Category: Women / Girls

** Deepika Padukone to be part of Cannes Film Festival jury

French actor Vincent Lindon will be heading the jury at the 75th edition of the coveted festival, which will run from May 17 to 28

Actor Deepika Padukone will be a part of the competition jury at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, the organisers said.

Padukone, 36, was earlier the chairperson of Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival for two years.

She found fame with her 2007 film “Om Shanti Om”, co-starring Shah Rukh Khan, and later featured in several blockbuster and critically-acclaimed movies like “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani”, “Chennai Express”, “Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela”, “Bajirao Mastani”, “Padmaavat” and “Piku”.

The actor, who was most recently seen in Shakun Batra’s “Gehraiyaan”, made her Hollywood debut with the 2017 actioner “xXx: The Return of Xander Cage”, fronted by Vin Diesel.

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** Sharath Kamal wins record-extending 10th National TT singles title

Akula Sreeja claims her maiden singles crown and also takes honours in doubles

It was the turn of the star veteran and a newbie to bag the crowns in the senior National table tennis championships here on Monday.

PSPB’s Sharath Kamal bagged his 10th title and Akula Sreeja of RBI her maiden crown, defeating G. Sathiyan (PSPB) and Mouma Das (PSPB) in the men’s and women’s finals respectively.

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** Indian-American Navy veteran appointed Kamala Harris’s defence advisor

In her new role, Ms. Sethi coordinates National Security Advisor documentation across the Office of the Vice President.

Shanti Sethi, a trailblazing Indian-American Navy veteran, has joined US Vice President Kamala Harris’s office as her executive secretary and defence advisor, according to a media report.

Ms. Sethi, the first Indian-American commander of a major US Navy combat ship, recently joined Vice President Harris’ office, Politico news website quoted vice president’s senior advisor Herbie Ziskend as saying.

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** Scotland’s Indian-origin COVID adviser reveals face mask threat

Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at Edinburgh University who is on the Scottish government’s coronavirus advisory board, told ‘The Times’ newspaper this weekend that she was sent white powder and a used face mask in the post last year.

“I was extremely shaken and it was probably the hardest part because it was in my real life, not virtual or online,” said Sridhar, who often appears on UK radio and television as an expert commentator on the COVID-19 pandemic.

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** PM Modi inaugurates museum to honour all Prime Ministers of country

Museum has been built at Teen Murti Estate, which was Nehru’s home for 16 years

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14 inaugurated the Prime Ministers’ Museum at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) complex here.

Mr. Modi said every government after Independence had contributed to reaching the heights the country had achieved so far. Every Prime Minister had tried to take the country forward, he added.

The museum built at Teen Murti Estate, which was Nehru’s home for 16 years, is spread over 10,491 sq. m. and cost ₹306 crore, according to a statement. Work on the museum started in October 2018 and no trees were felled or transplanted from the site, it said.

The building includes over 40 galleries on the lives and tenures of all former Prime Ministers, except Jawaharlal Nehru, as well as a sound and light show. Entry to the museum will require a ticket of ₹100 through online booking for Indians over the age of 12 years and ₹110 for offline. Foreigners will be charged ₹750 for a ticket.

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** Maha, Delhi girls bag bronze at Hungary Maths Olympiad

All four contestants representing India at the 11th European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad in Hungary have bagged bronze medals, an official said here on Monday.

The winners — three Class XII students and one Class X student — included two girls from Maharashtra and two sisters from Delhi.

They are: Ananya R. Ranade from Pune, Sanika A. Borade from Nashik, Anushka Aggarwal and Gunjan Aggarwal, both from Delhi. The students and were accompanied by their leaders/observers including Aditi S. Phadke, Puklit Sinha and Rohinee Joshi.

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** India’s Chahat Arora wins gold at Thailand Age Group Swimming Championship

 Indian swimmer Chahat Arora clinched a gold medal in the women’s 50m breaststroke event at the Thailand Age Group Championship.

The Chandigarh swimmer, who won two gold medals at the nationals last year, won the yellow metal after equalling her own previous best Indian time of 33.62 seconds in Samut Prakan, Thailand.

Junior swimmers Vritti and Nina shine in SA Nationals 

The country’s junior swimmers continued to make a splash in South Africa.

Vritti Agarwal and Nina Venkatesh won a silver and bronze medal respectively in the South Africa National Championships.

Vritti clocked a personal best time of 18:06.40 to grab the silver in the junior girl’s 1500m 15-16 years freestyle event.

Nina won the bronze in the 50m butterfly finals with an effort of 29.03 in Port Elizabeth.

The two are a part of the 16-member Indian junior team participating at the South Africa nationals.

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** 962 students graduate from IIM-K

The Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K) hosted its 24 th convocation ceremony on the campus at Kunnamnagalam on Saturday. A total of 962 students graduated from the prestigious institute by receiving their titles and degrees.

The toppers in each programme were awarded their gold medals. Devesh Bansal, Pooja Goel, Shubham Sharma, Rakesh Pendyala, Ayushi Puri, Saksham Mehrotra, Kritika Vijay Kumar, and Aijaz Fatima were the gold medal winners in different categories.

The 24 th annual convocation also marked the grand culmination of the IIM-K’s silver jubilee celebrations. A series of programmes had been hosted online and offline to celebrate the silver jubilee fete on the campus.

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** Melur girl qualifies to participate in sports event in France

Ananthi, a beach volleyball player, will represent India at the international event

A. Ananthi, a beach volleyball player from Melur, has qualified for the International School Sports Federation (ISF) Gymnasiade 2022, to be held in Normandy in France between May 13 and 28.

She qualified in the national-level selection organised by School Games Federation of India (SGFI) held at Namakkal on March 20 where more than 1,200 athletes competed in various sports. She will represent India at the ISF along with her teammate K.B. Amirthaa and substitute player M. Swethaa.

Ananthi is a Class XII student in Palaniappa Memorial Higher Secondary School, Palanichettipatti, near Theni and resides in a Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu hostel. She hails from Therku Theru in Melur, near Madurai.

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** Praveen wins hearts, Jyothi hurdles to glory, Nayana takes long jump gold

The results:

Men: 110m hurdles: 1. Siddhanth Thingalaya (Mah) 14.08s, 2. Tarundeep Bhatia (Pun) 14.27s, 3. M. Krishik (Kar) 14.60s. High jump: 1. Sarvesh Kushare (Mah) 2.25m, 2. R. Mannivannan (TN) 2.15m, 3. Jesse Sandesh (Kar) 2.15m.

3000m steeple chase: 1. Shankar Lal Swami (Har) 8:32.01, 2. Balkishan (Har) 8:38.32, 3. Prince Raj Sharma (Skm) 8:41.42. Shot put: 1. Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Pun) 19.12m, 2. Karanveer Singh (Pun) 19.07m, 3. Naresh Antil (Har) 18.00m.

Women: 100m hurdles: 1. Yarraji Jyothi (AP) 13.09s, 2. Moumita Mondal (Ben) 13.78s, 3. C. Kanimozhi (TN) 13.88s. Long jump: 1. Nayana James (Ker) 6.47m, 2. Ancy Sojan (Ker) 6.33m, 3. Sandra Babu (Ker) 6.32m.

3000m steeple chase: 1. Komal Jagadale (Mah) 9:47.86, 2. Richa Bhadauriya (UP) 10:14.53, 3. G. Maheshwari (Tel) 10:47.30. Javelin: 1. Annu Rani (UP) 61.15m, 2. Shilpa Rani (Har) 55.72m, 3. Sanjana Choudhary (Raj) 54.19m.