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  • People in Turkiye got emotional while bidding us goodbye: Indian Army’s medical team

    People in Turkiye got emotional while bidding us goodbye: Indian Army’s medical team

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    New Delhi: Tears in eyes, warm affection and a deep sense of gratitude — this is how emotionally moved Turkish citizens bid farewell to a medical team of the Indian Army when they were departing from Turkiye after rendering humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the quake-ravaged country.

    The 99-member self-contained team that successfully set up and ran a fully equipped 30-bedded field hospital in Iskenderun, Hatay Province, has returned to India to a hero’s welcome.

    Some of the team members PTI interacted with, shared their experiences and challenges, and spoke of the warmth and cooperation they received from Turkish people, despite “a language barrier”.

    “They (Turkish citizens) were crying when we were leaving. It was a very emotional moment for us as well. They hugged us to say thank you, it was a humbling experience,” said a member of the team, on the condition of anonymity.

    “What we saw there was painful, scenes of devastation and destruction left by the massive earthquake and its powerful aftershock on February 6,” he said.

    The medical team of 60 Para Field Hospital provided assistance to quake-affected people in Turkiye from February 7-19.

    Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande on Tuesday said the force is proud of its medical team for rendering humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to quake-hit Turkiye, and asserted that the mobilisation of a field hospital in short time indicates the team’s excellent operational preparedness.

    He said this after interacting with members of the medical team here.

    The field hospital treated about 3,600 people, conducted numerous major and minor surgeries, including one amputated and life-saving surgery, he said.

    “The hospital was mobilised at a short notice of six hours, and they moved to Turkiye, and they landed there at Adana airfield on February 8 and within a short period of time, the Indian Army medical team established a 30-bed field hospital at Iskenderun in Hatay region,” Gen Pande told reporters.

    “It was the timely decision and excellent inter-agency coordination among all stakeholders, due to which they were among the first few medical teams to reach Turkiye,” he said.

    India launched ‘Operation Dost’ to extend assistance to Turkiye as well as Syria after various parts of the two countries were hit by a devastating earthquake on February 6 that has killed over 30,000 people.

    Another member of the medical team said many Turkish people just came to “see and meet us” knowing an assistance team had arrived from India.

    “One man had even travelled a very long distance by road to reach the field hospital that was set up in a school, and he told us that he had come just to meet people from ‘Hindistan’ (India),” the team member recalled.

    Turkish people refer to India as ‘Hindistan’, he said with a smile.

    Asked how they managed to tide over the language barrier, the medical team member said “there were interpreters to aid us”.

    “English language teachers also helped us in interacting with Turkish citizens, and vice versa,” he said.

    Army Chief Gen Pande on Tuesday also said the medical team is extremely appreciative of the assistance and cooperation extended to them by Turkish citizens.

    “Mobilisation of field hospital in such short time in Turkiye also indicates the excellent operational preparedness they maintain at all time,” Gen Pande said.

    India’s ’60 Para Field Ambulance’ unit has an illustrious track record and it had also provided crucial medical support to the injured during the Korean War in 1950s.

    “We are proud of our medical team for rendering humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to quake-hit people in Turkiye,” Gen Pande said.

    India sent relief materials as well as medical and rescue teams to Turkiye following the quake. As part of quake assistance, India also sent relief materials and medicines to Syria.

    The Ministry of Defence in a statement on Monday had said the Indian disaster relief team, comprising 99 personnel of Indian Army Field Hospital and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) returned home on February 20, after putting in a “stupendous effort” to provide medical relief to disaster victims in Hatay Province of Turkiye, hit by earthquake.

    The medical team comprising 99 personnel, including various specialist medical officers and paramedics, established their field hospital at Iskenderun on Turkiye on February 8, which included a fully functional operational theatre and trauma care centre, it said.

    The specialists include medical specialist, surgical specialists, anaesthetists, orthopaedicians, maxillofacial surgeon and community medicine specialist for rendering medical assistance to earthquake victims. Besides, a woman medical officer was also sent for rendering medical care to women patients, the statement said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Talking to Indian leaders before UN vote on Ukraine: French diplomatic sources

    Talking to Indian leaders before UN vote on Ukraine: French diplomatic sources

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    New Delhi: Ahead of the voting on the UN’s draft resolution on Ukraine, the French diplomatic sources on Tuesday said they were in contact with political leaders in New Delhi but were not very hopeful that India will not abstain.

    The UN General Assembly will vote this week on the draft resolution underscoring the urgency to find lasting peace in Ukraine, a year after Moscow invaded its neighbour.

    On a question, if India would again abstain from voting in UNGA on the Ukraine-Russia conflict, they said India is not very likely to join one side or another but they are “working on it”.

    “It’s always a question of balance…We do have contact with the political leaders of India. At this stage, we still don’t know what will be the position of the government. Most likely it will be abstention but we are still working on it. We have a very candid discussion with them. There is no secret agenda or whatever. So then it’s their decision,” a French diplomatic source said.

    India has mostly abstained on resolutions related to the Russia-Ukraine war in the UN, including in the Security Council, General Assembly and the Human Rights Council.

    India has repeatedly called on Russia and Ukraine to return to the path of diplomacy and dialogue and end their ongoing conflict.

    Calling India a major player in the Ukraine-Russia issue, they said France and India have a “very fruitful” partnership and a history of intense political dialogue, allowing a “very fruitful” partnership and history of intense political dialogue which allows them to discuss all issues, even the complex ones.

    Noting that France and the EU and India were not on the “exact same position” on the Ukraine issue, the source said,”but you may also have noticed that there were some slight changes in the public statement made by Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi about the world saying this is not the era of war.”

    “It was a very important statement by the Prime Minister…We are aligned that we all want to reduce the risk of escalation and we all want to try to find the way towards peace and on that, India is also very clear,” the diplomatic source added.

    The source said the ties between India and Russia can be used as a channel to work toward peace.

    “And as you know, there is an important link between the Indian and Russian governments, and we ask the Indian government to use these links with the Russian counterparts to help us in a way towards peace. It’s a long way. It’s a long process,” the source said.

    “But yes, we do have this kind of discussion on a very frequent basis with India,” the source said.

    The source said it is also important to remember that for the EU, this war on Ukraine is not a way to lose focus on the Indo-Pacific issues.

    “We still have an important Indo-Pacific agenda,” the source said.

    On the Ukraine-Russia conflict, the French diplomatic sources said France has made it very clear that Russia “cannot and must not win this war”.

    “So we are ready to face an extended conflict in Ukraine and we are prepared to support in the long run and as long as needed Ukraine in defending its own territory,” the source said.

    “This being said, we have always been very attentive to keep the channels open with Moscow,” the source said.

    “We have a peace plan on the table by President Zelensky. But that hasn’t received a positive answer from Moscow. So we are at this moment supporting Ukraine in its defence of its own territory, but we also keep channels open for the moment for negotiation,” the source said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Indian Army’s medical team returns from Turkiye

    Indian Army’s medical team returns from Turkiye

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    New Delhi: Indian Army’s medical team which was deployed under ‘Operation Dost’ in earthquake-hit Turkiye, return to India. The 99-member self-contained team successfully set up and ran a fully equipped 30-bedded Field Hospital in Iskenderun, Hatay, attending to nearly 4000 patients round the clock. (Twitter)
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    New Delhi: Indian Army’s medical team which was deployed under ‘Operation Dost’ in earthquake-hit Turkiye, return to India. The 99-member self-contained team successfully set up and ran a fully equipped 30-bedded Field Hospital in Iskenderun, Hatay, attending to nearly 4000 patients round the clock. (Twitter)

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Border Gavaskar Trophy: Indian bowlers on fire; Aussies paralysed by fear

    Border Gavaskar Trophy: Indian bowlers on fire; Aussies paralysed by fear

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    India has retained the prestigious Border Gavaskar trophy with emphatic victories over the visiting Australian side. While there is plenty of reason for Indian fans to be cheerful, the pathetic display of the Aussies came as a shocker to those who have seen the famous Aussie fighting spirit in the past. One just cannot imagine the world conquering Aussie teams of yesteryears caving in like this team has done.

    Cricketing battles between the two nations have usually been hard fought competitions. The Australians used to reserve a special effort whenever they played in India. India has a reputation of being difficult to beat on home soil and the Australian captains knew that very well. They used to approach the task with great determination and cherish every victory very highly. The series in 2001 was labelled as the Final Frontier by Australian skipper Steve Waugh and it was an apt description for the cricket battle that ensued.

    But this time it was a rout. After Australia lost by an innings and 132 runs in the first Test, it lost again by six wickets in the second Test. Thus India retained the Border Gavaskar Trophy for the fourth consecutive time. Our players bowled magnificently. At Delhi, Ravindra Jadeja’s seven wicket haul and Ravi Ashwin’s deceptive flight had the Australian batters in a tizzy. They had no idea of how to counter this double spin attack.

    India on the other hand played boldly and had the depth to create an insurmountable hurdle for the Aussies. Their spinner Nathan Lyon admitted this when he stated: “Axar and Ashwin are not lower order batters. In any other team they would be batting in the top six of the line up,” he said. Moreover the sweep shot that almost all Aussie batters employed to tackle the spinning ball, was a big blunder. The situation and pitch conditions were not right for sweeping without hesitation.

    Take the case of Steve Smith. He is a highly experienced player and has played 92 Test matches so far. He has scored 30 centuries in Test cricket. In the past he has rarely used the sweep shot and on one occasion he stated in an interview that he does not favour the sweep shot against spinners. Yet in the second innings, facing Ravi Ashwin he tried to sweep and was out. What prompted him to commit suicide? It looked like the entire team had already decided to use the same shot against Indian spinners.

    The fact is that the Australians have allowed themselves to come under psychological pressure. Ashwin and Jadeja are not just overcoming Aussies on the pitch but have also wreaked havoc in their minds. The Aussies have only themselves to blame for this situation. As everyone knows, sport is played not only on the field but inside the mind too. If a team approaches the task with confidence and determination, it will win on the field. If a team approaches with nervousness and hesitation, it will lose. That is what has happened to the Aussies.

    It all began with their complaints about the pitch at Nagpur being tailored to suit Indian bowlers. Usually such statements are made to put pressure on the home team and prevent them from tailoring the pitch. But this time the players put themselves under pressure by such claims. And once the anxiety gripped their minds, they were unable to pull themselves out of the valley of fear.

    So what lies ahead? Two more Test matches are looming–one, at Indore and the other at Ahmadabad. The Aussies need their confidence to be restored. Skipper Pat Cummins has left the scene and gone back to Australia for some personal reasons. But he will probably return soon. He and other dependable former players must advise the team and bring back the determination that Australia is famous for.

    While it is always a great feeling to see the Indian team winning matches, no true cricket fan would like to see a weak and meek opposition. The fun and excitement of any sport happens only when two good teams fight it out and the victory comes in the last ball. A five-day Test match getting over within three days, as has happened now, is not worth watching. So the Aussies must pull up their socks and show us the bravery that their predecessors like Bill Lawry, Bobby Simpson, Alan Border and others used to show us in the past.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Delux Wood Carver Spice Box with Spoon in Shesham Wood -Spice Box for Kitchen Indian Wood Container with Lid Decorative Masala Dabba Organizer Handmade/Spice Storage Racks Jars // 9 containers

    Delux Wood Carver Spice Box with Spoon in Shesham Wood -Spice Box for Kitchen Indian Wood Container with Lid Decorative Masala Dabba Organizer Handmade/Spice Storage Racks Jars // 9 containers

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    DIMENSIONS: (L * W * H) = (8 * 8 * 2), SPOON = (L * W) = (3.7 * 0.7) Inch PACKAGE CONTENT: 1 Box, 1 Spoon Comes with a spoon.
    This sheesham wooden box with 9 sections and a spoon is great to store Indian spices This multipurpose utility box can also be used to store and serve refreshners, dry fruits and keep your knick knacks like jewellery, small items at one place
    IDEAL SIZE INDIAN WOODEN SPICE BOX – Not too big, not too small, just the right size wooden masala box which will help organize all your favourite spices in one convenient place; save space and replace cardboard packaging with one elegant wooden Indian spice box.
    EASY TO USE SPICE BOX – Self-standing open lid position for easy spice selection; see spices while lid is closed with shatterproof transparent glass top. Handmade masala box is durable and sustainable made from 100% sheesham wood.
    OUR QUALITY – Handcrafted from 100% Sheesham wood (no veneer used at all) making this furniture very sturdy, natural looking and long lasting. The natural grain pattern on the wood adds a character and definition to every piece of furniture.

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  • SSC North Western Region DECLARATION OF FINAL RESULT SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT IN INDIAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT

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    SSC North Western Region DECLARATION OF FINAL RESULT SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT IN INDIAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT

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  • Over 1.6 mn cyber attacks blocked on Indian insurance firms a day in Jan

    Over 1.6 mn cyber attacks blocked on Indian insurance firms a day in Jan

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    New Delhi: Over 1.6 million cyber attacks were blocked on Indian insurance companies every day in January, a report showed on Monday.

    A total of 49,844,877 cyber-attacks were recorded on 114 insurance sector websites.

    On average, insurance sector applications face 430,000 attacks each, which is close to the overall average of 450,000 attacks per app across all industries, according to the report by Indusface, an application security SaaS Company funded by TCGF II (Tata Capital).

    The report also discovered that 51 per cent of the Indian insurance websites were attacked with DDoS requests which is much higher than the overall average of 30 per cent sites being attacked by DDoS requests.

    Apart from the DDoS request attacks, the other key concern for the insurance sector in India is the rise of Bot attacks.

    Over 6 million such bot attacks were documented in January.

    “The rise of bot attacks on the insurance industry is concerning as these tend to be more sophisticated and surgical. The potential risks that Indian insurers face range from unauthorised access to financial data and other sensitive information, or even the internal systems of the insurance company itself,” said Ashish Tandon, Founder and CEO, Indusface.

    The bot attacks mounted by hackers are of three major types — account takeover, card cracking and scraping.

    Hackers usually use bot attacks to take over financial accounts and conduct credit card fraud via cracking and scraping.

    Apart from the large volumes of sensitive and lucrative information such as credit card details, banking information and personal data of customers, the other key factor driving attacks on Indian insurance companies is the rise of vulnerabilities.

    “Most of the insurance companies are on the path to digital transformation in order to cater to digitally savvy consumers. This has increased the number of applications, and the attack surface as well,” said the report.

    “It is time to adopt a holistic solution like the AppTrana WAAP, that bundles VAPT, WAF, API Security, DDoS & Bot Mitigation and secure CDN in one platform,” said Tandon.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Indian Air Travel is now at 85 percent of 2019 level: IATA

    Indian Air Travel is now at 85 percent of 2019 level: IATA

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    Singapore: Indian domestic air travel has significantly improved as it touched 85.7 percent of pre-covid 2019 levels in the year 2022, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

    IATA announced earlier this month that the recovery in air travel continued in December, 2022 and was signed up for the whole year compared with 2021.

    In India, with concerns of new COVID-19 outbreaks fading, airlines saw a significant improvement in domestic air travel as well as revenue.

    India’s domestic RPKs (revenue passenger kilometres) rose 48.8 per cent last year compared with 2021, IATA said.

    More significantly, December 2022 saw air traffic almost matching December 2019’s mark, falling shy by just 3.6 percent.

    In 2022, Indian domestic ASK (Available Seat Kilometres) rose 30.1 percent compared with a year ago.

    For the other Asia Pacific domestic markets, domestic traffic measured by RPK rebounded by 75.9 per cent in Japan compared with 2021 to achieve 74.1 percent of 2019 levels.

    December RPKs for the domestic market were 8.7 percent under those of December 2019. Australia experienced a similar rebound, with RPKs recovering to 81.2 percent of 2019 levels.

    With China still very much under COVID-19 restrictions in 2022, it is therefore not surprising that in the middle kingdom which has 6.5 percent of the world’s domestic passenger market, RPK and ASK fell 39.8 percent and 35.2 percent respectively compared with 2021.

    Globally, total passenger traffic (domestic plus international) in 2022 climbed 64.4 percent compared with a year ago with full-year global passenger traffic at 68.5 percent of pre-pandemic levels.

    In December 2022, total traffic increased by 39.7 percent compared to the same month in 2021 to reach 76.9 percent of December 2019’s level.

    International air traffic in 2022 climbed 152.7 percent versus 2021 to attain 62.2 percent of 2019 levels. December 2022 international traffic soared 80.2 percent compared with December 2021, reaching 75.1 percent of the level in December 2019.

    Singapore’s Changi Airport is a major beneficiary of the recovery in air travel with the country one of the first in Asia to reopen its borders to quarantine-free travel in April of 2022.

    “In the past two years, we strengthened our airport offerings and continued to engage our airline partners in anticipation of travel revival. Changi Airport community’s efforts have paid off – the airport is now leading the Asia Pacific region in travel recovery.” Said Mr Lim Ching Kiat, Executive Vice President of Air Hub and Cargo Development, Changi Airport Group (CAG). “We look forward to welcoming more flights in the coming months.”

    “Notwithstanding near-term challenges such as global economic uncertainty and inflationary pressures, we are confident that we will be able to progressively restore Changi Airport’s connectivity and traffic to pre-Covid levels.”

    In 2022, Changi Airport welcomed eight new airlines. Of these, there are seven-passenger airlines – Aircalin, Bamboo Airways, Cambodia Airways, Citilink, HK Express, Thai Vietjet Air and T’way Air – and one freighter operator Atlas Air. Four new passenger city links were established last year. These were Jeju (South Korea), Noumea (New Caledonia), Pune (India) and Sibu (Malaysia).

    As of the first week of January 2023, 96 airlines operate over 5,600 weekly scheduled flights at Changi, connecting Singapore to 143 cities in 48 countries and territories worldwide. This represents 82 percent of the airport’s pre-COVID connectivity.

    Changi handled 32.2 million passenger movements in 2022, reaching almost half of the traffic in 2019, the last full year before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Aircraft movements, which include landings and take-offs, totalled 219,000 which was 57.2 percent of 2019 levels.

    As a sign of better things to come, in the first half of last year, it handled 9.89 million passengers while in the second half, which was when Asian borders started reopening, that jumped to 22.3 million at a monthly average of 3.72 million passengers. Changi handled a monthly average of 5.69 million passengers in 2019.

    In December 2022, the airport handled 4.62 million passengers and 25,400 aircraft movements, compared to 6.41 million and 33,300, respectively, in 2019, putting its December recovery at 72 percent.

    Changi Airport’s top five passenger markets for the year were, in order, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, India and Thailand. Similar to 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Jakarta were Changi Airport’s three busiest routes in 2022. The Singapore-Kuala Lumpur route is currently the world’s busiest international route based on seat capacity.

    With international hubs like Changi rebounding rapidly, IATA predicts a return to profitability for the global airline industry in 2023 as airlines continue to cut losses stemming from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their business in 2022.

    In 2023, airlines are expected to post a small net profit of USD 4.7 billion. It will be the first profit since 2019 when industry net profits were USD 26.4 billion. Airlines lost an estimated USD6.9 billion in 2022, USD42 billion in 2021 and USD137.7 billion in 2020.

    “The industry left 2022 in far stronger shape than it entered, as most governments lifted COVID-19 travel restrictions during the year and people took advantage of the restoration of their freedom to travel. This momentum is expected to continue in the New Year, despite some governments’ over-reactions to China’s re-opening,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General.

    “Let us hope that 2022 becomes known as the year in which governments locked away forever the regulatory shackles that kept their citizens earthbound for so long. It is vital that governments learn the lesson that travel restrictions and border closures have a little positive impact in terms of slowing the spread of infectious diseases in our globally interconnected world. However, they have an enormous negative impact on people’s lives and livelihoods, as well as on the global economy that depends on the unfettered movement of people and goods.”

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Economic pact with UAE given boost to Indian entrepreneurs: PM Modi

    Economic pact with UAE given boost to Indian entrepreneurs: PM Modi

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    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) with UAE has given a boost to Indian entrepreneurs.

    Modi said in a tweet that it has also deepened India’s ties with UAE.

    He was responding to a tweet by commerce minister Piyush Goyal, who had said on Saturday that February 18 marked one year of signing of India-UAE CEPA.

    Goyal along with UAE’s minister of state for foreign trade Thani Al Zeyoudi had co-authored an article on completion of one year of CEPA.

    Goyal even tagged the article with his tweet.

    “One year since we signed the #IndiaUAECEPA. In this article jointly written with UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade @ThaniAlZeyoudi, we highlight how the deal is a turning point in our economic ties & a model for cross-border collaboration,” Goyal had tweeted on Saturday.

    Goyal along with UAE’s minister wrote in the article that “by reducing tariff on more than 80 per cent of product lines, enhancing market access to service exports and providing platform for SMEs to collaborate and scale, both the countries have envisioned a new era of opportunity in an uncertain world”.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • A look at some of most iconic moments in Indian badminton history

    A look at some of most iconic moments in Indian badminton history

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    Indian badminton team confirmed its first-ever medal at the ongoing Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships after defeating Hong Kong in the quarterfinals and advancing to the semifinals. Ahead of India’s landmark semifinal match against China, let us look at some of country’s most iconic badminton moments.

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    Prakash Padukone’s All England Open Badminton Championships win

    Legendary Indian shuttler Prakash Padukone made history in 1980 by becoming first-ever Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championships. He defeated Indonesia’s Swie King Liem in straight sets by 15–3, 15–10 in the summit clash. The Indonesian was number one in the world, the defending champion, but his run was stopped by Padukone. 

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    Pullela brings back All England Open Badminton Championships trophy to India in 2001

    Gopichand became the second Indian to lift the title, bringing the trophy to India after 21 years. He defeated China’s Chen Hong in the final by 15–12, 15–6. 

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    PV Sindhu’s Rio Olympics 2016 

    At the Rio 2016 Olympics, Sindhu became the first-ever Indian shuttler to reach the badminton final. However, she had to settle for a silver after losing to Spain’s Carolina Marín, a huge rival of hers. 

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    PV Sindhu’s World Championships win in 2019

    PV Sindhu became the first-ever Indian shuttler to clinch a gold medal at the Badminton World Championships in 2019, defeating Nozomi Okuhara of Japan by 21-7, 21-7 in two straight games. 

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    India’s maiden Thomas Cup win

    The Indian badminton team made history in 2022 and clinched their first-ever Thomas Cup trophy, the most prestigious men’s team world championships in the sport. They defeated 14-time champions Indonesia by 3-0 in the final.   

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )