Uttarakhand Olympian wins, but fails to find a spot for world meet Manish Rawat comes first in inaugural 35km race walk
Olympian Manish Rawat from Uttarakhand won the inaugural men’s 35km race on the final day of two-day 8th National Open and 4th International Race Walking Championship in Ranchi’s Morabadi ground on Sunday.
He beat Tamil Nadu’s Ganapati Krishnan by a comfortable nine-minute margin but was outside the qualifying standard for next year’s World Athletics Championships in Oregon. The qualifying standard for the 2022 world championship was 2:35:00, which Rawat failed to achieve.
Rawat clinched gold with his timing of 2:49:12. Krishnan won silver by finishing the race in 2:58:23 while Delhi’s Vikash settled with bronze clinching the race in 3:08:43.
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70,000 Accident-Related Towing Service Request Since November 2020: Auto i Care Survey
Auto i Care has released findings from of its recent survey, which suggests that there has been a rise in road accidents post lockdown.
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About 70% of the total calls Auto i Care received since November 2020 were for accident-related towing
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Auto i Care says over 22,000 calls were during night & 50,000 during day
Auto i Care received highest number of requests from Mumbai at 10,000
In order to spread awareness on the need for road safety, the Government of India is observing National Road Safety Month, between January 18 and February 17, 2021. To support the cause, Mumbai-based car repair and Road-Side Assistance Services (RAS) provider, Auto i Care has released findings from of its recent survey, which suggests that there has been a rise in road accidents post lockdown. Auto i Care, says that 70 per cent of the total quer