Dipa Karmakar Wins Gold In Gymnastics World Challenge Cup
Dipa Karmakar, returning to action after a long lay-off of nearly two years due to injury, who had finished fourth in vault event in the 2016 Rio Olympics, scored 14.150 to win gold at the Gymnastics World Challenge Cup on Sunday. She had topped the qualification also with a score of 13.400. This is Dipa's first medal in a World Challenge Cup. Dipa, who is being accompanied by her coach Bisheshwar Nandi, has also qualified in balance beam finals by finishing third in the qualification with a score of 11.850. Dipa had suffered an Anetrior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury after Rio Olympics and had undergone surgery.
"The English Patient" Judged As Best Man Booker Prize-Winning Novel
"The English Patient" by Michael Ondaatje (Bloomsbury) has been crowned the best work of fiction from the last five decades of the Man Booker Prize.
The Golden Man Booker winner was revealed at the closing event of the Man Booker 50 Festival in Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre in London on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.
The winner of this special one-off award for the Man Booker Prize's 50th anniversary celebrations was chosen by the public.
All 51 previous winners were considered by a panel of five specially appointed judges, each of whom was asked to read the winning novels from one decade of the prize's history, before the books faced a month-long public vote on the Man Booker website.
"The English Patient is a compelling work of fiction - both poetic and philosophical - and is a worthy winner of the Golden Man Booker," said Baroness Helena Kennedy, Chair of the Booker Prize Foundation.
Four Thai Boys Rescued From Flooded Cave
Four members of a youth soccer team were rescued Sunday from Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand where they had been stranded for more than two weeks.
Samsung opens world's largest mobile factory in Noida, aims to boost smartphone production in India
Samsung opens the world's largest mobile factory in Noida, India. The factory plot which is of 35-acre, is situated at Sector 81 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae will be officially inaugurating the Samsung Electronics factory on Monday. By opening the new factory, Samsung India aims to increase its overall production to 50 per cent in the next three years, which is currently at 10 per cent.
Isro successfully tests Crew Escape System
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today successfully tested a Crew Escape System (CES). The CES, which is a critical technology for human spaceflight, will help in ensuring the astronauts are safely rescued in case of an emergency.
Mark Zuckerberg is world’s third-richest person, replaces Warren Buffett
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who trails only Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, eclipsed American business magnate Warren Buffett on Friday as Facebook shares climbed 2.4%, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Govt panel drafting New Education Policy gets third extension, to submit report by Aug 31
The K Kasturirangan Committee tasked with drafting a new education policy has got third extension from the HRD Ministry to give final shape to the draft.
