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1. Haryana’s Manushi Chhillar has been crowned as the 54th Femina Miss India World 2017 title.
2. Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth clinched his fourth Super Series title by defeating reigning Olympic and world champion Chen Long in the Australian Open final.
3. Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara defeated Akane Yamaguchi to win the women’s singles title at the World Super Series Australian Open tournament.
4. The National Skill Development Corporation has roped in the Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra as the brand ambassador for the Skill India campaign.
5. Malayalam filmmaker KR Mohanan passed away. He was 69.
6. Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj became the first female cricketer to score seven consecutive 50+ scores in One Day Internationals.
7. Yashaswini Singh Deswal won a gold at the women’s 10m air pistol event at the ISSF Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol in Suhl, Germany.
8. IDFC Ltd announced the appointment of Sunil Kakar as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company.
9. The Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI), at its annual general meeting, decided to confer the best Sportsperson of the Year Award to the ace shuttler P V Sindhu and the Best Team of the Year award to the Indian junior hockey squad.
10. Indian boxer Ankush Dahiya clinched a gold at the Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament in Mongolia.
