Weightlifter Bindyarani Devi won the silver medal in women’s 55 kg event at the Commonwealth Games 2022
The Indian lifter managed a total weight of 202 kg. Her best attempt in the snatch was 86kg while she managed a weight of 116 kg in clean & jerk.
Mirabai Chanu, one of India's top gold medal prospects, lived up to expectations by clinching the first gold medal for the country at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 in the women's 49kg weightlifting final. Chanu, who had won the gold four years ago in Gold Coast, not only defended her title successfully by lifting 201kgs (88kg in snatch and 113kg in clean and jerk)
31st July, is the martyrdom day of Shaheed Udham Singh. Addressing the nation his Mann Ki Baat programme on All India Radio, Prime Minister offered tributes to him as well as all such other great revolutionaries who sacrificed themselves for the country.
The fourth Edition of India Oman Joint Military Exercise AL NAJAH-IV between contingents of Indian Army and the Royal Army of Oman is scheduled to take place at the Foreign Training Node of Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated two of NTPC’s green projects to the nation NTPC Ramagundam Floating Solar Project (100 MW) in Telangana and NTPC Kayamkulam Floating Solar Project (92 MW) in Kerala.
Sanjay Arora is an Indian Police Service officer, 1988 batch, Tamil Nadu cadre> Arora has been awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2004, President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2014, Police Special Duty Medal, Antrik Suraksha Padak, and UN Peacekeeping Medal among others. IPS Sanjay Arora has been appointed as Delhi Police Commissioner.
The state of Uttar Pradesh received the biggest share of central government’s revenue collections from excise duty on petroleum products in FY22, followed by Bihar, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, as per official data. Uttar Pradesh received about ₹6,693 crore last fiscal from the Centre’s excise duty collection which was shared with states as per a formula.
Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI) has launched the Switch Pay as you Drive (PAYD) add-on for its private car package policy, adding to its usage-based motor insurance product suite in India. EGI had launched Switch 2.0, which is the only product in India that combines pay-as-you-drive and pay-how-you-drive benefits.
Astronomers have for the first time discovered the heaviest known neutron star, an object that forms when the core of a massive star undergoes gravitational collapse at the end of its life. The star is spinning so fast that it has shredded and consumed nearly the entire mass of its companion star to emerge as the heaviest known.
Karnataka animal husbandry minister Prabhu B Chavan adopted 31 cows in the government and private goshalas, one in each district under “Punyakoti Dattu Yojana” (cow adoption) portal.
The portal was launched by chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on 31st July, Chavan mentioned providing nutrition and care for the cows as the motive for the adoption.
Raja mantri chor sipahi”, “posham pa”, “gilli danda”, “yubi lakpi”, different forms of “kabbadi” and “kanche” are among 75 “Bharatiya games” the Centre has announced it will introduce in schools under the education ministry’s Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) initiative. The initiative was launched by Union home minister Amit Shah on 2nd anniversary of implementation of NEP.