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Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra awarded high quality German made Walther rifles to five young talented Indian shooters. The promising young shooters who received the award are Arun Sharma (21) of Jammu & Kashmir, Prashant Tanwar (19) of Haryana, Nikhil B (16) of Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh’s Satyam Chauhan (20) and Gajendra Rai (16). The shooters have been selected from a pool of more than 300 applicants.

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Karachi

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