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The Thrissur native breached her personal best twice and leapt 6.63 metres to bag the second spot behind Shiqi Xiong of China, who jumped 6.73 metres to claim gold.
India picked up two gold, four silver and three bronze on the day which was marred by controversy in the women's 100m hurdles final.
The officials eventually disqualified the Chinese runner Yanni Wu and upgraded Jyothi's medal to silver.
In the 400m race final, Aishwarya Mishra finished fourth with a time of 53.50s in the women's event while Keralite Muhammed Ajmal clocked 45.97s to end up fifth spot in the men's competition.
The way Chopra carries himself reflects his humility and desire to make a positive impact beyond his chosen discipline.
Keralite Sreeshankar produced a jump of 7.97m in his opening jump to book his spot in the final.
The 24-year-old Baliyan hurled the iron ball to a distance of 17.36m in her third attempt for her best effort of the day to open India's medal account in athletics.
Twins making it to the Indian team in any sport is rare, and Vithya and Nithya will go a step further next week when they represent the country in the continental event.
Around five per cent of the Chinese population earns a living from the sector either directly or indirectly.
Like the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, local organisers will hope Hangzhou can showcase the nation's strength and that home athletes will put China top of the medals table as they have done at the last 10 editions.