April Current Affairs 2022
Monday 25 April 2022
Current Affairs
Search on Google
Asian Wrestling Championships 2022
Ravi Kumar Dahiya Indian wrestler clinched the gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2022 in Ulaanbaatar.
He won the third straight Asian Championships title.
Dahiya is the only Indian gold medallist in the Asian Wrestling Championships 2022.
Wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Gourav Baliyan clinched silver after losing their respective finals at the championship.
Gourav Baliyan is the second silver medalist at the Asian Championships, as he was the runner-up in the 2020 championship.
Naveen and Satywart Kadian won a bronze each at the continental wrestling championship.
Greco-Roman Event
India won 5 bronze medals in Greco-Roman Event.
Five Greco-Roman wrestlers – Sunil Kumar (87kg), Arjun Halakurki (55kg), Neeraj (63kg), Sachin (67kg), and Harpreet (60kg) won bronze in their respective weight divisions.
Women's Wrestling
India won five medals including two silver and three bronze.
Anshu Malik won silver after losing the women's 57kg finals against Japan's Tsugumi Sakurai.
Radhika Jaglan won silver after losing against Japan's Miwa Morikawa in the 65kg finals.
The other three won bronze include Sarita Mor in the 59kg event, Manisha Bhanwala in 62 kg, and Sushma Shokeen in the 55kg event.
Asian Wrestling Championships 2022
| India |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
Event-wise Team Ranking
| Team |
Points |
| Men's Freestyle |
|
| India |
95 |
Men's Greco-Roman |
|
| India |
113 |
Women's freestyle |
|
| India |
137 |
World Malaria Day 2022
25 April
Five schemes by Indian states to eradicate malaria
DaMan by Odisha Government
Dastak Abhiyan by the Uttar Pradesh Government
Initiatives are taken by Telangana to fight Malaria
Malaria Mukt Bastar Abhiyaan by Chhattisgarh
Friday-Dryday initiative by Andhra Pradesh government
Binapani Mohanty passes away at 85
Recipient of several prestigious awards including the Padma Shri and Sahitya Akademi Award Binapani Mohanty passed away.
She was well-known for ‘Kasturi Mriga O Sabuja Aranya’, ‘Patadei’, ‘Khela Ghara’, ‘Bastraharana’, ‘Naiku Rasta’, ‘Andhakarara’.
Laureus Awards 2022
| Laureus World Sportsman of the Year |
Max Verstappen (Motor racing), The Netherlands |
| Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year |
Elaine Thompson-Herah (Athletics), Jamaica |
| Laureus World Team of the Year |
Italy Men’s Football Team |
| Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year |
Emma Raducanu (Tennis), UK |
| Laureus World Comeback of the Year |
Sky Brown (Skateboarding), UK |
| Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year |
Bethany Shriever (BMX), UK |
| Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability |
Marcel Hug (Wheelchair Athletics), Switzerland |
| Laureus Sport for Good: |
Lost Boyz Inc (Baseball), USA |
| Laureus Sport for Good Society |
Real Madrid Foundation, Spain |
| Laureus Lifetime Achievement |
Tom Brady (American football), USA |
After 22 years in the @NFL, winning the @SuperBowl a record 7 times and the Super Bowl MVP 5 times, @TomBrady is the most successful player in the history of the game 🏈
— Laureus (@LaureusSport) April 24, 2022
🏆The Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award recipient has posted some incredible career numbers #Laureus22 pic.twitter.com/JlE4wbALeD
512 Views
, 1339 Words
Share this post on:
