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<p><strong>Dutee Chand</strong></p><p><strong>Athlete</strong></p><p>I&rsquo;ve been doing general core and dumbbell exercises at home. My coach guides me on the phone. As a runner, I need to be out running, but I can&rsquo;t. I am very anxious. Even if we don&rsquo;t train for five days, our endurance goes down. Our ongoing training has completely stopped. We will have to chalk out a completely new schedule once this is over. I am worried about the Olympics. Otherwise, household work and my law studies keep me busy. I am also watching television.</p><p><strong>Ashwini Ponnappa</strong></p><div class="itemcenter"><amp-iframe height="62" title="" width="320" sandbox="allow-forms allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" allowfullscreen src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Findiatoday%2Fbanner%2Fpreferred-source-new.html%3Fv%3D1.014%5Cu0026native%3D1" class="mrBt15 preferred-source-banner"> </amp-iframe></div><div class="itgimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fbodyeditor%2F202004%2FLeisure-May4-15_770-x433.jpg%3F7Arqn56V7VcMdf_NOiLFgJNmMxMgoZjO%3Fsize%3D750:*" alt="" height="433" width="770" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img>
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</div></p><p><strong>Badminton player</strong></p><p>We hadn&rsquo;t finished our qualifying period [for the Olympics]; we had five or six tournaments left [to play in order to qualify]. So, it&rsquo;s strange not knowing what the situation will be and, going forward, what the Badminton World Federation will decide in terms of the qualifying criteria. I&rsquo;ve never ever had this long a break. I was injured in December-January and was recovering, but that didn&rsquo;t stop me from going to the court. You can do something, even if it is a simple drill or playing for 30 minutes. Now, you have to figure out ways of staying in touch with the game.</p><p><strong>Viswanathan Anand</strong></p><div class="itgimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fbodyeditor%2F202004%2FLeisure-May4-16_770-x433.jpg%3Fx8Q2Jf92cVqltJsW2Z2s2zyxTLsw_fft%3Fsize%3D750:*" alt="" height="433" width="770" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img>
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</div></p><p><strong>Chess grandmaster</strong></p><p>Typically, [breaks] are up to a month; so when the next tournament starts, you are in the best of shape. Initially, we felt tournaments may resume in May or June, so this was just a longer training camp. But it looks like it may be a while. The most important thing is to keep following chess, do interesting work that you don&rsquo;t have time for otherwise, and schedule a return to training when tournaments resume. Chess is different in that an online game is almost like a game over the board. There is no loss of experience. Online tournaments have started springing up, so we can have events before the regular calendar returns.</p><p><strong>Saurav Ghosal</strong></p><div class="itgimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fbodyeditor%2F202004%2FLeisure-May4-17_770-x433.jpg%3Fgr4W5A1AZATTCGtyfTwraxerE4J0FRlB%3Fsize%3D750:*" alt="" height="433" width="770" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img>
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</div></p><p><strong>Squash player</strong></p><p>There is a finite amount of time as to what your body can do at a particular age. But another way of looking at it is that in these months that we aren&rsquo;t competing, the body and mind are not going through the same stress as when we play. Hopefully, it will extend my career slightly and conserve my mental and physical bank [] We generally don&rsquo;t have such long periods of training before a tournament. If what we do in those two-three months of off-season we do for the next four or five, we will be dead. There&rsquo;s a fine line. I&rsquo;m trusting what my trainer tells me to do, trying to mix the sessions up without causing too much stress on the body and mind. It&rsquo;s a challenge as well, so it&rsquo;s interesting.</p><p><strong>Sunil Chhetri</strong></p><div class="itgimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fbodyeditor%2F202004%2FLeisure-May4-20_770-x433.jpg%3FH3YPQOnFK2Ujute7bMuowwi1DsWaxLjM%3Fsize%3D750:*" alt="" height="433" width="770" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img>
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</div></p><p><strong>Footballer</strong></p><p>I am doing [at least] the bare minimum to stay fit by watching what I eat and working out at home. It&rsquo;s not the same as training with the boys and coaches on the pitch. I&rsquo;m trying to focus on staying calm. I am not afraid of losing form as such. What we&rsquo;re going through is unprecedented and much bigger than our careers. Maybe later, I would think missing out a year was a big deal. But right now, I just want to see how we, as humans, emerge from this and go back to normal lives.</p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Iram Ara Ibrahim</div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Apr 25, 2020</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div>

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<p><strong>Dutee Chand</strong></p><p><strong>Athlete</strong></p><p>I&rsquo;ve been doing general core and dumbbell exercises at home. My coach guides me on the phone. As a runner, I need to be out running, but I can&rsquo;t. I am very anxious. Even if we don&rsquo;t train for five days, our endurance goes down. Our ongoing training has completely stopped. We will have to chalk out a completely new schedule once this is over. I am worried about the Olympics. Otherwise, household work and my law studies keep me busy. I am also watching television.</p><p><strong>Ashwini Ponnappa</strong></p><div class="itemcenter"><iframe scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="62" awidth="320" aheight="62" amplayout="fixed" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Findiatoday%2Fbanner%2Fpreferred-source-new.html%3Fv%3D1.014" class="preferred-source-banner" loading="lazy"></iframe></div><style>.preferred-source-banner{  margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom:10px;}</style><div class="itgimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  height="433"  title=""  width="770"  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fbodyeditor%2F202004%2FLeisure-May4-15_770-x433.jpg%3F7Arqn56V7VcMdf_NOiLFgJNmMxMgoZjO%3Fsize%3D750:*" loading="lazy" /></div>
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</div></p><p><strong>Badminton player</strong></p><p>We hadn&rsquo;t finished our qualifying period [for the Olympics]; we had five or six tournaments left [to play in order to qualify]. So, it&rsquo;s strange not knowing what the situation will be and, going forward, what the Badminton World Federation will decide in terms of the qualifying criteria. I&rsquo;ve never ever had this long a break. I was injured in December-January and was recovering, but that didn&rsquo;t stop me from going to the court. You can do something, even if it is a simple drill or playing for 30 minutes. Now, you have to figure out ways of staying in touch with the game.</p><p><strong>Viswanathan Anand</strong></p><div class="itgimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  height="433"  title=""  width="770"  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fbodyeditor%2F202004%2FLeisure-May4-16_770-x433.jpg%3Fx8Q2Jf92cVqltJsW2Z2s2zyxTLsw_fft%3Fsize%3D750:*" loading="lazy" /></div>
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</div></p><p><strong>Chess grandmaster</strong></p><p>Typically, [breaks] are up to a month; so when the next tournament starts, you are in the best of shape. Initially, we felt tournaments may resume in May or June, so this was just a longer training camp. But it looks like it may be a while. The most important thing is to keep following chess, do interesting work that you don&rsquo;t have time for otherwise, and schedule a return to training when tournaments resume. Chess is different in that an online game is almost like a game over the board. There is no loss of experience. Online tournaments have started springing up, so we can have events before the regular calendar returns.</p><p><strong>Saurav Ghosal</strong></p><div class="itgimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  height="433"  title=""  width="770"  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fbodyeditor%2F202004%2FLeisure-May4-17_770-x433.jpg%3Fgr4W5A1AZATTCGtyfTwraxerE4J0FRlB%3Fsize%3D750:*" loading="lazy" /></div>
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</div></p><p><strong>Squash player</strong></p><p>There is a finite amount of time as to what your body can do at a particular age. But another way of looking at it is that in these months that we aren&rsquo;t competing, the body and mind are not going through the same stress as when we play. Hopefully, it will extend my career slightly and conserve my mental and physical bank [] We generally don&rsquo;t have such long periods of training before a tournament. If what we do in those two-three months of off-season we do for the next four or five, we will be dead. There&rsquo;s a fine line. I&rsquo;m trusting what my trainer tells me to do, trying to mix the sessions up without causing too much stress on the body and mind. It&rsquo;s a challenge as well, so it&rsquo;s interesting.</p><p><strong>Sunil Chhetri</strong></p><div class="itgimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  height="433"  title=""  width="770"  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fbodyeditor%2F202004%2FLeisure-May4-20_770-x433.jpg%3FH3YPQOnFK2Ujute7bMuowwi1DsWaxLjM%3Fsize%3D750:*" loading="lazy" /></div>
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</div></p><p><strong>Footballer</strong></p><p>I am doing [at least] the bare minimum to stay fit by watching what I eat and working out at home. It&rsquo;s not the same as training with the boys and coaches on the pitch. I&rsquo;m trying to focus on staying calm. I am not afraid of losing form as such. What we&rsquo;re going through is unprecedented and much bigger than our careers. Maybe later, I would think missing out a year was a big deal. But right now, I just want to see how we, as humans, emerge from this and go back to normal lives.</p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Iram Ara Ibrahim</div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Apr 25, 2020</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div>

With tournaments cancelled and their fitness in jeopardy, sportspersons mull their future and that of their games

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Silver ETFs witnessed aggressive one-day selling, with losses ranging from over 10% to nearly 15% during morning trade. The fall was much steeper than what was seen in gold ETFs.

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Blue Origin confirmed it will suspend New Shepard flights for at least two years, effectively grounding its most visible commercial product. 

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For Gen Z, Rose Day isn’t about grand gestures or public proof. It’s about meaning, boundaries, and choosing love that feels authentic even if it’s just one rose, or none at all.

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The only remaining nuclear treaty between the US and Russia expires today. It effectively spells a death knell for nearly three decades of nuclear control cooperation. What was the treaty? Will it lead to a new nuclear arms race? We delve into these questions in this article and explain it in 900 words.

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Actor Eesha Rebba filed a complaint at the Banjara Hills Police Station to report harassment after receiving obscene and abusive comments on Instagram amid promotional activities for her recent Telugu film.

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Telugu actor Eesha Rebba files complaint over obscene Instagram comments

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Here's the drone visuals of the massive traffic jam on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, which has hit vehicular movement for over 24 hours after a gas tanker overturned in the hilly Khandala Ghat section.

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Addressing the Lok Sabha, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said the government has successfully safeguarded sensitive sectors in US trade deal.  

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In this Special Report, India Today’s Mir Fareed provides exclusive details on a major counter-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur. Security forces, including the Army, Jammu Kashmir Police, and CRPF, successfully eliminated two Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists who were hiding in a natural cave within a dense forested terrain. Mir Fareed noted, ‘Finally, their luck ran out as security forces used IEDs to blow up the entrance. And with that, they were eliminated.’ One of the deceased has been identified as a top commander, Abu Mavia. The operation involved sophisticated drone surveillance and sharpshooters to pin down the terrorists who had previously evaded capture. The report highlights the evolving tactics of security agencies in tackling infiltrators using the treacherous forest reaches of Jammu. The area is currently being sanitised as per standard operating procedures following the recovery of weapons.

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This news report covers the intense political confrontation in Parliament where Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi reportedly called BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu a 'traitor'. The incident occurred near the Makar Dwar as suspended MPs were protesting. The transcript highlights that Bittu, once a close associate of Gandhi, was heckled by Congress members following the remark. Additionally, the bulletin features a statement regarding the suspension of eight Congress MPs for the remainder of the session due to 'unruly behaviour'. Dilip Saikia, who was in the chair during the ruckus, stated that the members violated parliamentary decorum and rules. The report notes that the Congress party views those who defect to the other side through a specific 'prism', leading to the sharp exchange. The drama unfolded as Priyanka Gandhi also met with the suspended legislators to discuss the adjournment of the House.

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On this Special Report, the focus is on a tragic incident in Ghaziabad where three minor sisters, aged 12, 14, and 16, allegedly died by suicide by jumping from the ninth floor of a high-rise building. ACP Atul Kumar stated, 'Three girls jumped from the balcony of the ninth floor of flat number 907 in Bharat City and were declared dead upon arrival at the hospital.' A suicide note recovered from the scene read, 'Mummy Papa, we are sorry.' Police have seized mobile phones and gadgets for forensic examination to determine if specific gaming tasks triggered the extreme step. The incident occurred around 2:30 AM, and authorities are recording statements from family and neighbors to uncover the exact cause behind this triple suicide horror.

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The home stretch gets longer

With tournaments cancelled and their fitness in jeopardy, sportspersons mull their future and that of their games

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