A big issue in India is education: WADA I&I director Younger on India’s doping problem

World Anti-Doping Agency targets India’s performance-enhancing drugs production

NEW DELHI: A crackdown on India’s performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) production — the biggest globally — is key to tackling the doping menace and protect the athletes, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief Witold Banka told AFP on Thursday. Banka and his team have been in New Delhi as part of their push to build stronger ties with national law and order agencies including cyber crime cells to help uphold the credibility of professional sport. WA…

A big issue in India is education: WADA I&I director Younger on India’s doping problem

WADA has been aggressively pursuing a policy to eliminate the spread of steroids and performance enhancing drugs across the world with its Operation Upstream since 2022.

WADA is challenging India to clean up doping issues

The World Anti-Doping Agency has reported progress in its fight to clean up India, its worst offender. India has topped WADA’s list of doping lawbreakers for three consecutive years. India has the highest positive rate among major nations. That’s a…

Doping a 'serious problem' for India's aim to host mega events, says WADA

NDTL to be assessed in next few months: WADA President

New Delhi, Apr 16 (PTI) World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Banka on Thursday said that the performance of India's National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) here would be assessed in the next few months, a process that the NADA described as routine. In a press conference after the Global Anti-Doping Intelligence and Investigations Network (GAIIN) Final Conference here, Banka was asked whether NDTL's performance would be audited. He re…

India Strengthens Global Anti-Doping Cooperation at WADA GAIIN Final Conference, Government to Introduce Criminal Provisions Against People Involved in Trafficking and Administration of Prohibited Substances

By Our Correspondent NEW DELHI:Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, addressed the inaugural ceremony of the Final Conference of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Global Anti-Doping Intelligence & Investigations Network (GAIIN), outlining India’s strong commitment to clean sport and global cooperation in combating doping. Highlighting the importance of international collaboration, the Minister stated that “a glob…