The BWF said its decision was in line with the recent recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board, calling on international federations to suspend Russia.
Banking on his historic World Championship silver's form, India's Kidambi Srikanth moved up 4 spots to enter top 10 places in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.
Satwik and Chirag had finished at the semifinals of the Indonesia Open last week but made the cut after Japanese pairing of Akira Koga and Taichi Saito also lost in the last four at the Super 1000 tournament.
The tournament, which was also cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was scheduled to be held in Lucknow from October 12 to 17.
This will only be the second time that India will be hosting the world championship, with Hyderabad having played hosts to the prestigious event in 2009.
The USD 400,000 India Open, which was supposed to be one of the qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics, was scheduled to be held from May 11 to 16 but was postponed in April due to rising COVID cases in the national capital
Varun jumped four places among male singles players, while Samiya climbed six spots in the female category.
The BWF further said that the positive results were confirmed on Wednesday after a second test.
The apex body said the players can appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) within 21 days.
In a series of tweets, Olympic bronze-medallist Saina expressed her displeasure at the restrictions imposed by BWF as part of its COVID-19 protocols for the bio-security bubble.
The Olympic qualification period will last till the Indian Open 2021 to be held from May 11-16 in New Delhi.
A day after launching the readjusted international calender, the governing body published its safety protocols and operating procedures document and protocols as it looks "to create the safest possible environment for all stakeholders".
The Taipei Open was slated to take place from September 1 to September 6 while the Korea Open was scheduled to be held from September 8 to September 13.
The decision was in line with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s recent directive to its National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to maintain gender equality in decision-making positions by 2020.
The apex body had also announced that ranking points earned at tournaments during the original qualification phase will be maintained.
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) confirmed that the World Junior Championships will now be held from January 18 to 24 next year.
With the Tokyo Games postponed due to the global health crisis, the governing body of badminton has decided to extend the Olympic qualification period to next year.
In January this year, the world body had approved the use of synthetic feather shuttlecocks at sanctioned international tournaments of all levels from 2021.
The coronavirus outbreak, which has so far infected over 41 lakh people and caused close to 3 lakh deaths worldwide, forced the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to suspend all events, including the Olympic qualifiers, till end of July.
The world championship is an annual event, although not held in an Olympic year. But, with the 2020 Tokyo Games postponed to next year, it will be the first time that the prestigious event will be conducted in the Olympic year.
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