New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Undeterred by the Corona scare, the civil servants of the country have planned the first ever 'virtual' sports competition beginning with carrom next week. The online carrom competition, to be held for both the men and women Government employees, is being organised by the Central Civil Services Cultural and Sports Board on the Facebook Online Platform.

The Government as per the Department of Personnel Training (DoPT) has already implemented work from home COVID rules and is conducting online meetings besides webinars where even Union Ministers have been participants.

In a letter to the Chief Secretaries of the States' and UTs, CCSCSB Secretary Kulbhushan Malhotra said the States/UTs and Regional Sports Board are reque...