1. Summer Olympics in Tokyo to begin with Opening Ceremony today, after a year-long delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Opening Ceremony @ 4:30 pm Indian time.
2. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on 22 Jul (Thursday) announced that it would give the Tokyo Olympics gold medal winners a cash award of Rs 75 lakh apart from giving each of the participating National Sports Federations (NSFs) a bonus amount of Rs 25 lakh.
3. The IOA Advisory Committee has recommended that silver medal winners will be presented Rs 40 lakh, while the bronze winners will get richer by Rs 25 lakhs.
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Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |
