Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live Updates Day 1: Mirabai Chanu opens India’s account with a silver medal in women’s 49kg weightlifting, while the badminton, hockey, TT and boxing campaigns also begin.
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** 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.
** 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.
** Meet Abhimanyu Mishra, 12, the youngest chess grandmaster in history
The New Jersey resident broke a record held by Sergey Karjakin for almost 20 years.
Abhimanyu Mishra started playing chess when he was just two, Now, at the age of 12, he has broken one of the oldest records in the game to become the youngest grandmaster in history.
The youngster, who is from New Jersey, broke a record held by the Russian former chess prodigy Sergey Karjakin, who earned the title in 2002 at the age of 12 years and seven months. Abhimanyu earned the title at 12 years, four months and 25 days on Wednesday at an event in Budapest.
** Krithi Karanth becomes first Asian woman to win WILD Innovators Award for her work in understanding human-animal conflict
For her efforts, Krithi was awarded the WILD Innovators Award, the first for an Asian woman on April 27, 2021.
This award is bestowed by the WILD ELEMENTS Foundation that brings together innovators, advocates and partners to identify solutions for conservation.
The foundation partners with premier science and conservation experts across the world and also with celebrities and influencers who promote interdependence.
According to the citation, Krithi was given the award for researching human dimensions in wildlife for over 20 years.
** Jadeja displaces Holder as top Test all-rounder
Jadeja is two points ahead of Holder (384) while England all-rounder Ben Stokes is third on 377 points.
India’s Ravindra Jadeja on Wednesday dislodged West Indian Jason Holder as the world’s top all-rounder in the latest ICC Test rankings.
Jadeja is two points ahead of Holder (384) while England all-rounder Ben Stokes is third on 377 points.
Another Indian, Ravichandran Ashwin is at fourth with 353 points, followed by Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh (338).
Ashwin remained at second spot in the bowlers’ rankings on 850 points, below Pat Cummins (908) of Australia. Tim Southee (830) of New Zealand is third.
** India’s Milkha, Milkha’s India
Milkha Singh emerged — like India did — from the ashes of a tumultuous partition to become India’s greatest running legends
** How India’s humble sweet lime became key to a competition-winning cocktail
Rohan Matmary, India winner of Diageo Reserve World Class 2021 discusses the ingredient and his preparation for global finals
Did you know India consumes over 54 million tonnes of sweet lime each year? But that the sweet lime can take a sophisticated beverage route was proven by mixologist Rohan Matmary’s cocktail, ‘Zest of Happiness’ that made him the India winner of Diageo Reserve World Class 2021 competition.