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Bhubaneswar, Oct 27: Noting that being a woman celebrity is the hardest task in India, ace tennis player Sania Mirza on Sunday called for change in attitude among the people and asked sportswomen to stand up and fight for themselves.
"I think being a woman celebrity is the hardest thing in India.... People will ask many things, what you wear, how you speak, when you will have a baby and other things," Sania said while participating in a talk show here.
Speaking on `Women in sports, the way ahead`, Sania asked women sportspersons to look beyond small things and first change their own attitude.
IOA proposes to refer charge-framed cases to Ethics Commission
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New Delhi, Oct 27: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Sunday yet again sought to dilute International Olympic Committee`s directive to bar charge-framed persons from contesting elections and instead decided to refer such cases to the Ethics Commission of the IOA to take a decision.
The IOA, in a special General Body Meeting here, proposed to refer the cases of those persons against whom charges have been framed for offences that carry punishment of a jail term of more than two years to a nine-member Ethics Commission.
"Where the charges have been framed by any court in India, in respect of an offence which is of serious nature under the Indian Penal Code/Prevention of Corruption Act, in which the punishment of imprisonment of more than 2 years is prescribed, then the member/office bearer/member of the Executive Council of the IOA, the case will then be referred to the IOA Ethics Commission for further guidance," the amendment made by the special GBM said. |
