• ●Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah inaugurated the Archery Association of India's World Archery Para Series in Ahmedabad by video conference.
• ●The event runs 5-9 September 2026 with 108 athletes from 19 countries, among them Bhutan, the United Kingdom, China, Bangladesh, France, Germany, Indonesia and the United States.
• ●It is the first time India has hosted the World Archery Para Series; the competition is staged at Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Riverfront.
• ●World Archery, the sport's international federation, was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ●Indian para-archers named in the release: Harvinder Singh, Sheetal Devi, Rakesh Kumar, Shyam Sundar Sami and Payal Nag.
• ●Ahmedabad hosts the 2030 Commonwealth Games — the centenary edition, the Games having begun at Hamilton, Canada in 1930 — India's second CWG after Delhi 2010.
• ●Ahmedabad is also India's proposed host city for the 2036 Olympic Games; the IOC is to name that host in 2029.
• ●Gujarat has hosted about 10 international sporting events between 2025 and 2026.
• ●Venue: the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sports Enclave, Ahmedabad.
• ●India's athlete pipeline runs through Khelo India, whose school games began in 2018, and the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), started September 2014 and revamped April 2018, both under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

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