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Vaccination of Olympic-bound athletes our top priority: IOA chief Batra
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra on Friday said that vaccination of the Olympic-bound athletes is the topmost priority of the federation. Batra is confident that a proper plan will be charted "very soon" to put the thought into
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Japanese government 'fully focused' on hosting Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 22 (ANI): The Japanese government is "fully focused" on hosting the Tokyo Olympics this summer, the organisers said on Friday.
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TOPS approves proposal of Manu Bhaker, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa to engage spo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) has sanctioned the proposal from two Olympic-qualified shooters Manu Bhaker and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa to engage the services of sports psychologist Sanjana Kiran to assist them in their preparation for the Tokyo Olympic
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Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture to introduce alert mode over UK Covid variant
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The Shizuoka prefecture in Japan is to declare a high alert mode over the spread of the UK strain of the coronavirus, which was recently found in people with no record of traveling to the United Kingdom, the NHK public broadcaster reported on Tuesday
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India, Japan sign Memorandum of Cooperation to help promote movement of sk
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New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Monday on "Basic Framework for Partnership" to help promote the movement of skilled workers from New Delhi to Tokyo.
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Don't count my tenure if India's doesn't reach top ten of 2028 Olympics, s
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 18 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that his tenure as Sports Minister would not hold any importance if India is not able to make it to the top-ten of 2028 Olympics.
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Japan culled record 5.8 million chickens since November 2020
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan has culled record 5.8 million chickens since November due to bird flu, the NHK broadcaster reported Sunday.
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Looking forward to test our preparations before Olympics, says women's hoc
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], January 16 (ANI): Ahead of their first game of the Argentina tour, Indian women's hockey team skipper Rani Rampal said that it is a crucial tour for the side to test themselves before the Tokyo Olympics.
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Researchers find better diet, glucose uptake in the brain lead to longer l
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Tokyo [Japan], January 16 (ANI): Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that fruit flies with genetic modifications to enhance glucose uptake have significantly longer lifespans.
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Japan to use over 7 billion USD to boost subsidies for restaurants, bars
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Tokyo [Japan], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan's cabinet on Friday decided to use 741.8 billion yen (7.15 billion US dollars) in reserve funds for fiscal 2020 to boost subsidies for restaurants and bars shortening their operating hours in line with the emergency virus declaration.
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Punjab raring to go for Tokyo Olympics, bagging maximum quota our sole aim
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 15 (ANI): Punjab Sports and Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Friday said that the state is all set to excel in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Sodhi honoured the 90 players, who brought laurels for the state and country in the year 2017-18,
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Japan mulls harsher punishments for violators of COVID-19 restriction meas
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Friday held a meeting to discuss introducing harsher punishments for violators of coronavirus rules as the country sees a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths, media reported.
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