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Khajan Singh swam to keep his father’s memory alive. He was nearly drowned once before elder brother Balkishan pulled him out of the pond in Delhi’s Munirka area. It was terrifying but it was inspiring too. Khajan Singh Tokas vowed that day to learn swimming and make a mark. “A pity that my father did not live to see his son make a mark,” lamentsed Khajan Singh Tokas CRPF, the best known Indian swimmer. Khajan Singh Khajan Singh Tokas   was India’s first swimmer to have won a medal in the Asian Games. His 200m butterfly silver at the Seoul Asian Games in 1986 was a benchmark. The achievement made swimming a popular competition. Children thronged pools across the country to emulate Khajan but none has shown the t alent to achieve simi lar feats. It pains him that swimming has not grown. “Facilities have improved. Kids have better access to pools but we are not producing champions. The reasons are many but lack of talent is not the one,” he says, relaxing in his house at Vasant Kunj....

  Britain's spy chief said, on Thursday, he was sceptical that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, actually wants to revive a nuclear deal with world powers but he added that Tehran will not want to end the talks either  Reuters  reports. Richard Moore, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) known as MI6, said he still believed that reviving the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement was the best way to constrain Iran's nuclear program. Under the deal, Iran had limited its nuclear program in return for relief from economic sanctions. "I'm not convinced we're going to get there … I don't think the Supreme Leader of Iran wants to cut a deal," Moore told the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado. Still, Moore cautioned: "The Iranians won't want to end the talks either so they could run on for a bit." Since former President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the deal and re-imposed sanctions against Tehran ...

  These are troubling times for the men who claim to run the world's greatest democracy. They have meddled so much in other countries' democratic systems and undermined so many overseas elections that their treachery is beginning to backfire. I am talking about the United States of America, which has been behind more than a dozen regime changes in seven decades, including Iraq in 2003, as well as significant covert coups such as in Iran in 1953, Guatemala the following year, and Congo in 1960. To know more: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220722-american-democracy-has-been-turned-into-an-illusion/

Ivana Trump, the first wife of President Donald Trump, was laid to rest in a funeral service at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic church in Manhattan. The former president was in attendance with wife Melania Trump, plus Ivana and Donald’s three children, Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr.

At least 17 Democratic members of the US Congress have been arrested at an abortion rights protest in Washington DC, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. They were seen chanting "hands off our bodies" and blocking a street before being led away by police. The protest follows a Supreme Court ruling that ended the nationwide right to abortion.

EuroMillions lottery players are being urged to check their tickets after a UK participant scooped a record jackpot of £195m, operator Camelot has said. Tuesday's winning numbers have resulted in the biggest National Lottery win of all time. The previous record-holders won £184m in May this year.

Firefighters across in the UK and throughout Western Europe have faced scorching temperatures amid a surge in wildfires, as the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned there was worse to come. The UK, normally used to milder climates, saw temperatures of more than 40C (104F) for the first time. Germany saw its hottest day of the year so far while Portugal raised its death toll after days of excess heat.

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will face each other in the run-off to be Conservative party leader, and therefore UK prime minister, as decided by party members. Penny Mordaunt was knocked out of the running in the latest round of voting. The two remaining candidates will take part in hustings around the country and head-to-head debates, before the winner is announced on 5 September after a postal ballot, completed by 160,000 Tory party members.

47 countries have voiced their concern at alleged abuses in China's Xinjiang region and demanded that UN rights chief publish a long detailed report on the situation there.

Inflation was continued to hit major economies, this time price rise in UK has hit 40-year higher levels; last month, it was backed by surging petrol and food prices

Ranil Wickremesinghe took oath as Sri Lanka President on Thursday morning.