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18 September
Bihar’s first Woman FIDE Master
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Bihar’s Marium Fatima achieves a historic milestone in chess, becoming the state’s first Woman FIDE Master.
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Chess prodigy Marium Fatima from Muzaffarpur earns the prestigious WFM title.
Eight Indian Shooters Qualify for ISSF World Cup Final 2025
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Eight Indian shooters qualify for ISSF World Cup Final 2025, to be held in Doha from December 4.
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Double Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker secures qualification in two events — 10m air pistol and 25m pistol (women).
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Suruchi Singh, Olympian Esha Singh, former world champion Rudrankksh Balasaheb, Olympians Arjun Babuta and Vijayveer Sidhu also make the cut for the prestigious tournament.
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Kaur Samra and Simranpreet Kaur Brar complete the Indian contingent for the 2025 ISSF World Cup Final.
World No.1 Bowler in T20I
Spinner Varun Chakaravarthy has become the World No one bowler in the ICC T20 international rankings. He became the third Indian bowler to achieve this feat, after Jasprit Bumrah and Ravi Bishnoi.
India’s Axar Patel is now at the 12th spot while the Kuldeep Yadav is now at the 16th spot.
Top ICC Rankings:
Test Match
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Test Team: Australia
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Test Batter: Joe Root
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Test Bowler: Jasprit Bumrah
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Test All-rounder: Ravindra Jadeja
ODI Match
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ODI Team: India
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ODI Batter: Shubman Gill
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ODI Bowler: Keshav Maharaj
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ODI All-rounder: Sikandar Raza
T20 Match
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T20 Team: India
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T20 Batter: Abhishek Sharma
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T20 Bowler: Varun Chakravarthy
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T20 All-rounder: Hardik Pandya
India and FAO Join Hands to Build Blue Ports
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India partners with FAO to develop world-class Blue Ports under a new Technical Cooperation Programme.
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Department of Fisheries signs agreement with FAO to strengthen Blue Port infrastructure across the country.
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Three Smart and Integrated Fishing Harbours approved under the Blue Ports framework: Vanakbara (Diu), Karaikal (Puducherry), and Jakhau (Gujarat).
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Total investment of ₹369.8 crore earmarked for the pilot harbour projects.
Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary Welcomes First Female Cheetah
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Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh received its first female cheetah Dheera.
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The cheetah, named ‘Dheera’, is 7.5 years old and was translocated from Kuno National Park, where it was previously released as part of the government’s Project Cheetah.
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This marks the beginning of cheetah rewilding at Gandhi Sagar, which is one of the six identified sites under India’s long-term cheetah revival strategy.
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India reintroduced cheetahs in 2022 after 70 years of local extinction, with the first batch brought in from Namibia and second batch from South Africa.
