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Beijing 2022: Training underway with half of Olympic Winter Games athletes
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 31 (ANI): Nearly half of all athletes for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 have now arrived in China, and over the past few days have been familiarising themselves with the 12 competition venues following their opening for training.
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Beijing 2022: Olympics-bound Arif Khan wants to be in top-30 at Winter Gam
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Arif Khan, set to represent India this Winter Olympics in Beijing in the Slalom and Giant Slalom events, is in a good state of mind ahead of the Games.
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Beijing 2022: UN Secretary-General calls for Olympic Truce to be observed
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 29 (ANI): To mark the start of the Olympic Truce, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent a message calling on everyone to observe the Olympic Truce during the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
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Ahead of Winter Olympics, sponsors on 'tightrope' amid US-China tensions
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 29 (ANI): Ahead of Beijing Winter Games, sponsors of the Olympics are walking a tightrope as worsening geopolitical tensions force them to consider downplaying their involvement without upsetting China.
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Ahead of Winter Olympics, global groups call for action on rights concerns
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 29 (ANI): A week ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics, hundreds of non-governmental organizations and right groups have joined forces in a call to stop legitimizing the Chinese government's grave record of abuses.
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32 world leaders, heads of int'l organisations to attend Beijing Olympics'
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 28 (ANI): At least 32 foreign heads of state, heads of government, members of the royal family and heads of international organizations will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 amid the diplomatic boycott of a number of countries incl
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CCP will utilize Beijing Olympics to whitewash genocide, say rights activi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): A few days ahead of the Beijing Olympics, several Uyghur activists and human rights experts at a webinar argued that the Winter Games will implicitly approve of the rights violation of the Muslim minority community in China.
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Webinar questions Olympics committee decision to award winter games to Bei
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], January 25 (ANI): A webinar held in London on Monday by The Open Forum questioned the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to award China to host the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 amid reports of genocide against the Uyghurs.
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Beijing 2022 COVID-19 countermeasures adjusted even as cases of virus emer
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 25 (ANI): The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games Organizing Committee (BOCOG) and the Chinese authorities have adjusted the Games' COVID-19 rules, a move that means fewer athletes are likely to be tripped up by positive tests.
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China sees air pollution risk during Beijing Winter Olympics, authorities
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bejing [China], January 24 (ANI): As China is all set to host the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the country's Ministry of Ecology and Environment has announced that it will take measures to restrict the operations of some air polluters, a media report said.
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J-K: Union Minister Jitendra Singh reviews COVID-19 situation in his Lok S
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday reviewed the COVID-19 pandemic situation and other issues in his Lok Sabha constituency of Udhampur-Kathua-Doda with the Deputy Commissioners, DDC Chairpersons and SSPs of the areas.
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China: Olympic villages of 2022 Winter Games start working, says report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 23 (ANI): Three Olympic villages of the 2022 Winter Games have started working in China and have begun to receive members of foreign delegations, ahead of the official opening ceremony to be placed on Thursday, Sputnik News Agency reported citing the Beijing Organizi
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