Udaipur-based designer Ravi Soni recently broke the Guinness World Record by creating the World’s Largest Drawing measuring a whopping 629.981 square meters (6781 sq.feet). Soni created his huge painting on November 30, 2021 at Maharana Bhupal Stadium, Udaipur. It took him around 24 hours to complete the drawing spanning across 5 days.
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** India’s Anahat Singh wins Junior US Open Squash Meet
The 13-year-old girl from Delhi overcame powerhouse Egypt’s Jayda Marei in the final match 11-9, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5 played at the Arlen Spectre Centre.
** Guru Randhawa becomes first Indian male singer to cross 30 million followers on Instagram
Singer-songwriter Guru Randhawa has crossed 30 million followers on his Instagram, making him the first Indian male singer to have amassed such following.
Guru is known for chartbuster tracks like ‘Lahore’, ‘High Rated Gabru’, ‘Ishare Tere’ and the most recent ‘Dance Meri Rani’.
** India beat Pakistan 4-3 to win ACT hockey bronze
It was India’s second win over Pakistan in the tournament.
Olympic bronze medallist India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 4-3 in a pulsating third-fourth place play-off match to win the bronze medal at the Asian Champions Trophy men’s hockey tournament here on Wednesday.
** Maiden test of Pralay surface-to-surface missile successful
The solid-fuel, battlefield missile developed by the DRDO is based on Prithvi Defence Vehicle from the Indian ballistic missile programme.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday successfully conducted the maiden flight test of indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile ‘Pralay’, from Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.
** Uzra Zeya appointed U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibet
The coordinator’s role involves promoting “substantive dialogue” between the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama.
U.S. official Uzra Zeya has been appointed the country’s new Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues. She will hold the position concurrently with her current role as Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said via a statement.
** Tokyo Olympics: India Men’s Hockey team wins bronze after 41 years, Ravi Dahiya chasing Gold in wrestling
Indian men’s hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, defeated Germany 5-4 in men’s hockey match to win bronze at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.
Simranjeet Singh scored two goals for India at the Oi Hockey Stadium, along with Hardik Singh, Harmanpreet Singh and Rupinder Pal Singh also adding their names on the scoresheet.
Aug 05, 2021
** PM congratulates Bhavina Patel for her performance at Tokyo Paralympics
India’s table tennis player Bhavina Patel created history at the Tokyo Paralympics on Saturday when she astonished her world world no. 3 Chinese competitor 3-2 to become the first table tennis player from the country to reach the final of the Paralympic.
This was Patel’s first victory against the former world number one Zhang Miao of China in the women’s singles Class four semi-final matches. The two players had met 11 times before.
August 28, 2021
** Shooter Avani Lekhara becomes first Indian woman to win gold at Paralympics
A 19- year-old Shooter Avani Lekhara created history on August 30 and became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympics, firing her way to the top of the podium in the R-2 women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event here.
Avani completed with a world record equalling total of 249.6, which is also a new Paralympic record.
She is the fourth Indian athlete to win a Paralympics gold after swimmer Murlikant Petkar (1972), javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia (2004 and 2016) and high jumper Thangavelu Mariyappan (2016).
Aug 2021
** Journalist Nava Thakuria bags international award
Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) has honoured Tehelka journalist for his relentless initiatives to safeguard the rights of media persons in the south Asian country and also for defending the press freedom in the region with an exemplary commitment.
The Guwahati-based working journalist was awarded on 30th November 2021 remotely as it was difficult for him to reach Geneva because of the Covid-19 restrictions. Even a virtual interaction program with a group of journalists there was also cancelled at the last moment.
“It is the first time that the PEC rewards a journalist from India, the second-most populous country of the world. India has a strong democracy and a vibrant press. Last year however, a record number of 15 journalists were killed in India while six have been killed this year. Journalists are targeted documenting abuses, corruption, criminal activities,” said Blaise Lempen, secretary-general of PEC.