Urban Music: The Strides Of Mr. Leo
From a military ghetto in Buea, South West region,
Fonyuy Leonard Nsohburinka known by the World as
Mr. Leo, has now become a household name in Cameroon’s music industry. The star singer who hails from
Nso, in the North West region, contrary to other artists who developed long dreams of being stars from childhood, rather had a special attraction for
Salatiel and Blaise B. into his life. The duo sweet-talked Mr. Leo to join the
church choir. It was from there that the
urban music star was born. For several years, he had to deal with
Sania Mirza back in Sports Ministry s TOPS programme
Wed, Apr 07 2021 07:57:14 PM
New Delhi, Apr 7 (IANS): Ahead of the Billie Jean King Cup formerly Fed Cup - tie against Latvia on April 16-17, Indias tennis ace Sania Mirza got a morale boost as she was included in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Wednesday.
The winner of six doubles Grand Slam titles, Sania had opted out of the scheme in 2017 but the 34-year-old was selected during the 56th meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell.
The only Indian female player to win a WTA title, Sania has qualified for the postponed Tokyo Games based on the system of protected ranking. Though the Indian is currently ranked 157th in the world, Sania enjoys a special ranking of No. 9 as she had applied to the WTA for her ranking to be secured when she took a pregnancy break after the China Open in October 2017.
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Over Rs 5 cr spent under TOPS on Tokyo-bound shooters
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More than Rs 5 crore spent under TOPS on Tokyo-bound shooters.. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 6 : The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Tuesday reiterated its support to the Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes, saying that it has all along realised Indias dream at the Olympic Games through athlete-centric development .
The ministry, through its Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for elite athletes, has spent upwards of Rs five crore on the 15 Olympic-bound shooters.
A sum of Rs 1.02 crore has been spent on shotgun stalwart Mairaj Ahmad Khan, who was a part of the scheme from September 2017 to August 2018 and was re-inducted in December 2019 after he booked an Olympic quota place in skeet.
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A foreign national, - (i) Who was a citizen of India at the time of, or at any time after 26th January 1950