CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Paralympics gold medalist Devendra threw the javelin to a distance of 60.97 meter to capture the silver. Devendra is a three-time Paralympics medalist.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is Kamaljit Sandhu. Kamaljeet Sandhu is a female Indian athlete who won a gold medal at the 1970 Bangkok Asian Games in the 400 meter race. She ran the distance in 57.3 seconds. She is the first Indian woman athlete to win an individual gold medal at the Asian Games.

Detailed explanation-3: -Priyanka Goswami and Avinash Sable in athletics and men’s lawn bowls team (men’s fours) clinched silver medal. Pooja Gehlot, Pooja Sihag and Deepak Nehra in wrestling, Jaismine Lamboria, Rohit Tokas and Mohammad Hussamuddin in boxing and Sonalben Manubhai Patel in para table tennis won bronze medal.

Detailed explanation-4: -India topped the Asian Youth Athletics Championships 2022 medals table with 24 medals, six golds, 11 silver and seven bronze. The Chinese Taipei team was second with six gold, one silver and two bronze medals.