WINSON COMPETITIVE GUIDE
• Former Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla has been
appointed as the new Chancellor of The Energy and
Resources Institute (TERI) University.
• Noted filmmaker Aishwaryaa Dhanush was
appointed United Nations Women’s Advocate for
Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in India.
Sports:
• Indian women’s beach kabaddi team has won the
gold medal at the 5th Asian Beach Games held in
Danang, Vietnam. In the final match, Indian team
defeated Thailand by 41-31 score.
• India has won the test match against New Zealand
by 197-runs in their historic 500th cricket Test in
Kanpur.
• Indian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran has won the
Belgium Open title of the table tennis in the men’s
singles category.
• Young Indian shooter Subhankar Pramanick has
won the gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Cup for
pistol, rifle and shotgun in Gabala, Azerbaijan.
• Gautam Gambhir-led India Blue has won the
inaugural day/night 2016-17 Duleep Trophy Cricket
tournament played with a pink ball.
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