Top Current Affairs of the day: 09 August 2022
India Won The Silver Medal At Commonwealth Games 2022 In Women's Cricket
Indian women's cricket team secured the country's 1st-ever medal in cricket in the history of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Highlights:
- Indian women's cricket team secured the country's 1st-ever medal in cricket in the history of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
The Women in Blue reached the gold medal match after beating hosts England in a clash at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground.
At Edgbaston ground, Australia scored 161/8 in the final played.
- The Indian team scored 152 runs in 19.3 overs, and India lost the gold medal match by 9 runs.
PV Sindhu Won Gold In Women's Single Badminton At CWG
P V Sindhu, India's shuttler, won the gold medal in the final of women's single at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Highlights:
P V Sindhu, India's shuttler, won the gold medal in the final of women's single at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
The double Olympic medalist beat Michelle Li to win the Gold.
Sindhu beat Michelle by 21-15, 21-13. This is the 1st-ever Commonwealth Games singles Gold of Sindhu's career.
Nagasaki Day Is On 9th August
Japan commemorates 9th of August as Nagasaki day every year. On August 9, 1945, the USA dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
Highlights:
Japan commemorates 9th of August as Nagasaki day every year. On August 9, 1945, the USA dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
It was code-named "Fat Man" because of the bomb's design as it had a wide, round shape.
A US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on August 9, 1945, on the city, killing almost 20,000 people.
This year, 2022, marks the 77th anniversary of the tragic incident and will pay tribute to those who lost their lives in that attack or were left alive to die in the nuclear radiation.
