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• In the world record-breaking men’s air rifle shooting final, Indian Olympian Divyasnsh Singh Panwar won gold, and in the women’s 10-meter event, Sonam Uttam Maskar, competing in her first International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup, took home silver in Cairo on January 28, 2024;
• The Chinese athlete Sheng Lihao, who shot 253.3 at the Asian Games in Hangzhou last year, was surpassed by the 21-year-old with a 253.7;
• After three days of competition, India has secured the top spot in the season-opening World Cup stage, having won two gold and three silver medals;
• This marked Divyansh’s second individual gold medal at the World Cup, and his fifth overall after his 2019 performance in Putian.

About ISSF

• The International Shooting Sport Federation, which goes by the abbreviation ISSF, is in charge of overseeing a number of non-Olympic shooting sports events as well as the Olympic shooting sports in the disciplines of rifle, pistol, and shotgun;
• The ISSF organizes international competitions such as the ISSF World Cup Series, ISSF World Cup Finals, ISSF Separate World Championship in Shotgun events, and ISSF World Championship in all events in addition to regulating the sport and qualifying athletes for the Olympics;
• Established in 1907 under the name International Shooting Union, the ISSF renamed itself in 1998 and currently has affiliations with more than 150 National Shooting Federations across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.
• The ISSF President since 1980 has been Mr. Olegario Vázquez Raña, a prosperous businessman who competed for Mexico in shooting at every Olympic Games from 1964 to 1976 and every World Championship from 1966 to 1979;
• The ISSF’s headquarters are located in Munich, Germany.

About ‘Cairo’

• Egypt is a transcontinental nation that lies in both Western Asia (the Middle East)’s Sinai Peninsula and northeastern Africa;
• Egypt became a modern nation by getting independence in 1922 and Cairo serves as the ‘capital’ city;
• Boundaries:
  • The nation is bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea, to the east by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez;
  • Sudan borders it on the south, Israel and the Palestinian territory (the Gaza Strip) on the northeast, and Libya on the west;
  • Its maritime borders are shared by Jordan and Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea and by Cyprus, Turkey, and Greece in the Mediterranean Sea.
• Population: Egypt is the most populous Arab nation, home to 12 million people as of 2021;
• Language: Egyptian-Arabic dialect (Masri) is the colloquial language; spoken Arabic is Modern Standard Arabic;
• Religion: The majority religion in Egypt is Islam, with 85–90% of the population identifying as Sunni Muslims;
• Major rivers: The only river that flows continuously through Egypt is the well-known River Nile. Ninety-eight percent of the nation’s population lives in the Nile River Valley;
• About the Suez Canal:
  • It is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt that stretches 30 km (120 miles) in length;
  • It links the northern branch of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Suez, with the Mediterranean Sea;
  • It offers the quickest sea route connecting Europe with the regions encircling the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
• India – Egypt Relation:
  • India and Egypt are two of the oldest civilizations in the world, and their interactions date back to the Emperor Ashoka’s reign and the edicts of Ashoka speak of his interactions with Egypt during Ptolemy II;
  • The modern-day Egyptian revolutionarys Saad Zaghloul and Mahatma Gandhi both aspired to be free of British colonial rule;
  • On August 18, 1947, both parties jointly announced the opening of diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level;
  • A friendship treaty was signed in 1955 between Egypt and India and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was founded in 1961 by Ghana, Indonesia, Yugoslavia, and Egypt;
  • Trade between the two nation:
    • India and Egypt had USD 6,061 million in trade in 2022–2023—a 17% decrease from the previous year and Petroleum accounted for almost one-third of it;
    • In terms of trade, Egypt ranked 38th in the world in 2022–2023 while India ranked sixth;
    • A total of USD 3.15 billion in 50 projects comprise Indian investments in Egypt and approximately 37 million USD have been invested by Egypt in India.

Source: newsonair

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