Malaysia Open postponed due to surge in COVID-19 cases
07 May 2021, 19:55 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) and Badminton World Federation (BWF) have jointly agreed to postpone the Malaysia Open 2021, scheduled for May 25-30. As per a release on the BWF website, all attempts were made by the organisers and BWF to provide a safe tournament environment for all participants, but the recent surge in cases left no choice but to postpone the tournament. The Malaysia Open 2021 is a Super 750 event on the BWF World Tour and was originally scheduled as an Olympic qualifying tournament. BWF can confirm the rescheduled tournament will no longer take place in the Olympic qualifying window. New tournament dates will be confirmed at a later date. Earlier on Thursday, the Indian Sports Ministry, through the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), had approached the Malaysian government requesting for permission for the Indian badminton team to travel t
No data on losses suffered, suicides due to online gambling: MEITY
March 10, 2021
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology does not maintain any data about the incidents of financial losses and suicides as a result of online gambling in the country, it said in response to a question in the Parliament.
Thirunavukkarasar Su., a Congress MP from Tamil Nadu, had raised questions about online gambling in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
He asked MEITY whether it was aware of the suicide and financial losses suffered and whether it maintained records of the incidents. He also asked whether the government has any proposal to set up a self-regulatory body to standardise regulations governing the online gaming sector and details about any such moves.