Teenager Unnati claims womens singles title unseeded George wins mens competition \
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Teenager Unnati claims womens singles title unseeded George wins mens competition

30-Jan-2022
Cuttack Jan 30 PTI Teenager Unnati Hooda became the youngest Indian to win a Super 100 tournament as she beat compatriot Smit Toshniwal in straight games to claim the womens singles title while unseeded Kiran George emerged triumphant in mens singles final of Odisha Open badminton tournament here on Sunday Producing an excellent performance to emerge triumphant in her event the 14-year-old Unnati won 21-18 21-11 to be crowned champion in the inaugural edition of the USD 75000 Odisha Open Hosts India dominated the last days proceedings winning three out of the five finals The 21-year-old George prevailed over fellow Indian Priyanshu Rajawat 21-15 14-21 21-18 to clinch the mens singles title after battling hard for 58 minutes In another all-Indian final Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand daughter of former All England Open champion and Indian badminton legend Pullela Gopichand defeated Sanyogita Ghorpade and Shruti Mishra 21-12 21-10 to claim the womens doubles title after a 28-minute contest But in the mixed doubles final Indias MR Arjun and Jolly suffered a 16-21 20-22 defeat at the hands of the Sri Lankan duo of Sachin Dias and Thilini Hendadahewa in a match that lasted 36 minutes There was also no Indian victory in the mens doubles summit clash as the Malaysian duo of Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub and Lim Khim got the better of the host nations Wah Ravikrishna PS and Sankar Prasad Udayakumar 18-21 21-14 21-16 The keenly-contested mens doubles match lasted 51 minutes Unnati who entered the final after she surprised Indian Open finalist Malvika Bansod 24-22 24-22 in the last-four clash on Saturday took 35 minutes to get the better of Toshniwal in the summit showdown of the womens singles at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Indoor Statdium Toshniwal too pulled off an upset knocking out Ashmita Chaliha seeded five 21-19 10-21 21-17 to set up the title clash with Unnati Unnati claimed the the first game after making a comeback and riding on the momentum she won the second game without much difficulty as Toshniwal had no answer to her opponents aggressive approach Unnati who had made her debut on the senior international circuit only in October last year began the match on the backfoot and trailed 11-7 at the first mid-game interval The shuttler from Rohtak however fought back to level the score and won three successive points to win the first game after the scores were level at 18-18 Hooda had made the final of the India International Challenge last October George won the opening game quite comfortably and was leading 5-3 in the initial phase of the second game but Rajawat fought back brilliantly to take the match into the decider The battle was intense in the third and final game with Rajawat trying his best to not allow George have his way However the 19-year-old Rajawat fell short in the end as George kept his composure to win it and have the last laugh George had defeated Ansal Yadav 19-21 21-12 21-14 while 19-year-old Rajawat scored a 21-17 21-14 win over Kausal D in the mens singles semifinals On his way to the final George also stunned third seed and the higher ranked Subhankar Dey in the quarterfinals PTI AH KHS AH PDS PDS
30-Jan-2022 National
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Himachal CM launches UNNATI Portal, mobile app of HPSIDC \
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Himachal CM launches UNNATI Portal, mobile app of HPSIDC

06-Jan-2022
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 6 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday launched the portal UNNATI and the mobile app of HP State Industrial Development Corporation (HPSIDC).
06-Jan-2022 National
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Out of 2 lakh people arrested in Delhi every year, 85 pc commits for first time: Delhi Police Commissioner \
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Out of 2 lakh people arrested in Delhi every year, 85 pc commits for first time: Delhi Police Commissioner

13-Dec-2021
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Sunday said that every year 2 lakh people are arrested in Delhi and out of this, 85 per cent are those who commit crimes for the first time.
13-Dec-2021 National
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