Khelo India Current Affairs, GK & News

Khelo India

December 9, 2020

Context in Current Affairs: The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports recently announced that the Government is to start 1000 Khelo India centres all over India. The announcement was made at the tenth Global Sports Summit organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. The centres will help the retired sportspersons ..

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Khelo India Mascot and Logo

May 9, 2022

The mascot, official logo, theme song, and the official jersey of the Fourth Khelo India Youth Games were launched on 7th May 2022 at Panchkula, Haryana by Anurag Thakur, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports. What is the name of the mascot? The name of the mascot is ‘Dhakad.’ Which state will be hosting ..

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Khelo India University Games- Highlights

May 7, 2022

From 24th April 2022 to 3rd May 2022, the Khelo India University Games 2021 was successfully conducted at Jain University, Bengaluru. This is the second edition of these games. How many games were held in this competition? In this competition, a total of 20 games were played.  3900 students from across 210 Universities in the ..

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Khelo India Games 2023

January 6, 2022

The Khelo India Games were introduced to revive the sports culture in India. The 2021 Khelo India Games were postponed due to COVID crisis. It is now to be conducted in Haryana in January 2022. The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur is to attend the games. The Khelo India Youth ..

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PM’s Excellence Award

January 4, 2022

On January 3, 2022, the Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched a web portal for the PM Excellence Award registration. About PM Excellence Award The selection process of the award has undergone several changes since 2014. In 2022, the award is institutionalized based on performance of the district and not on the performance of the ..

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Anju Bobby George wins Woman of the Year Award from World Athletics

December 2, 2021

The Indian Athlete Anju Bobby George has won the Woman of the Year Award from World Athletics. She has won the award for grooming young girls to take up sports. What are Anju’s achievements? She is a gold medallist in 2005 IAAF World Athletics Finals. She was the first Indian athlete to win bronze medal ..

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CII Asia Health 2021 summit

October 29, 2021

CII Asia Health 2021 summit was held in October 28, 2021. Highlights Summit was addressed by the union minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya. In his address minister noted that, with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Health has been linked with development in India. Earlier, health was meant for treatment ..

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