Make in India: PT Usha calls on govt. to promote manufacturing of anti-doping kits in IndiaIn a bid to bolster India's sporting integrity, P T Usha, President of the IOA, has advocated for the local production of anti-doping kits....
12 Dec, 2025, 02.28 PM IST
Bajrang Punia terms his 4-year ban by NADA a "political conspiracy"Wrestler Bajrang Punia received a four-year ban from NADA. He refused a dope test. Punia claims this is a setup. He protested against the W...
27 Nov, 2024, 03.18 PM IST
Olympic wrestler Bajrang Punia suspended for four years by NADA for refusing doping testBajrang Punia Banned: Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia received a four-year suspension from NADA for refusing a dope test. He claimed mistrust...
27 Nov, 2024, 02.09 PM IST
NADA suspends Bajrang Punia for not giving dope sample: SourcesThe National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has suspended wrestler Bajrang Punia indefinitely, potentially jeopardizing his bid to compete in th...
05 May, 2024, 01.40 PM IST
The great Indian dope trick: only one athlete runs in finalThe Delhi State Athletics Championship in India was marred by doping concerns, resulting in a lack of participants in several events. The N...
27 Sep, 2023, 03.57 PM IST
Dipa Karmakar handed 21-month ban after failing dope testKarmakar's dope sample collected out-of-competition by the ITA, an independent organisation that manages the anti-doping programme of the I...
04 Feb, 2023, 11.31 PM IST
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar handed 21-month ban after failing dope testKarmakar tested positive for higenamine (S3. Beta-2 Agonists as per the World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited list). The positive sample was ...
04 Feb, 2023, 10.55 AM IST
Doping in sports: What India can learn from Russian caseThe Russian case is an opportunity for India to put its house in order. While at one level many saw it coming and were ready for it, activi...
11 Dec, 2019, 11.52 PM IST
WADA suspends India's National Dope Testing Laboratory"This suspension has been imposed due to non-conformities with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL) as identified during a WAD...
23 Aug, 2019, 08.22 AM IST
NADA will test cricketers whenever and wherever they want: Sports secretaryTill date, Sweden-based International Dope Testing Management (IDTM) has been collecting the cricketers' samples and submitting them to the...
09 Aug, 2019, 08.28 PM IST
18 articles, five appendixes: Here's everything BCCI's anti-doping pocket guide containsPrithvi Shaw faced an eight-month ban from cricket for testing positive for a banned substance.
03 Aug, 2019, 01.48 PM IST
India can host World Cups, World Championships: Global Cycling Chief Brian CooksonCycling has been one of the sports hit by doping scandal in the recent past but Cookson said that his sport has learnt from the mistakes an...
10 Feb, 2017, 08.08 PM IST
379 sportspersons failed dope tests in last 4 years: MinistryIn a written reply, Sports Minister Vijay Goel listed the number of dope offenders in the last four years, according to information receive...
22 Nov, 2016, 04.49 PM IST
Doping menace comes back to haunt Indian weightlifting in 2015The two women lifters -- Pramila Krisani and Minati Sethi -- were caught for doping at the Commonwealth Championships in Pune in October an...
23 Dec, 2015, 01.07 PM IST
500 Indian athletes fail dope tests in nearly five yearsThese findings were revealed by the NADA in response to an RTI reply. Official figures by the anti-doping agency have come up with some sho...
15 Dec, 2013, 04.39 PM IST
- Gill urges players to comply with WADA
Sports minister Manohar Singh Gill said on Monday all sportspersons should comply with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code, a day afte...
04 Aug, 2009, 11.37 AM IST
- Ethanol-doped fuel may attract concessional duty
The Centre is likely to consider the sugar industry’s demand for the reintroduction of concessional duty of 75 paisa per litre on ethanol-d...
16 Dec, 2006, 01.44 AM IST