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India's doping crisis is threatening its dream of hosting 2036 Olympics
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The International Olympic Committee early this month told India doping could jeopardise its bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympics. The problem is severe and the government recently tabled a Bill in Parliament to grant greater independence to the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).
The Bill amends the National Anti-Doping Act of 2022, which could not be implemented due to World Anti-Doping Agency's concerns about 'government interference' in NADA.
Of the major nations that each collected more than a thousand samples to test for doping in 2023, India had the highest positive share (3.8 per cent). In the last 10 years,
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