Last minute preparations, exposure camps abroad, TOPs funding, overlooking administrative mess-ups to pick the crème de la crème of Indian sports for the biggest show on earth that unfolded in Paris three years after COVID-19 pushed the Tokyo edition of the Olympics by a year.
Tokyo stocks ended higher on Friday with the benchmark Nikkei snapping a three-day losing streak as investors bought battered shares, while a weaker yen boosted exporters including automakers.
The TSE's trading schedule will be 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., with a one-hour lunch break, resuming from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. for a total of five and a half hours.
Colombian Nico Echavarria aiming for his second victory on the PGA TOUR finished with a tap-in eagle and carded 5-under 65 for a two-shot lead over Justin Thomas after the third round of the Zozo Championship.
An average tourist to Tokyo would find it difficult to believe the country’s population is shrinking after seeing the bustling crowds on the roads of Japan’s capital city.
The survival of Alpha (19.6 hours) and Beta (19.1 hours) was found to be similar.
The move by the local Tokyo government follows the city logging more than 2,000 Covid-19 cases a day earlier.
The Chiefs are also scheduled to meet the prodigious soldiers who earned laurels for the Nation in the recently concluded Olympic Games at Tokyo.
"In the history of Indian sports, the Tokyo #Paralympics will always have a special place. The games will remain etched in the memory of every Indian and will motivate generations of athletes to pursue sports. Every member of our contingent is a champion and source of inspiration," Modi tweeted.
Para-taekwando player Zakia Khudadadi, who became the first female para-athlete to be selected for Afghanistan, was set to compete here along with team-mate Hossain Rasouli.
