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Almost after 20 years, India won its first Gold in Olympics. Last time a Gold medal was won in 1980 olympics. Watch the vide of the Final event and Award ceremony with the National Anthem of India .   Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the 10-meter air rifle on Monday, giving India its first medal of the Olympics. India wins 1st Olympic gold in 10m air rifle - CNN.com

What a Wonderful video on China and Beijing Olympics , that gives a panoramic view of China and its rich culture. I love this video. :Beijing and beyond: A journey through China's many splendors. From the limestone towers of Guilin to the Shaolin monks of Dengfeng with pandas idling between, China awaits. URL: http://www.nbcolympics.com/destinationbeijing/index.html?assetid=69caa828-06d9-43d6-b9db-4e84731cf0c3   You need to install Microsoft Silverlight, a browser extension to view. Don't forget to view in Enhanced Player.

If China can not sustain the growth, that doesn't really mean India can beat China because India is the largest democracy in the world. The authoritarian regimes then and current China are significantly different. And dreaming that China will falter and make way for others to beat it, would be just a dream. Bad Press for China, is a reflection of the inability of the world failing to come to terms with China and accepting China for what it really is. There was lot of bad press about China recently in view of Olympics in Beijing. I believe because almost the entire world is so jealous of how China does things. Many western countries are too dependent on China that there is no point of return from China. So they are at least trying to bring different kind of pressure on China to get a leverage. Otherwise, why would the same Western world that pushed so many billions of dollars of investment to China for the last two decades, and made China what it is today, suddenly finds a new vo...

Follow The Olympic Torch Gadgets powered by Google Follow The Olympic Torch Gadgets powered by Google An ongoing tradition from 766 B.C. has been to ignite the torch at the ancient site in Olympia, Greece. From March 24th until the start of August, the Torch Relay will travel across Greece, into Beijing, and then around the world through cities, oceans, and even the world’s highest mountain, Mt. Qomolangma (Mt. Everest). The relay's purpose is to spread the Olympic spirit as well as the message of peace and friendship, and also...

Its unfortunate that many are trying to use the Olympic Torch to demonstrate their views about how China is handling Tibet issue and in general Human Rights outcry. I am not surprised at venting out their anger at China for a variety of reasons, but I am totally shocked at the means they chose to display. Olympic torch has a symbolic meaning and putting out the torch for political reasons doesn't make any sense. The passage of the Olympic flame through Paris was disrupted, with police twice placing the torch on a bus after failing to keep pro-Tibetan protesters at bay. The flame was carried from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower today to cross Paris on its way to the Beijing games. Within the first hour of its intended four-hour tour, it was temporarily extinguished for technical reasons, i-Tele news channel reported. Bloomberg.com: Worldwide The relay is planned to be the longest in Olympic history, covering 137,000 kilometers and 21 countries where it will be car...