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National Sports Awards: Looking to reward Paralympics medal winners as wel
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Thursday said the medal winners in the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics will be rewarded at this year's National Sports Awards.
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India's Olympic medallists receive hero's welcome, felicitated by Sports M
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur felicitated the seven Olympic medalists, namely Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Mirabai Chanu, PV Sindhu, Bajrang Punia, Lovlina Borgohain, and the men's national Hockey team, at a gala felicitat
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Befitting that India's highest sporting honour be named after Major Dhyan
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur stated that it's befitting that India's highest sporting honour, Khel Ratna, is being renamed after hockey legend Dhyan Chand.
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PV Sindhu is amongst India's greatest Olympians, says Sports Minister Anur
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur on Tuesday felicitated ace badminton player P V Sindhu upon her return home after becoming the first Indian woman to win two Olympic Games medals, as she claimed bronze with a straight games vic
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Anurag Thakur, Union Ministers felicitate Tokyo Olympics silver medallist
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Monday felicitated India's first medal winner at the Tokyo Olympics Saikhom Mirabai Chanu.
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Tokyo Olympics: Every Indian is rejoicing Mirabai Chanu's historic accompl
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur and Union Home Minister Amit Shah applauded weightlifter Mirabai Chanu after she won a silver medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
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Thank you for bringing a big smile on the faces of 135 crore Indians: Anur
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 24 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur thanked Mirabai Chanu for bringing smiles to the faces of 135 crore Indians as the weightlifter bagged silver in the Women's 49kg category at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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Tokyo Olympics: Confident that our athletes will perform well, says Anurag
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Just one day before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Thursday said he is confident of a good show by the Indian athletes at the Games.
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Tokyo Olympics: Anurag Thakur and other MPs cheer for Indian athletes
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur along with other MPs outside Parliament on Thursday showed a 'victory punch' and chanted 'Jai Hind' as they cheered for the Indian athletes and players participating in Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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Rijiju announces launch of 25 Fit India Yoga centers across 9 states on ev
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of the Ministry of Ayush, Kiren Rijiju announced the launch of 25 Fit India Yoga Centres on Sunday, ahead of International Day of Yoga on June 21.
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Tokyo Olympics: Kiren Rijiju wishes wrestler Sonam Malik
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, on Monday, extended his wishes to young Indian wrestler Sonam Malik for the Tokyo Olympics.
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ISSF WC: Rijiju confident of Indian shooting team performing well at Tokyo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday expressed delight over the success of the Indian shooters in the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun and said the shooters will perform we
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