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"We believe that children belong on the football field, playgrounds and in classrooms, but not on shop floors of factories."

We are sure that if we start counting their numbers, we will run out of space. So, for the sake of brevity, here is a list of 12 exceptional women who have made India proud in recent years.

For this race, participants have to swim for 3.8 km, cycle for 180.2 km and run for 42.2 km all within 17 hours and without a break.

To motivate the 'Women in Blue,' Virat Kohli, the men's cricket team captain has initiated a fun social media campaign, that has been trending!

Having lost his right hand in a freak accident when he was five, life came to a standstill for Raphel John who nursed a deep passion for football right from childhood.

It all started when Niranjan, all of seven, was introduced to roller-skating in school.

Mizoram's Lalremsiami is just 18 years old, and is looking forward to a promising hockey career.

The para-athlete who was felicitated at a Delhi stadium on Monday revealed how he is still unemployed and is helping his mother run a paan/gutkha shop.

From competing in an oversized second-hand pair of shoes to clinching a medal for his father who was killed by forest mafia, each of these young Indian athletes fought incredible odds to keep our tricolour flying high at Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

What began as a 10K run is a full-fledged women empowerment movement today. From corporate leaders to homemakers, cancer survivors and women with disability and baby-wearing moms, this movement has seen women from all walks of life run in solidarity.