Commonwealth Fund

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  Pakistan Cricket Board's Massive Role In Arshad Nadeem's Olympic Gold, Helped Struggling Athlete With...

  Despite finishing a creditable fifth at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and winning the gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Nadeem often struggled for funds

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  "21st Century Challenges Cannot Be Fought With 20th Century Approach": PM Modi

  Noting that criminals have been using the latest technology for funding and operating across regions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pitched for expanding cooperation between countries for investigation and justice delivery.

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  From MS Dhoni's City, India Finds Its Latest Commonwealth Games Lawn Bowls Star

  Recognition in their own country will be enough for the players who fund their trips for all international tournaments as the national federation only pays for the CWG.

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  Union Home Ministry Cancels Foreign Funding Licenses For 2 NGOs

  The Union Home Ministry has cancelled the FCRA licence of two NGOs -- Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Apne Aap Women Worldwide (AAWW) -- for allegedly violating laws and diverting funds received from abroad, officials said on Tuesday.

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  India To Double Contribution To Commonwealth Technical Cooperation Fund

  India will double its contribution to the Commonwealth fund for technical cooperation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced as he vowed to provide tailor-made developmental assistance to small island states.

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  Aid Teams Report Devastation and Death After Vanuatu Cyclone

  The first reports from the outer islands of Vanuatu today painted a picture of utter destruction after a monster cyclone tore through the Pacific island nation.

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  Commonwealth Games 2014: Pakistan Wrestlers Pessimistic on Chances

  Lack of funds and a long-standing feud between two rival factions of the sport's national governing body has meant the two wrestlers representing Pakistan in CWG 2014 have not had much international practice.

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  Ronjan Sodhi to be managed by new sports firm after closure of Mittal Champions Trust

  The Mittal Champions Trust, which funded several of the country's top athletes, has shut shop recently, resulting in a setback to Indian sportspersons, who are preparing to take part in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games later this year.

• Diversion of funds for SC/ST to Commonwealth Games wrong: Chidambaram

  The Government on Tuesday admitted in the Rajya Sabha that diversion of funds meant for the welfare of SC/STs to Commonwealth Games projects by the Delhi Government was "wrong" and efforts would be made to bring them back to the SC/ST Fund."In my view prima facie that using Rs 678.91 crore out of Schedule Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) to contribute for CWG...

• Were funds for SC/ST schemes used for Commonwealth Games?

  BSP, BJP and the Left parties on Tuesday created uproar in Parliament over allegations of diversion of funds for SC/ST schemes to Commonwealth Games projects and demanded a Parliamentary probe into it.The members of these parties forced three adjournments in the Rajya Sabha before lunch, alleging that the CWG projects were witnessing "loot" of publ...

• Hard times for disabled Indian athletes

  It's not just the national sports federations who've had the same bosses for decades. The Paralympics Committee of India, which is the federation for differently-abled athletes is no different. And the allegation against the federation is mismanagement of funds, ahead of preparations for the Commonwealth Games.

• Commonwealth nations back climate fund

  The commonwealth nations seem united in endorsing a call for a legally binding international agreement on climate change.