A 59-member Indian contingent will represent India at the upcoming 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced on Friday. The 59-member contingent also includes a 23-member men’s ice hockey, who will be travelling to the Games on no cost to the government. This means that the Indian government will bear no expenses of the ice hockey team, who will compete at the quadrennial event at their own cost. A controversy had erupted last month after the Sports Ministry had cut the Indian contingent sent for the Winter Games sent for approval by the Indian Olympic Association in half. This included the ice hockey team facing the axe. The Sports Authority of India had agreed to send the men’s hockey team to the continental games last week. “As regards to Ice Hockey Team (Men), the Ministry received 2 separate list of players of Ice Hockey discipline from different bodies, neither of which is recognized by this Ministry,” a statement from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports read. …