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8th Asian Air Gun Championship: Heena Sidhu shoots gold, India cap off on a high
Former world number one Heena Sidhu lived upto the billing as she clinched the gold medal in women's 10m air pistol to cap off India's campaign at the 8th Asian Air Gun Championship on a winning note.India also had the silver medal in the kitty as Shweta Singh stood second on the podium in the day's marquee event, ahead of bronze medallist Seon A Kim of Korea.In her first international final,
India, thus, won an impressive haul of 17 medals, including six gold (two in individual senior), to finish as toppers in the continental event, which lost some sheen after the pull-out of powerhouse China and Korea's decision to not send numero uno pistol shooter Jin Jong-oh.India bagged five silver and six bronze.
Rangarajan Vellamore, CEO Infosys China, has become the first Indian to receive the Magnolia Gold award in recognition of his contributions to the development of IT industry in Shanghai, China's financial hub. Shanghai Mayor Yang Xiong presented the awards at a special function to Rangarajan along with foreign professionals from countries like US, UK, France, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. Rangarajan, 48, who has been residing in east China's Shanghai metropolis for over eight years was earlier awarded Magnolia Silver award in 2011. He hails from Chennai.
Leading Indian industrialist Ratan Tata has been felicitated by the city of Coventry with its highest award in recognition of his contributions to the West Midlands region of central England. The Tata Group Chairman Emeritus took oath as an Honorary Freeman of the City of Coventry, an award only 13 people have been conferred with since 1914. Tata, 77, was honoured alongside Indian-origin professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, founder of the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), at the University of Warwick in Coventry, at a special ceremony at Coventry Cathedral last week. Councillor Michael Hammon. Earlier this year, Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) had reaffirmed its long term commitment to Coventry and the West Midlands with a confirmation of a further 600-million-pound investment to support product creation and advanced vehicle manufacturing. The group is also among key contributors to a new 150-million-pound National Automotive Innovation Centre under construction on the University of Warwick campus. Professor Sir Nigel Thrift, Vice Chancellor of the University of Warwick, said, "Coventry and much of the rest of our region has gained greatly through the vision of these two men. Mr Ratan Tata has transformed the fortunes of Jaguar Land Rover and part of that transformation has seen new jobs created for our city and region and strong new research partnerships pioneered with Professor Lord Bhattacharyya that are creating world leading engineering technologies"
India's biggest indigenously built warship, INS Kochi, was commissioned to the Indian Navy here on Wednesday by Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar.Parikkar described the 7,500 tonnes vessel, capable of speeds of 30 knots, to be "as good as any foreign ship".INS Kochi has been built as the second in the series of the three Kolkata-Class (Project 15A) Guided Missile Destroyers at the Mazagon Docks Ltd (MDL) in Mumbai at a cost of Rs.4,000 crore, and joins the Indian Navy fleet as its 10th destroyer.The first of the Kolkata-Class destroyers, INS Kolkata was commissioned in August 2014, while the third and final INS Chennai is due for induction by end-2016.These will be followed by a mega-project of nearly Rs.30,000 crore to construct four more stealth destroyers at the MDL.INS Kochi, designed by the Indian Navy's Directorate of Naval Design, incorporates major advancements in weapons, sensors and manoeuvring capabilities compared to its forerunner, the Delhi Class.Spanning 164 metres and 17 metres at the beam, it is powered by four gas turbines which can achieve at least 30 knots speed.The warship comes armed with a wide range of state-of-the-art weapons like a vertical launch missile system for long distance engagement of shore and sea-based targets.It is only the second Indian Naval warship to have a Multi-Function Surveillance and Threat Alert Radar (MF-STAR) which provide target data to Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile systems (LR-SAM).The MF-STAR and LR-SAM have been jointly developed by DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.To protect itself from incoming air-borne or surface attacks at medium and close range, the ship has been fitted with 76 mm Super Rapid Gun Mount, AK630 Close In Weapon System, BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles, indigenous rocket launchers (IRL), indigenous twin-tube torpedo launchers and bow-mounted new generation HUMSA Sonar Dome.It can also operate two Sea King or Chetak helicopters on board and accommodate 40 officers and 350 sailors.
Tripura High Court Chief Justice Deepak Gupta administered the oath of office to Tripathi, 80, at the Durbar Hall in Raj Bhavan . Acting Chief Minister Aghore Debbarma, his cabinet colleagues, legislators and leaders of various political parties and top security and civil officials were present at the brief swearing-in ceremony.Tripura Chief Secretary Y.P. Singh conducted the programme.Earlier in the day, on his arrival from Kolkata, Tripathi was received at the airport by the chief secretary, Director General of Police K. Nagaraj and top officials.Tripathi took the additional charge of Tripura's gubernatorial post as the state's incumbent governor Tathagata Roy has gone to meet his daughter in the US.President Pranab Mukherjee on September 24 approved Roy's one month leave and asked Tripathi to discharge additional duties.Tripathi practised as a lawyer in the Allahabad High Court from 1956 till 2014 except for the three times when he was speaker of the Uttar Pradesh assembly -- in 1991, 1997 and 2002.
In line with the 'Digital India', a knowledge portal for dissemination of detailed information on Indian Railways was launched by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.
Foreign Ministers of India, the United States and Japan met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly and highlighted the growing convergence of their respective interests in the Indo-Pacific region.
Maharashtra State Government announced Indian Violinist and music composer Prabhakar Jog as the winner of Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement (2015) for his contribution in the field of Music. The award carries a cash reward of 5 lakh rupees, a citation, a trophy and a shawl. Prabhakar Jog had worked as music composer, music coordinator and violinist with many renowned music directors of old time including Madanmohan, S.D. Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Shankar-Jaikishan, O.P.Nayyar, Usha Khanna, Khayyam, Ravindra Jain, Jaidev.
The 2015 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize will be awarded to Jacob Tsimerman of the University of Toronto, Canada. The prize will be awarded during the International Conference on Number Theory at SASTRA University in Tamil Nadu’s Kumbakonam (Ramanujan’s hometown) where the prize has been given annually.The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize was established in 2005 and is awarded annually for outstanding contributions by young mathematicians to areas influenced by the mathematics genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. The age limit for the prize has been set at 32 because Ramanujan achieved so much in his brief life of 32 years.
