'Param Visisht Seva' Award to Air Force Officer
- On the Republic Day of the country, the President's highest Param Visisht Seva Award is given annually to those who have excelled in the three services of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
- According to this, Air Marshal Krishnasamy Anantharaman from Tamil Nadu, who is looking after the administrative responsibility of the Air Force Headquarters in Delhi, was awarded the Param Visisht Seva Award. He joined the Air Force on June 14, 1985.
- The high jump competition was held on Sunday in Boston, USA. India's Tejaswin Shankar is 2.26 m. He won gold in high jump. He beat world champion and Commonwealth gold medalist Donald Thomas of the Bahamas to win the gold.
- Donald jumped a height of 2.23m. Daryl Sullivan of USA 2.19m. He won bronze in jumping. Tejaswin had won bronze in the last 2022 Commonwealth Games. Shankar has cleared the maximum height of 2.29 m in the outdoor field.
- India's Ashu won bronze in the 67kg Greco-Roman category at the Zagreb Open wrestling tournament held in the Russian capital Zagreb. In the men's 67 kg category, Ashu won the bronze by defeating his opponent Adomas Grigaliunas of Lithuania 5-0.
- With the 23-year-old Ashu winning bronze, India's bronze medal tally is 2. Elsewhere on Sunday, Birmingham Commonwealth Games silver medalist Samantha Stewart defeated India's Asian Championship bronze medalist Sushma Shokeen of Canada in the women's 53kg quarterfinals.
- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the Jaipur Mahakal Festival today via video. He also visited a Kabaddi match on the occasion. Mr. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Member of Lok Sabha from Jaipur Rural Constituency, has been conducting the Jaipur Mahakhel Festival since 2017.
