es FIH Extends Pro League Suspension Due to Coronavirus, Plans Matches in July-August By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 06:13:31 +0530 FIH were forced to extend suspension of the Pro League League because of the coronavirus and plans to hold the matches in July and August. Full Article
es Dhanraj Pillay Donates Rs 5 Lakh to PM CARES Fund in Fight against Coronavirus By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 07:12:36 +0530 Indian hockey legend Dhanraj Pillay contributed Rs 5 lakh to the PM-CARES Fund to aid in the fight against coronavirus. Full Article
es FIH Celebrates UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 07:51:00 +0530 The International Hockey Federation celebrated the United Nations International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, asserting the message of unity and support has never been more relevant with the world is facing a health crisis due to coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
es Hockey India Donates Rs 21 Lakh to Odisha Chief Minister's Relief Fund to Fight Coronavirus By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 02:13:20 +0530 Hockey India made its contribution to Odisha Chief Minister's Relief Fund saying the state has always shown huge support for the sport. Full Article
es Coronavirus Lockdown Extension: Hockey India Postpones All National Championships Indefinitely By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 02:21:20 +0530 Hockey India national championships were rescheduled to start on April 29 and continue till July 3 but have been suspended for now. Full Article
es Hockey India Restructures Domestic Events, New Format For National Championships From 2021 By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 04:45:52 +0530 Hockey India has decided to restructure its domestic competitions by doing away with the categorisation as all teams will play in sub-junior, junior and senior national championships for both men and women. Full Article
es Indian Women's Hockey Team to Raise Funds to Feed Poor and Migrant Families During Coronavirus Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 12:02:05 +0530 Indian women's hockey players will give a new challenge on social media and tag 10 people on their social media handles, to take up the challenge and donate Rs 100 to the fundraiser. Full Article
es Hockey India Conducts Interactive Sessions Through WhatsApp for Match Officials By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 01:31:23 +0530 Hockey India is carrying out interactive sessions for its registered technical officials and umpires, across six WhatsApp groups. Full Article
es Namita Toppo Says Tokyo Games Delay Gives Indian Women's Hockey Team a Year More to Prepare for Olympics By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 02:27:24 +0530 Namita Toppo said the Games delay gives them a chance to get one more year of experience to realise their dream of an Olympic medal. Full Article
es Utilising Coronavirus Lockdown Time to Pursue Hobbies, Catch up on Netflix: Navjot Kaur By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 01:57:55 +0530 Indian women's hockey team player Navjot Kaur said she has been drawing and colouring with more spare time in hand amid coronavirus lockdown. Full Article
es Coronavirus Delay Gives Indian Men's Hockey Team Chance to Utilise Time and Give it Best in Tokyo, Says Varun Kumar By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 02:47:34 +0530 Indian men's hockey team defender Varun said they were not sure when they would be able to resume outdoor training due to coronavirus crisis. Full Article
es Indian Women's Hockey Team Mentally Prepared to Face Challenges on Way to Olympic Medal: Salima Tete By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:45:57 +0530 Salima Tete said there was a lot of scope improvement for the Indian women's hockey team in the one year before the Tokyo Olympics. Full Article
es After Injury and Eye Surgeries, Reena Eyes Olympics Selection By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 2 May 2020 06:54:01 +0530 Reena is looking to make it to the Indian women's hockey team for the Tokyo Olympics. Full Article
es Indian Women's Hockey Team Raises Over Rs 20 Lakh to Feed Poor Amid Coronavirus By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 05:51:24 +0530 The Indian women's hockey team raised funds for the charity through an 18-day fitness challenge, which started on April 17. Full Article
es Hockey India Invites Expression of Interest to Host 2021 National Champioships By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 04:40:08 +0530 HI wants to host the 2021 National Championships as well as the inaugural Inter-Department National Championship and Academy National Championship. Full Article
es Maintaining Fitness Will Be Biggest Challenge For Athletes: Viren Rasquinha By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 11:22:18 +0530 Viren Rasquinha also stressed on the importance of sports psychologists for athletes in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics Full Article
es Team Has Become Much More Aggressive Under Graham Reid: Gurinder Singh By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 03:42:31 +0530 Gurinder Singh said Graham Reid spent time on the development of each player during the national camp last November. Full Article
es Manpreet Singh Motivates the Team Through His Game: Nilakanta Sharma By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 03:19:11 +0530 Nilakanta Sharma said Manpreet Singh motivates the Indian men's hockey team through his game. Full Article
es Hockey India Condoles Demise of Kodava Hockey Festival Co-Founder Pandanda Kuttappa By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 05:17:50 +0530 Hockey India condoled the demise of Pandanda Kuttappa, a legendary figure in the region of Coorg who gave the sport the world famous Kuttani, family hockey tournament. Full Article
es Narinder Batra Gets Extension as FIH President Following Postponement of Body's Annual Congress By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:08:38 +0530 Narinder Batra will continue as FIH President till next year Congress, which was postponed to May due to coronavirus. Full Article
es The Emergency of 1975: 5 Books on Trying Times in Indian History By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 11:30:24 +0530 Jawaharlal Nehru’s niece who was a fierce critic of the Emergency and of her cousin Mrs. Gandhi, is the author of the novel tells the story of two interlinked families in Delhi in the Emergency years. Full Article
es Book Excerpt: Amitav Ghosh Tackles Climate Change And Migration In 'Gun Island' By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 02:23:30 +0530 Weaving old folklores with modern-day adventures, Ghosh again tries to draw readers attention towards climate change. Full Article
es 'Flawed, Complex Characters Make Fine Stories': Amish Tripathi on His Book Raavan, Enemy of Aryavarta By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 01:18:52 +0530 Author Amish Tripathi launched Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta, which is the third installment of his wildly popular Ram Chandra series. Full Article
es Amitav Ghosh on New Book Gun Island, Our Changing World and the Uncanniness of It All By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:47:02 +0530 Amitav Ghosh says he feels fortunate and privileged to be able to make a living from writing, which according to him, is the only thing he knows how to do. Full Article
es Easterine Kire's 'Walking The Roadless Road' Takes You Into the Heart of Nagaland By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 12:58:08 +0530 Author author Easterine Kire's book gives a vivid account of Japanese invasion in India through the northeast during World War II. Full Article
es Ernest Hemingway Birth Anniversary: 10 Famous Quotes By the Author By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 10:13:04 +0530 To celebrate this incredible author’s 120th birth anniversary, we have compiled 10 famous Hemingway quotes that will leave you mesmerised. Full Article
es Book Excerpt: Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh Chronicles Former PM Chandra Shekhar's Rise in Politics By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 03:03:47 +0530 The book, titled ‘Chandra Shekhar: The Last Icon of Ideological Politics’, has been launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and chronicles the political journey of former PM Chandra Shekhar. Full Article
es Ruskin Bond Releases Latest Book 'Words From My Window-A Journal' By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 01:38:11 +0530 Ruskin Bond was invited at a school event in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, where he shared insights about his literary journey with his fans among the students as well as the teachers. Full Article
es PD James 99th Birth Anniversary: 5 Books by English Crime Author One Must Read By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 11:50:00 +0530 List of novels by PD James which is a must read for all those who have interest in mystery and crime. Full Article
es Book Excerpt: Dalit Scholar Suraj Yengde Tells You Why 'Caste Matters' In His Latest Novel By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 09:45:10 +0530 In this deeply passionate, and angry memoir, titled 'Caste Matters', writer and academic activist Suraj Yengde peels the layers of the deep-rooted caste system in India to show you how this impenetrable social divide has for centuries crushed human lives and is very similar to other forms of oppression, such as race, class and gender. Full Article
es Nobel Laureate Hermann Hesse Death Anniversary: 5 Books by Author One Must Revisit By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 05:09:53 +0530 German-born poet, novelist and painter Hermann Karl Hesse, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946, passed away on August 9, 1962. Full Article
es 'Sridevi-Girl Woman Superstar': New Book Chronicles Extraordinary Life of The Actress By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 03:39:09 +0530 This is the first and only detailed chronicle of the screen goddess' long journey in Bollywood. Full Article
es Veer Savarkar Believed Some Muslims, And Christians Possess 'All Essential Qualifications of Hindutva', Claims Biography By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 04:42:55 +0530 Savarkar defined his idea of a Hindu resurgence in political terms, not religious. Full Article
es Scientist’s Death, Threat to PM: Meenakshi Lekhi’s Fiction Book is Thriller That Lays Bare Political Divides By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 09:02:23 +0530 The novel begins with the death of a scientist, who warns a woman politician in new Delhi about the impending danger to the life of Raghav Mohan, who is the beloved Prime Minister of the country. Full Article
es Gau Mata ko Bhata: This Satirical Novel Tells Story of a British Chewing Gum Company That Uses Cows To Woo Indians By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 5 Sep 2019 05:46:30 +0530 Cow and Company uses satire to take stock of India and its complex relationship with religions. Full Article
es Shiv Sena's Anti-Bihari Rhetoric Has an Underlying Irony That Traces its Origin to Bal Thackeray’s Father By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:10:04 +0530 While his son Bal Thackeray and grandsons Uddhav and Raj were to take a political position against north Indians, Prabodhankar traced the roots of Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu caste -- the same caste to which the Thackeray family belongs -- to Bihar. Full Article
es From Heart of Darkness to Lord Jim, Here are 5 Books by Joseph Conrad That One Must Read By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 3 Dec 2019 11:56:51 +0530 Joseph Conrad passed away on August 3, 1924 and left behind a rich heritage in terms of works, which have often transcended the pages of books and have found new life in varied media. Full Article
es Colours of the Mountain Author Da Chen Dies at 57 By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 03:20:12 +0530 Chen died of lung cancer on December 17, his wife, Dr Sun-Ling Chen, told a publication on Tuesday from the family's home in Temecula, California. Full Article
es Renowned Hindi Author Ganga Prasad Vimal Dies in Road Accident in Sri Lanka By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 08:10:22 +0530 Ganga Prasad Vimal wrote more than one dozen poetry collections, short story collections and novels. His last novel, Manushkhor, was published in 2013. He received several Hindi literary awards. Full Article
es 'The Yogini' Breaks Away from the Conventional Novel and Captures Spiritual Crisis Like Never Before By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 05:31:35 +0530 ‘I am your fate,’ he continued – and disappeared at once. Full Article
es Jeevan Samvad, Hindi Series on Depression and Suicide, Launched in Book Form By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:04:50 +0530 News18.com Hindi editor Dayashankar Mishra has written about mental health issues while combining both an Indian traditional viewpoint and the modern aspect. Full Article
es Sridevi's Biographer Satyarth Nayak Says He Wanted to Know Many Things About the Bollywood Actress By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 9 Feb 2020 12:07:01 +0530 Legendary actress late Sridevi's biographer Satyarth Nayak talked about many questioned that he had in mind to ask the actress but could not due to her untimely death in February 2018. Full Article
es Abhay Deol Proud of 'Baby Sis' Esha Deol Turning Author By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 09:50:52 +0530 Esha Deol's book Amma Mia! talks about the difficulties of motherhood and how a woman can overcome them. Full Article
es Remembering Abraham Lincoln: 5 Books One Must Read About the Former US President By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:59:19 +0530 Lincoln, who was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 while attending a play at Ford's Theatre, has been immortalized in the works of Gore Vidal, George Saunders, Herbert Donald to name a few. Full Article
es From Konyaks of Nagaland to Kurumbas of Nilgiris: A Look Into The Private lives of Isolated Indian Tribes By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 07:01:11 +0530 What makes things worse is that the government data and statistics fail to capture the essence of their everyday lives, and stories and narratives from the tribals themselves are conspicuously absent from mainstream literature. Full Article
es Actress-author Patricia Bosworth Dies from Coronavirus at 86 By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 01:30:41 +0530 Patricia Bosworth's stepdaughter, Fia Hatsav, said that pneumonia brought on by the virus was the cause of death. Full Article
es It's Going to be Impossible to Surpass Lionel Messi's Legacy: Samuel Eto'o By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:54:08 +0530 Samuel Eto'o said Lionel Messi showed greatness even as an FC Barcelona B player. Full Article
es Ex-Refugee Bayern Munich Star Alphonso Davies Raises Funds for Those Forced to Flee By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:04:39 +0530 Alphonso Davies, who started his life in a refugee camp in Ghana, said it would be disastrous if coronavirus reaches any of the world's many refugee camps. Full Article
es Swiss Court Trial Date Set for PSG President and Ex-FIFA Secretary General in Corruption Case By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:24:27 +0530 The case against Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Jerome Valcke relates to alleged criminal mismanagement, incitement to criminal mismanagement, falsifying documents and corruption. Full Article
es 'How Would You Avoid Direct Contact?' FIFA Medical Chief Wary of Resuming Season Amid Covid-19 Threat By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 09:01:50 +0530 FIFA's medical committee chairman Michel D'Hooghe said he would propose to not play competitive football in the coming weeks. Full Article