Teen golfer sells trophies, donates
New Delhi, April 8: He might be just 15 but golfer Arjun Bhati has managed to raise `4.30 lakh to fight the Covid-19 pandemic by selling all his trophies, including three world junior golf championship titles and a national championship.
The golfer from Greater Noida, who won the United States kids junior world championship in 2016 and
2018 and FCG callaway junior world championship last year, has donated the money to the-CARES Fund.
Arjun said he sold all of his trophies to his relatives and friends of his parents to raise the fund.
“In last eight years, the
102 trophies that I won across the world, I have given them to 102 people in this hour of crisis. The total amount of `4,30,000 that I received from that, I have donated that today to the-CARES Fund,” he tweeted in Hindi on Tuesday.
“After coming to know about my contribution, my grandmother first cried and then said, ‘you are a real Arjun. At this point of time, it’s important to save human lives. Trophies can be won in future,” he said.
SHUTTLER SAI GIVES `4L World Badminton Championships bronze medallist B. Sai Praneeth on Wednesday donated `4 lakh to help in the fight against the rapidly-spreading Covid-19 pandemic.
Praneeth donated `3 lakh to PM Relief Fund and `1 lakh for Telangana CM Relief Fund.
“I contributed `3 lakhs for PM relief fund and `1 lakh for Telangana state CM relief fund as my part in this fight against covid19. Hope my contributions help the nation in this tough situation. @PMOIndia @narendramodi @TelanganaCMO @KTRTRS,” Praneeth wrote on his Twitter handle.
CHESS STARS CHIP-IN Chess players in the country, including the likes of Grandmaster P. Harikrishna, are doing their bit in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic by raising more than `3 lakh as their contribution.
Some young chess players from across the country hosted an online tournament and raised `1.05 lakh while noted coach R. B. Ramesh collected funds through his ‘Chess Gurukul’ with GM P. Harikrishna contributing
`2 lakh and Karthikeyan Murali donating `25,000.
Over 80 chess players and enthusiasts contributed
`1.05 lakh to be donated to the PM Cares Fund.
HOCKEY BODY’S `21L Hockey India (HI) on Wednesday donated `21 lakh to the Odisha Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to help the state fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
HI Executive Board took a unanimous decision to make the contribution in order to support the state government. “...given the current crisis that we are all facing, everyone at Hockey India hopes that this contribution of `21 lakhs can make a difference in the fight,” HI president Mohammed Mushtaq Ahmad said. —
In last eight years, the 102 trophies that I won across the world, I have given them to 102 people in this hour of crisis. The total amount of `4,30,000 that I received from that, I have donated it to the-CARES Fund. ARJUN BHATI — Indian golfer after donating money