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From an Oscar win, a lunar exploration mission to unresolved violent ethnic clashes, India witnessed quite a few exhilarating highs and some debilitating lows in 2023. This week's News Brake provides a time capsule of the events that changed India in 2023.
Wushu Association of India president Bhupinder Singh Bajwa will be the chairman of the panel with hockey Olympian M M Somaya and former international shuttler Manjusha Kanwar being the other two members.
Awards have become meaningless when wrestlers are struggling for justice.
The Sports Ministry on Sunday suspended the newly-elected WFI for not following due procedure while announcing the dates for the U15 and U20 National Championships in Gonda, UP.
Brij Bhushan's comments came soon after the Sports Ministry suspended the WFI till further orders after the new body made a 'hasty announcement' of organising the Under-15 and Under-20 nationals.
The Ministry has asked the Indian Olympic Association to constitute an ad-hoc body to control and manage the affairs of the WFI.
This comes a day after Bajrang Punia returned his Padma Shri Award in protest against Brij Bhushan Singh's close aide Sanjay Singh's victory in the WFI polls.
Sakshi Malik, India's lone female Olympic medallist in the sport wrestler, has quit the game in protest, while Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia has returned Padma Shri - one of the country's highest civilian awards.
Bajrang was stopped at the Kartavya Path by Delhi Police officials when he tried to reach the Parliament to meet PM Modi and hand over his letter.
'We fought from our heart but if a man like Brij Bhushan, his business partner and a close aide is elected as the president of WFI, I quit wrestling,' said a teary-eyed Sakshi.