India finished 2019 as the top shooting nation in the world, leaving behind Olympic heavyweights China and the USA in the International Shooting Sport Federation’s (ISSF) overall rankings for 2019. Russia & Italy secured 4th & 5th ranks respectively.
India leads the standings with 30 medals overall.
India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will receive the Polly Umrigar Award for his performance in international cricket in the 2018-19 season. Poonam Yadav has claimed the top prize in women's section and will be awarded the best international cricketer.
Poonam Yadav recently received the Arjuna Award.
Sakya Singha Sen & Debojyoti Chakraborty have received 1st Merck Young Scientist Award 2019 given by Merck. Award is given to researchers with less than 10 years of experience with expertise in solving some of the toughest problems in chemical sciences.
Merck is a science and technology company operating worldwide.
IndianOil and Oil India Ltd have signed an agreement to collaborate on a CO2-assisted Enhanced Oil Recovery project in Assam. They will develop Carbon Capture, Utilisation & Storage (CCUS) as an effective emissions mitigation tool to combat climate change.
Agreement will also improve oil-well productivity.
Bipul Behari Saha, a noted chemist has been elected as a bureau member of the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for the period 2020-23. Bipul Behari Saha is the second Indian after CNR Rao to be elected for this position in a century.
IUPAC-largest global organization of Chemistry professionals.
The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, organised the ODF Sustainability workshop in New Delhi. Swachhata Darpan Awards were presented by Amir Khan to the best performing districts on key swachhata parameters.
Actor Amir Khan is the founder of Paani Foundation.
The World Future Energy Summit will begin on 13 January in Abu Dhabi. 33,500 participants from 170 countries and 800 specialist exhibitors are expected to attend the four-day annual event. Theme: ‘Rethinking Global Consumption, Production & Investment’.
It is Middle East’s largest future energy & sustainability event
Lohri is being celebrated in North India especially in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, J&K & Chandigarh. It marks the end of the long nights of winter and welcomes the longer days of summer as the Sun begins to move to the Northern Hemisphere.
Lohri is mostly associated with crop harvesting and happiness.
Pinarayi Vijayan has launched the website of Overseas Keralites Investment and Holding Ltd, set up by the State Government to attract investment from the Non-Resident Keralites. The company was formed with the vision of ‘Global thought for local growth’.
The company was formed in August 2019.
The three-day International Apparel Sourcing Show will be held between 2020 February 20 and 22 in Bengaluru. Organised by Apparel Resources, the Sourcing Show is expected to be a platform curated on the three pillars-opportunity, knowledge and inspiration.
India is the third largest fashion exporter in the world.
The deliberations of the two-day workshop-cum-exhibition on Bamboo with the aim of creating opportunities for the sustainable development in J&K concluded at Jammu. It recommended the promotion of the use of bamboo as construction material for eco-tourism.
Capacity building of J&K farmers/artisans was also discussed.
The BCCI is all set to appoint World Cup winning former India players Madan Lal and Gautam Gambhir as members of the CAC which will pick selection committees for the next four-year cycle starting 2020. Sulakshana Naik is likely to be the third member.
CAC-Cricket Advisory Committee.
Australia's Wade Ormsby cruised to the victory with a 4-under-par 66 in the final round at the Hong Kong Golf Club. Rashid Khan was the best-placed Indian with a tied sixth-place finish while three of his compatriots slipped on the back nine in the title.
Ormsby defeated Shane Lowry in the finals.
Serbia clinched the inaugural ATP Cup with a come-from-behind victory over Spain in the final. Novak Djokovic was the key performer, with the Serbian superstar claiming a straight sets victory over the World No. 1 Rafael Nadal.
Belgrade is the capital city of Serbia.
In a first, medical experts at Institute of Kidney Diseases & Research Centre (IKDRC) carried out a single-centre kidney exchange (swap or cross) transplant chain of 10 recipients and 10 donors from January 5 to 13.
IKDRC located in Civil Hospital Campus, Ahmedabad.