The women's hockey team cut a cake in celebration at Hotel Ashoka in Delhi. The team qualified for Olympics semi-finals for the first time and finished fourth at Tokyo 2020.
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday met the board members of the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) and discussed the impact of Covid on the broadcast industry.
Soon after Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra bagged the first Gold medal for India at Tokyo Olympics 2020, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on August 07 praised gold medallist Chopra for his outstanding performance.
Sindhu on Sunday became the second Indian and first woman from the country to bag two Olympic medals after winning the bronze in Tokyo, five years after securing a silver at Rio Games.
Chanu, who returned to the country on Monday evening, lifted a total of 202kg (87kg+115kg) in the 49kg category to better Karnam Malleswari's bronze in the 2000 Sydney Olympics on Saturday.
Lauding the states for promoting sports by announcing cash incentives and government jobs for medal winners, Thakur said it's time both centre and states collaborate in promoting sports.
Grammy Award winner composure A R Rahman and young singer Ananya Birla collaborated to present the official song of the Indian contingent for the Tokyo Olympics, titled Cheer4India: Hindustani Way.
The meeting of the high-level committee was also attended by his deputy Nisith Pramanik and the officials of the sports ministry, Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
Mansukh Mandaviya in his first briefing as Union health minister announced that the Centre and states would contribute Rs 15,000 crore and Rs 8,000 crore respectively to the emergency response package.
On the core issue of new farm laws, Narendra Singh Tomar asked people associated with farmers' protests that the government is ready to discuss any proposal except repealing them.
Thakur is the first cabinet minister since Mani Shankar Iyer (2006-2008) to get the sports ministry's responsibility.
Outgoing Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said the journey to make India a great sporting nation will continue after Anurag Thakur replaced him in the position.
Thakur was the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) between May 2016 and February 2017.
Congress and other opposition parties in Assam are using Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as "propaganda" to mislead the people in the polls but they have failed to peddle lies, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Sunday.
BJP MP Anurag Thakur supported Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma by saying that BJP would approach the court against Election Commission's 48-hour ban.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur visited Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata to inquire about health condition of Sourav Ganguly.
BJP leader and Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur while speaking to ANI on December 25 reiterated his government's commitment to double farmers' income by 2022.
BJP's in-charge of DDC polls in Jammu and Kashmir, Anurag Thakur during his press conference informed that over 51% polling occurred in JandK's DDC elections.
In the ongoing District Development Councils (DDC) elections, BJP organised 'shikara rally' at Dal Lake in Srinagar on December 13.
Speaking on J-K District Development Council (DDC) elections, Union Minister of state for Finance Anurag Thakur on November 28 said that people are coming out in large number to vote and sending strong message in support of democracy.
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