Category: RECORDS, COMMONWEALTH Nations

** Australia to showcase Indian alumni among global leaders to woo students

A Study Australia Masterclass Series of live events has also been launched under the flagship Australia India Business Exchange (AIBX) programme.

“After China, India is the second-most important region from where we get most of our international students. In October 2020, 1,15,000 Indian students were studying in Australia, which was 17% of the total foreign students studying here. We are happy that our current endeavour — the masterclass series — has so far had 10.3 million views,” said Ashish Sharma, director, South Asia, at Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade).

“We know the Indian students are key stakeholders and we have numerous success stories. We will now highlight some of the top Indian students who studied in Australia and have now become global leaders,” Sharma said.

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

** In search of everything desi

Sundeep Bhutoria’s ‘The Global Desi’, is an account of his travels abroad looking for Indian connections

Author Sundeep Bhutoria’s book The Global Desi: Reflections on Home and Away is a compilation of his travel memoirs; made unique by his constant search for the Indian connect. Be it Norway, Poland or Chile, Sundeep manages to search for and connect with people of Indian origin (PIO), wherever he travels.

** India to host 2026 World Badminton Championships

This will be the second time that India will host the premium tournament

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has allotted the prestigious BWF World Championship to India for 2026, it was officially announced on Tuesday.

This will be the second time that India will host the premium tournament, which is held every year except for the Olympic year, after the 2009 edition in Hyderabad.

** Diamonds in India’s stepwells

These architectural beauties are the inspiration for Titan Zoya’s new Samāvé collection

Climb down winding steps made of diamonds into a well of Indian craftsmanship — on your fingers! Who knew that our earthy stepwells could inspire a new twist in the world of diamond jewellery?

Zoya, the diamond boutique from the House of Tata, has come up with a setting inspired by these architectural wonders found in the arid western states of India, which, they claim, is the first of its kind worldwide.

The intricate and challenging ‘Zoya Baoli Setting’ is patent pending.

** The 2020 Millennium Technology Prize goes to…

Balasubramanian and Klenerman for DNA sequencing techniques

The 2020 Millennium Technology Prize, announced in May, has been awarded to Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman, “for their development of revolutionary DNA sequencing techniques.” Their work is a perfect blend of science and innovation, and very apt as we have all heard a great deal about genome sequencing in the context of the ongoing pandemic.

** Wimbledon: Indian-American Banerjee wins boys’ singles title

Samir Banerjee became the first India-American player to win a Grand Slam boys’ singles title, beating compatriot Viktor Lilov 7-5, 6-3 in one hour and 21 minutes in the final at the Wimbledon championships on Sunday.

Though Indian-American players like Prakash Amritraj and his cousin Stephen Amritraj have played on the circuit and won some titles too, Samir is the first to win the boys singles title at a Grand Slam.

Four Indians — Ramanathan Krishnan, Ramesh Krishnan, Leander Paes and Yuki Bhambri — have won the boys’ singles title at Grand Slam events.

** Dr Lahane retires. He has to his credit world record of cataract surgeries

The country’s leading ophthalmologist Dr Tatyaro P. Lahane — who created a world record with an eye-popping 162,000-plus cataract surgeries — has retired after over 36 years from government service.

“Now, I will go back to my first love, Opthalmology”, a visibly relaxed Lahane told IANS a day after hanging up his boots and attending a variety of media events.