IT'S CHAI TIME
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June 2019 -
Gomathi Marimuthu, a 30-year-old from a poor family, was a surprise gold medalist in the 800-meter race at the recent Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. She paid tribute to her father.
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June 2019 -
P. U. Chitra of Kerala won the 1,500-meter race at the Asian Athletics Championships, against Ethiopian and Kenyan runners, defending the gold medal she had won in India two years earlier.
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June 2019 -
When Jitendra “Jay” Singh, owner of a 7-Eleven store in Toledo, Ohio, spotted a young thief, he compassionately gave food. If he's convicted, Singh said, it "will not solve his hunger problem.”
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June 2019 -
Quotes from Pico Iyer; a children's author; a Democratic donor; the host of Netflix’s STEM series Brainchild; a man who fought for wearing a turban; a historian on religion and rights in India.
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June 2019 -
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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June 2019 -
"The 43-year-old Tiger made them cry for different reasons than the young Tiger did." A humorous and tender look at Tiger Woods' career and his lesson in persistence.
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June 2019 -
Indian election rules require the placement of enough polling booths around the country so that no voter has to travel more than 1.24 miles to exercise their right to vote. This makes things difficult.
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June 2019 -
Convicted in Puerto Rico for human smuggling: a 61-year-old man variously called Yadvinder Singh Bhamba, Bhupinder Kumar, Rajinder Singh, Robert Howard Scott, and Atkins Lawson Howard.
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May 2019 -
Tejaswin Shankar, from New Delhi, attends Kansas State University. He became the NCAA outdoor champion in men’s high jump, and now is a two-time All-American and has won his first Big 12 title.
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May 2019 -
Sunil Gulati teaches economics at Columbia University and was president of the U.S. Soccer Federation (2006-2018). He is nominated in the builder category for the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
