Indian shooter Avani Lekhara on Monday scripted history by becoming the first-ever female athlete from the country to win the gold medal at the Paralympic Games. The 19-year-old shooter fired her way to the podium in the women’s 10m air rifle event. She signed off from the colossal event with a world record-equalling score of 249.6, which is now a Paralympics record.

The United Nations Security Council, under the current Presidency of India, on Monday, August 30, 2021, adopted a resolution on the situation in Afghanistan, demanding that the war-torn country not be used to threaten or attack any nation or shelter terrorists.