12 August 2012 Current Affairs
Indian Wrestler Sushil Kumar Won Silver at London OlympicsSushil Kumar’s historic feat of winning back to back Olympic medals on the very last day turned to be the high point of the country’s campaign as the biggest ever. Indian contingent completed the 30th edition games withe record haul six medals. sushil won silver medal in the 66kg category . Sushil, India’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony became the country’s most successful individual Olympian with 2 medals . He lost to japan’s Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu 1-3 in the final on 12 august 2012.
Sastra Ramanujan Prize to ZhiweiYun
The
2012 sastra Ramanujan prize will be given to the Professor Zhiwei on
December 22, The birth anniversary of mathematical genius Ramanujan, in
New Delhi. The award will be given away during the closing ceremony of
the International
conference in the legacy of Ramanujan, organized by the National Board
of Higher Mathematics of India & co-sponsored by sastra University
and Delhi University. prof.Zhiwei Yun has made fundamental contributions
to several areas that lie at the interface of representation theory.
This Prize will be given to under 32 age, at the same age as Ramanujan
died.
Closing ceremony of London Olympics 2012
After
the 17 days of opening the five rings festival comes to an end on 12
August 2012. The London said good bye to the athletes of the world and
the curtains came sown on the 30th Olympic Games. The medals tally in
London are: US secured top place in medals of inquiring 104 medals in
total, 46 gold, 29 silver and 29 bronze. the next place occupied by
China of 99 medals. Britain stood at 3rrd place of acquiring 65 medals
in total. India stood at 55th place b y acquiring 6 medals in total, 2
silver and 4 bronze.India registered ita best ever show at the
prestigious event with six medals. The next Olympics will be host by Rio
De Janeiro on 2016. The Winter Olympics 2014 will be host by
Russia,Sochi.
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