India bags four gold medals at International Chemistry Olympiad

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Indian team members Debadatta Priyadarshi, Harshit Singhal, Kabeer Chhillar and Sandeep Kuchi for winning Gold Medals at the 58th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from July 10 to 19.

• In the country-wise medals tally, India was placed at the first position jointly with China, Vietnam. 

• This year’s IChO had 363 students from 93 countries, making it the biggest IChO till date. 

• This is India’s best performance in IChO with the first-ever all-gold haul!

• This was the 27th appearance of India at the IChO. 

• In all these years, 32 per cent of the Indian students have got gold medals, 51 per cent silver, and 17 per cent bronze.

37th International Biology Olympiad

• PM Modi also praised the medal winners at the 37th International Biology Olympiad held in Vilnius, Lithuania.

• All four Indian team members secured medals, including one gold.

• There were 307 students from 78 countries in this year’s Olympiad. 

• In all 31 gold, 61 silver, and 91 bronze medals were awarded.

• This was India’s 26th appearance at the IBO. Of the 104 students so far, 17 have received gold medals, 69 silver, 17 bronze, and one honourable mention. 

• In the last 10 years, the gold and silver strike rates have been 25 per cent and 68 per cent, respectively.