26th March 2023 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
Swiss Open Badminton: Chadwick - Shirak pair champions
- The Swiss Open Super 300 Badminton Tournament is being held in Basel, Switzerland. In the men's doubles final, Chadwick Sairaj and Shirak Shetty beat China's Ren Jiang Yu and Dan Qiang 21-19, 24-22. The game ended in 54 minutes.
- This is the first title for the Chadwick-Shirak Shetty duo this season. And this is the 5th championship the pair has won at the world level. The pair won titles in Hyderabad Open in 2018, Thailand Open in 2019, India Open last year and French Open.
- It is also noteworthy that the pair of Chadwick and Chirag Shetty won the title in the Commonwealth Games in 2022.
- The 13th World Women's Boxing Championship is being held in Delhi. In this, the final of the 50 kg weight category was held. Indian player Nikat Zareen and Vietnamese player Nguyen Thi Tham clashed in this final round.
- Nikat Zareen, who played well in this, scored many points by leaving many punches in the face of the Vietnamese player. In the end Nikat Zareen won 5-0 and took the gold. With this, Zareen became the owner of the title of 2-time World Boxing Champion after Indian player Mary Kom in the World Boxing Tournament. Mary Kom is a 6-time world champion.
- Following this, in the 75 kg category match, Indian player Lovlina Borgohein and Australian player Kaitlin Vash clashed. In this, Lovlina won the gold by defeating the Australian player Parker with a score of 5-0.
- It is noteworthy that Indian athletes Neetu Gangas (48 kg category) and Saviti Pura (81 kg) won gold in the competitions held yesterday evening. Subsequently, the Indian players have won 4 gold medals in this competition.
- The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) designs satellites for our country's defense, communication, and earth observation missions. They are placed in Earth orbit with the help of PSLV, - - GSLV type rockets. Apart from this, ISRO also commercially launches foreign satellites to earn revenue.
- Accordingly, an agreement was signed with the British Oneweb company, 'New Space India', a business unit of ISRO, to launch 72 satellites. As per the contract, 36 satellites were successfully launched on 23 Oct 2022.
- The ejected 'LVM3 -- M3' rocket, carrying 36 satellites, blasted off from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Research Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 9:00 am yesterday.
- The rocket, GSLV, belongs to the Mach 3 category; Weight 643 tons; It is 43.5 meters high. This is the heaviest rocket. From the 19th minute of liftoff, the rocket successfully launched 36 satellites, four at a time, in the planned orbit of 455.53 km.
