Agarwal’s name was announced by Gauahar Khan, actress and ‘Bigg Boss 7’ winner, leading Johar to exclaim “Woman power zindabad”.
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** Harmilan, Aishwarya claim golden doubles in National Open Athletics
Harmilan Kaur Bains (Punjab) completed the women’s middle-distance double while Railway’s B. Aishwarya achieved the same feat in women’s horizontal jumps at the 60th National Open Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Saturday.
** Kerala nurses win National Florence Nightingale Award for their selfless service
President Ram Nath Kovind presented the National Florence Nightingale Award 2020 to 51 nurses across the country. Adhering to Covid protocols, the presentation of the awards was held as a virtual ceremony.
** Doha: Voice of World – Season 1 winners declared
he most awaited trending and entertaining Doha Music Lovers ‘Voice of World’ Online singing competition ended on September 10, 2021 by finding its three winners of both Hindi and Telugu languages simultaneously.
The three winners announced in Hindi were Tejaswi from California, USA, Jyotisha Santosh from Doha, Qatar and Shruthi Prabhala from Bilaspur, India. For Telugu the three winners were Medha Anantuni from Texas, USA, Geeta Lakshmi from Pennsylvania, USA and Mavuru Sravani from Vishakhapatnam, India. Many contestants are left in the show to entertain the viewers.
** Exclusive: ‘Keep yourself motivated’, says CA exam topper Ruth Clare D’Silva
It is indeed a proud moment for the city, entire district and state. Ruth Clare D’Silva has cracked the CA final exam and secured All India first rank (old scheme).
Ruth hails from Mallikatte. She is the daughter of Rosy Maria D’Silva and Ruffert D’Silva. She did her schooling at St Theresa’s School and PU at St Agnes College. She has also done an undergraduate course through distance education from Mangalore University.
** Kalinga Literature Festival Book Awards 2020-21 announced: Full list of selected titles
Acclaimed writers Amitav Ghosh’s “Jungle Nama”; Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar’s “The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World”; Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s “Restless as Mercury: My Life as a Young Man Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi”; Gulzar’s “A Poem a Day”; Sandeep Bamzai’s “Princestan: How Nehru, Patel and Mountbatten Made India”; Shashi Tharoor and Samir Saran’s “The New World Disorder”, Bollywood actor Sonu Sood and Meena Iyer’s “I am no Messiah” are among the prominent titles selected for the awards.
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** Meet India’s emerging Archer, silver medallist at World Youth Championships
Sakshi Chaudhary from Ghaziabad has become the first Indian woman junior compound archer to reach the final in the category and grab a silver medal in World Youth Archery Championships in Poland
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** 8 Female Players of Indian Origin who played for other Countries
Isa Guha (England) , Lisa Sthalekar (Australia), Sonia Otedra (England), Sandra Braganza and Renuka Majumder (International XI), Anisa Mohammed (West Indies), Shabnim Ismail (South Africa), Trisha Chetty ( South Africa).
** Avani Lekhara says feeling on top of the world; coach Shekhar says more medals to come
Indian para shooter Avani Lekhara, who won the 10m Air Rifle – SH1 gold for the country at the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Monday, said that she was feeling “on top of the world” and would be aiming for more glory here as well as in the future.
The 19-year-old Avani became the first Indian woman to win gold in the Paralympic Games when she shot a world record score of 249.6 in the finals on Monday. This is also India’s first gold medal in shooting in the Paralympic Games.