President Murmu Presents National Sports Awards 2025 Honoring Diverse Athletes
President Droupadi Murmu presented the National Sports Awards 2025 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, honoring 17 Arjuna Award recipients across various sports. Notable awardees included decathlete Tejaswin Shankar, chess Grandmasters Divya Deshmukh and Vidit Gujarathi, para-athletes Ekta Bhyan and Rudransh Khandelwal, and hockey players Lalremsiami and Rajkumar Pal. No Khel Ratna was awarded this year, the first time since 2014. The awards recognize consistent excellence, leadership, and sportsmanship over the past four years, following a review by a committee chaired by former Supreme Court judge Arun Kumar Mishra.
First-hand measurement across 8 sources
We measured how 8 outlets covered this story. No outlet gave this story a measurable political slant — there is no left–right reading to report. Overall sentiment is positive (68/100). Lens Score 39/100.
Outlets measured: thestatesman, thetribune, thetribune, thetribune, thetribune, economictimes, news18, thetribune. See how each one headlined and framed the same story in the source comparison below.
AI Analysis
Sentiment was consistent across outlets (50–78/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
Coverage timeline
thetribune broke this story on 13 Nov, 07:46 am. Other outlets followed.