Kerala organizes first ever transgender athletic meet
i. Kerala has organized the country’s first transgender one-day athletic meet at Thiruvananthapuram.
ii. In this meet, 132 participants from 12 districts participated.
iii. Kerala Sports Minister A. C. Moideen has inaugurated the event at the Central Stadium.
iv. The non-playing members of the transgender community along with participants joined in the march past. One hundred thirty-two participants from 12 districts participated in the meet.
v. There was no participant from Idukki and Pathanamthitta districts. Six events were held in the competition- 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters running; 100x 4 relay race, high jump and shot put.
Indian Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik wins gold medal in Moscow competition
i. Internationally renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik from Odisha won the jury prize gold medal at the 10th Moscow Sand art Championship.
ii. The competition was held between 22nd and 28th April at Kolomenskoye, Moscow in Russia.
iii. The theme for the competition was “The world around us”.
iv. Pattnaik was the Indian representative in the competition, where twenty-five sculptors from different countries participated.
Jehan Daruvala becomes 1st Indian to take pole in FIA F3 European Championship
i. The 18-year-old product of Force India Academy, became the first Indian to take pole in the F3 European series, securing the top spot on the starting grid for Race 1 of the second round of the championship in Monza, Italy. However, he was unable to translate that into a race victory, and finished the hard-fought race in second place, behind his Carlin Racing teammate Lando Norris of the UK.
ii. Daruvala took pole during the qualifying session for Race 1 at the famed Monza Grand Prix circuit in thrilling fashion.
Important Points to Remember:-
- Kerala has organized the country’s first transgender one-day athletic meet at Thiruvananthapuram.
- Pinarayi Vijayan is present Chief Minister of Kerala.
- The chief organizer of the event was Pavel Menikov.
- The Indian ambassador to Russia is Pankaj Saran.
- Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the jury prize gold medal at the 10th Moscow Sand art Championship.
- Sudarsan Pattnaik is from Odisha.
- Jehan Daruvala becomes 1st Indian to take pole in FIA F3 European Championship.
- Jehan Daruvala is an Indian racing driver.
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