Noida District Magistrate and para-badminton player Suhas L Yathiraj will become the first civil servant from the country to represent India in the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics.
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** Can You Guess the Former India Fast Bowler Who is Now a Astrophysicist? Details Inside
Former India fast bowler Aavishkar Salvi, who made his international debut against Bangladesh is possibly the most educated Indian cricketer ever.
The 39-year-old Mumbai-born cricketer has now completed his PhD in Astrophysics
** DRDO develops advanced chaff technology to safeguard IAF’s fighter jets
The IAF has started the process of induction of this technology after the completion of successful trials, a DRDO statement said Thursday.
** American Centre Chennai has special corner dedicated to city historian Muthiah
This comes after the US Consulate General launched its Madras Week celebrations with a virtual tour titled ‘America in Chennai — Sites, Streets, Structures’.
According to Prof. Suresh Sethuraman: “Chennai boasts of several sites, streets, and structures that have strong ‘America’ connections – the St. Mary’s church within Fort St. George where Elihu Yale of Yale University fame got married in 1680, the Ice House on Kamarajar Salai where ice from Massachusetts was stored in the 19th century, the YMCA building opposite the Madras High Court built with financial aid from the US in 1900, to name only a few.
** Pankaj Tripathi to be felicitated with special award at IFFM
Tripathi plays diverse roles with such finesse making him perfect for this award, IFFM director Mitu Bhowmick Lange added.
** Maharashtra: Traffic cop bags reward after senior official spots him manning snarl at busy junction
Traffic policeman Ashok Wadewale got a pleasant surprise when he received a cash reward of Rs 10,000 from the department for single-handedly regulating traffic on Sathe Chowk.
** OM Nambiar, the coach who unearthed India’s Golden girl PT Usha, no more
Before Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold for India in athletics at the Tokyo Games, one of the athletes who agonisingly came close to a medal in track and field events at the Olympics was ‘Golden Girl’ PT Usha.
Considered one of the greatest athletes that the country has produced, Usha had missed the bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Games by one-hundredth of a second.
** UAE: Gulf Medical University receives global accreditation
** Mumbai: Dr Grace Pinto presented ‘Shiksha Bhushan’ award
The Hindi Academy hosted the Mathrubhumi Bhushan award-giving ceremony at the Jal Bhushan Convention Center in the governors official headquarters here on Wednesday at Malabar Hill.
Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari presented the awards to the veterans of the armed forces in various fields, including the Mathrubhumi Bhushan, Shiksha Bhushan, Sahitya Bhushan and the Social Service Bhushan.
** Six Army men get Shaurya Chakra for anti-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir
Recipients of the prestigious award are Major Arun Kumar Pandey, Major Ravi Kumar Chaudhary, Capt. Ashutosh Kumar (posthumously), Capt. Vikas Khatri, Rifleman Mukesh Kumar and Sepoy Neeraj Ahlawat.