Bishkek, March 26 -- India has made a proud mark on the international cultural stage as young Indian artists entered the final rounds of multiple categories at the 1st Youth Delphic Games for SCO Member Nations, currently being held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

This is a historic moment, as it is the first time an official Indian team of artists has been organised and sent by the Modern Pythian Games, similar to India's participation in global sporting events, according to a press release.

A group of eight girls from Karnataka and Uttarakhand -- Varidhi Deepak Deshpande, Bhavishya Pedda, Isabel Ann Philip, Vijayaraghavan, Manasa Vijayaraghavan, Soumithra Sivakumar, Srijan Singh, Maya Krishna and Srishti Ann Abraham -- have qualified for the ...