♦ India will be hosting the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup for the first time in the second half of 2025.

♦ The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), the governing body of sports shooting in the country, announced this on 21 December 2024. 

♦ The ISSF awarded the hosting rights for the top junior international shooting competition for Rifle/ Pistol/ Shotgun to the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).

♦ This will be the third top ISSF-level event to be held in India after the senior World Cup in Bhopal in 2023 and the season-ending ISSF World Cup Final earlier this year (2024).

♦ This will be the ninth top-level shooting championship to be held in India over the past decade, and it will be the first ISSF Junior World Cup.

♦ Before this India had hosted continental championships and six ISSF competitions, including two World Cup Final competitions besides four senior ISSF World Cups.