Year in Review: World-2017:

Bangalore, Dec 31,2017

Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.:

Friday, Jan 20, 2017 Under dark clouds and a swollen sky, real estate tycoon and TV reality show host Donald Trump was today sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath to Trump, 70, who has never before held public office. Trump used two bibles when he took his oath of office - Abraham Lincoln's Bible and a childhood Bible given to him by his mother. Present at the podium were Trump's children and his wife Melania.
Trump's swearing-in was the culmination of a dizzying political ride that began about two years ago. From a rank outsider, Trump managed to win not just the Republican Party primary but also the November 8 elections even as opinion polls put his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton far ahead of him. Critics said his campaign was highly divisive, racist and sexist. And to be sure, he didn't win the popular vote. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by nearly three million votes.

Bangalore, March 07,2017

Laureus awards: the 'Oscar of Sports'

Beatrice Vio: Beatrice Maria "Bebe" Vio (born 4 March 1997) is an Italian wheelchair fencer, European champion in 2014 and 2016, World champion in 2015, and Paralympic champion in 2016 in the foil B category. Beatrice Vio, the only quadruple amputee (In late 2008 she contracted what was first thought to be a common flu, but turned out to be severe meningitis. Necrosis led to the amputation of both her legs from the knee, and both her arms from the fore arms ) in international wheelchair fencing, clinched the disability award. See video .
She uses a special prosthetics ( an artificial device that replaces a missing body part,) to hold her foil ( the sword), fencing from the shoulder

Bangalore, March 05,2017

Sindhu's Guru dakshana !!

2017 promises a new era of women's singles as All England Open Badminton Championships begins from 7 to 12 March 2017 Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, England.
The year 2016 saw history made left, right and centre, and nowhere was that more apparent than the Olympic Games in Rio, where all three medallists, including Olympic champion Carolina Marin, set new ground for their respective nations.
By clinching the coveted gold medal, Marin became the first non-Asian player to ever take the Olympic women's singles title, with runner-up PV Sindhu winning India's first silver medal in the sport. For bronze medallist Nozomi Okuhara, the 2016 YONEX All England champion, Japan's first women's singles podium finish was hers for the taking after Li Xuerui's withdrawal.
Young players, such as China's He Bingjiao and Chen Yufei and Japan's Akane Yamaguchi will continue their rise to the top, while the likes of Marin, Tai, Intanon and Sindhu will continue to solidify their place among some of the sport's finest.