India's highest sporting honour <keyword id="443800" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Khel-Ratna-Award">Khel Ratna Award</keyword>, which was named after former prime minister <keyword id="12596" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rajiv-Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</keyword>, was on Friday rechristened in the honour of hockey wizard <keyword id="60219" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Dhyan-Chand">Dhyan Chand</keyword> following the admirable performance of both men's and women's hockey teams in the Tokyo Olympics. Making the announcement, Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> said he had been getting many requests from citizens across India to name the Khel Ratna Award after Major Dhyan Chand. "Respecting their sentiment, the Khel Ratna Award will hereby be called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award! Major Dhyan Chand was among India's foremost sportspersons who brought honour and pride for India. It is fitting that our nation's highest sporting honour will be named after him," he tweeted. The exceptional performance of the men's and women'<keyword id="11803437" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="s-hockey-team">s Hockey Team</keyword> has captured the imagination of our entire nation, the prime minister said, adding that there is a renewed interest towards the sport that is emerging across the length and breadth of India. This is a very positive sign for the coming times, he said. The prestigious award carries a prize money of ₹25 lakh. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/after-toppr-byjus-is-in-talks-to-acquire-another-online-tutoring-startup-vedantu/articleshow/85094388.cms">After Toppr, Byju’s is in talks to acquire another online tutoring startup Vedantu</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/rbi-inflation-forecast-for-next-year-is-high-close-to-shaktikanta-das-target/articleshow/85092332.cms">Inflation may have cooled in July but it will test RBI’s patience in the months to come</a>

India's highest sporting honour renamed as 'Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award'

By Saumojyoti S Choudhury New Delhi, Aug 17 () In a first, this year's National Sports Awards ceremony is likely to be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with all the winners logging in from their respective places to hear their names being announced on August 29. The National Sports Day is celebrated on August 29, the birth anniversary of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand. "The sports awards function this year is likely to be an online function. As per the Government of India instructions, the awardees will also be announced on the morning of the day of the function," a Sports Ministry source told . The pandemic had in June forced the ministry to extend the deadline for submission of online applications for the awards. It also allowed athletes to self-nominate in view of the "difficulties" being faced by them in finding people who can recommend their names amid the lockdown. The self nomination has resulted in a huge number of applicants for the awards and it has been learnt that the ministry had already finished the initial round of screening. The National Sports Awards include the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award and the Dhyan Chand Award, which are conferred every year by the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 29. On the first day of the meeting on Monday, 13 and 15 candidates were recommended for the Dronacharya and Dhayan Chand Award respectively. Ignored last year, shooting legend Jaspal Rana on Monday found his name among the 13 coaches recommended for this year's Dronacharya award by the sports ministry's selection committee. SSC AH PDS PDS

National Sports Awards likely to be held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic

New Delhi, Jul 15 () Distinguished footballer and Dhyan Chand Awardee Syed Shahid Hakim has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently undergoing treatment at a quarantine centre in Hyderabad. The 81-year-old Hakim, who was a part of India's 1960 Rome Olympic squad, confirmed the development on Wednesday. "Yes, I have tested positive for COVID-19 six days back and I am currently at a hotel in Hyderabad which has been converted into a quarantine centre by the state government," Hakim told . "I can sense improvement in my health in the last two days and hoping that I will test negative soon and go back home in the coming few days," he added. Hakim said he fell ill after visiting Gulbarga in Karnataka. "I was having fever after visiting Gulbarga and I was taking medicine for fever. Later, I had an x-ray of my chest done and I was told that I had pneumonia. "Later, I was advised to undergo test for COVID-19 and the result returned positive. It was six days back." Hakim was conferred with the Dhyan Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in 2017 after former Indian player Shabbir Ali won it in 2011. After his football career, Hakim took to refereeing and officiated in international matches till 1989, including the 1988 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar. He later took up coaching, following the footsteps of his illustrious father and India's greatest ever football coach Syed Abdul Rahim. Hakim had also served as the Chief Project Director at Sports Authority of India (SAI). PDS PDS KHS KHS KHS

Former footballer Hakim tests positive for COVID-19

New Delhi, Jul 15 () Distinguished footballer and Dhyan Chand Awardee Syed Shahid Hakim has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently undergoing treatment at a quarantine centre in Hyderabad. The 81-year-old Hakim, who was a part of India's 1960 Rome Olympic squad, confirmed the development on Wednesday. "Yes, I have tested positive for COVID-19 six days back and I am currently at a hotel in Hyderabad which has been converted into a quarantine centre by the state government," Hakim told . "I can sense improvement in my health in the last two days and hoping that I will test negative soon and go back home in the coming few days," he added. Hakim said he fell ill after visiting Gulbarga in Karnataka. "I was having fever after visiting Gulbarga and I was taking medicine for fever. Later, I had an x-ray of my chest done and I was told that I had pneumonia. "Later, I was advised to undergo test for COVID-19 and the result returned positive. It was six days back." Hakim was conferred with the Dhyan Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in 2017 after former Indian player Shabbir Ali won it in 2011. After his football career, Hakim took to refereeing and officiated in international matches till 1989, including the 1988 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar. He later took up coaching, following the footsteps of his illustrious father and India's greatest ever football coach Syed Abdul Rahim. Hakim had also served as the Chief Project Director at Sports Authority of India (SAI). PDS PDS KHS KHS

Former footballer Hakim tested positive for COVID-19

By Saumojyoti S Choudhury New Delhi, Apr 26 () The process to pick this year's national sports awards has been delayed because of the nation-wide lockdown to combat COVID-19 pandemic and the applications will be invited next month, a Sports Ministry official told . The ministry generally invites the nominations for the awards in April while the ceremony to confer them is held on August 29 on the occasion of National Sports Day celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. But this year, the process is yet to start because of the pandemic, which has so far led to death of more than 800 people in the country and over 2 lakh globally. The official said the delay was inevitable considering the present circumstances. "The ministry is yet to issue the circular for National Sports Award applications. Generally, the process should have been completed by the month of April but this year the situation is unprecedented," the official said. "But hopefully the circular will be issued in May." The COVID-19 pandemic has brought all sporting activities to a standstill not just in the country but across the world. "Since the last one month all the offices in the country, including government establishments and those of NSFs (National Sports Federations), have been running from home, so the delay was bound to happen," he said. The National Sports Awards include Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyanchand which were conferred every year by the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The recipients are selected from a wide range of nominations by a Sports Ministry-appointed committee which includes renowned sports personalities, ministry officials and journalists. SSC PDSPDS

COVID-19 pandemic delays process of National Sports Awards, ministry to invite applications in May

Table tennis star Manika Batra and cricketer Deepti Sharma were among those who were presented the <keyword id="127507" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Sports-Awards">National Sports Awards</keyword> by President <keyword id="6354561" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="ram-nath-kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</keyword> on Saturday. Commonwealth Games gold medallist Batra, alongwith Indian women's hockey captain Rani Rampal and 2016 Rio Paralympics gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu were presented the <keyword id="9847721" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rajiv-Gandhi-Khel-Ratna-Award-">Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.</keyword> Deepti meanwhile was conferred the Arjuna, as were Atanu Das (archery), Chirag Shetty (badminton), Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (basketball), Manish Kaushik and Lovlina Bograhain (boxing), Sawant Ajay Anant (Equestrian), Sandesh Jhingan (football), Akashdeep Singh(hockey), Deepak (kabaddi), Kale Sarika Sudhakar (kho kho), Dattu Baban Bhokanal (rowing), Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker (Shooting), Madhurika Suhas Patkar (table tennis), Divya Kakran and Rahul Aware (wrestling), Shiva Keshavan (luge), Suyash Narayan Jadhav (para swimming), Sandeep (para athletics) and Manish Narwal (para shooting). Shooting coach Jaspal Rana, who is credited with overseeing the careers of the likes of Saurabh and Manu and thus playing a major role in India's recent dominance in the sport, is among nine coaches who have been conferred the Dronacharya Award in the regular category. Yogesh Malviya (Mallakhamb), Jude Felix Sebastian (Hockey), Kuldeep Kumar Handoo (Wushu), and Gaurav Khanna (Para Badminton) were also conferred the Dronacharya. Meanwhile Dharmendra Tiwary (archery), Purushotham Rai (athletics), Shiv Singh (boxing), Romesh Pathania (hockey), Krishan Kumar Hooda (kabaddi) and Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (para powerlifting) received the Dronacharya Lifetime award. Kuldip Singh Bhullar (athletics), Jincy Philips (athletics), Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe (badminton), Trupti Murgunde (badminton), N Usha (boxing), Ajit Singh (hockey), Manpreet Singh (kabaddi), J Ranjith Kumar (para athletics), Satyaprakash Tiwari (para badminton), Manjeet Singh (rowing), Late Sachin Nag (swimming), Nandan P Bal (tennis) and Netarpal Hooda (wrestling) were conferred the Dhyan Chand Award. The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards were conferred to Anita Devi (Land Adventure), Col Sarfraz Singh (Land Adventure), Taka Tamut (Land Adventure), Keval Hiren Kakka (Land Adventure), Satendra Singh (Water Adventure) and Late Magan Bissa (Life Time Achievement). Panjab University won the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy. Pune's Army Sport Institute, Lakshya Institute, Delhi's ONGC, Air Force Sports Control Board, and International Institute of Sports Management (IISM) in Mumbai were conferred the Rahstriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar.

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<ul><li>Readings as high as 999 were recorded in many places of <keyword id="66" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi">Delhi</keyword>. </li><li>Ground level dust storms in western <keyword id="3658" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> have lead to a rise in Delhi’s <keyword id="13001" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="pollution">pollution</keyword> levels. </li></ul>In Delhi, pollution never goes out of style. On 13 June (Wednesday), the air quality index (AQI) in India’s capital city reached passed the severe levels. As per <a href="http://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/in-focus/article/air-pollution-delhi-alarming-levels-aqicn-air-quality-hazardous/239643">reports</a>, particulate matter concentration (<keyword id="396005" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="PM10">PM10</keyword>) soared up from 138 ug per cubic meter on the weekend to a distressing 433 ug per cubic meter on Tuesday night. While the city is usually in a bad state as far as air quality is concerned, it’s usually at such hazardous levels during the Diwali festival in the country. In fact, AQI in Delhi during the monsoon season is usually better, compared to the rest of the year. The safe limit for PM10 concentration is considered to be 100 ug per cubic meter, while readings above 400 ug per cubic meter are considered dangerous. Many areas in Delhi have recorded air quality index readings as high as 999 over the past few days. As per real-time AQI updates, pollution in places near Sukhdev college, Paschim Vihar, ITI (Industrial Training Institute) Jahangirpuri have reached these alarming levels. Other places that fall into the same category are Anand Vihar, PGDAV College and Areas near Major Dhyan Chand stadium. The alarming AQI levels are a result of ground level dust storms in parts of western India, according to the Central Pollution Control Board. <div type="image" title="pol" msid="64572867" hostid="261"></div>

 The rising temperatures, along with this Tuesday's (12 June 2018) haze, has led to the escalation of air pollution in the national capital. While the air pollution is being caused by rise in PM10 levels, which is often considered less harmful than <keyword id="6473846" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="PM2-5">PM2.5</keyword> particles, it is still a serious matter that needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Delhi is ranked among the top polluted cities by the World Health Organisation (WHO). In order to monitor pollution levels in Delhi click <a href="http://aqicn.org/city/delhi/ito/">here</a>.

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India's highest sporting honour renamed as 'Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award'

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