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TopicIndian Olympic Association

Topic: Indian Olympic Association

5,000 special guests attend I-Day celebrations, including Anganwadis, sarpanchs

The invitees also included members of India's contingent for the upcoming Special Olympics 2025, winners of international sporting events.

Haryana Olympic Association warns athletes over unrecognised events amid Colombo boxing event row

At a Colombo event, 19 Indian boxers competed under the unrecognised Indian Amateur Boxing Federation banner. The medals won by Haryana athletes are now in limbo.

ThePrint Quiz, 18 August, 2024: As Paris Olympics conclude, test your knowledge of India at the games

The 2024 Paris Olympics have concluded. In this edition of ThePrint Quiz, let's test your knowledge of trivia of India's showing at the Olympic games.

Wrestler Antim Panghal, team to be deported from Paris following major disciplinary breach

Panghal handed her official accreditation card to her sister who was caught for 'impersonation' by security while leaving the Games Villa.

Jogging, cycling, cutting hair & shortening clothes — wrestler Vinesh Phogat gave it all for Olympics

Vinesh was hospitalised Wednesday after she fainted soon after she learnt about her disqualification. Tributes poured in as the shocker seeped in among countrymen.

WFI suspension: Indian Olympic Association forms 3-member panel to run wrestling body

Sports ministry suspended Wrestling Federation of India's executive body Sunday, three days after Sanjay Singh, a close aide of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, was elected its president.

IOA panel to send report to PM Modi in 8-10 days, says former wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt

Dutt is a part of the IOA's seven-member committee along with Olympic medallist Mary Kom, to probe sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

PT Usha becomes first woman President of Indian Olympic Association

Usha was elected unopposed in the polls. She is the first Olympian and first international medalist to head the IOA in its 95-year-old history.

Xi skilled in coercion but won’t be able to shoot his way out of the ongoing protest

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Polls to Indian Olympic Association executive council on 10 December

The Supreme Court has approved a fresh timeline submitted by the Justice (retd) LN Rao committee for the holding of elections.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.