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Chennai sources reported that the Tamilnadu government on Wednesday announced cash incentives for four sportspersons from the state who won medals in the ongoing Asian Games in Indonesia. Recently Chief Minister K Palaniswami lauded athlete Arokia Rajiv, member of the silver medal winning 4X400m mixed relay team for his feat and announced Rs 30 lakh cash incentive.
Indian athletes, at the 2016 Rio Olympics, will better the London 2012 tally of six medals, Vijender Singh told NDTV in an exclusive interview. The 2008 Olympics medallist added that Indian sportspersons have made rapid progress in the international arena of late, and it will only increase in coming times.
On News Point, a discussion on the decision of ICC shifts the venue of India-Pakistan World T-20 from Dharamshala in Himachal to Kolkata. We ask whether the issues between Indian and Pakistan should prevent the two countries from playing international matches. Is CM Virbhadra Singh letting politics interfere with sports?
