DAILY GK 30 APRIL 2019
1. BAJRANG
PUNIA BECAME FIRST INDIAN WRESTLER TO FIGHT AT NEW YORK’S ICONIC MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN
✔25
year old Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia became the first Indian wrestler to
fight at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden. He won the gold medal at the
65kg men’s freestyle wrestling at the recent Asian Championships.
✔He
is the first Indian wrestler to be invited by the American governing body and
will take part in the “Grapple at the
Garden — Beat the Streets” fight night, which will be held on 6th May 2019.
✔He
also won eight gold medals from his previous nine international tournaments
including last year’s Commonwealth and Asian Games and presently holds World
No.1 title in the 65-kg weight category.
2. GIA
CONFERS GAGANJEET BHULLAR FOR ‘OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AS A PLAYER 2019’
✔Indian
Professional Golfer, Gaganjeet Bhullar has been awarded outstanding achievement
as a player award at the 4th Edition of the annual India Golf Industry
Association award for the year 2019.
✔Bhullar
became the youngest golfer on the Asian Tour to achieve nine career victories
on tour. Vijay Divech and former Arjuna
Awardee Nonita Lal Qureshi received for their contribution to Golf coaching.
✔Best New Nine-Hole Golf
course’ awards, was given to Eco Park, Kolkata.
3. INDIA’S
NITENDRA SINGH RAWAT FINISHES 27TH IN VIRGIN MONEY LONDON MARATHON 2019
✔Indian
marathon runner, Nitendra Singh Rawat finished 27th in 2 hours 15 minutes and
59 seconds in the men’s Elite race of prestigious Virgin Money London Marathon
2019 at London, UK which was won by Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya for record fourth
time.
✔The
32-year-old Rawat has qualified for the World Championships to be held in Doha
in September-October.
4. JOURNALIST
SABA NAQVI AUTHORED “POLITICS OF JUGAAD: THE COALITION HANDBOOK” RELEASED
✔Journalist
Saba Naqvi has composed a book named “Politics
of Jugaad: The Coalition Handbook” in which she examines the possibility of
a coalition government after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
✔The
book discusses the nature of transformation in Indian political parties and
their role in present times. The author, Saba Naqvi is a well-known journalist
and political analyst in India.
5. BADMINTON
ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP 2019
✔The
39th edition of Badminton Asia Championship 2019 was held from 23 to 28 April
2019 at the Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium in Wuhan, China. This tournament was
hosted by the Chinese Badminton Association, sanctioned from the Badminton
Asia. The prize money for the event was USD 400,000.
✔Top
3 Countries in Medal tally are Japan, China and Indonesia. Men’s Single won by Kento
Momota (Japan) and Women’s
Single won by Akane Yamaguchi (Japan).
6. ASIAN
WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP 2019
✔The
Asian Wrestling Championship 2019 was held in Xi’an, China from April 23 to
April 28, 2019. India won 16 medals which include 1 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze
by men’s freestyle wrestlers, 3 silver and 1 bronze by men’s Greco-Roman
wrestlers and 4 bronze won by women’s freestyle wrestlers.
✔ India
ranked 8th place in the tournament and the first three countries ranked in the
tournament were Iran followed by China and Japan.
✔Bajrang
Punia bags gold in 65-kg Category. This was India’s fifth medal and the only
gold medal in Asian Wrestling Championship 2019.
- 1. Men’s Freestyle 65-kg Bajrang
Punia Gold
- 2. Men’s Freestyle 74-kg Amit
Kumar Dhankar Silver
- 3. Men’s Freestyle 79-kg Parveen
Rana Silver
- 4. Men’s Freestyle 92-kg Vicky
Chahar Silver
- 5. Men’s Greco-Roman 77-kg Gurpreet
Singh Silver
- 6. Men’s Greco-Roman 82-kg Harpreet
Singh Silver
- 7. Men’s Greco-Roman 87-kg Sunil
Kumar Silver
- 8. Men’s Freestyle 61-kg Rahul
Aware Bronze
- 9. Men’s Freestyle 86-kg Deepak
Punia Bronze
- 10. Men’s Freestyle 97-kg Satyawart
Kadian Bronze
- 11. Men’s Freestyle 125-kg Sumit
Malik Bronze
- 12. Men’s Greco-Roman 60-kg Gyanender
Dahiya Bronze
- 13. Women’s Freestyle 53-kg Vinesh Phogat Bronze
- 14. Women’s Freestyle 59-kg Manju Kumari Bronze
- 15. Women’s Freestyle 62-kg Sakshi Malik Bronze
- 16. Women’s Freestyle 68-kg Divya Kakran Bronze
