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List of all 2025 Rashtriya Bal Puraskar winners

List of all 2025 Rashtriya Bal Puraskar winners

Dhinidhi Desinghu made the world take notice of her talent by becoming the youngest Indian athlete, at 14, to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Indian swimming prodigy currently holds three national records and has secured 42 international medals. On Friday, the Bangalore swimmer was conferred with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, top civilian award for children in India, by the President of India Droupadi Murmu at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. A total of 20 children from 18 States & Union Territories were conferred with the honour, of which nine were recognised for their achievements in the field of sport. A look at their accomplishments: Anushka Kumari, Football Anushka is a standout football talent from Ranchi, Jharkhand and comes from a humble background as the daughter of a daily-wage labourer, with her father currently unwell. At just 14, she has already made a significant impact on the football scene, scoring 10 goals in seven international matches at the SAFF U17 Women’s Championship. In the same tournament, she registered her first hat-trick in …