March 2022 – Page 7 – Global Records India

** Bravehearts of the 1971 war

Documenting the strategies of both India and Pakistan; and a tribute to soldiers

Deeds of Gallantry is a documentation of Indian soldiers who fought in the Indo-Pakistan War in 1971, diligently captured by a team led by Amlesh Kumar Mishra, Director, History Division in the Ministry of Defence. Each chapter takes readers through selected battles providing the context and highlighting the sacrifices of the soldiers, many of whom were awarded the Param Vir Chakra/ Maha Vir Chakra for their gallant deeds posthumously.

** Neeraj Chopra hogs the limelight, wins Sportstar of the Year award

Mirabai is Sportstar of the Year in women’s section; Ajit Pal bags Lifetime Achievement award; Lovlina, Avani, Pramod, Savita and Rupinder Pal among other winners

Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra claimed the coveted ‘Sportstar of the Year (Male)’ award at the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards held at The Taj Mahal Palace hotel here on Saturday.

Neeraj, the reigning Olympic javelin throw champion, stated that his tryst with the sport started as a fitness routine. “We athletes will continue to work hard, and try to take our country to the top of the world,” Neeraj said.

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, received the ‘Sportstar of the Year (Female)’ award. Mirabai was unable to attend the event.

source: thehindu.com

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** India’s historic Road to 1000 released

The 520-page special collection with 1000 pictures is a tribute to the journey

Sportstar and The Hindu group released a Coffee Table Book, ‘Road to 1000’, at the 2022 Sportstar Aces Awards at The Taj Mahal Palace hotel here on Saturday.

The book is a 520-page, special collection with 1000 pictures to commemorate Indian cricket’s journey.

First to the milestone

On February 6, India played its 1,000th ODI against the West Indies in Ahmedabad, becoming the first team to record the feat.

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source: thehindu.com

** P V Sindhu Wins Women’s Title – Syed Modi International Badminton, March 2022

P. V. Sindhu won the title with expected ease, by doing just enough to end her title drought.

Excitement was at a premium on the final day of the $150,000 Syed Modi India International badminton that produced one-sided matches.

World No. 7 Sindhu ended the spectacular run of Malvika Bansod 21-13, 21-16 for her first World Tour title since the 2018 BWF World Tour Finals.

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** In post-Brexit UK, Indians got 43 per cent of all skilled work visas in 2021

Indians nationals are the top nationality in the skilled work category in the United Kingdom, accounting for two-fifth’s of visas granted.

“In the last year alone, over 65,500 Skilled Worker visas were issued to Indian nationals,” a British High Commission spokesperson told this newspaper.

Indians have accounted for 43% of the total skilled worker visas in 2021, which is a 14% increase from 2019. Experts attribute this to point-based UK immigration system that was launched post Brexit.

In May 2021, the UK signed the Migration and Mobility Partnership with India, increasing cooperation on migration and opening access for youth mobility.

A number of legal routes are being offered to work in the UK.

These include the Skilled Worker route, Graduate Route and Health and Care Worker visa.

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** This all-women team of smartphone-toting, low-caste reporters could fetch India first Oscar

Khabar Lahariya works in areas left behind by the economic boom, where life has barely changed even as new wealth transforms the country’s urban landscape and culture.

An all-women team of smartphone-toting, low-caste reporters who chronicle India’s hardscrabble heartland may give the cinema-mad country its first Oscar-winning film, after their own story became a critically lauded documentary.

The journalists of Khabar Lahariya (Waves of News) have built a huge following across Uttar Pradesh, a northern state with more people than Brazil, covering a beat that runs from cow thefts to sexual violence and corruption.

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** IIT Madras launches brain centre to aid project mapping human brains at cellular level

A state-of-the-art brain centre that will work on mapping the human brain at cellular and connectivity levels, with a focus on high-resolution brain imaging, was launched by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras on Saturday.

The centre, named after Sudha Gopalakrishnan, wife of Infosys co-founder and IIT Madras alumnus Kris Gopalakrishnan, aims to become a world-renowned research centre, generating unprecedented human brain data, scientific output and technology tools, officials said.

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** How Subhajit Banerjee went from Netaji Nagar to 10 Downing Street

This digital expert at the UK Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office is a Bengali boy.

He holds a high-profile digital communications job in the UK Government and was the Guardian’s first ever mobile editor. But Kolkata is where the 42-year-old grew up and spent the early years of his career. Meet Subhajit Banerjee, a Londonder for years but a Kolkatan to the core.

** IIT Madras Incubation Cell partners with RBI Innovation Hub to support fintech start-ups

The Incubation Cell of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Innovation Hub to create a supportive ecosystem for start-ups in the field of financial technology (fintech).

Associating with RBI Innovation Hub, IIT Madras Incubation Cell will offer support and innovative solutions to the start-ups to accelerate their growth.

RBI Innovation Hub will be responsible for selecting the start-ups that will be co-incubated. These fintech companies will get operational and strategic guidance, mentoring and training by leadership and domain experts of RBI Innovation Hub and IIT Madras Incubation Cell.

** IIT Kharagpur and NMDC join hands for drone-based mineral exploration

Summary

-The two parties signed the MoU for drone-based mineral exploration over a virtual platform

-NMDC will be the first central public sector enterprise to conduct drone-based geophysical surveys in India

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC) to conduct drone-based mineral exploration.