Badminton World Championship Sai Praneeth's contribution to fight Coronavirus

New Delhi: 2019 Badminton World Championship bronze medallist Sai Praneeth has made a donation of Rs 4 lakh to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Praneeth said that his donation is going to the relief funds put up by the Prime Minister and the Telangana Chief Minister. “I contributed 3 lakhs for PM relief fund and 1 lakh for Telangana state CM relief fund as my part in this fight against covid-19 . Hope my contributions help the nation in this tough situation. @PMOIndia @narendramodi @TelanganaCMO @KTRTRS,” Praneeth tweeted. Praneeth joins a plethora of sportspersons who have made financial contributions towards the fight against coronavirus. Badminton players have been at home, like all other sports persons due to the pandemic spread. Praneeth was assured of qualification to the Tokyo Olympics before the quadrennial event was postponed. India recorded 773 coronavirus positive cases and 32 deaths in the past twenty-four hours, according to the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday. (IANS)

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