CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Aniyan Midhun, popularly known as “Son of the Arabian Sea” (born 18 June 1992), is an Indian Wushu practitioner. He holds the World record for being the first South Indian to represent India in International Wushu fighting and win Gold.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aniyan Midhun of Nattika won the gold at the South Asian Wushu Championship that concluded in Nepal on March 31. The 28-year-old youth represented the country in the 70-kg category in the championship.

Detailed explanation-3: -Story highlights. World Wushu Championships gold medallist Sadia Tariq from Srinagar dreams of meeting Indian PM Narendra Modi.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aniyan Midhun, a youth from Kerala, has won gold at the World Pro Wushu Sanda Fight 2022 held recently in Thailand. Midhun, hailing from Nattika in Thrissur, had earlier won the South Asian Wushu Championship held in Nepal in 2021. He is the first player from southern India to make it to the Indian Wushu team.

Detailed explanation-5: -India finished with a record eight medals, including three gold, in the 8th Junior Wushu World Championship in Tangerang, Indonesia.