Varun Arora won UN Award for 'Open Curriculum' Web Platform
Varun Arora, a young innovator from India on 10 October 2013
selected for United Nations 10 Young Innovators
Competition 2013.
Varun Arora is among 10 people from around the world selected for a prestigious United Nations award in recognition of their work as entrepreneurs and use of technology to change the world.
Varun Arora awarded for his creation Open Curriculum, an online platform for local educational material for standard, primary and secondary schooling.
The recipients of the 10 Young Innovators Competition organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom come from a wide range of countries and have worked on diverse issues such as marine protection, reduction of food waste and immigration.
The UN competition is open to young social entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 26 and seeks innovative digital solutions in the form of start-ups or initial concepts meeting global developmental challenges
Varun Arora is among 10 people from around the world selected for a prestigious United Nations award in recognition of their work as entrepreneurs and use of technology to change the world.
Varun Arora awarded for his creation Open Curriculum, an online platform for local educational material for standard, primary and secondary schooling.
The recipients of the 10 Young Innovators Competition organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom come from a wide range of countries and have worked on diverse issues such as marine protection, reduction of food waste and immigration.
The UN competition is open to young social entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 26 and seeks innovative digital solutions in the form of start-ups or initial concepts meeting global developmental challenges
Sanam Singh and Vijayant Malik won the ITF Doubles Title 2013
The Indian tennis pair Sanam Singh and Vijayant Malik on 12
October 2013 won the doubles title in the 15000 US dollars ITF Men's Futures
Tennis Tournament at the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium in Houston, USA. In the final
match, they defeated fourth seeded pair of Evan King (USA) and Costin Paval
(Romania) in two sets 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Total Number of Telecom Subscribers increased to 904.46 Million
elecom
Regulatory Authority of India released the latest telecom subscription data on
31 July 2013. As per this data, the total number of subscribers has increased
to 904.46 million with a net addition of 1.37 million subscribers during the
month – showing a monthly growth of 0.15 percent.
Out of
the total subscriber base, 548.85 million are from the urban areas and the
remaining 355.60 million are the rural subscribers. The total Teledensity at
the end of July 2013 was 73.54 out of which the share of urban subscribers was
60.68 percent and that of rural subscribers was 39.32 percent.
Satyavrat won the 9th Roustam E-International Indian Style Wrestling Title
ndian Wrestler Satyavrat on 12 October 2013 won the 9th
Roustam-E-International Indian Style wrestling title at Vivekanand Sports
Stadium, Katra after he defeated wrestler Mykhalio Datsemko of Ukrain in the
final bout. Wrestler Satyavart was awarded Silver Gurj, Patta and cash prize of
one lakh rupees and the runner up got cash of 50000 rupees.
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