Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Current Affairs, GK & News
National Youth Parliament
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to address be National Youth Parliament. The top winners of the National Youth Parliament will speak before the Prime Minister on January 12 valedictory function. When was the first National Youth Parliament held? The first National Youth Parliament was held in 2019 under the theme “be the voice of new ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Events Current Affairs • Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Indian Youth • Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports • National Youth Day • National Youth Parliment • Swami Vivekananda
Rohit Sharma nominated for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
On May 31, 2020, the BCCI nominated Rohit Sharma for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards. The Award is considered to be the highest sporting honour award in India. Highlights The period of consideration for a person to get nominated is from January 2016 to December 2019. Rohit has become the first T20 cricketer to ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Topics: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) • Cricket • Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports • ODI • Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award • Rohit Sharma • Sports Awards
First Khelo India University Games to be held in Bhuwaneshwar
The first Khelo India University Games is to be held in Bhuwaneshwar, Odisha. The game is to be launched by PM Modi through video conferencing. Highlights More than 3400 athletes in 17 disciplines and from 159 Universities are to participate in the game. This is the first of its kind. On the whole, 17 sports ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Topics: Khelo India • Khelo India programme • Khelo India School Games • Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports • Odisha • PM Modi • Sports
Govt. constitutes committee for reviewing draft of National Code for Good Governance in Sports
Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) has constituted a 13-member expert committee to review the Draft National Code for Good Governance in Sports, 2017. Key Highlights Members: The committee will be chaired by Retired SC Justice Mukundakam Sharma and member includes former Indian football team captain Baichung Bhutia, Pullela Gopichand, Anju Bobby George, ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Topics: Indian Olympic Association • IOA • Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports • National Code for Good Governance in Sports 2017 • National Sports Federations • NSF
Sports Ministry Makes Sporting Infrastructure Accessible to All
In order to further the Fit India Movement, Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) has decided to allow national and state sports federations, leagues and clubs to organise sports events in all sporting facilities owned by the government, without paying any fee. This first-of-a-kind decision would provide access to government’s playfields and sporting ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Topics: Fit India Movement • Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium • Major Dhyanchand Stadium • Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports • Sporting Infrastructure • Sports Authority of India