Category: RECORDS IN ASIA

** US to establish SE Asia’s largest Consulate campus in Hyderabad

The soon-to-open US Consulate office in Hyderabad will be the largest US consular processing post-South East Asia both in terms of the number of visa windows and in area. The centre being set up in Nanakramguda is likely to be completed by November 2022 and will open shortly thereafter.

Speaking to Express, David Moyer, Public Diplomacy Officer at US Consulate General office in Hyderabad, said that the centre will be unique as it will comprise 54 visa processing windows as well as multiple new features.

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** India’s historic Road to 1000 released

The 520-page special collection with 1000 pictures is a tribute to the journey

Sportstar and The Hindu group released a Coffee Table Book, ‘Road to 1000’, at the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards at The Taj Mahal Palace hotel here on Saturday.

The book is a 520-page, special collection with 1000 pictures to commemorate Indian cricket’s journey.

First to the milestone

On February 6, India played its 1,000th ODI against the West Indies in Ahmedabad, becoming the first team to record the feat.

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source: thehindu.com

** CJI lauds UAE expats for sending aid in crores to flood-hit Kerala

hief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Thursday lauded the expatriate community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for sending aid worth crores to flood-hit Kerala, saying it showed their deep sense of fraternity.

He was was speaking at a reception hosted by the Indian community in Abu Dhabi. “I remember a few years back when the State of Kerala faced devastating floods, it was our brothers and sisters in the Gulf who were the first to send immediate relief in crores to help those in need,” the CJI saiid.

** India extends billion dollar credit line to Sri Lanka

Assistance comes after $ 1.4 billion support since January 2022

India on Thursday extended a $1 billion credit facility to Sri Lanka to assist the island nation through its worst foreign exchange crisis and enable it to procure food, medicines and other essential items. 

An agreement to this effect was signed between the State Bank of India and the Government of Sri Lanka on Thursday, during a visit of the country’s Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa to New Delhi. 

** Rohit Sharma-led India scripts spectacular Asian record with SL whitewash

With the unbeaten run at home, Rohit-led Team India scripted a spectacular Asian record, but fell short of the world.

Rohit Sharma couldn’t have asked for a better start to his captaincy career as he maintained his unbeaten record on home soil, across formats, with a sensational 2-0 series whitewash against Sri Lanka following a 238-run win in the Bengaluru pink-ball Test.

And with the unbeaten run, Rohit-led Team India scripted a spectacular Asian record, but fell short of the world record owing to the team’s result in the Test series against New Zealand. 

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** Joshi, Bhagat shine as India bag 21 medals at Spanish Para Badminton International

Manshi Joshi and Nithya Sre claimed a gold each, while Tokyo Paralympics champion Pramod Bhagat secured two silver and a bronze as India bagged as many as 21 medals at the Spanish Para Badminton International in Cartagena, Spain.

World no. 1 Joshi (SL3) and Sre (SH6) were among the six gold medallists, while India also secured seven silvers and eight bronze medals in the level I tournament, which concluded on Sunday.

Raja/Krishna (men’s doubles SH6), Raj/Parul (mixed doubles SL3-SU5), Chirag/Raj (men’s doubles SU5) and Nitesh/Tarun (men’s doubles SL3-SL4) also bagged the yellow metal.

World no 1 Bhagat (SL3) secured two silver and a bronze, while world no 2 Sukant Kadam (SL 4) ended up with a bronze medal at the event.

Tarun Dhillon (men’s singles SL4), Krishna Nagar (men’s singles SH6), Mandeep Kaur (women’s singles SL3), Manasi/Ruthick (mixed doubles SL3-SU5), Hardik/Ruthik (men’s doubles SU5) and Manoj/Bhagat (men’s doubles SL3-SL4) also won silver medals.

The bronze medal winners were Nitesh Kumar (men’s singles SL3), Manoj (men’s singles SL3), Nilesh Gaikwad (men’s singles SL4), Parul Parmar (women’s singles SL3), Bhagat/Kohli (mixed doubles SL3-SU5), Arwaz/Deep (men’s doubles SL3-SL4), and Prem Ale/Abu Hubaida (men’s doubles WH1-WH2).

Kadam lost to world no 1 Lucas Mazur from France 21-19 19-21 12-21 in the semifinal to settle for a bronze.

India had claimed 34 medals, including 11 gold, seven silver and 16 bronze, from the Spanish Para badminton International II event recently.

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** After port terminal deal, Adani group bags power projects in Sri Lanka

India’s Adani Group has signed a deal for two large power projects in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province, six months after it bagged a strategic port terminal project in Colombo that it is now executing with majority stakes.

** RGIA declared best airport by size and region in Asia-Pacific

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, has been declared the best airport by size and region in the Asia-Pacific region for 2021.

This is in the category of 15 million to 25 million passengers per annum.

Luis Felipe de Oliveira, director general, ACI World, congratulated GMR Hyderabad International Airport and said that the award reflects their commitment to improving passenger experience.

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** The Hindu Group named Publisher of the Year by WAN-IFRA

Wins two golds, one silver and two bronzes at the WAN-IFRA South Asian Digital Media Awards 2021

The Hindu Group has been named the ‘Publisher of the Year’ for the second consecutive year at the WAN-IFRA South Asian Digital Media Awards 2021 owing to the highest number of tallies on the points table. For 2021, The Hindu Group shares the honour with HT Media Limited.

** The role Fusobacterium plays in oral cancer patients in India

 Our team at ACTREC-Tata Memorial Centre developed a highly sensitive and specific automated computational tool HPVDetector to quantify the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV). 

In this study published on Mar 4, in NAR Cancer, Sanket Desai, the lead researcher from the group, developed another advanced automated computational tool — Infectious Pathogen Detector (IPD).