Various surveys have found that the age of initiation for tobacco consumption in India is as low as seven years, Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr Atul Goel, said in a letter to BCCI and SAI.
The sports governing body approved the extension of athletics camps across five different locations in the country.
From Neeraj Chopra, Bajrang Punia, Lovlina to others, all our athletes represent a new India. They are 'New Heroes of a 'New India'... We will ensure that all possible (sports) facilities are arranged from our end: Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur
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.
The interactive programme is designed to help athletes and support staff understand Covid-19 protocols, Japanese culture and anti-doping rules.
India had hired Kazarashvili in February 2019 to train country's Greco Roman wrestlers at the national camp in Sonepat till Olympics.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Thursday said that with this decision, the coverage would increase to more than 13,000 athletes, coaches and support staff.
The accused, who is above 50 years of age and is an athletics coach, is currently lodged in Tihar Jail under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
It was reported that social distancing norms and other procedures put in place by the sports ministry were flouted at the indoor arena of the Noida Stadium.
The camp will take place from December 28 to January 24 at the Vasas Sports Club in Budapest, Hungary and from January 24 to February 5 at the Olympic Training Centre in Szczryk in Poland.
The triple jumper says dropping him without any events to show his performance during lockdown was demoralising.
The archer is asymptomatic and being monitored by a medical team, said Sports Authority of India.
Triple Jumper Arpinder Singh was excluded from the TOPS scheme while 400m runners MR Poovamma, Nirmal Noah Tom, Alex Anthony included in the scheme along with javelin thrower Annu Rani.
Defender Manitombi Singh, who died in August at the age of 39 in Imphal after long illness, was the only earning member of his family and is survived by parents, wife and an eight-year-old son.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Friday said that the Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested three persons, including a former kabaddi player, for fleecing athletes through a false advertisement for Khelo India Games.
With the focus firmly on qualifying for 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the Indian table tennis players on Wednesday resumed their training after almost seven months at the national camp in Sonepat.
Ankit was admitted to the Bhagwan Dass Hospital on October 14 after testing positive for the dreaded virus during a national camp at the SAI Northern Regional Centre.
The national camp had been postponed twice in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) with no option but to wait for the situation to improve.
The Sports Ministry announced financial help of Rs 5 lakh each to boxer Sunil Chauhan and his brother Neeraj, who is an archer, considering the hardships they were facing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is the second time in two months that the camp has been postponed, the first being in August, when NRAI was forced to call it off in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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