CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Sushil Kumar, two-time Olympic-medallist wrestler, has been nominated for the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civillian honour, by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).

Detailed explanation-2: -Sushil Kumar is India’s most decorated wrestler. He has the distinction of being the country’s first-ever two-time Olympic medallist in an individual event and the first Indian to win a wrestling world championship.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sushil Kumar Solanki (born 26 May 1983) is a former Indian wrestler. He carried the Indian flag at the opening ceremony of 2012 London Olympics. His 2008 Olympic medal was second for India in wrestling, and the first since Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav’s bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Detailed explanation-4: -’Dangals of Crime’, a film based on the fusion of an iconic sport like wrestling and crime (Dangals of Crime) It depicts the story of Olympic medal winning wrestler Sushil Kumar.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kumar claimed that the incident was a handiwork of outsiders, while those close to the wrestler believe there is a conspiracy against him. The sportsman has been in judicial custody since June 2 last year and is presently at the Tihar Jail.