Indian hockey team players in new saffron jersey Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and former minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik on Thursday criticized the decision to change the Indian hockey team’s jersey color from its traditional blue to saffron, saying it had hurt the sentiments of sports fans.The Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams will…
Indian hockey team players in new saffron jersey (left) and India players celebrate after scoring a goal against Pakistan during their 2023 Asian Champions Trophy Hockey match (right) The decision to make saffron the primary color of the Indian hockey team’s jersey for the upcoming World Cup drew criticism from former captains Pargat Singh and…
Image Credit: Hockey India NEW DELHI: Hockey India (HI) on Thursday explained why the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams will wear saffron jerseys instead of their traditional blue jerseys at the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup, saying the decision was taken both for technical reasons and the national significance of the colour.The move drew…
India’s iconic blue jersey is replaced by saffron (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: Former Indian hockey captain and Olympian Viren Rasquinha has criticized Hockey India’s decision to replace the team’s traditional blue jersey with a saffron one ahead of the 2026 Hockey World Cup. Expressing his disappointment on X (formerly Twitter), he wrote: “I must say that…
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has responded to concerns over its newly launched Kannada Class 6 textbook “Krishna” after an education rights group in Karnataka accused it of promoting religious themes and ignoring the state’s cultural identity.NCERT said in a statement that all its language textbooks are named after rivers in…
An education rights group in Karnataka has accused the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) of trying to glorify the curriculum through its newly launched Kannada Class 6 textbook ‘Krishna’.The group, People’s Alliance for Fundamental Rights in Education (PAFRE), has demanded that the book be withdrawn from the syllabus for this academic year,…