Virender Sehwag
Selection Committee for National Sports Awards 2020 constituted
The Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs has announced the constitution of the committee for selection of the recipients of the National Sports Awards 2020. The 12-member committee has been mandated a single committee to pick up the awardees ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Rohit Sharma becomes first-ever batsman to score twin hundreds in his first Test as opener
Rohit Sharma from India has become the first-ever batsman to score hundreds in each innings of his maiden Test as an opener in Visakhapatnam against South Africa. He also broke the record for most sixes in a Test with 13 ..
Rohit Paudel becomes youngest batsman to smack a half-century in international cricket
On 26th January 2019, Nepalese batsman Rohit Paudel created history by becoming the youngest player in men’s international cricket to hit a half-century surpassing the likes of batting legends Sachin Tendulkar (in Tests) and Shahid Afridi (in ODIs). He accomplished ..
Virender Sehwag announces retirement from International Cricket
Ace Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag has announced his retirement from international cricket. This announcement comes after more than two-and-a-half years on from his last appearance in Test match for India in March 2013 against Australia in Hyderabad. About Virender Sehwag ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Current Affairs: December 8-9, 2011
Indian Hispanist gets Peruvian honour Noted scholar and Hispanist S.P. Ganguly awarded one of Peru’s highest civilian honours – Order of Merit for Distinguished Services – for strengthening cultural links between India and the Latin American nation. Banks asked to ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Current Affairs : July 19, 2011
India, Sri Lanka to jointly find a Solution to the problems related to fishing communities India and Sri Lanka to work out a “practical arrangement” to help fishing communities of both sides to live peacefully During the last couple of ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2011
Current Affairs Current Affairs : January 7, 2010
Awards / HonorsFirst Sports Inventor of IndiaSports Inventor was an event organized by NEO cricket and Intel, in Mumbai to make available a platform to innovative minds to present their ideas on a technology that would change the face of ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2010
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Mini Current Affairs Current Affairs : Awards September 2009
September 18, 2009: Castrol Awards for Cricketing ExcellenceRahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Gautam Gambhir were presented Castrol Awards on September 18, 2009. Gundappa Vishwanath was given the Castrol Lifetime Achievement award. September 19, 2008: ‘Mukhaputa’ bags two international ..