Indian badminton ace P V Sindhu settled for a silver medal at the BWF World Tour Finals after going down meekly against Korean teen sensation An Seyoung.
With this victory, An Seyoung became the 1st ever South Korean woman to win the season-ending title.
It was also her 3rd straight title in Bali, following wins at the Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open.
Denmark's Viktor Axelsen and Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying were named male and female player of the year respectively by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
Starting from the Barcelona Spain Masters in February 2020, world number one Axelsen made 10 out of 11 finals and won seven of them including the Olympic gold in Tokyo this summer.
As per the latest Annual Report of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) ahead of its proposed IPO, the non-performing assets (NPAs) as of March 31, 2021, are Rs. 35,129.89 crore out of a total portfolio of Rs. 4,51,303.30 crore.
While the sub-standard assets are Rs. 254.37 crore, the doubtful assets are Rs. 20,369.17 crore and loss assets are Rs. 14,506.35 crore.
Daniil Medvedev guided the Russian Tennis Federation to the Davis Cup Finals title against Croatia in Madrid.
Andrey Rublev earlier had beaten Borna Gojo in straight sets to put the Russians ahead at the Madrid Arena.
Russia's other Davis Cup title was in 2002. Croatia also was seeking its third title after triumphs in 2005 and 2018.
Davis Cup Founder: Dwight F. Davis; Most titles: United States; (32 titles).
Ash, who was the oldest Test cricketer, made her debut for England against Australia in 1937, and played seven Tests in all, taking 10 wickets at 23, including best figures of 3/35.
Her career was interrupted by the Second World War – she was seconded to MI6, the UK's intelligence service – and retired from the sport in 1949.
Olympian Manu Bhaker asserted her class by winning the women’s air pistol gold in the 64th National shooting championship at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad.
After qualifying in the fifth place with 576, the 19-year-old Manu dominated the final, except when the eventual silver medallist Shri Nivetha briefly snatched the lead.
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) has unanimously nominated esteemed Indian-American mathematician Nikhil Srivastava for the first Ciprian Foias Prize in Operator Theory.
Along with Srivastava, who teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, Adam Marcus and Daniel Spielman are the other two recipients.
The Central government has approved a plan to produce over five lakh AK-203 assault rifles at Korwa in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi.
Uttar Pradesh is on way to become a defence manufacturing hub of India.
The 7.62 X 39mm caliber AK-203 rifles will replace in-service INSAS Rifle inducted over three decades back.
Indo-Russian Rifles Private Ltd will implement this project
The Government has appointed Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Neelam Shammi Rao as the Central Provident Fund Commissioner in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).The ACC approved Ms. Rao’s transfer from her current post, Director General (Training) in the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, to the top post of the retirement fund body.
The 11th edition of Exercise EKUVERIN between India and Maldives will be conducted at Kadhdhoo Island, Maldives.
The exercise will enhance synergy & inter-operability between Armed Forces of both the nations in terms of understanding transnational terrorism both on land & at sea, conducting Counter-Terrorism & Counter-Insurgency Operations, etc.
Urban revitalisation and conservation efforts initiated at Nizamuddin Basti, one of the oldest and historical settlements in the national capital, has received twin UNESCO recognitions: Award of excellence 2021 for cultural heritage conservation and recognition for sustainable development.
The Nizamuddin Urban Renewal Initiative was the only award-winning entry from India.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) takes victory in pulsating race at Jeddah. Hamilton took his third consecutive victory in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to draw level on points with Max Verstappen in the title race.
Race results:-
# 2nd- Max Verstappen (Red Bull).
# 3rd - Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes).
# 4th - Esteban Ocon (Alpine).
# 5th - Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren).
India and South Korea held the third Strategic Dialogue where the two sides discussed in-depth critical and high technologies, supply chain resistance, and ways to further enhance the Special Strategic Partnership.
The two sides identified areas of cooperation in Cyber Security and Information Technology, Maritime Security, terrorism, extremism, etc.