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Mirabai Chanu PV Sindhu

Falguni Nayar Sachin Tendulkar

Transition Agency Review Teams for both NASA Pradesh before migrating to the United States in 11. falgunI naYar
and the Department of Défense. Bhavya Lal serves the mid-1980s. Indian businesswoman and Nykaa founder
as the senior advisor to the NASA Administrator 9. mIraBaI chanu Falguni Nayar became India’s richest self-made
for budget and finance. Mirabai Chanu from Imphal in Manipur made woman billionaire and is among the world’s richest
7. dr. SwaTI mohan history by becoming India’s first Silver medalist in women as her company had a blockbuster listing in
Dr. Swati Mohan, as Indian American Aero- weightlifting event at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 the stock markets on November 10. Her net worth
space Engineer with NASA made it to the news- held on August 5, 2021. Chanu won the silver med- now stands at a whopping Rs 48,000 crore. 58-year-
room in the third week of February 2021 for suc- al in the 49kg weight category. old Nayar started Nykaa eight years ago, and it has
cessfully landing NASA’s Perseverance Rover on During the 49 Kg category final, the 26-year- since then become one of the most popular online
Mars. She acted as the Guidance, Navigation and old Chanu lifted 87 kg in snatch and 115 kg in the platforms for beauty and personal care products.
Control lead for NASA Mars Rover. Dr. Swati Clean and Jerk event to achieve a total of 202, 12. SachIn Tendulkar
also provided much of the commentary from mis- making Indian history. It was Mirabai Chanu who Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar is among
sion control during its tense entry, descent and opened India’s medal account at the 2020 Tokyo the 50 most influential people on Twitter this year,
landing. Olympics by striking silver medal thus figuring in placed at number 35, according to annual research
This was significant after the rover had been the list of prominent newsmakers of 2021
in the space for seven months, with some tense 10. Pv SIndhu carried out by consumer intelligence company
Brandwatch. The legendary right-hander is ranked
moments as it navigated a tricky touchdown after Indian ace badminton player Pusarla Venkata above the likes of American actors Dwayne Johnson
plunging through the Martian atmosphere. And Sindhu aka PV Sindhu, 26, won a bronze medal and Leonardo Di Caprio, and former first lady of
Indian-born Swati spearheaded the mission as she at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 held August 1, 2021 the United States Michelle Obama among others.
steered the controls and the landing of the rover. on after defeating China’s He Bing Jiao 21-13 21- American singer Taylor Swift is at number 1 spot
8. SamIr BanerJee 15. With this PV Sindhu becomes the first Indian and PM Narendra Modi is placed at number two in
A 17-years-old Indian-origin American tennis woman to win two Olympic medals individually the list. The research cited Tendulkar’s “apprecia-
prodigy Samir Banerjee won the Wimbledon boys’ emerging a newsmaker in 2021. ble real work for the less fortunate, lending his voice
singles title on July 11 defeating Victor Lilov in an She was awarded the Padma Shri 2020 as well and presence for the right causes, his inspired fans
all-American final. Samir’s father, Kunal, was born as selected as BBC Indian Sportswoman of the following his work and his partner brands’ relevant
in Assam, and his mother was raised in Andhra Year in March 2020. impactful campaigns” for his inclusion in the list.

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