Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) President and two-time Paralympic gold medallist Devendra Jhajharia expressed his confidence the Indian contingent will bring home more than 20 medals at the World Para Athletics Championships.
Two-time Paralympic silver medallist discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya gave Prime Minister Narendra Modi a new title, calling him "Param Mitra" during their interaction at PM's residence.
Sumit Antil, the reigning Paralympic and world champion, clinched a gold medal while improving his own world record in the men's javelin F64 event at the Asian Para Games, here on Wednesday.
Just like in the Olympics, only six officials are allowed to take part in the opening ceremony on Tuesday and five athletes, including flag bearer Mariyappan, will form the 11 member Indian group.
Top Para badminton player Sukant Kadam, who returned home from his training base in Lucknow in the first week of March, says he is focusing on mental and physical exercises at home with no badminton court around.
The PCI vice-president Gursharan Singh said that the national Paralympics body could not be blamed for the incident.
Filmmaker Aishwarya Dhanush Rajinikanth's next Tamil directorial will be a biopic on Indian Paralympic high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu, and it…
