Assam Current Affairs – March 08 – 14, 2019

Current Affairs Assam – March 8 - 14, 2019

( Covers all important Assam Current Affairs & GK topics for the week of March 8 – 14, 2019 )

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March 08, 2019


Foundation of 100-bed hospital laid at Lumding
  • Assam State Finance Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma laid the foundation of the 100-bed civil hospital at Lumding.
  • The present civil hospital would be developed into a 100-bed hospital under the NHM Scheme.
  • Dr Sarma also checked on the progress of the PHE construction which had been started earlier to provide clean water to the town’s people.
  • Dr Sarma later proposed that an auditorium would be constructed for social gathering purposes.

IIT Kharagpur students develop app to detect fake currency
  • Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a smartphone-based application to detect counterfeit currency and also provided solutions for industrial operations ranging from thermal power plants to nuclear radiation tracking.
  • A group of six students from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering developed the code for a smartphone application to detecting counterfeit currency.
  • The image processing application which can detect counterfeit currency, can be installed on smartphones and thus used by people at various points to reduce the chances of fraud.
  • A user can upload a currency note image and the mobile app would verify its authenticity using 25 features extracted from the front and rear side of the currency note. In case of detection of a fake note, the user will also be notified.

India signs pact with Russia for nuclear-powered submarine
  • The government inked a deal worth USD 3 billion with Russia for the leasing of a nuclear-powered Akula class attack submarine for 10 years.
  • An inter-governmental agreement was signed by India and Russia after months of negotiations on price and various other aspects of the crucial deal.
  • Under the pact, Russia has agreed to deliver the submarine, to be known as Chakra III, to the Indian Navy by 2025.  The Chakra III is going to be the third Russian submarine to be leased to the Indian Navy.
  • Indian Navy currently boasts of 14 conventional submarines apart from a nuclear attack and nuclear ballistic missile submarine.

FACTFILE – Chakra III

  • Weighing around 8,140-ton, the Chakra III will have a submerged speed of 30 knots and an operating depth of 530 meters. The submarine will be capable of carrying a crew of 73.
  • The Chakra III comes loaded with four 650-millimeter and four 533-millimeter launch tubes for firing Type 65 and Type 53 torpedoes. Both these torpedoes are made in Russia.
  • A 190 mW nuclear reactor will be used for propelling this submarine.

Assam CM lays foundation of new flyover in Guwahati
  • Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone of a new flyover connecting the RG Baruah Road with the BishnuRabha Flyover at GaneshguriChariali.
  • The PWD has taken up the construction of the 476-metre flyover under the State Own Priority Scheme-General (SOPD-G), 2018-19, with a financial outlay of Rs 58.76 crore.
  • The PWD has already mooted plans for construction of flyovers connecting Ganesh Mandir to Ganeshguri and at the GNRC point.

PM MODI lays the foundation stone for AK-203 Rifle Manufacturing Unit in Amethi
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for AK-203 rifles manufacturing unit in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. This new Kalashnikov assault rifles will fulfil the needs of national security agencies in this category of small arms, resting upon advanced Russian technologies.
  • The AK-203 rifles will be manufactured in Amethi as a joint venture between India and Russia.
  • In the Amethi Manufacturing facility, world-famous Kalashnikov assault rifles of the newest 200 series would be manufactured.
  • This unit envisions full localisation of production over a period of time. The rifle manufacturing unit in Amethi symbolises the military and technical cooperation between India and Russia which has been the key areas of the strategic partnership between Russia and India.

FACTFILE – The Kalashnikov Rifles:

  • Kalashnikov Rifles were developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov.
  • The rifles were officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces in the year 1949.

Even after seven decades, the model and its variants remain the most popular and widely used assault rifles in the world because of their substantial reliability, low production costs and ease of use.


March 09, 2019


Manipur launches project ‘Rejuvenation and Conservation of Nambul River’ to check Nambul river pollution
  • Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s ambitious project to prevent pollution in the Nambul river was launched at a function held at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat. 
  • The project called ‘Rejuvenation and Conservation of Nambul River’ aims at controlling pollution of the Nambul river by intercepting and treating urban waste originating in the stretch between Iroisemba and Heirangoithong through use of the water treatment plant, MBBR (Moving Bed Bio Reactor), at Mongsangei and Samushang.
  • The Central Pollution Control Board has identified Nambul, which originates from the Kangchup Hills, as one of the most dirty rivers and a major pollutant of the Loktak Lake, the largest freshwater lake in the North East.
  • The Directorate of Environment will implement the Rs 97.72-crore project under the National River Conservation Plan of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, along with four other departments concerned, within three years, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Environment Dr T Brajakumar said. Fifty-six eco-friendly crematoria and 20 toilets will be constructed across 14 municipal wards along the Nambul river.
  • The State has also submitted the projects for eight rivers at an estimated cost of Rs 500 crore, Chief Minister Biren Singh called for a halt to the littering of the river banks.

India, Japan hold their first Space Dialogue
  • India and Japan held their first Space Dialogue with discussions centering on cooperation between their space agencies as also on global navigation satellite system, space situational awareness (SSA), space security and space-related norms.
  • The dialogue brought together ministries and agencies related to outer space in the two countries and provided an opportunity for information exchange on the respective space policies.
  • Discussions were also held on bilateral cooperation between Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), their space industries, global navigation satellite system, space situational awareness (SSA), space security and space-related norms.
  • The Indian delegation was led by Indra Mani Pandey, Additional Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs, while the Japanese delegation was co-led by Kansuke Nagaoka, Deputy Assistant Minister, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Shuzo Takada, Director General, National Space Policy Secretariat.

Subhash Chandra Garg appointed as Finance Secretary
  • Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg was named as the Finance Secretary, The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved designating Garg as the Finance Secretary.
  • As per the convention, the senior-most among the five secretaries in the Finance Ministry is designated as the Finance Secretary.
  • While Ajay Bhushan Pandey is the Revenue Secretary, Rajiv Kumar is Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Atanu Chakraborty is Secretary in Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) and Girish Chandra Murmu is the Expenditure Secretary.

BIOGRAPHY – Subhash Chandra Garg

  • He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
  • He has been working as the Secretary in Department of Economic Affairs since June 2017.
  • He has also served as an Executive Director in the World Bank.

PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone for Delhi-Meerut RRTS project
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stones for the construction of India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) between Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut and the Meerut Metro Service at Sikandarpur in Ghaziabad.
  • The rapid rail corridor will be built at a cost of Rs 30,274 crore and is scheduled to be operational by 2024. The corridor will be the first RRTS project in the country.
  • Both the rapid rail and the metro will run on this corridor in Meerut. Once completed, the 82 km stretch between Delhi and Meerut will be covered in less than an hour.
  • The rapid rail would offer high-speed, high-frequency, safe, reliable, comfortable and green public transit.
  • The operating speed of the RRTS would be 160 km per hour with an average speed of 100 km per hour.
  • The Meerut Metro will have 12 stations in a 18 kilometre stretch between Modipuram and Meerut South on the RRTS infrastructure.
  • The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor is the first of the three prioritised corridors planned for implementation in Phase-1. The other two are Delhi-Gurugram-SNB-Alwar and Delhi-Panipat.

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March 10, 2019


Assam Governor, Prof Jagdish Mukhi sworn in as Governor of Mizoram
  • Prof Jagdish Mukhi has been sworn in as the 19th Governor of Mizoram, in addition to his current posting as the Governor of Assam.
  • The President of India asked Mukhi to take additional charge as the Mizoram Governor after the resignation of Kummanam Rajashekharan.
  • The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Durbar Hall of the Raj Bhavan. It was attended by Chief Minister Zoramthanga, Assembly Speaker Lalrinliana Sailo, Cabinet ministers, ministers of state, MLAs and other dignitaries.
  • The oath of office to the Governor was administered by Gauhati High Court judge Justice Nelson Sailo. The swearing-in ceremony proceedings were executed by Chief Secretary Lalnunmawia Chuaungo.

Union Govt approves Rs 12,020 crore Surat Metro project
  • The central government, approved the 40.35 kilometre Surat Metro Rail project with two corridors. Expected to be launched, the project would be completed in five years at an estimated cost of Rs 12,020.32 crore.
  • It will provide affordable, reliable, safe, secure and seamless transport system in the urban agglomeration of the city. It will reduce accidents, pollution, travel time, energy consumption, anti-social incidents as well as regulate urban expansion and land use for sustainable development.
  • The project will be implemented by the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Ltd. It will be financed mainly through equity from the central government and the Gujarat government on a 50:50 basis, and loans from bilateral/multilateral agencies.

FACTFILE – The Metro railway system in India

  • Metro railway system and service are operational in 10 cities in India.
  • These are Kolkata, Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Mumbai, Chennai, Jaipur, Kochi, Hyderabad, and Lucknow.
  • The Kolkata Metro rail is the oldest metro service, being established in 1984.
  • The Delhi Metro, which began operations in 2002, is the largest metro in the country by distance covered, covering a distance of 231 kilometres and has 160 stations in operations.
  • The Namma Metro serves the city of Bengaluru and became operational in 2011.
  • The Rapid Metro, which is operational in Gurgaon, covers an area of 11.7 kilometres.
  • The metro rail has become the most affordable and convenient mode of travel. Metro rail is providing good connectivity in the congested cities of India and its success has made a case for setting up the metro rail in other cities where there is a large urban population and traffic congestion.

India Urban Observatory inaugurated in New Delhi
  • Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep S. Puri, inaugurated state-of-the-art India Urban Observatory in New Delhi, which would plug into the myriad sources of data from cities, both real-time and archived.
  • The conceptualisation of the Observatory recognises the value of enhancing engagement among all four stakeholders of the ‘quadruple-helix’ model- government, citizens, academia and industry, along with improvements in the internal workflow and decision-making processes of the city governments.
  • The Observatory will help in getting reliable, up-to-date information on a meaningful set of indicators over various domains such as transport, health, environment, water, finance and so on, which will further assist in developing best practices, strategies and policy interventions.
  • The first-of-its-kind observatory will leverage data analytics to optimize city operations, improve governance and enhance economic performance of cities across the country.
  • The India Urban Observatory is an important component of the recently launched DataSmart Cities strategy that envisions to create a ‘Culture of Data’ in cities, for intelligent use of data in addressing complex urban challenges. Making cities ‘DataSmart’ is key to realizing the full potential of technology interventions and innovation ecosystems in cities.
  • The DataSmart Cities Strategy also presents a Data Maturity Assessment Framework (DMAF) that measures the readiness and evolution of cities in their efforts to implementing the Data strategy.
  • The concept of Urban Observatories was formally initiated at the UN Habitat-II Conference in 1997 in Istanbul.

ISRO and CNES sign key agreements on Maritime Surveillance and Gaganyaan project training
  • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Space Agency of France CNES have agreed to collaborate on Maritime Surveillance and Training for Gaganyaan project.
  • An agreement is signed to set up a maritime surveillance centre in the country. The agreement intends to supply an operational system for detecting, identifying and tracking ships in the Indian Ocean, provides for a maritime surveillance centre to be set up in India, sharing of capacity to process existing satellite data and joint development of associated algorithms.
  • ISRO and CNES will build a constellation of satellites for maritime surveillance intended to identify and track ships in the Indian Ocean.
  • These two roganisation have signed an agreement to train Indian Scientists for the ‘Gaganyaan’ project at the Toulouse Space Centre in France.

March 11, 2019


The Munin Borkotoky Award honoured on Debabhusan Bora, Dalim Das

The Munin Borkotoky Memorial Trust gave away the literary award for the year 2018, to young literary-critic Dr Debabhusan Bora for his book Nirbasan, which is a collection of articles of literary criticism.


Ajit Kumar Mohanty Appointed Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)

Ajit Kumar Mohanty is appointed as the Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre for the period of three years. Presently, he is the Director, Physics Group in BARC and Director, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics.

FACTFILE – Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)

  • The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is India’s premier nuclear research facility headquartered in Trombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
  • The Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) was established by the Government of India in 1954 to consolidate all the research and development activity for nuclear reactors and technology under the AEET.
  • After the demise of Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha in 1966, AEET was renamed Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). It has emerged as the multi-disciplinary research centre with extensive infrastructure for advanced research and development.
  • BARC’s core mandate is to sustain peaceful applications of nuclear energy, primarily for power generation.

Marayur jaggery given GI tag status
  • The Marayur Jaggery, which is largely produced in the regions of Marayur and Kanthallur grama panchayats of Kerala has got the GI tag. The GI tag will now enable to initiate legal action against fake jaggery being sold as Marayur Jaggery.
  • Marayur in the Idukki district of Kerala is known for its tensive sugarcane cultivation. In the regions of Marayur and Kanthallur, more than 2500 acres of land is under sugarcane cultivation. The unique geographical location of Marayur amid the forests of the Western Ghats gives the sugar cane a distinct geographical identity.
  • The local people have integrated the age-old tradition have imparted age-old specialized skill to make Marayur Jaggery a distinct product in itself.
  • The distinct features of the Marayur Jaggery are high sweetness with less saltiness, high content of iron and less sodium.
  • The produce is free of impurities and the sugar cane fields are free of chemical pesticides and fertilizers, it is produced without adding any chemicals has always been known for its high quality.

FACTFILE – Geographical Indication (GI)

  • Geographical Indication (GI) is a name or sign used on products which correspond to a specific geographical location or origin.
  • Geographical Indication act as a certification that the product possesses certain qualities, is made according to traditional methods or enjoys a certain reputation, due to its geographical origin.

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March 12, 2019


3 Nagaland villages declared tobacco-free
  • Three Nagaland villages – Nsunyu, Chunlikha and Likhwenmchu – under Tseminyu sub-division under Kohima district were declared tobacco-free recently, taking the total number of tobacco-free villages in Nagaland to 12.
  • Nagaland Tobacco Control Programme State Nodal Officer and joint director of Health and Family Welfare department Dr Hotokhu Chishi made the declaration at a tobacco-free declaration programme at Nsunyu village community Hall.
  • Tseminyu sub-division has now earned the distinction of having four tobacco-free villages among the 12 in the entire State.

India, Bangladesh jointly inaugurates 4 projects
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurated four projects, via video conferencing, in the areas of transport, health and education.
  • Both leaders unveiled “e-plaques” for the supply of buses and trucks, inaugurated 36 community clinics, 11 water treatment plants and the extension of the National Knowledge Network to Bangladesh.
  • The National Knowledge Network will connect scholars and research institutes in Bangladesh to India and the world.

DRDO successfully test-fires Pinaka rocket system
  • Defence Research and Development organisation, DRDO successfully test fired the PINAKA guided WEAPON rocket system from Pokhran range in Rajasthan. 
  • The weapon system is equipped with state-of-the-art guidance kit comprising of an advanced navigation and control system.
  • The weapon systems impacted the intended targets with high precision and achieved desired accuracies. 
  • Telemetry Systems tracked and monitored the vehicle all through the flight path and all the mission objectives have been met.
  • The indigenously developed Guided PINAKA by DRDO will significantly boost the capability of the artillery to make precision hits.

FACTFILE – Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

  • DRDO is an agency of the Government of India, charged with the military’s research and development, headquartered in New Delhi, India.
  • It was formed in 1958 by the merger of the Technical Development Establishment and the Directorate of Technical Development and Production with the Defence Science Organisation.
  • It is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.

March 13, 2019


Deficit budget tabled in Meghalaya Assembly
  • Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, who also holds the Finance portfolio, presented a deficit budget of Rs 1,323 crore in the Assembly for the fiscal year 2019-20, which is about 3.65 per cent of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).
  • According to the budget estimates for 2019-20, excluding borrowings, the total receipt stood at Rs 14,463 crore.
  • The total expenditure, excluding repayment of loans, is estimated at Rs 15,786 crore, leaving a deficit of Rs 1,323 crore.
  • The revenue collection in the State is expected to increase during 2019-20. It is estimated that sums of Rs 2,090 crore and Rs 601 crore would be generated as tax and non-tax revenue respectively.
  • The revenue collected by the taxation department is expected to touch Rs 1,478 crore by the end of this year, registering a growth of 15 per cent. The overall tax revenue, including Goods and Services Tax (GST), Excise and Motor Vehicle Taxes, is estimated at Rs 1,716 crore.
  • For the year 2017-18, the GSDP at the current market price was Rs 29,864, which shows an increase of 10.33 per cent over the previous year. The advance estimates indicate that the GSDP for 2018-19 is Rs 32,972 crore, which is an increase of 10.41 per cent over 2017-18.
  • Attributing the highest priority towards development of the health and education sectors, CM Sangma said that the Government has increased the budget allocation of the education sector by 17 per cent and that of the health department by 21 per cent over the previous year.
  • The Chief Minister said 11 Ekalavya Model Residential Schools would be built in the State at a cost of Rs 24 crore each. “The setting of these schools brings in Rs 264 crore of investment towards development of infrastructure for human capital in the State,” Sangma said.
  • He further said that incentives for maternity benefits and ASHA have been paid for four years. “We have now provided about Rs 25 core for clearing two years of payment,” he said.
  • The Health and Family Welfare Department was allocated Rs 66 crore from last year’s budget of 44 crore and the education department was allocated Rs 1,077 crore.
  • In the infrastructure sector, Sangma said under the Central road funds, 44 schemes comprising 40 road works covering a length of 269 km and four bridge works were sanctioned at a cost of Rs 322 crore. The road and bridge sector was allotted Rs 590 crore.
  • He also informed the House that various projects for rural water supply have been sanctioned and work on these projects is progressing satisfactorily. In the urban areas, work on the Greater Shillong water supply project, the Ampati water supply scheme and the Nongstoin urban water supply scheme is in progress. Work on several power projects is progressing well, he said, adding that they will be commissioned soon.
  • Under the poverty alleviation programme, the Government has allotted Rs 1,045 crore for the MGNREGS. Under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, an amount of Rs 52 crore has been earmarked for the current fiscal.
  • The State Government has set aside Rs 165 crore for the Meghalaya Livelihood and Access to Markets Project meant for the development of the rural sector. Moreover, a sum of Rs 138 crore has been allotted for the community-led Landscape Management Project. Some of the other major allocation of funds was for the Sports and Youth Affairs Department (Rs 201 crore) and the Social Welfare Department (Rs 558 crore).

Tripura to appoint ‘Academic Leaders’ to improve quality of education
  • The Tripura government has decided to appoint 800 Academic Leaders to closely supervise teaching in schools and to improve the quality of education in the state. Before postings them in 58 blocks, they would be given good training. During the training, the teachers would be given financial assistance and other required support, including laptops.
  • Besides, special training would be given to the 25,000 government teachers in various schools. Rs 28 crore has been allotted for the new schemes.
  • The state government has also launched a “Natun Disha” (new direction) programme to assess the academic level of students in classes III to VIII.
  • NCERT courses would be introduced in nearly 5,000 government-run schools from the 2019-20 academic session.

Cabinet approves notification of LS elections
  • The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved a notification to begin the election process to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.
  • The Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19 and counting of votes in all 543 constituencies will be taken up on May 23.

FACTFILE – Council of Ministers

  • The Union Council of Ministers exercises executive authority in the Republic of India. It consists of senior ministers, called ‘cabinet ministers’, junior ministers, and called ‘ministers of state’ and, rarely, deputy ministers. It is led by the prime minister.
  • A smaller executive body called the Union Cabinet is the supreme decision-making body in India.
  • Only the prime minister and ministers of the rank of cabinet minister are members of Union Cabinet in accordance with Article 352.

Envoys of six countries present credentials to the President
  • The Ambassadors of Chile, Bulgaria, the Kyrgyz Republic, Nepal and Montenegro and the High Commissioner of Seychelles presented credentials to President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan
  • The envoys who presented their credentials were Juan Rolando Angulo Monsalve (Chile), Eleonora Dimitrova (Bulgaria), AseinIsaev (Kyrgyz Republic), Nilamber Acharya (Nepal), Thomas Selby Pillay (Seychelles) and Zoran Jankovic (Montenegro).

Diplomatic credentials  is a letter that formally appoints a diplomat as the ambassador to another country.

  • The letter is addressed from one head of state to another.
  • It is presented by the ambassador to the receiving head of state in a formal ceremony.
  • The ceremony further marks the beginning of the official period of ambassadorship.

Facebook launched “FACEBOOK HUBS” to foster innovation
  • Social media giant Facebook has launched “Facebook Hubs” to foster innovation and offer support for budding entrepreneurs.
  • Facebook Hubs will provide support for the start-up community by providing mentor hours and conducting trainings, workshops, discussions across 20 locations in Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Navi Mumbai and in Goa.
  • It aims to be part of a global network for training and mentoring facilities for start-ups, developers, small businesses and job seekers.
  • It also encompasses co-working community hosting, planning and organising structured activities such as learning and skill development programs for budding entrepreneurs.

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March 14, 2019


India, US to work to prevent proliferation of weapons
  • India and US have reaffirmed their commitment to work together to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems and to deny access to such weapons by terrorists and non-state actors.
  • The two sides exchanged views on a wide range of global security and non-proliferation challenges during the ninth round of the India-US Strategic Security Dialogue held in Washington.
  • The Indian delegation was led by Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale while the US delegation was led by Andrea Thompson, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.
  • The two sides committed to strengthen bilateral security and civil nuclear cooperation, including the establishment of six US nuclear power plants in India.
  • The US reaffirmed its strong support of India’s early membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

Cabinet approved proposal for Accession to the Nice, Vienna and Locarno Agreements
  • Union Cabinet approved the proposal for Accession to the Nice, Vienna and Locarno Agreements, which will allow India an opportunity to include Indian designs, figurative elements and goods in the international classification systems.
  • The proposals approved are for India’s accession to The Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the purposes of registration of marks. These agreements will help the Intellectual Property Office in India to harmonise the classification systems for examination of trademark and design applications, in line with the classification systems followed globally.
  • The accession would also facilitate in exercising rights in decision-making processes regarding review and revision of the classifications under the agreement.

The Vienna Agreement establishing an International Classification of the figurative elements of marks.

The Locarno Agreement establishing an international classification for industrial designs.


Kavinder Singh Bisht wins gold at 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament
  • Kavinder Singh Bisht wins gold at the 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament held at Helsinki, Finland.
  • Altogether, India won one gold, four silver and three bronze medals in the tournament.
  • Other Silver medals for India were won by Govind Kumar Sahani (49kg), Shiva Thapa (60kg) and Dinesh Dagar (69kg).
  • Bronze Medallists were Sachin Siwach (52kg), Sumit Sangwan (91kg) and Naveen Kumar (+91kg) after their respective semi-final loss.

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