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Jul 28, 2023

Norwegian Woman, Nepal Sherpa Summit 14 Super Peaks, Set Record

A Norwegian woman and her Nepali guide set the record for the fastest summit of all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre (26,000-feet) mountains.
Kristin Harila and Tenjin Sherpa completed the feat in three months and one day after summiting Pakistan's K2, the last peak on their quest.
The record reflects their unwavering determination, teamwork, and sheer tenacity throughout this monumental endeavour.
The pair surpassed Nepal-born British adventurer Nirmal Purja's record of six months and six days, set in 2019.

Jul 25, 2023

Veteran Marathi Actor Jayant Savarkar Passes Away

Veteran actor Jayant Savarkar, known for his work in Marathi and Hindi cinema, died. He was 87.
Savarkar's career in Marathi and Hindi films, theatre, and television spanned six decades, which includes movies such as 'Hari Om Vithala', 'Gadbad Gondhal', '66 Sadashiv' and 'Bakaal', while 'Yugpurush', 'Vaastav', and 'Singham'.
Savarkar started his career in Marathi theatre as a backstage artist and got an opportunity to act in acclaimed playwright Vijay Tendulkar's stage production Manus Navache Bet.
He was awarded the Jeevan Gaurav Award by Ambarnath Marathi Film Festival.
From the Maharashtra government, he received the Natvarya Prabhakar Panshikar Lifetime Achievement Award.

Jul 23, 2023

Anshuman Jhingran Becomes Youngest Person to Cross North Channel

Anshuman Jhingran, a 18-year-old open water swimmer from Navi Mumbai, achieved a remarkable milestone by becoming the youngest person ever to cross the North Channel.
His extraordinary accomplishment, completed in just 125 days, earned him a coveted spot in the esteemed Guinness World Records.
Notably, his successful crossing marked the 114th achievement of its kind since 1947.

Jul 18, 2023

Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Passes Away

Senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy, who served as the Chief Minister of Kerala twice, died in Bengaluru. He was 79.
He was the Chief Minister twice for a total of seven years (2004–2006 and again from 2011–2016).
Chandy had also served as Minister of Labour, Home, and Finance in various governments headed by K. Karunakaran and A. K. Antony. He also served as the Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly.
Representing Puthuppally constituency, Chandy served as the MLA for more than half a century setting the record for the longest tenure.

Eminent Mathematician Dr. Mangala Narlikar Passes Away

Dr. Mangala Narlikar, an eminent mathematician and the wife of Dr. Jayant Narlikar who is the founder director of Pune-based Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), passed away. She was 80.
Dr. Mangala Narlikar carried out research in pure mathematics. She initially worked at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai before joining as a lecturer at Bombay and Pune universities. Her core fields of interest were real and complex analysis, analytic geometry, number theory, algebra and topology.

Jul 13, 2023

Milan Kundera, Author of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', Passes Away

Czech-born writer Milan Kundera, author of the novel 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' who lived nearly five decades in Paris after emigrating in disillusionment from his Communist-ruled homeland, died at the age of 94.
Kundera won global accolades for the way he depicted themes and characters that floated between the mundane reality of everyday life and the lofty world of ideas.
Kundera was born in Brno in 1929 but immigrated to France in 1975 after being ostracised for criticising the 1968 Soviet invasion of Communist Czechoslovakia that crushed the Prague Spring liberal reform movement.
His best known book, 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' (1984), focused on the Prague Spring and its turbulent demise with Czechs despairing of totalitarianism's grip retreating into obscure private lives or emigrating to the West.
It was made into a film starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Juliette Binoche and directed by Philip Kaufman in 1988, earning two Academy Award nominations.

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