October 19, 2026 3:01 PM
PM Modi congratulates Mona Agarwal, Avani Lekhara on gold-silver finish at Asian Para Games
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Indian para shooters Mona Agarwal and Avani Lekhara after they secured gold and silver medals, respectively, in the women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, giving India its first medals of the competition. Agarwal clinched gold with a score of 250 points, setting a new Asian Para Games record and surpassing the previous mark of 249.6 set by Lekhara at the 2023 Hangzhou Games. Lekhara finished se...