Category: RECORDS, INDIA (National)

** As fuel prices rise, TN man spends Rs 20,000 to make e-bike that goes up to 50 km

With fuel prices increasing every day, people are desperate for an alternative and more affordable mode of transport. And answering the demand, 33-year-old S Baskaran has designed an electric cycle that can travel up to 50 km with just one unit of current. And what is more, it cost him just Rs 20,000 to make it! 

A resident of Pakamedu village in Villupuram, Baskaran is a diploma holder in mechanical engineering. He had to quit his job due to the pandemic last year and has been focussing on agriculture. During his free hours, Baskaran researched electric cycles and bought an old cycle for Rs 2,000, which he turned into an e-cycle. All he needed were spare parts for Rs 18,000.

** Ishan Kishan Becomes First Ever Indian Batsman To Hit Fifty On Both T20I And ODI Debut

The day keeps getting better and better for the 21-year-old Ishan Kishan.

On a day that saw the Jharkhand wicketkeeper-batsman become the second Indian cricketer to make his ODI debut on his birthday, Kishan has now added two more feathers on his cap

** FEATURED Who is Astra Sharma, the Indian-origin tennis player making waves in Australia?

Laxmi Poruri was making waves in the US tennis circuit by the time she was 15.

America had an Indian-American lead the way in female tennis ranking and it was truly a historic moment for her.

Similarly, there have been many Indian NRIs or citizens of Indian descent living abroad who have represented and played sport for their country of residence.

One woman making headlines in Australia is 22 year old Astra Sharma.

** IITH develops cheaper COVID-19 testing kit ‘COVIHOME’

This test kit can produce results within 30 minutes for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, a release said.

An Artificial Intelligence-powered COVID-19 test that can be performed at an affordable cost at home has been developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IITH) led by Prof. Shiv Govind Singh of the department of electrical engineering, it was announced on Thursday.

** India’s National Plastic Surgery Day gets global acceptance

July 15 to be celebrated as World Plastic Surgery day

The concept of observing July 15 as National Plastic Surgery Day in India has been adopted by the leaders of top bodies in the speciality across the globe as World Plastic Surgery Day.

The Association of Plastic Surgeons of India (APSI) announced the decision in a statement on Tuesday.

Coimbatore-based plastic surgeon S. Raja Sabapathy introduced the concept of National Plastic Surgery Day when he was the APSI president in 2011 to create awareness of plastic surgery. Every plastic surgeon in the country did one free surgery to mark the inaugural year.

“Plastic surgery originated from India and Sushruta is hailed by all as the founder of plastic surgery. Now we can also be proud that from India we conceptualised World Plastic Surgery Day,” said Dr. Sabapathy, Chairman, Division of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns at Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore.

** India to make best of its 2-year term in UNSC to establish the right to be a permanent member: Harsh Vardhan Shringla

** Ian Cardozo, who amputated his own leg on the battlefield, writes about the 1971 Indo-Pak War

Indian Army officer Major General Ian Cardozo marks 50 years of the war that defined him and India in his book ‘1971 – Stories of Grit and Glory from the Indo-Pak War’

It is one of the 14 stories that Cardozo, a recipient of the Sena Medal (he was India’s first) and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, has penned for his latest 1971 – Stories of Grit and Glory from the Indo-Pak War (published by Penguin).

Cardozo, who was the first National Defence Academy cadet to win the gold and silver medals for best all round performance and merit — a rare feat.

 first war-disabled Indian Army officer to command a battalion, brigade and a division.

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