Category: Amazing Feats

** Aces’ Sportsman of the year nominees

Neeraj, Ravi and Pramod make it to the Sportstar Awards shortlist


Neeraj Chopra (javelin): Neeraj won India’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in athletics. He also became only the second Indian to win an Olympic individual gold, after Abhinav Bindra.

In 2021: Won gold in the men’s javelin in Tokyo

Pramod Bhagat: Pramod justified his status as the favourite in the SL3 class when he took top honours in the Paralympics

In 2021: Won gold in the men’s singles badminton SL3 class in Tokyo

Ravi Dahiya: A product of the famed Chhatrasal stadium in Delhi, Ravi Kumar Dahiya did the country proud as he matched Sushil Kumar’s 2012 London Olympics feat in Tokyo

In 2021: Won silver in the men’s 57kg wrestling in Tokyo

The Sportstar Aces awards are presented by Byju’s Classes with IDFC First Bank as the associate partner. Odisha is the Sports Destination Partner and Union Bank of India the banking partner.

ONGC is the associate partner. Nippon Paint is the Colour Partner and Life Insurance Corporation of India the Insurance Partner.

To vote, visit aces.sportstar.thehindu.com

** Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag finds his ancestral roots in Bihar

Purryag is scheduled to visit Wajitpur village in Punpun block of Patna district to get a feel of the place that his ancestors had left behind to sail to Mauritius decades ago.

Heads of foreign governments continue to discover their roots in Bihar . After the Prime Ministers of Mauritius and Trinidad and Tobago, it is now the turn of Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag to visit the land of his forefathers in the state.

** KGMU surgeon wins global acclaim

A discovery which led to a new surgical technique for a rare and extremely serious birth defect in urinary system has found a place in an international multi-volume textbook of plastic reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.

The team of doctors led by head of pediatric surgery department of KGMU, Prof SN Kureel, and comprising Dr Archika Gupta and Dr Sunil Kanoujia is credited with the discovery.

The achievement in the field of exstrophy-epispadias has been included in ‘Thieme Medical Publisher’ —an American German medical and science publisher.

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

** As scholar, critic, translator Gayatri Spivak turns 80, an extract from an exhilarating 1998 speech

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is University Professor, and a founding member of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University.

Spivak, well known for her translation of Derrida as also some works of Mahasweta Devi, was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation in 1997

I am deeply honoured that the Sahitya Akademi have decided to acknowledge my efforts to translate the fiction of Mahasweta Devi.

I want to begin by thanking Mahasweta Devi for writing such spectacular prose. I want to thank my parents, Pares Chandra Chakravorty and Sivani Chakravorty for bringing me up in a household that was acutely conscious of the riches of Bangla. My father was a doctor. But we children were always reminded that my father’s Bangla essay for his matriculation examination had been praised by Tagore himself.

** WORLD RECORD : Bihar’s Sakibul Gani Creates World Record With Triple Century On First-Class Debut

Bihar’s 22-year-old batter Sakibul Gani etched his name on the history books by breaking the record for the highest individual score by a cricketer on first-class debut.

Becoming the first batter to score a triple hundred on first-class debut, Gani amassed 341 runs off just 405 balls with the help of 56 fours and 2 sixes in a Ranji Trophy Plate Group match against Mizoram at Jadavpur University Campus 2nd Ground in Kolkata on Friday. He maintained a strike rate of 84.20.

** 1200-year-old sculptures unearthed in Telangana’s Nalgonda district

Sculptures date back to 8th century, bear Pallava influence and have uncommon features

Rare sculptures with unique iconographical features dating back to the 8th century AD were found at Bhattugudem village of Peddavura mandal in Nalgonda district.

According to E. Sivanagireddy, archaeologist and CEO of Pleach India Foundation, sculptures of Brahma and Bhairava in front of the Kameswara temple of the village were found.

** The incredible story of Hicky’s Bengal Gazette and how it took on the establishment

Andrew Otis offers insights into Asia’s first printed newspaper that was published from Calcutta, the then capital of British India, and his research that led to his seminal book, Hicky’s Bengal Gazette: The Untold Story of India’s First Newspaper

** Post of Maritime Security Advisor created, Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar to don the role

As the NMSC Vice Admiral, Kumar will be entrusted with the responsibility of coordinating between the various ministries and agencies related to maritime matters.

** Nagarjuna adopts 1,080 acres of forest land near Hyderabad

Popular Tollywood actor Akkineni Nagarjuna and his family on Thursday adopted 1,080 acres of forest land on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Nagarjuna along with his family members and Rajya Sabha member J. Santosh Kumar laid foundation stone for Akkineni Nageswara Rao Urban Forest Park.

The Park will come up in Chengicherla forest area on the outskirts of Hyderabad in memory of Nagarjuna’s father and well-known actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao. Nagarjuna’s gesture came on the birthday of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

Telangana