An Indian novel, "Tomb of Sand," has won the International Booker Prize.

• For "Tomb of Sand," Indian writer Geetanjali Shree and American translator Daisy Rockwell won the International Booker Prize.
• It`s the first novel written in any Indian language to win the prestigious award, which honors fiction from all over the world translated into English. The prize money of 50,000 pounds ($63,000) will be split between Shree, who resides in New Delhi, and Rockwell, who lives in Vermont.
• Tilted Axis Press, a tiny publisher in the United Kingdom, has released "Tomb of Sand." It was formed by Deborah Smith, a translator who received the International Booker Prize in 2016 for her translation of Han Kang`s "The Vegetarian," to publish novels from Asia.

At the IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships, Harshada Sharad Garud wins the first gold medal.

• With 153 kilos lifted, she won the 45-kilogram weight category, including 70 kilograms in Snatch and 83 kilograms in Clean and Jerk.
• On the first day of the competition, Garud led India to a medal, leaving eight competitors behind. Turkey`s Bektas Cansu took silver, while Moldova`s Teodora-Luminita Hincu bronze.
• Anjali Patel, the second Indian in the same weight division, finished sixth with 148 kilos, including 67 kgs in snatch and 81 kgs in clean and jerk.
• Harshada Sharad Garud won the under-17 girls` title in the 2020 Khelo India Youth Games, becoming the first Indian weightlifter to earn a gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championship 2022.
• Harshada began weightlifting at the age of 12 after her father, Sharad Garud, a state-level weightlifter, encouraged her.

At the IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships, Harshada Sharad Garud wins the first gold medal.

• With 153 kilos lifted, she won the 45-kilogram weight category, including 70 kilograms in Snatch and 83 kilograms in Clean and Jerk.
• On the first day of the competition, Garud led India to a medal, leaving eight competitors behind. Turkey`s Bektas Cansu took silver, while Moldova`s Teodora-Luminita Hincu bronze.
• Anjali Patel, the second Indian in the same weight division, finished sixth with 148 kilos, including 67 kgs in snatch and 81 kgs in clean and jerk.
• Harshada Sharad Garud won the under-17 girls` title in the 2020 Khelo India Youth Games, becoming the first Indian weightlifter to earn a gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championship 2022.
• Harshada began weightlifting at the age of 12 after her father, Sharad Garud, a state-level weightlifter, encouraged her.

Cynthia Rosenzweig of NASA has been awarded the 2022 World Food Prize.

• Cynthia Rosenzweig is a senior research scientist and head of the Climate Impacts Group at NASA`s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). She has been awarded the World Food Prize Foundation`s 2022 World Food Prize. 
• Rosenzweig won the prize for her work on understanding the relationship between climate and food systems and predicting how they may evolve in the future.
• The World Food Prize is a prestigious international prize intended as the "Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture" with a mission to elevate discoveries and encourage the movement to responsibly raise the quality, quantity, and affordability of food for all, according to the World Food Prize Foundation.