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Anurag Thakur: Khelo India Youth Games is an initiative begun to nurture sporting culture from the grassroots. Tamil Nadu has successfully hosted several sporting events such as Chess Olympiad and Asian Hockey Champions Trophy events. Khelo India Youth Games laid the foundation stone to Indian athletes winning over 100 medals in Asian Games and Para Games. When we think of we used to think of Vishwanathan Anand, now 18-year-old Praggnandhaa is a global youth icon.