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Who Earned the Big Adventure Awards This Year? 🌟

India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the 2024 Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards.

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Award: Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2024

Categories covered: Land, Water, Air, Lifetime Achievement

Winners: Baljeet Kaur, Skalzang Rigzin, Rimo Saha, Shiv Prasad Chamoli

Prize details: bronze statuette, official certificate, fifteen lakh Indian rupees

Presentation will be by President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan

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Baljeet Kaur and Skalzang Rigzin were chosen for land‑based adventure feats.

Rimo Saha received the award for water‑based adventure.

Shiv Prasad Chamoli earned the lifetime achievement honour.

Each winner will receive a statue, a certificate and fifteen lakh rupees in cash.

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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

government department that helps young people and sports

President

the head leader of India

Rashtrapati Bhavan

the big building where the President works

statuette

a small model statue given as an award

lakh

one hundred thousand, so fifteen lakh equals one million five hundred thousand

lifetime achievement

award for doing great things over a whole life

discipline

following rules and practicing a lot

risk‑taking

trying something that could be a little dangerous

teamwork

working together with others

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