Author: Shobhit Kukreti

With the recent win in the W60 ITF event in Saguenay, Canada on Sunday, Karman Kaur Thandi has now become India’s new number 1 women’s singles tennis player. She has replaced the long-time Indian number 1 Ankita Raina, who is ranked 297 currently. With the greatest achievement of her tennis career, Thandi has reached the WTA rankings of 217. Before this feat, she was ranked 308. Olympian Ankita has slipped down 13 places to 297 now. As far as other Indian players are concerned,  the top five women’s singles players consist of Rutuja Bhosale at 411, Riya Bhatia number 490…

It was a world cup match, it was between England and Ireland and once again it was Ireland who stunned one of the tournament’s favourites. In the first match of today, Ireland beat England by 5 runs. It was a rain-affected match as England couldn’t bat the full 20 overs and it started raining incessantly when it was the 15th over of England’s innings. It was the second upset done by Ireland as they eliminated two times Champions West Indies from the tournament previously. England was 5 wickets down with 53 runs required in 33 balls. No ball could be…

India and China should work on common grounds which are far more significant than the differences, quoted departing Chinese ambassador to India, Sun Weidong. He further said that both countries need to respect each other’s political system without interfering much with it. “China and India are important neighbours…it is only natural for China and India to have some differences. The key is how to handle the differences. We should be aware that the common interests of the two countries are greater than differences.” stated Weidong in his farewell remarks posted on a Chinese website. “The two countries need to respect…

India recorded no addition to the medal tally on Monday. In the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol team, the only event of the day, the Indian trio of Vijay Kumar, Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish hit 870 in the qualification stage and finished fourth to get in the final 8. However, in the second round, they could only shoot 556, ending in the seventh position The Indian contingent has one more event on Tuesday. So far India sits comfortably in the second position with 12 gold, nine silver and 13 bronze medals, only behind China. India grabs silver medal in women’s 25m…

Three final events of ATP 250 took place across Europe on Sunday. Stockholm Open, Antwerp’s European Open and Tennis Napoli Cup. Musetti conquers Napoli It was Italian Lorenzo Musetti’s turn to get the ATP title. In an all-Italian final, Musetti outclassed the number 2 seed Berrertini in straight sets 7-6 (5), 6-2 at Tennis Napoli Cup. The 20-year-old missed four breakpoints initially but then took a mini break at 3-3 against his countryman. He won the second set comfortably without much trouble. Musetti has improved to 30-23 this year and this was his second title after victory over the world…

In tragic news, five people were killed in a helicopter crash in Upper Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh. It was an army helicopter. Five people included two pilots who were in HAL Rudra which is an Advanced Light Helicopter The crash location was such that there was no connecting road there. However, a rescue team was sent there after the crash. The team recovered all five bodies later on Friday evening. The deceased included Major Mustafa Bohara and Major Vikas Bhambhu, CFN Tech AVN(AEN) Aswin K V, NK (Ppr) Rohitashva Kumar  and Havildar (OPR) Biresh Sinha. https://twitter.com/AbhishekBhalla7/status/1583346176467775488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1583346176467775488%7Ctwgr%5E58d7e6cb18be7b021dbef273d36e43350a5a8fc5%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatoday.in%2Findia%2Fstory%2Farmy-helicopter-crash-upper-siang-rescue-operations-underway-2288032-2022-10-21 The chopper took flight from…

The former number 1 Simona Halep was provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on Friday as her sample was found with the banned substance roxadustat. Roxadustat is a substance which is used for kidney-related problems. It came as a shocker to the tennis fans and was unexpected as the announcement came on Friday. The current number 9, Halep herself posted about it in the tweet. She said that it came as the “biggest shock” of her life. The Romanian said she felt betrayed and she would fight against it until the end. https://twitter.com/Simona_Halep/status/1583453055307350022 Tough times for Halep…

Although there were predictions of rain in Hobart, it didn’t rain a droplet. However, it became a memorable day for Ireland and a day to forget for the West Indies. Ireland forced the two-time T20 World Cup Champions out of the ongoing tournament. On the other side, it was a day to celebrate for the Irish team, as they were able to keep the horrors of the last world cup behind them and successfully chased the target to sail into the Super 12. West Indies batted first after winning the toss to set the pressure through a target. However, it…

In a tragic incident, a helicopter with a pilot and six other pilgrims crashed on its way back from Kedarnath, Uttarakhand after colliding with a hill due to low visibility. This happened near Garud Chatti, 2 km before Kedarnath in Rudraprayag district on Tuesday morning. Unfortunately, all seven people in the helicopter lost their lives. According to the eyewitnesses, this accident happened when the helicopter was coming back from Kedarnath within a few minutes of taking off. The chopper was owned by Aryan Aviation Private Limited, a Delhi-based company. The team of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has their base…

The highway rules state that speed should not exceed 100 kmph on a highway and 120 kilometres per hour on an expressway and the BMW was way past that limit. In a tragic incident on the Purvvanchal expressway, four people driving in a BMW car died in a deadly crash with a container truck. They were doing Facebook live before the accident where one can be heard saying”Chaaro Marenge” (All 4 of us will die) “Aur Badha speed” (Speed up) and ” 300 maar” (Hit 300 kmph). In a video, the speedometer can be seen accelerating from 100s to 150…