ISSF Junior World Cup: Muskan Bhanwala wins 25m pistol gold
. Muskan Bhanwala clinched the gold medal in women’s 25m pistol as India pipped China at the top of the pecking order in the ISSF Junior World Cup in Sydney on Wednesday.
. The 16-year-old Indian bested China’s Qin Sihang and Thailand’s Kanyakorn Hirunphoem, who respectively took silver and bronze in the pistol event, the tournament’s penultimate on the final day.
. The team gold was won by Muskan Bhanwala, Manu Bhaker and Devanshi Rana, adding to India’s rich medal haul.
. India thus upstaged China with 22 medals, including nine gold to China’s eight. India have also five silver and eight bronze medals.
India's first insect museum opens in Tamil Nadu
. A Rs 5 crore insect museum with the state-of-the-art amenities was unveiled by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswamy at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University here today.
. The museum, established at a 6,691 sqft area, is fully dedicated to insects and claimed to be the first of its in the country.
. It would display insects preserved as specimens as also live ones depicting their different developmental stages, images, videos and models of their unique behaviour, habits and habitats.