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Rakhi Halder wins gold medal at the Women’s National Weightlifting Championship
On February 6, 2020, Rakhi Halder of West Bengal won Senior Weightlifting Championship. She bagged gold medal in the 64 kg category at the 35th National Weight lifting Championship held in Kolkata. Highlights Halder lifted 117 kg in clean and ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Striker Navneet Kaur scores brace against New Zealand
Top Striker of the Indian Hockey team Navneet Kaur was seen in news recently, as she scored two crucial goals against the host New Zealand and led the country to a 3-0 win in the last game of the five-match ..
Ankita Raina wins women’s singles title in ITF Thailand Championship
India’s leading woman Tennis player Ankita Raina won the women’s singles title in the $25,000 ITF Thailand Championship. This is her first ITF singles title of the season and 10th of her sport career. The 27-year-old third-seeded Ankita Raina beat ..
Harmeet Desai becomes National Table Tennis Champion
The 26-year-old Indian Table Tennis player, Harmeet Desai was seen in news as he clinched his maiden title in the National Table Tennis championship held recently. In the hard-fought finals, he defeated another top-rated player Manav Thakkar and won the ..
Sofia Kenin clinched the women’s singles title
The 21-year-old American tennis star Sofia Kenin won her maiden Grand slam title, as she won the women’s singles title in the Australian Open tournament. She defeated the other finalist Garbine Muguruza 4-6 6-2 6-2 and became the youngest winner ..
Kobe Bryant, a retired NBA star dies in Helicopter Crash
The NBA (National Basketball Association) star Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash. He retired from the game in 2016. He has won two gold medals in Olympics, one in 2008 and the other in 2012. The star had won ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
India’s Lakshya Sen wins Scottish Open Title
India’s top-seeded Badminton Player Lakshya Sen has won the Scottish Open men’s single title. He defeated Brazilian Ygor Coelho to win his fourth title in three months. Since September 2019, he has won SaarLorLux Open, Dutch Open, and Belgian International ..
WHO study on physical activity-India ranks 8th
The World Health Organization on November 22, 2019 published its study about physical activity of adolescents aged between 11 and 17 years. The study was conducted across 146 countries with the help of data from 298 school-based surveys. The assessment ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Dutee Chand named in TIME 100 Next list
India sprinter Dutee Chand has been named in the TIME 100 Next, an expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential persons in the world. The list, an initiative of TIME magazine, highlights 100 rising stars who are shaping the ..
India to participate in 2020 Olympics
India is scheduled to participate in Olympics 2020 that is to be conducted in Tokyo between 24 July 2020 and 9 August 2020. Indian athlete made their official debut in 1900 Olympics that was held in Paris. However, they appeared ..