CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Payas Jain, a BBA first-year student of Chitkara University, claimed three medals in the Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championship. Jain won a gold medal in the mixed doubles event, which is perhaps the first-ever gold medal in this category of the tournament for India.

Detailed explanation-2: -NEW DELHI: Indian paddlers ended their campaign in the Asian Junior and Cadet Championships in Laos on a golden note as Payas Jain and Yashaswini Ghorpade defeated the Chinese duo of Han Xinyuan and Qin Yuxuan 3-2 in a thrilling final on Tuesday. The Indians won 11-9, 11-1, 10-12, 7-11, and 11-8.

Detailed explanation-3: -Manika Batra creates history by becoming the 1st ever Indian female paddler to win a medal at the prestigious Asian Cup Table Tennis Championship! She defeated World No 6 and 3 times Asian Champion Hina Hayata !! Competing at the Huamark Indoor Stadium, Manika Batra, India’s top-ranked table tennis player at world No.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (born 8 January 1993) is an Indian table tennis player, who is the highest ranked Indian, currently ranked at 39 in the world as of November 2022. He was a member of the Indian team that won back to back Gold medals in 2018 & 2022 Commonwealth Games .

Detailed explanation-5: -Undoubtedly the superstar of Indian table tennis, Manika Batra has been the cynosure over the past years. The Delhi-born player was first drawn into the sport as a four-year-old watching her elder siblings play the sport.