Tokyo Olympics | Didn’t get what I came for, says Dahiya
The Hindu
After I qualified, my target was the gold medal, the boxer says.
Ravi Kumar Dahiya could not hide his disappointment at not winning the gold. “I am happy but didn't get what I came for,” he said after losing to Zavur Uguev of the Russian Olympic Committee in the final. “We’ve been working for so long towards this (Olympics), and after I qualified, my target was the gold medal. I’ve got silver now, maybe I deserve only this now. Going forward I will work harder and win the gold,” he said.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.