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  • Cong-led UDF tops in Kerala native physique by-elections

    Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 10: The Congress-led UDF was on the high place when votes in bypolls to 29 wards in numerous Kerala native our bodies had been counted on Thursday because it retained 5 seats and regained 9.

    The ruling CPI-M was the most important loser within the elections held on Wednesday.

    While the Congress-led UDF received 14 seats, the CPI-M-led Left bought 12 seats, the BJP-led NDA two and one seat was received by an Independent.

    The elections had been held in 11 of the state’s 14 districts and fast to react to the resounding win was state Congress president K.Sudhakaran who mentioned it is a beating given by the individuals to the “corrupt and unpopular” Pinarayi Vijayan authorities.

    “The highlight of the results is that the UDF won seats which were the strong citadels of the Left and this clearly shows that the people of Kerala are fed up with the Vijayan government. There is also reason to cheer as we feel the UDF has been able to work in the grassroots. It has now surfaced that we were able to win even when there was a secret tie up between the CPI-M and the BJP,” he mentioned.

    “The reasons why the people voted against the Vijayan governance is on account of the rampant corruption, nepotism, massive price rise and anti-people policies of his government. This can well be the strong warning the people have given,” he added.

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  • TOPS will likely be expanded additional for advantage of extra athletes: Anurag Thakur

    Driven by India’s greatest medal haul in Tokyo Olympics, the federal government will broaden the scale and scope of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) protecting the 2024 and 2028 Games in thoughts, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur mentioned on Sunday.
    During a felicitation programme organised for the triumphant Indian athletes, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) awarded Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra with a money award of Rs 75 lakh.
    This is the primary time, IOA is providing money incentives to Olympic medallists.
    The silver medallists — wrestler Ravi Dahiya and weightlifter Mirabai Chanu — acquired Rs Rs 50 lakh every for his or her heroics in Tokyo.
    The bronze medallists — shutter P V Sindhu, boxer Lovlina Borgohain and wrestler Bajrang Punia — received Rs 25 lakh after their superb present on the recently-concluded Olympics.
    “I assure you we are going to increase TOPS so that more and more athletes can be benefitted,” a delighted Thakur mentioned on the sidelines of the programme.
    Optimistically, he added, “When such a function is held after 2024 Olympics, I hope the medallists are so many that there is no space left here (for them to occupy).”
    Each member of the bronze-medal successful males’s hockey workforce received richer by Rs 10 lakh every. The coach of gold winner Chopra will obtain Rs 12.5 lakh, whereas coaches of Dahiya and Chanu received Rs 10 lakh. The coach for the bronze winners was given Rs 7.5 lakh.
    It was additionally introduced that Rs 1 lakh will likely be given to all 128 Tokyo Olympians. All the medallists have been current.
    Besides, the medal-winning National Sports Federations (NSFs) have been offered with cheques of Rs 30 lakh every.
    Along with Thakur and the opposite dignitaries current, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra, too, lauded the nation’s athletes for his or her efficiency on the showpiece.
    “There was a lot of gloom and despondency in the country due to COVID-19 before the Olympics. But your (athletes) performance in Tokyo Olympics has changed all that and you have brought smile to 1.3 billion people of the country,” Batra mentioned.
    “You must have realised what you all have done for the country.”
    Chopra’s coach Klaus Bartonietz and Jaiveer Choudhary, who launched the athlete to the Shivaji Stadium in Panipat, didn’t flip up for the occasion.

  • Disappointed to be dropped from TOPS: Para shuttler Sukant Kadam

    World quantity 5 para badminton participant Sukant Kadam on Thursday expressed his disappointment after he was dropped from the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), saying he has been excluded from the programme with none “justified reason”.
    Kadam, a 2018 Asian Para Games bronze medallist, took to twitter to precise his disappointment to Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on the Mission Olympic Cell’s determination.
    “Hon’ble @KirenRijiju sir, It is very disappointing and discouraging to be excluded from #TOPScheme without any justified reason and despite delivering medal winning performance in all Paralympic Qualification events,” the 27-year-old stated.

    Hon’ble @KirenRijiju sir,It could be very disappointing and discouraging to be excluded from #TOPScheme with none justified purpose and regardless of delivering medal successful efficiency in all Paralympic Qualification occasions.@Media_SAI @ParalympicIndia @DGSAI @DeepaAthlete
    — Sukant Kadam (@sukant9993) April 8, 2021
    Kadam had received a bronze medal in males’s singles SL4 occasion on the 2019 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in Basel.
    He was among the many 5 para shuttlers who had been included within the TOPS in March 2019. The different shuttlers had been Manoj Sarkar and Pramod Bhagat from males’s Singles SL3, Tarun and Suhas Yathiraj from males’s Singles SL4.
    Athletes within the SL3 class usually have an impairment in a single or each decrease limbs, and poor strolling/operating stability. To minimise the impression of their impairment, they play solely half-court (length-wise).
    The impairment of athletes within the SL4 class is of a lesser diploma in comparison with SL3. They play full-court since they often run sooner and have higher stability than SL3 athletes.