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President Murmu gives away National Sports Awards; Lalremsiami first from Mizoram to receive Arjuna Award

Headline via The Hindu · first report 13 Nov, 13:04 IST, latest 13 Nov, 23:01 IST

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What we know

9 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Orissa Post at 13 Nov, 13:04 IST; the latest is from Northeast Now at 13 Nov, 23:01 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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Reported by9 news organisations
First report13 Nov, 13:04 IST
Latest report13 Nov, 23:01 IST
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New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu officially presented the National Sports Awards 2025 during a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan Friday. Decathlon athlete Tejaswin Shankar and FIDE World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh, along with thirteen other sportspersons from…
The little over 36-minute ceremony was attended by Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya and Sports secretary Hari Ranjan Rao among others.
In all, 17 Arjuna awardees were chosen; no Khel Ratna for first time since 2014; three coaches win Dronacharya award
In 2020, she became the first Indian woman hockey player to receive the International Hockey Federation's Women's Rising Star of the Year award.
President Droupadi Murmu presents Arjuna Awards to star Indian athletes like Tejaswin Shankar, Divya Deshmukh, Vidit Gujrathi. The list included 17 winners.
Indian women's hockey player and Olympian Lalremsiami Hmar on Friday became the first sportsperson from Mizoram to receive the prestigious Arjuna Award.

Quoted from the newsrooms’ own feeds, with their names and links. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details.

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