Medals  

Major Surendra Poonia, who recently joined BJP, is the first Indian athlete with the rare distinction of having won medals in power-lifting and athletic events in four consecutive world championships.

University of Agricultural science, Bengaluru (UAVS-B) has five campuses in Karnataka which offers six undergraduate, 22 master’s degree including MBA and 15 doctoral programmes  
 

The ministry of home affairs (MHA) is planning to strip-off the medals given to these officers for meritorious services. Also, the government is planning to block five officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) from serving in central government post for at least two years.

Indian sportswomen did the nation proud by winning medals at various international events in 2018. Mary Kom, Hima Das, Dutee Chand, Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Manika Batra and others hogged the limelight

In the second round, PV Sindhu, who won three major silver medals this season - Commonwealth Games, World Championship and Asian Games, will face Korea's Sung Ji Hyun. The 23-year-old from Hyderabad has a superior 8-5 head-to-head record against the Korean

Both men's and women's hockey teams lost their respective finals to bag silver medals in the five-a-side competition in Argentina

India bettered its tally of 33 medals (3 gold, 14 silver, 16 bronze medals) at the last edition in 2014

Apart from winning the gold medal in Finland, Hima Das claimed three medals, including a gold, at the Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia. She acknowledged that the road ahead will be difficult

India ended the championship with six medals, including three silvers and as many bronze medals. Greco Roman grapplers delivered three medals while the women's won two bronze

 The centenarian Man Kaur, who also throws a mean javelin, said she is not done yet and is hungry for more competitions and also more medals.

With Sajan Bhanwal down, Opiev went to work, scoring six additional points from a pair of back-arches, followed by a feet over back exposure to take the 7-0 lead

India were placed third in the medals tally with 11 gold, nine silver and seven bronze medals for a total of 27, making this their best performance in the showpiece.

Five-time world champion and Olympics bronze medallist Mary Kom is yet to set her foot inside the ring.