The few Indian coaches and officials gathered inside the slightly stuffy 10m range of the Chateauroux Shooting Centre finally got a reason
| | | The few Indian coaches and officials gathered inside the slightly stuffy 10m range of the Chateauroux Shooting Centre finally got a reason to make some noise and tune up a few claps on the first day of competitions at the Paris Olympics. | | THE BIG STORY India off to a winning start in hockey; Manu in medal hunt “C’mon, Manu. Well done,” shouted those few wearing blue. Half done it may be, yet the job was fairly well done. On a day India’s 10m air rifle mixed team fell short of earning a shot at a first medal for the country in shooting’s opener, Manu Bhaker stepped up to do so in the final event. The 22-year-old finished third in the women’s 10m air pistol qualification round with a solid score of 580 to book her place in the eight-women final that will take place on Sunday. Manu, a rare constant face from the 2021 Tokyo Games flop to the 2024 Paris Games hope of Indian shooting, made a confident start to her campaign in which she will compete across three events. Her scores, save a few odd moments of dip to go with hits of high 10s, were fairly consistent throughout the 60-shot qualification round. Her little boost right at the end of day’s play in Chateauroux would go some way in calming the nerves of the country’s 21-strong shooting contingent. Three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics, just one Indian shooter entered the final across the 10 events which saw faces of disappointment day after day. Here on Day One, Manu wore a smile, her personal coach Jaspal Rana wept tears and India’s foreign pistol national coach Munkhbayar Dorjsuren was satisfied. “Good, confident start for Manu,” she said. Read more. | | THE BIG QUESTION What happened at the 9th governing council meeting of NITI Aayog? Stressing the importance of “cooperation and collective efforts of all states” and the Centre to achieve the vision of a developed India by 2047, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that “Viksit Bharat can be realised through viksit (developed) states”, as he encouraged local governments to utilise opportunities in this “decade of change”. Speaking at the 9th governing council meeting of NITI Aayog — the first after the NDA government secured its third consecutive term — in which only one Opposition CM participated, Modi asked the policy think tank to prepare an “investment-friendly charter” for attracting investments and said, “We must target zero poverty as a priority for a Viksit Bharat,” according to an official press release. The meeting, held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre inside the Rashtrapati Bhavan complex, was attended by chief ministers/lieutenant governors representing 20 states and 6 UTs. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was the only Opposition CM who was present in the meeting. She stormed out of the meeting alleging her mic was muted after five minutes. Read more. | STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | | | | PHOTO OF THE DAY | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | Written and edited by Koel Banerjee. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |  | |
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