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Asian Boxing Cโ€™ships: Minakshi, Preeti advance to SFs, assure India of two medals

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Amman: Indian boxers Minakshi and Preeti assured the country two medals and advanced to the semifinal of the ongoing Asian Boxing Championships being held in Amman, Jordan on Saturday while Sakshi lost her quarterfinal bout.
Minakshi, boxing in the 52 kg (flyweight) category defeated Philippinesโ€™ Irish Magno by 4-1 in her quarterfinal match. She has assured her country a medal in the tournament. โ€œMEDAL ASSURED Go for gold #Minakshi #AsianChampionships #PunchMeinHaiDum #Boxing,โ€ tweeted the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).
Preeti, boxing in the 57 kg (featherweight category), defeated Uzbekistanโ€™s Turdibekova Sitora in a dominant fashion by 5-0 in her quarterfinal match. She assured India of the second medal in the tournament.
โ€œThat was PREETI amazing nd medal confirmed #AsianChampionships #PunchMeinHaiDum #Boxing,โ€ tweeted the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).

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On the other hand, Sakshi suffered a 0-5 loss to Chinese Taipeiโ€™s Hsiao-Wen Huang in the quarterfinal of the 54 kg (bantamweight) category.
โ€œComeback stronger #AsianChampionships #PunchMeinHaiDum #Boxing,โ€ tweeted BFI.
The event will be held in Jordan from November 1 to November 12.
India squad (as per Olympics.com):
Men: Govind Sahani (48kg), Sparsh Kumar (51kg), Ananta Chopade (54kg), Md. Hussamuddin (57kg), Etash Khan (60kg), Shiva Thapa (63.5kg), Amit Kumar (67kg), Sachin (71kg), Sumit (75kg), Lakshya (80kg), Kapil (86kg), Naveen (92kg), Narender (+92kg)
Women: Monika (48kg), Savita (50kg), Minakshi (52kg), Sakshi (54kg), Preeti (57kg), Simranjit (60kg), Parveen (63kg), Ankushita Boro (66kg), Pooja (70kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), Saweety Boora (81kg), Alfiya Pathan (+81kg).

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Galwan clash hero Colonel Santosh Babu awarded Maha Vir Chakra posthumously

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New Delhi: Colonel B Santosh Babu, 37, who was killed during the clash with Chinese soldiers in Ladakhโ€™s Galwan Valley in 2020, was on Tuesday posthumously awarded Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) for extraordinary courage and leadership, by President Ram Nath Kovind at an investiture ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Babuโ€™s widow, B Santoshi, and mother, B Manjula, received the award.

The President also awarded Vir Chakra (VrC) to five other Galwan braves who fought off numerically superior Chinese troops on June 15, 2020. Four of them were awarded the VrC posthumously. The MVC is Indiaโ€™s second-highest wartime gallantry award followed by the VrC.

The posthumous VrC awardees are Naib Subedar Nuduram Soren (16 Bihar), Havildar K Palani (81 Field) Naik Deepak Singh (16 Bihar) and Sepoy Gurtej Singh (3 Punjab). Havildar Tejinder Singh (3 Medium) was the only living recipient of the wartime honour. The brutal clash pushed the India-China bilateral relationship to a breaking point.

Babuโ€™s citation said: โ€œUndaunted by the violent and aggressive action by overwhelming strength of enemy soldiers, the officer in true spirit of service before self, continued to resist the enemyโ€™s attempt to pushback Indian troops. Despite being grievously injured, Colonel Babu led from the front with absolute command and control despite hostile conditions to deter the vicious enemy attack at his position.โ€

Twenty Indian soldiers were killed in the seven-hour deadly conflict near Patrolling Point (PP) 14 in Galwan Valley, where outnumbered Indian troops inflicted heavy casualties on the Chinese Peopleโ€™s Liberation Army (PLA).

Apart from 16 Bihar soldiers; soldiers from 3 Punjab, 3 Medium Regiment and 81 Field Regiment were involved in what was the first deadly conflict between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in more than five decades.

The first wave of fighting in Galwan Valley erupted around 6pm on June 15 after Colonel Babu led a squad of 30 soldiers to a location near PP-14 to verify if the PLA had removed some structures erected in the area despite an understanding reached on June 6 by top Indian and Chinese military commanders on a disengagement plan to cool border tensions.

 

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