he had said, “Yeah, but it’s not gold.” Well, it is now. The hallmark of Chopra’s ‘golden’ career has been his ability to gauge the conditions better than his competitors. In every competition there have been players with better personal and season best throws but Chopra has always managed to win on the big day. He had arrived in Budapest having played in just three competitions this year. He had hurt his groin in one of those competitions. According to Sportstar, Chopra barely threw a javelin in practice to avoid any possibility of hurting that muscle again. “I was thinking a bit about my groin injury. I was being careful, and my speed was not 100%,” he said. He still won.

National Career Service (NCS) portal of the ministry of labour and employment has registered more than one million active vacancies in August, 2023, both from the public and private sector, paving the way for greater employment opportunities for India’s youth, the ministry said on Monday. This is the highest in the current fiscal with the number of vacancies in May at 0.56 million and 0.76 million each in June and July. Further, the ministry foresees an increase in employment opportunities with an expected surge in demand during the upcoming festive season, leading to a new high in active vacancies in the NCS portal. The vacancies on NCS Portal are mobilized through direct reporting by the employers on the portal and API integration with various private job- portals. “Out of the one million active vacancies, about one third vacancies are notified for the selection of freshers, which would facilitate many young candidates to get employment opportunity just after their education,” the labour ministry said. A significant number of vacancies registered on NCS are for technical support executives, sales executives, data entry operators, logistics executives, software engineers and maintenance engineer, among others. According to the ministry, 51% of the active vacancies have been reported in the finance & insurance sector followed by 13% from the transport and storage sector.

Canada immigration minister Marc Miller has expressed concern over the ‘integrity’ of student immigration in the North American nation amid reported cases of fake admission into colleges by agencies that had the potency to ruin a students' career and future. Marc Miller in an interview with Canada Broadcasting Corporation said that the Canada is concerned about the overall integrity of the system that educates hundreds of thousands of international students and not just the added pressure they put on housing.

Hindi film industry. From making contentious comments about Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, and director Karan Johar to dissing the film industry altogether, Vivek Agnihotri has in his latest outburst called all the stars he worked with in Bollywood ‘dumb’. Vivek Agnihotri, whose The Kashmir Files won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration in the 69th National Film Awards held on 24 August, in a podcast claimed that he is ‘far more intelligent’ than all the stars he worked with.

Sunil Gavaskar on Monday said India will rise as a 'sporting country' in the next 10-15 years, while lauding historic achievements of javelin sensation Neeraj Chopra, chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa and badminton star HS Prannoy. Chopra on Sunday became the first-ever Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships, while Praggnanandhaa last week created history by reaching the World Cup final at 18 years. Prannoy defeated the world No 1 Viktor Axelsen en route to winning a World Championships bronze. «Earlier, you would see only a few sports would be talked about, media coverage would only be for those,» the Indian cricket icon told the media here after he was revealed as the principal advisor of the Midwicket Stories. «Now all sports have got an outlet and exposure and because of the other sports, we are getting to see the (emergence of) stars.» The Little Master was brimming with joy as he witnessed Chopra's triumphant moment of becoming a world champion in Budapest. «I remember when he (Neeraj Chopra) had won the Tokyo Olympics gold, the India-England series was going on… »I was watching from England, and I was prompted to sing a song 'Mere desh ki dharti sona ugle...' Yesterday, I experienced the same feeling," he said. «We had seen Neeraj two years earlier when he won the gold medal in the Olympics.

layoffs in 2022, according to data from AltIndex.com. However, it also creates an opportunity for companies with long-term plans to recruit and retain top talent. Tushar Dhawan, Partner, Plus91labs believes that it's crucial for corporations to adopt proactive measures in retaining talent during the challenging scenario of layoffs across the world.

MBA, is considered to be a gateway for jobs across multiple business functions and in some cases, for the creation of innovative entrepreneurship ideas. While many colleges are offering MBA programmes today, questions are being asked about the kind of jobs that would be available after doing such a course, especially given that the funding winter has impacted startups and the broader macroeconomic conditions are looking dull. Part of the question stems from the curriculum. Does the MBA curriculum arm students with the right skills for today’s work conditions? There have been innovations in this course.

COVID-19 pandemic. Just a couple of years ago, the notion of participating at this level of competition seemed distant for Ramesh. In 2020, he was stationed as a ticket checker at the Trichy Railway Station, a job he himself admitted he was underperforming in.

Joe Keery, who is getting ready to bid adieu to 'Stranger Things', the popular sci-fi horror drama series. Created by the Duffer Brothers, the Netflix show is slated to end with the fifth season. Keery said he owes his career to the series, on which he plays Steve Harrington. «It does feel like it's time.

Fortescue Metals boss Fiona Hick will leave the company just six months after starting as chief executive, in the latest senior management exit from the company chaired by billionaire businessman Andrew Forrest.

Mint. “The low-cost airline is streamlining its business verticals and bringing in pay parity between the workforce of the two erstwhile airlines," one of the people cited above said. Last week, the airline harmonized and rolled out new grades, compensation, and benefits across the organization, enabling greater transparency and career progression opportunities for all employees.

Newcastle United's pursuit of Dominik Szoboszlai from Liverpool has been officially acknowledged by Eddie Howe, the team's manager. However, the potential move seems to have been hindered by financial considerations. Reports from NewcastleWorld initially indicated that the Magpies were evaluating the possibility of bringing Hungarian international Dominik Szoboszlai to their ranks during the summer transfer window. Alongside Sandro Tonali, Szoboszlai's name emerged as a potential addition to Newcastle United. Yet, rather than triggering his substantial £61 million release clause, the club's preference leaned towards engaging in negotiations below this valuation. With a considerable £52 million already committed to securing Tonali, the financial context played a significant role in the decision-making process.

In some of these cases, highly qualified people are choosing freelancing or gigs as a way of working. They do it as they see several advantages like flexibility, and possibility of greater income and work-life balance.

Ashish Massey, a 38-year-old corporate head chef, recounts his experience by saying how he stayed with the same company for years until Covid disrupted his professional life. He explains how after the pandemic, he had to change jobs frequently to make up for the two years he lost to the Covid outbreak. Like many individuals, he could not experience growth during that tumultuous period. “There are two sides to every story.

The upcoming Asia Cup 2023 holds immense excitement as India and Pakistan prepare to clash once again. With limited bilateral series since 2012-13, the match carries the weight of their historic rivalry. Pakistan's captain, Babar Azam while discussing how they are gearing up for the match said ‘the level of cricket is very good and competitive’ "The India-Pakistan match has always been a rivalry.

Upon taking the helm of «The Price Is Right» in 1972, Barker proved to be a jackpot choice for producers. The game show had experienced a significant decline since its heyday in the late 1950s and had been turned down by two networks prior to finding its home at CBS.

ALSO READ: Shubman Gill surpasses Virat Kohli to become fittest player of Team India. Here's his yo-yo test score “Absolutely, and we can expect that to happen again. Just one thing that you know people like Tendulkar and Virat Kohli have had to deal with that they've had long careers and they sort of have spanned over 10 to 15 years and anytime there's been a rising star, he's been compared to a guy who's been in the race for a long time.

Parineeti Chopra and her beau Raghav Chadha, AAP leader, officially confirmed their relationship earlier this year during a heartwarming roka ceremony held in Delhi. The couple shared enchanting snapshots of their special day on social media, capturing the hearts of fans and onlookers alike. Since then, the eagerly awaited news of their wedding date has been the talk of the town. Sources close to the couple have now revealed that the grand celebration is scheduled for September. A source, who spoke exclusively to The Times Of India, shed some light on the upcoming festivities.

Novak Djokovic has spent nearly his entire professional career chasing the twin targets of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. By the time he won his first Grand Slam tournament, in 2008, the other two had 15 major titles between them. Fifteen years later, those twin monuments to sporting greatness are all but gone.

Yuvraj Singh is a dad, again! The cricketer and his actress-wife Hazel Keech welcomed their second child recently. Taking to social media on Friday, the 41-year-old father shared the news on X (formerly known as Twitter) and Instagram where he has 6.2 million and 18.1 million followers, respectively. Overjoyed to become parents for the second time, he revealed the name of their baby girl, Aura. Singh also shared an image of their «complete» family on social media. «Sleepless nights have become a lot more joyful as we welcome our little princess Aura and complete our family,» his heartfelt caption read. In the image, the new dad could be seen holding their newborn daughter as Keech sits beside him with their son Orion. Minutes after the post was shared, congratulatory messages flooded the comments section. Previously, the couple embraced parenthood in January 2022 after the birth of their first child. Announcing Orion's arrival, Singh wrote, «To all our fans, family and friends, we are elated to share that God blessed us with a baby boy.