Star shooter Manu Bhaker's omission from the Khel Ratna award nominations has sparked surprise. Neither Manu nor the NRAI applied on her behalf for the prestigious award. Bhaker's two bronze medals at the Paris Olympics made her the first Indian to win muliple medals in the same edition of the Games, besides becoming the first Indian female shooter to win an Olympic medal.
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Eli Sharabi, freed after 491 days in Hamas captivity, faced devastating news upon his return to Israel about his family's deaths in an October 7 attack. Freed as part of a prisoner exchange, his release brought mixed emotions for his in-laws in South Wales. The exchange also saw the release of Palestinian prisoners requiring medical care.
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