In Table Tennis, Indian duo Manika Batra and Archana Girish Kamath clinched the women's doubles title in the WTT Contender tournament in Lasko, Slovenia.
Tajamul Islam, 13, is the first Kashmiri girl to have represented India and won the gold medal - in the under-14 age category - in World Kickboxing Championship held at Cairo in Egypt.
Sankalp Gupta has become India's 71st Grandmaster by scoring 6.5 points and finishing second in the GM Ask 3 round-robin event in Arandjelovac, Serbia.
17 Scientists from Scientific Institutions across India have been awarded Swarna Jayanti Fellowship for their innovative research ideas and for making research and development effective in various disciplines.