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Ayush Shetty 

India’s Ayush Shetty clinched his first BWF World Tour title by defeating Canada’s Brian Yang in straight games to win the US Open Super 300, marking India’s first title of the season. 

Ayush Shetty  is India's rising badminton star who won bronze at the 2023 World Junior Championships, claimed the 2021 Denmark Junior title, was runner-up in multiple international tournaments, and recently clinched his first BWF World Tour title at the US Open 2025 Super 300. 

Constable Lalhumhimi 

SSB Constable Lalhumhimi won a gold medal in Judo at the World Police and Fire Games 2025 in Birmingham, USA, representing the Indian Police. 

Constable Lalhumhimi is a talented Judo player of Sashtra Seema Bal. 

Parag Jain 

 Parag Jain, appointed as new R&AW Chief. 

Parag Jain, a senior IPS officer, will take charge as R&AW Secretary on July 1, 2025. 

He is noted for leading Operation Sindoor in May 2025. 

R. Praggnanandhaa 

 R. Praggnanandhaa won the UzChess Cup Masters 2025, becoming India’s top-ranked player. 

R. Praggnanandhaa , is one of India’s most promising chess grandmasters who won UzChess Cup Masters 2025, becoming India’s top-ranked player with a career-best live rating of  World No. 4 rank. 

He became the world’s fifth-youngest Grandmaster, following Abhimanyu Mishra, Sergey Karjakin, Gukesh D, and Javokhir Sindarov. In February 2022