CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -World Wrestling Championships 2022: India ’s Bajrang Punia wins bronze; India finish with two medals. This was Bajrang Punia’s fourth medal at the world championships.

Detailed explanation-2: -PONTEVEDRA (Spain): India’s medal rush at the U-23 World Wrestling Championships 2022 continued with Ankush Panghal winning silver in the women’s 50kg category and Mansi Ahlawat bagging a bronze in the women’s 59kg event in Pontevedra, Spain.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aman Sehrawat won gold in the men’s 57kg after beating Turkey’s Ahmet Duman in the final. India finished with six medals at the 2022 meet. Teenager Aman Sehrawat made history as he became the first Indian wrestler to win a gold medal at the U-23 World Wrestling Championships in Pontevedra, Spain on Saturday.

Detailed explanation-4: -Haryana’s Antim Panghal, who made history in August by becoming the first Indian to become U20 world champion in women’s wrestling, beat Priyanshi Prajapati of Madhya Pradesh by fall in the final.

Detailed explanation-5: -Indian shooters gave a stellar account of themselves at the I****SSF Rifle/Pistol World Championship 2022 in Cairo, Egypt and won 34 medals – 12 golds, nine silvers and 13 bronze – to finish second on the medals tally behind China.