While one of the employees is from the accounts department, the other is a junior field officer, IOA chief Narinder Batra informed.
The appointment of officials for domestic matches throughout India will be done on the basis of the updated gradation of officials.
Hockey India has devised a detailed Standard Operating Procedure in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic with aim to provide safe training environment.
The cook died of a cardiac arrest and later tested positive for COVID-19, according to a top SAI official, who said there was no reason to panic as the deceased had no access to the players' accommodation zone.
Hockey India published a 20-page guideline for the players and staff on how to resume the game post COVID-19.
HI engaged it's executive board members and state member units in discussions to pave the way forward and re-start the sport at state and national level following the COVID-19 pandemic.
The online sessions will be conducted by FIH Educators and only those who are holding a Hockey India Level '2' Coach Certification are eligible for the course.
The Hockey India advisory outlined the preventive measures which all its employees need to be followed at the office to contain the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic.
The Kodava Hockey Festival, interestingly, had no gender bar for participating teams and women too could play in the same team as their male counterparts.
Indian hockey team midfielder Nilakanta Sharma has said that playing in big events has helped him with much-needed experience, which will come handy in the next year's Olympics.
Both the men's and women's teams are currently at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) facility in Bengaluru, where they are carrying out their fitness drills and analysing their game.
For the first time, departments and academies have been invited to host a national championship.
Hockey India is carrying out interactive sessions for its registered technical officials and umpires, across six WhatsApp groups, three for technical officials and three for umpires.
Hockey India president Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad said, "These sessions will them gain high-level knowledge from our foreign coaches, scientific advisors and director, High Performance."
The Hockey India Executive Board has announced the Hockey India Annual National Championships 2021 to be restructured with dedicated events for the various member units.
All the rescheduled championships have now been postponed indefinitely after the nation-wide lockdown was extended till May 3.
With the number of cases on the rise in Odisha, HI Executive Board took a unanimous decision to make the contribution in order to support the state government in its fight against the pandemic.
In a letter to Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) CEO Rajesh Rajagopalan, Hockey India informed about the postponement of the events which were a part of its Annual Calendar for Training and Competitions (ACTC).
Various modalities pertaining to the game sport, including the teams' training, domestic competition structure and foreign exposure were discussed.
Hockey India contributed an additional Rs 75 lakh to the PM-CARES for coronavirus relief, making an overall donation of Rs 1 crore.
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