Month: February 2021
** Coronavirus | Indian researchers find why variant with D614G mutation spread faster in Europe, U.S. but not East Asia
** Pant wins ICC award
India’s flamboyant wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant on Monday won the ICC’s inaugural Player of the Month award, ahead of England’s Joe Root and Ireland’s Paul Stirling, for his superlative performances in two Tests against Australia in January.
** Ashwin’s rare feat: First spinner in over 100 years to get a wicket off first ball of an innings
The last time it happened was when South African leg spinner Bert Vogler dimissed England’s Tom Hayward in a Test match at the Oval in 1907
** Manorama Sports Star 2019: Chitharesh muscles his way to glory
Bodybuilder Chitharesh Natesan, one of the three finalists for the Manorama Sports Star 2019, created history when he became the first Indian to win a Mr. Universe (Pro) title in 2019.
** India ranks 3rd among nations with maximum Covid vaccination coverage
** IIM Calcutta ranks 44th in Financial Times’s Global MBA Rankings 2021 for MBAEx programme
** Indian-origin lawyer to succeed Singapore PM’s wife as CEO of Temasek
Indian-origin leading corporate lawyer Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara will succeed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s wife as chief executive officer and executive director of a state-owned wealth management group.
** KIA bags ‘Voice of the Customer’ global recognition
Bangalore International Airport Ltd. (BIAL) has secured global recognition for being the ‘Voice of the Customer’, in an initiative by the Airports Council International World, by assessing passengers’ requirements and implementing various measures during the COVID-19 pandemic
** ICAR comes out with 51 organic cropping systems
ICAR has created 63 integrated farming system (IFS) models by involving various ICAR institutes, State Agricultural Universities and the farming community of 18 States, he said.