TNPSC Thervupettagam

Vinisha Umashankar

January 15 , 2022 920 days 865 0
  • Vinisha is India's baton bearer at 16th official Queen's Baton Relay.
  • It started at the Buckingham Palace in London on October 7, 2021.
  • It is scheduled to conclude on July 28, 2022 at the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games after travelling across 72 Commonwealth nations and territories for 294 days.
  • The 2022 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in Birmingham, UK.
  • India is the 27th nation en route to Birmingham in the United Kingdom.
  • Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya kicked off the Queen's Baton Relay in India with a symbolic run in Delhi.
  • The Queen's Baton Relay is to be held in Bengaluru on January 14 and Bhubaneswar on January 15.
  • She had inspired the world with her solar ironing cart, which uses solar panels to power a steam iron box.
  • She is from Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu. 
  • She won Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Award instituted by National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India for her invention.
  • NIF is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology under the central government.

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