Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 36th National Games at a grand Opening Ceremony to be held at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad. Mr Modi will also address athletes from across the country taking part in the National Games. Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur and other dignitaries will attend the opening ceremony.<br />''<br />''National Games are being held in the state of Gujarat for the very first time. It will begin today and will continue till 12th October.<br />''<br />''Nearly 15 thousand sportspersons, coaches, and officials from across the country will be participating in 36 sports disciplines, making it the biggest National Games ever. The sporting events will be organised in six cities of Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhavnagar.<br />''<br />''DD Sports will provide the live telecast of the National Games from all the venues. Special programmes will also be telecast on Doordarshan News and DD India for the coverage of the National Games.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off a new and upgraded version of Vande Bharat Express tomorrow. This new Vande Bharat will operate between Gandhinagar Capital and Mumbai Central.<br />''<br />''The Vande Bharat Express can attain a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour. It aims to provide a new travel experience to passengers.<br />''<br />''As an excellent example of the Make in India success story, the Indian Railways launched the country's first indigenous Semi High-Speed train, Vande Bharat Express on 15th February in 2019.<br />''<br />''The first Vande Bharat Express train was operated on the New Delhi-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi route.<br />''<br />''400 new generation Vande Bharat Trains, with better energy efficiency and passenger riding experience, will be developed and manufactured during the next three years.</span><br />