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1. Shooter Avani Lekhara becomes the first Indian woman to win a Paralympic gold medal as she topped the podium in women's 10m Air Rifle Standing (SH1) event at the Tokyo Paralympics on Monday. The Indian shooter created a Paralympics record and equalled the world record with a score of 249.6 to win the gold medal. 2. Discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya clinches a silver medal in the men's F56 event in the Paralympics here on Monday as athletics remained India's happy hunting ground at the Games. The 24-year-old, a B.Com graduate from New Delhi's Kirorimal College, sent the disc to a best distance of 44.38m in his sixth and last attempt to clinch the silver. 3. Sundar Singh Gurjar also chips in with a bronze, finishing behind Jhajharia in the men's javelin throw F46 final. The F46 classification is for athletes with arm deficiency, impaired muscle power or impaired passive range of movement in arms, with athletes competing in a standing position. 4. Rockets were fired at Kabul's airport on Monday where US troops were racing to complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan and evacuate allies under the threat of ISIS group attacks. 5. Mandatory thermal screening, staggered lunch breaks, alternate seating arrangement in classrooms and avoiding routine guest visits are among the guidelines announced by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority for reopening of schools and colleges from September 1. 6. The Indian equity benchmarks scales fresh record highs on Monday wherein the National Stock Exchange benchmark Nifty 50 index advanced as much as 167 points to hit record high of 16,872 and the Sensex jumped as much as 578 points to hit an all-time high of 56,701. The global equity markets jumped after US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell struck a more dovish tone than some investors expected in long-awaited speech on Friday. 7. India is celebrating Janmashtami in mids of Covid, celebrations are not the usual.