During the meeting, a wide range of bilateral, regional, defence and defence industrial cooperation issues were discussed.

For the second time in two months the international sports body has warned the IOA of consequences if it did not address governance-related issues. In July, the IOC stated that it will be "forced" to suspend the IOA if its "quadrennial elections" are not held within the next few weeks.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 11 (ANI): Petrol pumps in Uttar Pradesh will act as promotional hubs and showcase destinations for the One District One Product (ODOP) items, according to an official statement released on Thursday.

An open category has been formed for all individuals including male, transgender and those non-binary who were male sex at birth

Congratulating FINA on its latest reforms with regard to athlete representation, the independence of its doping programme, gender equality and good governance, the IOC President emphasised the continuous need to adapt.

Nagpur Mar 28 PTI An Indian Oil Corporation official charged with corruption by the Central Bureau of Investigation surrendered in a court in Nagpur on Monday officials said They said N P Rodge general manager retail sales of IOC had absconded after the CBI had arrested Manish Nandle chief manager retail sales on Friday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a petrol pump owner Rodge surrendered before Special Judge CBI P B Ghuge His counsel said he was absconding due to the poor health of his daughter He has been remanded in CBI custody till March 31 he added PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Nagpur Mar 25 PTI Three Indian Oil Corporation IOC officials were booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation for alleged bribery in two separate cases in Nagpur and Gondia an official said on Friday The CBI official said the first case they had registered was against a general manager retail sales and chief manager of IOC Nagpur for allegedly demanding Rs 1 lakh to give approval for the transfer a retail outlet from one owner to another The second case was against the sales officer of IOC in Gondia for demanding Rs 1 lakh for favouring a petrol pump he said PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Shillong Mar 22 PTI The Meghalaya Prison department and Indian Oil Corporation have launched a new initiative to train jail inmates in various sports events for improving their physical and mental well-being Inspector General of Police in charge of Prisons M Kharkrang launched the month-long training programme for jail inmates together with IOC executive director G Ramesh at the district jail here on Monday Today marks an important day for prison and correctional services as inmates will be trained in carrom board and volleyball as part of the parivartan prison to pride initiative in collaboration with IOC Kharkrang told PTI He said the sports training programme for jail inmates is aimed at improving the physical and mental well-being of prison inmates especially during the pandemic period The IGP Prisons said the programme will also be rolled out in other district jails across the state At present 75 inmates will receive sports training during the one month period he said IOC chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya who launched the programme via online mode said the total number of prisons covered under the programme has gone up to 37 and the IOC aims to coach over 550 inmates during the third phase of the programme He said the first two phases of the programme has already heralded a remarkable social movement by transforming the lives of the inmates and facilitating their integration with society PTI JOP RG RG

Mumbai Feb 19 PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed International Olympic Committees decision to award India the right to host the 2023 IOC session saying it will lead to positive outcomes for world sportsIt is gladdening to note that India has been chosen to host the 2023 International Olympic Committee Session I am confident this will be a memorable IOC session and will lead to positive outcomes for world sports the Prime Minister Office of India wrote on its twitter handleIndia will host the session for the first time since 1983 The session will be hosted at the state-of-the-art brand new Jio World Convention Centre Mumbai received a historic 99 of the votes in favour of its bid from the delegates participating in the process with 75 members endorsing its candidature in the session held at Beijing An IOC session is the annual meeting of the members of the IOC comprising 101 voting members and 45 honorary members It discusses and decides on the key activities of the global Olympics movement including adoption or amendment of the Olympic Charter election of IOC members and office bearers and election of the host city of OlympicsNita Ambani the Indian representative on the committee described it as a significant development for the countrys Olympic aspiration Apart from Ambani Indian Olympic Association IOA President Narinder Batra Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and Indias first individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra were part of the Indian delegation PTI ATK KHS KHS

Mumbai Feb 19 PTI The International Olympic Committee on Saturday awarded India the right to host the IOC Session in Mumbai next year Nita Ambani the Indian representative on the committee described it as a significant development for the countrys Olympic aspiration India will host the session for the first time since 1983 The session will be hosted at the state-of-the-art brand new Jio World Convention Centre Mumbai received a historic 99 of the votes in favour of its bid from the delegates participating in the process with 75 members endorsing its candidature in the session held at Beijing An IOC session is the annual meeting of the members of the IOC comprising 101 voting members and 45 honorary members It discusses and decides on the key activities of the global Olympics movement including adoption or amendment of the Olympic Charter election of IOC members and office bearers and election of the host city of Olympics The Olympic Movement is back to India after a 40-year wait I am truly grateful to the International Olympic Committee for entrusting India with the honour of hosting the IOC Session in Mumbai in 2023 said Ambani the first woman to be elected as an IOC member from India This will be a significant development for Indias Olympic aspiration and will herald the start of a new era for Indian sport Apart from Ambani Indian Olympic Association IOA President Narinder Batra Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and Indias first individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra were part of the Indian delegation PTI AT AT AH AH