CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won gold in 50m Rifle three positions men’s event with a new junior world record at the ISSF Junior World Championships in Lima on Monday. This is the country’s eighth gold medal at this year’s competition.

Detailed explanation-2: -ISSF Junior World Cup Suhl: India finish on top of the table with 33 medals. Sift Kaur Samra and Surya Pratap Singh won the silver medal in the 50m rifle prone mixed team event on the final day.

Detailed explanation-3: -Young Indian shooter Arjun Babuta won gold in men’s 10m air rifle event to clinch the India’s first medal at the ongoing ISSF World Cup in Changwon on Monday. In the gold medal clash, Babuta beat Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Lucas Kozeniesky of USA with a lopsided 17-9 margin.

Detailed explanation-4: -ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Championship 2022: India finish with 34 medals-list of all medallists. With 12 golds, nine silvers and 13 bronze, India finished second on the medals table behind China at the Cairo meet. Junior shooters won 25 of these medals.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the ISSF Shooting World Cup, India topped the medal tally at Changwon in South Korea. India finished the tournament with eight medals including three golds, four silvers and one bronze and was way ahead of hosts Korea and Serbia in the medal tally.