Dutee Chand from Jaipur set up a new National Record 11.22 seconds, in the Women's 100m semifinals.
23-years-old Dutee Chand set up a record at the 59th National Open Athletics Championships, held in Ranchi (Capital of Jharkhand).
She surpassed her previous timing of 11.26 second which she had set at the Asian Championships in April 2019.
About Jharkhand i) Governor - Draupadi Murmu ii) Chief Minister - Raghubar Das iii) Total Area - 79,714 km2 iv) Total Population (2011) - 32,988,134 v) Official Language - Hindi
Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge (age 34 years) became the first person to successfully complete the marathon in 2-hours.
He completed the marathon of 42km in 1 hour ....
The King of Netherlands, Willem Alexander, and Queen Maxima arrived in New Delhi last night on a five-day visit to India.
It will be the first state visit to India....
International Day for Disaster Reduction is observed on 13th October every year around the world to encourage every citizen and government to take part in building more disa....
Indian environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt has been honored with the 31st Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the years 2017 & 2018.
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Former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly (age 47 years) filed his nomination for the post of BCCI President at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra.....