News in Short

• Shahrukh Khan smashed a dramatic last ball six to help Tamil Nadu defend the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 title with a thrilling four-wicket win over Karnataka in the summit clash.
• Needing 16 runs off the last over, power-hitter Khan kept his cool under pressure to clobber the final delivery over deep-square leg to take Tamil Nadu to 153 for 6 and seal a famous win.
• Tamil Nadu thus avenged their heart-breaking one-run loss to Karnataka in the 2019 final.
• Earlier, Karnataka rode on some aggressive batting by AbhinavManohar, Praveen Dubey and J Suchithto post 151 for 7.

• Karnataka’s first sanctuary for marine animals will come up at Honnavar in Uttara Kannada.The Karnataka State Wildlife Board has approved the creation of the sanctuary.
• The creation of the sanctuary is aimed at strengthening the focus on the conservation of marine animals, including Olive Ridley sea turtles.
• The turtles breed on the coastal belt in places like Honnavar and Kundapur. The jurisdiction of the sanctuary will cover both beach and sea areas.

• Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said his Government would allow the aid to transit over the land route through Pakistan.
• India had protested the delay in Pakistan’s permissions for the aid to be facilitated, including most recently at the 8-nation Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan in New Delhi.
• The offer of wheat and other medical supplies was made formally to the Taliban regime by a Ministry of External Affairs delegation that attended the Moscow format conference in Russia.

• Former South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who took power in a 1979 coup and brutally crushed pro-democracy protests passed away. He was 90.
• Chun was an army major general when he seized power in December 1979 with his military cronies.
• He was tried for corruption, mutiny and treason and was sentenced to death upon conviction. He was pardoned in 1997 in a bid for national reconciliation.

• Colonel Santosh Babu, who laid down his life while resisting a vicious attack by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) at Ladakh’s Galwan Valley last year, will be accorded the MahaVir Chakra posthumously.
• Colonel Babu led the defence from the front despite being grievously injured, in recognition of which he is being posthumously accorded the military decoration.
• The MahaVir Chakra is awarded for acts of courage shown in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea, or in the air.