Mona and Nishad to be India’s flag-bearers at closing ceremony of Asian Para Games

October 23, 2026 5:33 PM

Mona and Nishad to be India’s flag-bearers at closing ceremony of Asian Para Games

Double gold medallists shooter Mona Agarwal and jumps specialist Nishad Kumar will be India’s flag bearers at the closing ceremony of the Asian Para Games, scheduled for Saturday in Nagoya. Both Agarwal and Kumar won two gold medals each at the Games. The 38-year-old Agarwal, who contracted polio at the age of nine, affecting both her lower limbs and leaving her dependent on a wheelchair, went on a record-breaking spree at the Games. She first won the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 ev...

Chinese humanoid robots smash human records in 100m sprint and high jump at Beijing robot games

August 24, 2026 1:54 PM

Chinese humanoid robots smash human records in 100m sprint and high jump at Beijing robot games

Chinese humanoid robots broke records set by humans, including beating Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint world record, on the opening day of the Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. More than 2,000 humanoid robots were participating in the event, the organizer said. The five-day games, now in its second year, are a spectacle demonstrating China's rapid progress in advanced robotics as the technology race with the U.S. heats up, with 51 events and more than 1,000 competitions taking...