Centre allows BCCI to use drones
New Delhi, Feb 8: The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday said they have granted conditional exemption to BCCI for the deployment of drones for live aerial cinematography of the India cricket season in 2021. MoCA had received requests from BCCI & Quidich Innovation Labs pertaining to granting of request and other correspondences regarding permission to use Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) for live aerial filming. (UNI)
BBC awards nomination announced
NEW DELHI, Feb 8: India hockey team skipper Rani Rampal will compete with chess ace Koneru Humpy and young shooter Manu Bhaker for the BBC ‘Indian Sportswoman of the Year’ award after being nominated for the honour along with two others on Monday. Vinesh Phogat, who is the only Indian woman wrestler to have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics and the Asian Games 100m silver medallist Dutee Chand, who missed out on the inaugural award last year, have been again nominated by the 40-member jury panel. The winner will be decided by public voting. (PTI)
Banned shooters could get reprieve
New Delhi, Feb 8: There could, after all, be a reprieve for the 15 shooters recently banned by the governing body from participating in the next national championships on disciplinary grounds. The shooters, including Tokyo Olympics quota holder Yashaswini Deswal, were prohibited from competing at the nationals after they took part in unrecognised online tournaments last year without the approval of the sport’s apex body in the country, the National Rifles Association of India (NRAI). NRAI president Raninder Singh on Monday said that he would be “persuading” the federation’s general body to stay the recent decision when they meet on March 5. (PTI)