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Bach said seemed impressed with what he saw on his visit to Reliance Foundation Young Champs Academy in Navi Mumbai.“I had a visit together with our IOC colleague and friend Nita Ambani to their Reliance Foundation and the programmes they’re offering there to the kids and youth with regard to sport and education. I’m really deeply impressed by Reliance and her team because you see kids from all over India in this centre. And most of them are coming from underprivileged families and they are being offered education and schooling. But at the same time, they are given the opportunity…

Mumbai, Oct 12 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to conduct at Shanghai and Budapest the Olympic Qualifier Series, a new series of festival-style events combining sport with urban culture, for four sports for next year.These four sports are — BMX freestyle, breaking, skateboarding and sport climbing — and athletes can qualify from these two events for the Paris Olympic Games.Selection of Shanghai and Budapest as venues for the Olympic Qualifier Series was confirmed by the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during its meeting in Mumbai on Thursday.”The two-part series, taking place in the period…

New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The, International Event Ambassador of the Delhi Half Marathon 2023, Ashton Eaton expressed that he is very excited to be a part of the World Athletics Gold Label Road Race, slated to be held on Sunday. Speaking during a press meet here, Eaton said, “I’m excited to be here. I recently ran a half marathon and I just loved running with people from all walks of life.”The two-time Olympic Champion further added that events like the Delhi Half Marathon can help athletes prepare for mega quadrennial events such as the Asian Games.”These kinds of events…

“I don’t know why the Governor is taking such a position. This is no such practice. What has happened is the concerned minister has briefed the Governor on the bills and that’s the norm,” the Chief Minister said.The Governor early this month had said he was waiting for Vijayan to come and explain and clear the doubts he has.Vijayan and his government is irked that Khan is holding with him eight important Bills for his ascent, with three of these Bills are lying with him (for over a year) and one of it for around 22 months. While three more…

Elaborating, the director said: “While there have been a lot of films that have shot action in Ladakh before, we got really lucky as we shot on a completely new terrain. It was an abandoned town above Lamayuru where most sequences were shot. So yes, the weather conditions were unfriendly and erratic, with constant dips in oxygen levels.”He added that the actors worked very hard for the scenes.”But Tiger, Kriti, and Rehman sir really practiced hard on days off as well as in between action scenes, in spite of the challenging weather conditions and low oxygen levels,” he said.Set in…

The latest suspension will not impact the participation of sportspersons with Russian passports from participating in the Paris Olympic Games as neutral athletes. It will also not impact the Belarus Olympic Association which has currently been sanctioned by the IOC for supporting Russia in its war with Ukraine.The decision comes into effect immediately and will continue until further notice, informed Mark Adams, IOC’s Director of Communication, at a press conference at the end of the inaugural day of the IOC’s Executive Board in Mumbai on Thursday.”The unilateral decision taken by the Russian Olympic Committee on October 5, 2023 to include,…

Chadha had moved the high court on Tuesday and told it on Wednesday that his eviction was selective and that there are other first-time MPs as well with identical accommodation above their entitlement, who have not been targeted.Last week, Additional District Judge Sudhanshu Kaushik of the Patiala House Courts had vacated his interim order, which had directed the Rajya Sabha Secretariat to refrain from evicting him from the bungalow without following due legal process.These bungalows in question are allocated to lawmakers who have served as ministers, Chief Ministers, or Governors.On Thursday, Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani reserved the order after hearing…

It all began when he absent-mindedly called the Bihar Chief Secretary Amir Subhani “chief Mukhya Mantri” while addressing the gathering at an event of the Panchayati Raj Department in Patna.When the officials present there pointed out the error, Nitish Kumar corrected himself but ended up calling himself “Faltu Mukhya Mantri.” “When we decided to build the Panchayati Sarkar building in the state, we wanted its speedy construction. However, it did not happen according to our expectations. We have built 1,517 buildings and construction is underway in 857. When the World Bank learnt about the Panchayat Sarkar building, they were highly…

Manison, who is leading the delegation to the state, revealed this during an interaction with higher officials of various departments, including the Department of Industries and Commerce, among others here on Wednesday evening.He is on a visit to Kerala leading a 16-member business delegation to explore the possibility of bringing investment to the state commensurating with mutual growth and to identify the priority sectors which propel mutual growth.Manison, who is also the Minister for Trade of Northern Territory, Australia, said globally trade relations are built with nations and places where mutual partnerships benefit both sides.”Kerala has an amazing dynamic community…

“On reading the brief prepared by IPE Global, I can proudly say that we are on the right track. Such discussions that bring together eminent policymakers and academicians are very important today. There has to be emphasis on the importance of imparting education in the mother tongue and local language till Grade 8,” the Education Minister said while speaking at a program related to girls education, organised by IPE global in New Delhi.He said that investing in girls and young women goes a long way in building girl capital. He said that while India has made substantial progress in girls’…