Sakshi Malik defeated Elmira Gambarova of Azerbaijan 6-2 in the semi-final to set up a title clash against Marianna Sastin of Hungary on Sunday. read more

The Indian women’s football team, who won the SAFF U-15 Championship last month in Bhutan, are aiming to qualify into the final phase of the AFC Women’s Championship. read more

Lovlina Borgohain prevailed 4-1 in the welterweight (69kg) category contest Monday night against Azizova, a silver-medallist at the Nation’s Cup earlier this year besides a bronze-winner at the Russian national championships. read more

Interestingly, instead of their home state Haryana, the girls have taken Indian team route via Himachal Pradesh. Cold shouldered by Haryana, they shifted to Chandigarh, and finally moved to the hill state. read more

The men’s team, comprising Atanu Das, Jagdish Choudhary and Viswash, lost the third set 54-56 to bow out of the competition. The Indian women had earlier beaten Mongolia 5-3 to advance to the quarter-finals where they lost to Chinese Taipei. read more

PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s singles badminton with dominant victories at the Asian Games 2018. read more

Tajinderpal Singh Toor was the undoubted star of the day for India as he broke Asian Games’ record with a throw of 20.75 meters to win gold. read more

India’s biggest medal hope in men’s wrestling, Bajrang Punia, has delivered on his promise. Punia won the gold medal in the 65 kg freestyle wrestling event by beating Japan’s Daichi Takatani 11-8 in the final bout. read more

The National Meteorological Center warned of floods in the northeast and called on authorities to halt outdoor activities and watch out for collapsing structures. read more

A Mongolian Shaman or Buu, prays during a ceremony outside Ulaanbaatar at sunrise. Banned for 70 years under Communist rule, shamanism has seen resurgence in Mongolia since 1992, when the ancient practice became protected under the constitution. This folk religion dates back as far back as the region’s recorded history.

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Rodents are a common problem throughout Inner Mongolia’s huge and sprawling prairies, and adapt relatively well to dry weather. read more

Shiva Thapa (60kg) signed off with a bronze medal at the Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament in Mongolia on Saturday. read more

Shiva Thapa and Salman Sheikh registered comprehensive victories to reach the quarterfinals of the Ulaanbaatar Cup in Mongolia on Wednesday. read more

Senior Buddhist monk Lobsang Tayang walks outside the Amarbayasgalant Monastery in Mongolia. Buddhism is one of the world’s oldest religions but its fate in Mongolia now rests on young shoulders. The country’s monasteries are increasingly run by millennial monks, the first generation to come of age after decades of religious repression under the Soviet system wiped out almost all Buddhist clergy.

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Erdenebat Chuluu, a nomadic herder, shouts words of encouragement to the reindeer he is riding. “Chu!, Chu!,” he calls, urging the animal out of a cedar wood and onto a plain in the southern reaches of the Mongolian Taiga. Once in the open, they gingerly step over fallen trees and navigate creeks of melted snow, oblivious to the late winter chill.

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