The National Anti-Doping Bill, which Parliament passed last month, will be a gamechanger.
The bill was introduced by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur amid protests by the opposition over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
The BCCI had been vehemently opposed to signing up with NADA, claiming that it is an autonomous body, not a National Sports Federation and does not rely on government funding.
"Total human loss reported is 10 including four in Chennai, 2 in Kanchipuram, 2 in Tiruvallur district and one each in Viluppuram and Nagapattinam," a statement issued by the NDMA read.
According to the weather forecast, Vardah will cross the coast as a cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 80-90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph by Monday afternoon.
The depression that lay over southwest Bay of Bengal moved westwards with a speed of about 10 kmph and crossed north Tamil Nadu coast near Nagapattinam, about 20 km south of Karaikal early this morning between 4 AM to 5 AM, the MeT department said.
Watch the interview of Ayaz Memon, a Sports Commentator and Writer with Ronojoy Banerjee on CNBC-TV18 where he spoke about Narsingh Yadav being given a clean chit by NADA and the ugly, dark underbelly of Indian wrestling.
Boxing pin-up boy Vijender Singh was ordered by the sports ministry on Monday to take an immediate out-of-competition test after police said he had used heroin on several occasions.