The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports confirmed on Thursday, January 2 that India's double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker and the youngest world chess champion D Gukesh were added to the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award list for 2024-25.
Indian hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and para-athlete Praveen Kumar were the only ones nominated for the country's highest Sporting Honour earlier before the official list was released by the Sports Ministry.
All those conferred with respective awards will be honoured at a special function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Friday, January 17
