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Nagpur skater Nikhilesh Tabhane wins Bronze medal in China

August 7, 2018, 3:31 AM

Nation Next Newsroom | Nagpur

International skater from Nagpur, Nikhilesh Tabhane, on Saturday, won a Bronze medal at the Speed Staking Championship held in China. — Nikhilesh Tabhane (Photo Source: NTSW/Facebook)

International skater from Nagpur, Nikhilesh Tabhane, on Saturday, made the city proud by winning a Bronze medal at the Haining Open International Speed Staking Championship held in China. Tabhane was the only Indian skater to reach the final.

Tabhane, secured the Bronze medal, as he finished third in the 500 meters mens round. The Indian skater clocked 43.330 seconds at the end of the race. The Gold and the Silver medals were won by Willy Lo (China, 42.873 secs) and Yen Chi (Chinese Taipei, 43.211 secs) respectively.

Tabhane, who is often referred to as India’s fastest speed skater, won the Asian Bronze medal in 2016. The skater owns a skates academy (Nikhilesh Tabhane Skates World), which aims at promoting roller sports at larger level to uplift talented athletes in India.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

Daily Updates

Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.