P V Sindhu Elected to Badminton World Federation Athletes’ Commission
i. Olympic silver medalist P.V. Sindhu became a member of the BWF Athletes’ Commission after voting closed for the four places on the representative body.
ii. The 21-year-old Indian topped the ballot with 129 votes as she led a trio of women onto the BWF Athletes’ Commission. She will serve for four years term.
Ashwin wins International Cricketer of the Year award
i. India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin won the coveted International Cricketer of the Year award at the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards 2017.
ii. The award was presented to Ashwin by former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar and Harsh Goenka, Chairman of RPG Enterprises, at a function held at the Cricket Club of India.
Important Points to Remember:
- BWF was initially called as The International Badminton Federation (IBF), was established in London, on 5 July 1934 with nine founding member associations
- The BWF is a federation of 188 members globally
- BWF is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Ravichandran Ashwin won both the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016 and the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2016 award.
- Ram Naik is Governor of Uttar Pradesh
- Dudhwa National Park is a national park in Uttar Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh is India’s most populous state.
- As per details from Census 2011, Uttar Pradesh has the population of 19.98 Crores.
- Mumbai is second most crowded city in the world: WEF
