Athlete Avinash Sable Sets New National Record In Men’s 3000m Steeplechase
The Indian athlete Avinash Sable set a new national record in the men’s 3000m steeplechase event in the ongoing Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships in Patiala, with timing of 8:20.20. With this, the 26-year-old Avinash broke his own record of 8:21.37 which he set in 2019, after finishing 13th in the final of the World Athletics Championships in Doha.
Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn in as Tanzania’s first woman President
- Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as the sixth President of Tanzania, becoming the first female leader of the East African country.
- The 61-year-old Hassan assumed the presidency, following the death of previous President John Magfufuli, due to a heart condition. She will finish Magufuli’s second five-year term, which will run until 2025.
Sixth IBSA Women’s Forum meeting held virtually
Sixth India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Women’s Forum meeting was held virtually. India-Brazil-South Africa Trilateral Cooperation Forum is a unique platform which brings together India, Brazil and South Africa, three large democracies and major economies from three different continents.
Dr Harsh Vardhan appointed as chairman of ‘Stop TB Partnership Board’
- Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan has been appointed as the Chairman of the international body Stop TB Partnership Board.
- The Stop TB Partnership is a unique international body with the power to align actors all over the world in the fight against TB.
- World Tuberculosis Day, observed on 24 March