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Friday, October 31, 2025
TopicNational Sports Federation

Topic: National Sports Federation

‘Fiefdoms of individuals’: Why this lawyer is waging court battle to hold sports bodies accountable

Last week, petition by Rahul Mehra led Delhi HC to order stop to financial assistance to sports bodies that don’t adhere to national code. He blames successive governments for opacity.

Stop funds to sports bodies that do not follow national sports code, Delhi HC tells central govt

Court hearing petition seeking compliance by national sports federations with 2014 Delhi HC judgment that declared the national sports code the law of the land for sports bodies.

Table tennis, football, hockey — why courts are intervening in functioning of sports bodies

Three sports federations have been brought under a court-appointed committee of administrators (COA) over the last five months due to alleged lapses in their functioning.

Cricketers to be tested by NADA as BCCI agrees to come under anti-doping agency’s ambit

The BCCI had been vehemently opposed to signing up with NADA, claiming that it is an autonomous body and does not rely on government funding.

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Starbucks was once progressive. It’s now approaching a dangerous spot in culture wars

Former CEO Howard Schultz once told shareholders those who opposed his support of same-sex marriage were free to invest elsewhere. But now, CEO Brian Niccol seems to be selling Starbucks as a place that just, well, sells coffee.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.