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SURAT, GUJARAT: G D Goenka International School, Surat , Gujarat has been appreciated by the India Book of Records (IBR) for organising Sports Mun-2020 Conference. There were six committees namely WHO, FIFA, IPL 1, IPL 2, IOC and IP. The event was divided into five committee sessions followed by socials and a Zumba session, as confirmed on January 12, 2021. GDGIS SPORTS MUN-2020 conference was held on Dec 30-31, 2020. Sports was introduced for the first time in MUN. Over 100 delegates registered and 25 schools participated, including the schools from Singapore and Sharjah. Principals of various schools and sports personalities participated in the opening as well as closing ceremonies. The aim of the conference was to enhance co-curricular activities and sports in schools all over the country during the pandemic for a healthy youth development. Encouraging lifelong involvement in sports and physical activities in order to provide healthier, safer, and prosperous communities was an...

New Delhi : The record for being the youngest researcher to publish his research paper in a reputed journal was set by Tannay Sanjeev Kumar, who is from Mumbai, Maharashtra . His article titled ‘Optical Fiber’ was published in Asian Journal of Convergence in Technology on March 28, 2020 at the age of 14 years, 4 months and 25 days, as confirmed on January 21, 2021. Tannay (born on November 3, 2005) says, “I like to explore new fields and therefore I started researching. Whatever I researched about, I wrote it down in my book. I got the idea to share this information in the form of research papers, therefore, I wrote research papers and published them in internationally reputed journals and also presented them in research conferences. I have been writing research papers since 2019. In that time span, I have written four internationally published research papers.” The challenges he faced were to find credible sources that could be trusted, produce data that could be understood by peo...

  The record for the fastest world mapping by a group of girls was set by four students of Andhra Pradesh Tribal Welfare Residential School (APTWRS), Alur, Kurnool , at APTWREI Society, Gurukulam, Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) on December 30, 2020. The group included Banavath Gayathri Bai (Group leader), Sugali Roja Bai, Madiga Manjula and Thota Anu Vyshnavi Devi. They drew an outline of the world map marking the boundaries of all (195) countries of the world in a time span of 1 minute and 15 seconds only. The record has been certified by the India Book of Records (IBR). The attempt was inspired by the coach and principal of the school, K S Sai Kishore. The girls practiced for one year before attempting for the record. They used to give direct demos of in schools and to make the students aware of this unique learning style. The students and teachers stared on the black board with surprise. The group received a lot of appreciation and gifts for this art. It was not easy in the be...