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                                                  COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2022
                        India celebrates 22 Gold,





          16 Silver and 23 Bronze medals




                               in various disciplines







          On the occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Prime Minister requests the athletes and their coaches to encourage
                                 children by visiting 75 schools, and educational institutions in the country





















































        OUR BUREAU                        Prime Minister Narendra Modi with CWG 2022 participants Contingent for Commonwealth Games 2022 in New Delhi on Saturday (ANI Photo/ PIB)
        New Delhi
                                          Nisith Pramanik were among those   CWG 2022. The PM said that it is a   has organized the Chess Olympiad
              rime Minister Narendra Modi   present. The Prime Minister congrat-  matter of pride that due to the splen-  for the first time.
              felicitated the Indian contin-  ulated the players and coaches for   did hard work of the sportspersons,   Addressing the athletes, the
        Pgent for the Commonwealth        their stupendous performance at the   the country is entering into the Aza-  Prime  Minister  said  “while  all  of
        Games 2022 in New Delhi on Thurs-  Commonwealth Games 2022 held in   di ka Amrit Kaal with an inspiring   you were competing in Birming-
        day.                              Birmingham, where India bagged 22   achievement.                    ham, crores of Indians were keeping
            The felicitation was attended   Gold, 16 Silver and 23 Bronze med-  The Prime Minister highlighted   awake till late night here in India,
        by both athletes and their coaches.   als in various disciplines.   that in the last few weeks, the country   watching your every action. Many
        Union Minister for Youth Affairs &    The Prime Minister welcomed   has accomplished two major achieve-  people used to sleep with alarms set
        Sports and Information & Broad-   the athletes and coaches and ex-  ments  in  the  field  of  sports.  Along   up so that they remained updated on
        casting Anurag Thakur and Minister   pressed immense pride in the ac-  with the historic performance in the   the performances. The Prime Minis-
        of State for Youth Affairs and Sports   complishments of India’s athletes at   Commonwealth Games, the country   Continued at next page... >>


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