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Chapter 8: Youth Icons of India

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Introduction

  • The youth are an essential demographic and an essential force for development and change.
  • They have the power to alter social institutions, affect markets, and create policy.
  • These are essential to achieving the goals of AatmaNirbhar Bharat.
  • Indian youth icons include people like:

SUNDAR PICHAI

  • He runs Google as its CEO and in the year 2022, he received the Padma Bhushan Award.

SATYA NADELLA

  • He is the CEO of Microsoft, and in 2022, he received the Padma Bhushan award for his services to business and industry.

NAVEEN TIWARI

  • He established a business in the consumer internet space that has created very innovative online services including Glance and Roposo.

Some of the Prominent Youth Icons in the Field of Sports

  • Sharath Kamal Achanta: He is one of the most remarkable table tennis players in India who was granted the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2022.
  • Seema Punia: For her outstanding work in the sport of athletics, she was given the Arjuna Award in 2022.
  • Neeraj Chopra: In the men's javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, he made history by earning India's first-ever athletics gold medal.

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, a young man who defeated Magnus Carlsen, the well-known global chess champion from Norway

Indian Rupee Depreciation

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UN Environment Assembly (UNEA)

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23rd India–Russia Annual Summit

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Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)

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Judicial Pendency

The Union Minister of Law and Justice has highlighted a serious manpower crisis in the Indian judiciary, where high judicial vacancies combined with a rising case load—nearly 4.80 crore pend
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India’s Electoral Integrity

India’s electoral integrity is increasingly under strain, not because of an absence of reforms, but due to the introduction of potentially deformative measures such as Delimitation, One Nati
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Bioremediation in India

India is increasingly revisiting bioremediation as pollution from sewage, industrial waste, pesticides, plastics, and oil spills continues to degrade the country’s soil, water, and air. Conv
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Police Reforms in India

At the 60th All India Conference of Director Generals/Inspector Generals of Police in Raipur, held under the theme ‘Viksit Bharat: Security Dimensions’, the Prime Minister emphasized t
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Assam Accord

The Supreme Court has recently asked the Union Government to clarify whether a new executive order allowing the entry of persecuted minorities into India violates the 1971 cut-off date prescribed
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Supreme Court Directions on Digital Arrest Scams

A Bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, issued a landmark directive aimed at strengthening India’s response to cybercrime. Grant of Pan-In
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