Commonwealth News

This holiday is widely celebrated throughout the country and festivities usually last for two days. Celebrations comprise official speeches, parades, drum shows, traditional dance and fireworks at La Place de Fetes. Friends and family gather together to enjoy...

Meet India's CWG debut and a gold winner at Birmingham 2022, Naveen, who is also an under-23 world champion. He missed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers after testing Covid positive, but his unmatched skills didn’t stop him to win gold at the CWG 2022 by a sweeping...

Meet Indian wrestler Ravi Dahiya. Also known as Ravi Kumar, the Indian freestyle wrestler won gold at the Commonwealth Games Birmingham. Previously, he also won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 57 kg category, bronze in the 2019 World Wrestling...

Meet Vinesh Phogat. She is the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in both Commonwealth and Asian Games. Phogat revealed that she nearly decided to quit the sport after failing to win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics. However, she made a sensational comeback by...

This day is celebrated with flag-raising ceremonies, parades, drills, singing of the national anthem and patriotic songs. Various cultural events like kite flying have also become a part of the tradition, where kites of different sizes, shapes, and colours fill the...

This national holiday is about patriotism and unity. It is celebrated with flag hosting ceremonies, presidential speeches, night-time fireworks and the famous 31-gun salute in the federal capital and a 21-gun salute in the provincial capitals. Official buildings are...