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New Delhi: Table tennis star Achanta Sharath Kamal, led the star parade as President Droupadi Murmu honoured him with country's highest sporting honour -Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna at an impressive National Sports Awards ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Top seed Unnati Hooda Dhruv Negi and Anmol Kharb posted contrasting victories to move into the U-17 singles pre-quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Nonthaburi, Thailand on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh brought off some stunning saves as India piped favorite Australia 4-3 in the third match to keep the five-match hockey series alive at the Mate Stadium Adelaide on Wednesday.

Annual data from Switzerland’s central bank released in June 2022 showed that Indian funds in Swiss banks jumped to a 14-year high of 3.83 billion Swiss francs in 2021. It was a clear indication that the amount of Indian black money generated and stashed abroad has been rising sharply, though only a month later in July, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply that there was no official estimate of the amount of money deposited by Indian citizens and companies in Swiss banks.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, suffered hacking of its servers on November 23. Over 50 of these servers that store patient data and run hospital management software were out of order. It resulted in a complete shutdown of computers at this premier hospital that receives on an average 12,000 new patients every day. After the initial efforts to bring the systems back to work failed, the hospital management deployed additional staff and tried to run the routine healthcare services manually. From new patient registrations to managing the labs, everything was being done manually. On November 30, the hospital management informed in a statement that the servers have been restored but they are being sanitized and the hospital functions are still being managed manually.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has the opportunity of his lifetime to make a global difference to India’s status on the world stage when India assumes the G20 presidency on December 1 for a period of one year. The Prime Minister himself has called it a “huge opportunity” for India in his November 27 edition of ‘Mann Ki Baat’. Modi, who is used to big pronouncements, kept it simple while stressing that India must utilize the opportunity to focus on “global good”.

Indian Navy is gaining from strength to strength. The recent incident was the induction of Y12705 ship and the bilateral naval exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ (Sea Breeze) with the Royal Navy of Oman.

New Delhi: Seven Indians including top seed Unnati Hooda opened their campaign with contrasting victories at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships, in Nonthaburi, Thailand on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Indian Navy has taken up the work of creating awareness among the people of northeast India about Defence Forces, from where there are considerable recruits in the military. The plan is also to promote tourism, sports and adventure activities in the region.

Indian Navy has become active in the Indo-Pacific Region following government’s focus in the region with emphasis on its Act East Policy. It convened a three-day Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2022 (IPRD 2022) in New Delhi from November 23, this year, in which there were participants from stakeholders in the region. It dealt with all aspects of the Blue Economy.