Indian women’s national team forward Bala Devi has been named as the AIFF Womens Footballer of the Year 2020/21, with youngster Manisha Kalyan winning the AIFF Womens Emerging Footballer of the Year award.
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** DRDO to fund incubation centres working on defence-related problems: Chairman G Satheesh Reddy
The DRDO would also collaborate with universities on long-term projects, under the Directed Research Programme, for two or three decades.
** Biocon Biologics partners with Adagio Therapeutics for Covid antibody treatment in India
** Indian-origin author Sunjeev Sahota among 13 contenders for fiction’s Booker Prize
Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota is among the 13 authors longlisted for the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize for fiction for his novel ‘China Room’, alongside Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro and Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers.
The 2021 longlist or “The Booker Dozen” of 13 novels was unveiled on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, after judges evaluated 158 novels published in the UK or Ireland between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2021
** Harappan-era city Dholavira in Gujarat inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List
Gujarat so far has three world heritage sites – Champaner near Pavagadh, Rani ki Vav in Patan and the historic city of Ahmedabad.
** Telangana’s historic Ramappa Temple receives UNESCO World Heritage site status
“Today, because of a historic decision taken at the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee, Ramappa temple now belongs to the whole world, to the entire humanity. I congratulate the people of Palampet,” India’s representative at the session said, expressing excitement over the inclusion of the 12th-century Kakatiyan architectural marvel among the list of World Heritage sites.
** BDR Pharma inks license agreement with DRDO to produce COVID-19 drug 2-DG
Last month, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had approved the oral medication for emergency usage as adjuvant therapy in mild to severe COVID-19 patients.
** Indian Wrestler Priya Malik Wins Gold At World Cadet Wrestling
Indian wrestler Priya Malik today won a gold medal at World Cadet Wrestling Championship which is held in Budapest, Hungary.
She won gold in the 73kg category by defeating Belarus 5-0.
** Indian-American engineer Shrina Kurani announces her bid for US House of Representatives
** Bengal scientists develop world’s hardest self-healing material
Researchers from the IISER,Calcutta, and the IIT, Kharagpur, have synthesised an organic crystalline material with a unique internal molecular structure.
Nirmalya Ghosh, C Malla Reddy, Surojit Bhunia, Susobhan Das, Ishita Ghosh and Saikat Mondal.