Sports Minister Anurag Thakur

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Sports Minister Introduces Anti-Doping Bill In Lok Sabha

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur introduced a bill in Lok Sabha to tackle drug abuse in Indian sports on December 17. The bill demands a statutory framework for the operation of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). It also seeks to provide a statutory framework for the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL), which is facing a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) due to the lack of technical requirements. 

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 - 08:08 PM / by Brijesh Goswami

Tags: Lok Sabaha, NDTL, NADA, Sports Minister, Anti Doping Bill

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju launches Reference Material for Dope Testing

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Sports Minister Launches Reference Material For Anti-Dope Testing

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on January 29 launched a "breakthrough" Reference Material for facilitating chemical testing in the anti-doping domain. The RM, collectively manufactured by National Dope Testing Laboratory and National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, is ostensibly amongst the rarest RMs worldwide. It would enhance testing capacities of all World Anti Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited laboratories. "The substance… read-more

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 - 12:51 PM / by Ashly Ann Varghese

Tags: Kiren Rijiju, Union Sports Minister, RM, NDTL, NIPER, WADA

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