HISTORY

Important Days

World Day for International Justice – July 17

  • Theme 2022 – “Achieving Social Justice through Formal Employment.”

Sports

Wimbledon Tennis 2023

  • Czech’s Marketa Vondrousova stunned Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4 to become the first unseeded player in the professional era to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title.
  • Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz defeated seven-time champion Novak Djokovic to claim his first Wimbledon title.

Asian Athletics Championships

  • India finished 3rd in the medal table at the Asian Athletics Championships 2023 with 27 medals, including 6 Golds. 
  • India finished behind Japan and China.
  • Japan finished on top with 37 medals, including 16 Gold medals, while China finished second with 22 medals, including 8 Gold Medals.

Gold Medal Winners 

  1. Jyothi Yarraji – Women’s 100m hurdles
  2. Abdulla Booobacker – Men’s triple jump
  3. Parul Chaudhary – Women’s 3000m
  4. Ajay Kumar Saroj – Men’s 1500m
  5. Tajinderpal Singh Toor – Men’s shot put
  6. Mixed 4 × 400m relay team
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