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Saina Nehwal entered the second round of the French Open. She defeated Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi in straight games 23-21, 21-17. Ngan Yi had an upper hand in the first game, but Saina was able to bounce back to take the win 23-21

Praveen Kumar saw off his Filipino opponent Russel Diaz 2-1 in the men's sanda event of the 15th World Wushu Championships

Gurmeet Goyat aka Goldy Goyat has become an internet sensation after his videos wherein he posed hard hitting questions to those in fray, have gone viral. Goyat who boasts of his own YouTube channel has lakhs of views on interviews that he conducted. The one where he has interviewed Dushyant Chautala has close to 2 lakh views.

Born in India, but currently holding American citizenship, Abhijit Banerjee has won the Nobel Prize for economics. Here are 10 facts about the Nobel laureate, who has made India proud.  

Why does the Congress love the Labour Party? And why does the Labour Party always needle India on the sensitive issue of Jammu and Kashmir? Read on as we reveal it to you. 

"This year, we had over 670 incredible applications for the UN Global Climate Action Award. It is our pleasure to award Infosys," said Niclas Svenningsen, manager of the UN Climate Change Global Climate Action Programme.

The Best FIFA Men's Player of the Year 2019 award marks the first major individual honour for Lionel Messi since winning his fifth Ballon d'Or in 2015  

Game of Thrones won the award for Outstanding Drama Series for its eighth and final season at Emmys 2019
 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the hearts of many just as he set foot onto the airport. PM Modi was welcomed with a bouquet of flowers and what he did next has everyone’s hearts melting. 

Second seed Sourabh, who won the Hyderabad Open and Slovenian International earlier this year, recovered from a mid-game slump to beat Sun 21-12 17-21 21-14 in the summit clash which lasted an hour and 12 minutes.
 

Big win for the ABVP at the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) polls. Akshit Dahiya for won the president's post, Pradeep Tanwar - vice president's post.

K Sivan, chief of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has won the hearts of many after his response during an interview on a Tamil channel went viral. The interview is not a recent one, but has resurfaced. 

Ruhaan Alva sealed his victory in Race 1 itself, riding on his supremacy in earlier rounds to amass 164 points in the five rounds. He collected 34 points over the weekend too to win a ticket to the World Karting finals in France next month

Virat Kohli’s winning percentage is 58.33 (28 wins out of 48), which is the best in India’s history taking into consideration captains who have led in 10 more Tests. MS Dhoni’s win percentage was 45 (27 wins out of 60)

After beating West Indies by 257 runs in the second Test here on Monday (September 2), Virat Kohli now has 28 wins from 48 Tests, surpassing Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 27 wins from 60 Tests as captain