Shailesh secured Team India's first gold medal at the ongoing World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi on Saturday in the T63 high jump competition
Deepthi secured a bronze medal at the Paris Paralympics last year in the 400 m T20. In the same competition category, she has gold medals in the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou and the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe.
Indian men's hockey players Jarmanpreet Singh, Sanjay, Abhishek, and Sukhjeet Singh and women's hockey team captain Salima Tete were awarded Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2024 at the Rashtrapati Bhawan by the President of India, Draupadi Murmu on Friday.
Paralympic Gold Medallist Murlikant Petkar on Thursday expressed his feelings after being conferred for the Arjuna Award in 2025's National Sports Award which will take place on Friday, January 17.
The Indian professional boxer Saweety Boora on Wednesday opened up on receiving the prestigious Arjuna Award and said that she is feeling very motivated and wants to work hard in the future.