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Rijiju meets 13-year-old equestrian Amairah, wishes her more success
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday met equestrian Amairah Chadha. The 13-year-old has won medals at National Junior Equestrian Championship and the minister wished her more success during the meet.
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Sports Ministry issues SOP for organising sporting events
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for organising sports competitions in the country. According to the SOP, sports competitions may resume in non-containment zones with all the safety measures.
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Legends, celebrities join Rijiju for 2nd Fit India Dialogue
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): After the superhit first edition of the Fit India Dialogue hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Sunday anchored the second edition of the Fit India Dialogue.
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Rijiju anchors second edition of Fit India dialogues
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): After the successful first edition of the Fit India Dialogue hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September, which saw Indian cricketer Virat Kohli, fitness icon Milind Sonam, among others, interacting with the PM, Union Minister of Youth Affairs an
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Rijiju flags off rafting expedition to study Brahmaputra
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], December 24 (ANI): Aiming at data collection and sampling exercise on river water quality, river sediment, riverbank erosion and fish habitat, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju flagged off "Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyaan", a
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Rijiju inaugurates 8 Khelo India State Centres of Excellence across countr
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs on Tuesday virtually inaugurated 8 Khelo India State Centres of Excellence (KISCEs) across India.
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Sports Minister Rijiju urges countrymen to make fitness a priority
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): To strengthen the clarion call made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make India a fitter nation, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday shared his fitness video and urged all the countrymen to join the initiative by posting
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Citizens also need to take up responsibility to turn India into sporting n
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Praful Patel lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Government of India, and Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju for putting "more focus" on sports which has helped the country see a "quantum jump"
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India has achieved tremendous progress in boxing, says Rijiju
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): As Indian boxers bagged nine medals including three golds at the Cologne Boxing World Cup held in Koln, Germany, Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports on Sunday said that the country has managed to achieve tremendous progress in t
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'Beginning of a long journey': Sports Ministry recognises Yogasana as comp
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Thursday announced the formal recognition of Yogasana as a competitive sport, with an aim of enhancing interest in Yoga among people around the globe.
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports revokes suspension of PCI
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Wednesday revoked the suspension of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) with an immediate effect.
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Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium to get 6 squash courts, Jaishankar lays
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Union Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar laid the foundation stone of six squash courts at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, on Wednesday, in the presence of Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju.
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