CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -3 Praveen Kumar’s effort took India’s medal tally to 11 in the ongoing Paralympics. Praveen Kumar bagged the silver medal in the men’s high jump T64 category with a jump of 2.07m on Friday at the Tokyo Paralympics. World No.

Detailed explanation-2: -India’s para-shuttler Suhas L Yathiraj won the silver medal at the Paralympic Games. Yathiraj lost to France’s Lucas Mazur in the final of the men’s singles badminton SL4 event. Yathiraj lost to Mazur 21-15, 17-21, 15-21 in the final.

Detailed explanation-3: -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. India’s medal tally reaches 40 with 13 gold, 11 silver and 16 bronze medals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Praveen, who became the youngest medal winner in the Indian contingent at the Tokyo Paralympics after he clinched silver at the age of 18, suffers from deformity in one leg and feet from birth. In Tokyo, his silver came in the men’s T64 high jump category - with an Asian record of 2.07m.