Top news of the day: Preeti, Jaismine win boxing gold medals at CWG 2026; PM Modi inaugurates ASR International Airport at Bhogapuram; and more
Indian athletes secured gold medals in boxing at the Commonwealth Games, while Prime Minister Modi inaugurated a new international airport in Andhra Pradesh. Meanwhile, flood relief efforts continue in Assam and the death toll rises in the Ceuta border crisis.
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Indian boxers Jaismine Lamboria and Preeti Pawar won the gold medals in the women’s 57kg and women’s 54kg final bouts, respectively, at the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday (August 1, 2026). Preeti claimed the gold with a dominant 5-0 victory over Canada’s Scarlett Delgado in the women’s 54kg before reigning world champion Jaismine clinched the yellow metal with the same scoreline against Northern Ireland’s Michaela Walsh, who was the defending champion.
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