India, November 13, 2026: President Murmu gives away National Sports Awards; Lalremsiami first from Mizoram to receive Arjuna Award. The Hindu reported the development in a detailed account.

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Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers THEdge At the cutting edge of education and careers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. Updated - November 13, 2026 04:46 pm IST - New Delhi President Droupadi Murmu confers Arjuna Award, 2025, to Lalremsiami, in the discipline of Hockey, during Sports and Adventure Awards 2025, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi, on November 13, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI With no Khel Ratna picked this year, decathlete Tejaswin Shankar, along with Grandmasters Divya Deshmukh and Vidit Gujrathi, were among the star Arjuna winners in attendance as President Droupadi Murmu presented the National Sports Awards at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Friday (November 13, 2026). Indian women’s hockey player and Olympian Lalremsiami Hmar became the first sportsperson from Mizoram to receive the prestigious Arjuna Award.

The little over 36-minute ceremony was attended by Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya and Sports secretary Hari Ranjan Rao among others. In all, 17 Arjuna awardees were chosen after an unprecedented re-evaluation of the recommendations made by a selection panel headed by former Supreme Court Judge Arun Kumar Mishra late last year.

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