15-7-2021

ƒ India’s National Plastic Surgery Day gets global acceptance. The World Council of Leaders, a body consisting of the Presidents of all National Associations agreed to celebrate July 15 as the World Plastic Surgery Day. Plastic surgery originated from India and Sushruta is hailed by all as the founder of plastic surgery.

ƒ In the No-Castling Chess contest, designed by Russia, Viswanathan Anand won convincingly to take a 1-0 lead against Vladimir Kramnik in the four-game match for the Sparkassen Trophy.

16 -7-2021

ƒ Surekha Sikri the veteran actress of Indian theatre, film and television, passed away. She won National Film Award for the best supporting actress thrice for her roles in Tamas (1988), Mammo (1995) and Badhaai Ho (2018) for which she gained immense recognition and appreciation from viewers and critics. Surekha will be remembered for her subtle and realistic performances.

ƒ Singapore has unveiled one of....

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