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ness magnate Ratan Tata with
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TOP 3 BUZZ
OF THE DAY
Water’s ultimate
freezing point just
got even lower!
NEWSMAKER
K Srikanth clinches historic silver at
World Badminton Championships
You read it right. Scientists have managed to The responsibility of
reduce the limit of when water (H2O) freezes to - educationists today is
47.2°F (-44°C), down from -36.4°F (-38°C). The not to award a degree
but to teach to achieve
experts achieved their record using droplets only Previously, any ease of living, which can
around two nanometres in diameter - about one water droplet was happen only when young-
known to freeze sters are able to find a sus-
million times smaller than a snowflake. tainable start-up source of
at any tempera-
 Scientists claim the new finding is significant, as the freezing point of tiny
living for themselves,
ture between instead of harping on gov-
water droplets plays a vital role in the survival of animals in cold environ-
32°F and 36.4°F ernment jobs. The two-fold

K
idambi Srikanth
clinched a historic
silver medal in the
World Badminton
Championships after suffering
a straight-game defeat to Loh
Kean Yew of Singapore in the
summit clash to notch up the
best-ever performance by an
Indian in the men's singles in
Huelva, Spain on Sunday. The
28-year-old Srikanth thus bet-
tered the feats of legendary
Prakash Padukone (bronze in
1983), B Sai Praneeth (bronze
in 2019) and Lakshya Sen
(bronze in this edition), whom
he had beaten in the semifi-
 The maiden silver also
placed Srikanth alongside P V
Sindhu and Saina Nehwal,
who had finished runners-up
in the past
 Sindhu had won the covet-
ed gold in 2019, two silver
and two bronze, while Saina
claimed the silver at the 2015
Jakarta and a bronze at 2017
$2.6million winning bid for
Glasgow
 It is also the first time
that India won two medals in
the men's singles at the
ment. In fact, according to them, a frozen water droplet inside an animal cell
leads to the rupture of the cell and death. Moreover, understanding the con- (0°C to -38°C). objective of the National
ditions that lead to the formation of ice could also help research in planetary (SOURCE: DAILY MAIL) Education Policy (NEP) 2020
science, such as assessing conditions on other worlds, they add is to correct past anomalies
and introduce contemporary
provisions that are in keep-
ing with the present global
Up, up and they pay: FACTOID trends. India has now
become a part of the global
Superman #1 comic $496,000 world and is being recog-
nised as ‘Jagat Guru’, there-
fore the education parame-
That’s the price of The Beatles’ icon Paul
rare copy of a Superman #1 comic book that sold on McCartney's bass guitar, which was sold at an ters should be in keeping

nals on Saturday.
EDUCATION
ISRO offers 15 weeks course in remote
sensing, geographical information system
A
World Championships
newsstands for a dime in 1939, was purchased for auction recently. Incidentally, it is the most- with the global standards, if
$2.6 million in an auction recently. The comic showing
expensive bass ever sold. it has to compete and excel
Superman leaping over tall buildings on the cover was sold to a globally. One of the new pro-
buyer who wishes to maintain a secret identity, according to
ComicConnect.com, an online auction and consignment compa- The 79-year-old
visions of the NEP-2020 in
the form of multiple entry-
ny. The seller, Mark Michaelson, bought the comic in 1979 from
its original owner and kept it in a temperature-controlled safe.
musician used the
and-exit option is something
Yamaha BB-1200 in
the studio and on to be cherished, as this aca-
The character created by tour with Wings, demic flexibility will have a
writer Jerry Siegel and and when it was positive impact on the stu-
artist Joe Shuster is a sold at the week- dents as regards to availing
pioneer of the superhero end, the instrument of different career opportu-
genre, and the comics smashed the previ- nities at different times,
featuring the Man of
ously-held record depending upon their intrin-
Steel have netted super
highest selling price sic leaning and inherent apti-
prices recently.
ComicConnect announced of a bass guitar, which was set last year when a tude.
1969 Fender Mustang belonging to former Rolling Jitendra Singh,

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he Indian Space ■ The course includes four in April that a copy of Action Comics #1, the comic that
Research Organi-
modules. At the end of each introduced Superman in 1938, sold for $3.25 million. Stones rocker Bill Wyman sold for $384,000. Union minister
sation (ISRO) in
collaboration module, there will be an
with the Institute of Re- assignment/quiz to test the
mote Sensing (IRS) is all
set to of fer a free online candidates overall knowledge

BIGGEST SPACE
course for students, pro- on the subject
fessionals and re- ■ The final examination will
searchers. Called basics of
remote sensing, g eo- be conducted at the end of
the course

g raphical infor mation
system (GIS) and global
navig ation satellite sys-
tem (GNSS), the online
course can be completed
in 15 weeks.
CYBER ZONE
Coming soon: National unified cyber
security taskforce
MISSIONS OF 2021
■ The certificate will be
issued based on the internal
and final marks obtained
MARTIAN MISSIONS A STATION IN SPACE
UAE, NASA and China success- In April, China launched its Tiangong
fully launched their Mars pro- space station, which is being built in
gramme.
While on
low-earth orbit. The Tianhe control
centre was the first section to launch. A
February 9, central docking hub will connect the module
United Arab to other sections of the space station, or to

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larmed at the growing danger from cyberattacks and threats to
national security, the government is in the process of setting up a Emirates’ Hope visiting spacecraft.
unified national-level cyber security taskforce with a special fo- orbiter reached Tianhe also has a
cus on the risks emanating from the telecom sector. orbit around Mars, hatch for astro-
NASA’s nauts to enter and
Perseverance touched down inside the Red exit the station.
➤ The telecom Planet's Jezero Crater on February 18. In The station will
department will the same month, China’s Tianwen-1 also host experiments
develop an inter- landed on the red planet. from several coun-
nal taskforce with tries, including India and Russia.
the relevant skill TICKET TO SPACE
sets and capabili-
Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson each took a PARKER SOLAR PROBE,
spin in their supersonic, suborbital rockets in NASA's spacecraft Parker Solar Probe
ties required July, kicking off a new era of space travel in touched the sun flying past its outer
specifically for the which billionaire- atmosphere and
telecom sector. backed companies entering the
“This sub-task force will work in conjunction with the offered the high-
'Corona', the
flying excursions to
unified national-level cyber security task force that sun's upper
anyone who can
has been envisaged,” according to sources atmosphere.
afford it. Bezos'
➤ Currently, cyber threats are handled by the spe- NASA stated that
Blue Origin devel-
the spacecraft
cialised Indian computer emergency response team or oped a 60-foot-tall
vertically- launched rocket, while Virgin has sampled particles and magnetic
CERT-In, which operates under the ministry of elec- fields in Corona, a giant leap for solar
tronics and IT Galactic built an air-launched rocket-pow-
ered space plane to travel to space. science'.
 02 “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able
to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
Aristotle
i-OPENER
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2021

Plain ONE WORLD, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES HOW TO

decency Explore diversity in vision and figure out how the same topic may be viewed
differently by different folks. This is a mirror to society and life
TEACH KIDS
You didn’t need to be invited
TO FORM AN
to the VicKat wedding to OPINION
powwow its menu It isn’t a hard task. But in the age
of opinion at the click of a button

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ow that the it becomes necessary to teach
Vicky
Kaushal-
young ones how to form an
Katrina Kaif opinion. Here’s how you can go
wedding is over, I about it…

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hope the media cov- he first thing you need o know
is that kids have opinions.
ARNAB RAY erage can go back to Everyone has opinions. It’s not
less serious matters a bad thing. But to direct
– a global pandemic, rising prices and thought in a manner that is educative
political gridlock. and lets the imagination soar is a task
If I sound pissed off, it’s because I
MP’s rule on clearing scripts that cannot be taken lightly. A few point-
ers…
am. I was one of the 12 people who saw before movie shoots is anti-creativity
Katrina Kaif’s debut movie, ‘Boom’, from
start to finish, and one would have and anti-business 1 Listen to children when they talk.
Listen hard. It will give you a fair idea
about what they are thinking.
thought that such a long friendship with Photo: GETTY IMAGES
one of the protagonists of the wedding,
at a time when she was so little known,
TOI Edit

Bad news for democracy
would have been met with a bit more
gratitude. They apparently had a pass-
MP home minister Narottam
word to get into the wedding, and the Mishra announced recently that the
last time I heard of a public gathering state government has finalised
guidelines whereby anybody want-
being password-protected was in ‘Eyes ing to shoot a film, OTT drama or
Wide Shut’. even an ad will have to submit a
complete script to the collector’s of-
fice, and the officer will decide if
there is anything ‘objectionable’ in
it before saying yes or no.
Blow to creative freedom
MP’s decision is terrible news in a
democracy, and one that prides itself
in the soft power of its film and en-
tertainment industry. India is expe-
riencing some kind of a filmmaking
movies made in dozens of countries
around the world are seen and liked
by Indians. India is a major market
WHAT IS
CENSORSHIP IN
INDIA?
The Constitution of India
guarantees freedom of
expression, but places certain
restrictions on content to
maintain communal and reli-
gious harmony. According to
the Information Technology
Rules 2011, objectionable con-
tent includes anything that
“threatens the unity, integri-
ty, defence, security or sov-
Dangerous road ahead ereignty of India, friendly
2 This may sound like a cliché but it’s
not. Ask your kids about their opinion
on any current issue; doesn’t have to be
worldly. Start small. Ask them things like
“what do you and your friends talk about
today at the park?”, or, “what is it that
you like about your school?”. They will
learn to open up. It’s essential for chil-
dren to know that they can say what they
are feeling within, without hesitation.
3 You can find a lot of picture opinion
writing books for kids these days.
Like ‘Emily's Perfect Pet’, in which a child
is trying to convince her family to adopt a
pet. Another book in the same genre is
‘Stella Writes and Opinion’. Here, a girl
Photo: ISTOCKPHOTO.COM

paradigm shift as OTT productions, and content producer for OTT be- MP has pioneered a rule that, if relations with foreign states
as well as some movie hall releases, cause it has the audience and the tal- replicated, can easily deal a body or public order”.
made here get good response from ent – but this rich ecosystem is pred- blow to that freedom. Bad ideas have
critics and audiences abroad, and icated on creative freedom. a way of replicating across states.

A HISTORY OF CENSORSHIP IN INDIA

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In 2016, ‘Udta

1 2
In 2002, the film ‘War
and Peace’, depicting
scenes of nuclear
testing and the 11 Septe-
I get it, it was very exclusive, but I mber 2001 attacks, was
read someplace that they were threaten- asked to make 21 cuts.
ing to shoot down paparazzi drones. That Director Anand Patwar-
was a bit too much, I mean when I was a dhan objected, saying,
“The cuts asked for are so
In 2004, the In 2006,
documentary seven Punjab’, ran into
‘Final Solution’, states, trouble with the
which looks at reli- including Naga- CBFC, resulting in a public
gious rioting was land, Punjab, Goa, re-examination of the
banned. The film fol- Tamil Nadu, Andhra ethics of film censorship.
lows 2002 clashes in Pradesh, had The film, depicted a struc-
Gujarat, which left ‘Da Vinci Code’ banned the release tural drug problem in
or exhibition of the Punjab. The CBFC, on 9

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kid and someone in the locality was get- more than 1,000 peo- The CBFC demanded
ting married and they did not invite us, ridiculous that they won’t ple dead. The board jus- Hollywood movie ‘The Da June 2016, released a list
five cuts from the 2011 of 94 cuts and 13 point-
they at least had the decency to let us hold up in court. But if tified the ban, saying it American film ‘The Vinci Code’ (and also the
stand on our own balcony and criticise (they do), it will be the was ‘highly provocative, book). However, the ers, including deletion of
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’. city names. Later, the film
them, no one threatened to train guns to end of freedom of expres- may trigger off unrest “. The producers and the respective high courts
the skies – put this down to growing sion in the Indian media.” The ban was lifted in lifted the ban and the was cleared by the
director David Fincher final- Bombay High Court with
intolerance. The court decreed the October 2004 after a ly decided not to release movie was shown in
Pre-announcing the menu though was cuts unconstitutional. sustained campaign. two states. one cut and disclaimers.
the film in India.
a gutsy move, I will give you that,
because it provided an honest basis on
which guests could decide how much they

The Straight-Talking CDS

would spend on the wedding gift. But now
that I think of it, even if they had invited
me, I don’t think I would have gone. First
of all, the wedding venue was not on the
bus route and would be too expensive to
take a taxi to. But mostly, because the
menu was just not acceptable. No instant
coffee, no chili fish, no fish orly, no
Bhetki fish fry, and instead, I hear there
Photo: GETTY IMAGES
writes her opinion to convince her family
why it’s essential for her to have a morn-
ing snack! It’s easy, fun reading. And
books like these teaches kids to argue
their case with eloquence.
General Bipin Rawat was always forthright. His
4 Congratulate them for winning a case
Who Cared job was tough. But he was on top of it
gracefully. But also tell them arguing
a case or having an opinion doesn’t mean,
they’ll always win.

was avocado from the Philippines and

Satish Dua
5 An exercise in opinion-building teach-
areas of the country, from the This is a rare quality.
cheese from Holland? Who cares, when Line of Control in Jammu & He was always destined es both kids and parents about each
you can’t pony up for lyangcha, a

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he helicopter crash Kashmir, to the Line of Ac- for high places and it was no
other. This becomes very valuable as kids
delicacy from Bardhaman dis- that tragically cut tual Control in the Northeast, surprise he became the
short the lives of and in counterinsurgency Army Chief. grow up. Because the world around them
trict of Bengal, and avocado the Chief of De- environments. He was a statesman-sol- is only going to get more complicated,
at weddings fence Staff, General Bipin His merit was one stand- dier. Not only did he start in-
and they should think about issues and
has to be the Rawat, and 13 others was a out facet of his character, the tegrating warriors and
professional and personal other was his forthrightness. sailors, he also worked well have the confidence to ask about them
biggest menu
blow for me. I have had He was, in fact, sometimes with the bureaucracy. when they are confused.
disruptor decades of close association blunt. Even if he was talk-
since they
came up with
with General Rawat and
much of what I write in this
tribute to him is straight
ing to someone close to him,
he spoke straight. Being hon-
est mattered to him more
Unfinished task
Since General Rawat was ap-
6 After watching a movie together, ask
kids about what they thought about
it. Who they like and why. And who they
cheese mush- from the heart. than courting popularity. pointed the CDS two years
rooms in posh What is especially trag- He was also someone ago, the world has under-
thought was wrong. And why.
Bengali weddings in ic about the death of India’s you could talk frankly with. gone a sea-change - the pan-
the 90s, and I don’t first CDS is that General
think I am a fan of either.
Rawat had earlier in his ca-
reer survived a helicopter
He was, in fact, sometimes blunt. Even if
Anyways, who cares, crash. It was 2015, and he he was talking to someone close... he
all of this is just a storm in

was a Corps Commander in
the Northeast. The chopper
a teacup. Who cares for the
luxurious weddings of the
he was flying in crashed and
he survived. But, typically,
rich and the famous? There he was unflappable, and flew
are far bigger things to pon- on in a different chopper af-
ter a couple of hours.
der, like why, oh why, do I When I had learnt of
never get invited to events this, I was among the first
that matter? ones to call Madhulika, his
wife, who was also a good
friend, and who also died in
Wednesday’s crash. My
LETTERS TO heart goes out to General
Rawat’s family, his two
THE EDITOR
daughters have lost both par-
ents, a terrible blow at any
stage of life.
Also tragic is that the
It’s important to make your journey General Rawat took
voice heard. is a standard one for many
senior officers. I have been
Send Letters to the Editor to the Defence Services Staff
College at Wellington, to give
at toinie175@gmail.com a talk as Chief of Integrat-
ed Defence Staff. It is SOP to
land at the Air Force Base in
Sulur, beyond which one pro-
ceeds on helicopter because
of the hilly terrain. What
happened on Wednesday will
be established in the inquiry.
Straight-talking &
approachable
Let me assess General Rawat
as a soldier and a man. He
was a diehard infantry offi-
cer; a thorough professional
and a highly competent
leader. He passed out first in
the order of merit in the In-
dian Military Academy and
was awarded the sword of ho-
nour. Thereafter, his per-
formance on all profession-
al courses was outstanding,
including in courses abroad.
He served in all operational
spoke straight. Being honest mattered
to him more than courting popularity
When he was Army Chief, I
was the Chief of the Inte-
grated Defence Staff. We
worked very closely, espe-
cially, on integration of
forces. Since he was a good
friend, it was very easy to
work with him and have a
candid exchange of ideas on
this sensitive topic, and we
had our share of differences.
Right man for top job
General Rawat was also very
approachable. He would go
to great lengths to ensure the
welfare of his juniors, his
jawans, and anybody who
came in contact with him.
H
ere are a few words that
are almost similar to the
definition of ‘opinion’ but
slightly differ… Find
demic, ongoing integration
a dictionary for
of forces, the return of Tal-
iban in Afghanistan, the their meanings to get a
LAC standoff with China’s better understanding of
PLA. He had his hands full.
all that can constitute an opin-
The next CDS will have
to keep the ball rolling on the ion. A dictionary is a must
integration of forces. I re- rather than Google in this case
member when I asked Gen-
eral Rawat how he felt as In-
because Google doesn’t give
you the full scope of the usage
dia’s first CDS. He joked he
will have to stay fit for an- of the word like a dictionary
other three years. There does. Let’s start with these five
were months left in the tenure
of this fit and fine soldier. His
words…
death is truly tragic. ➤ Viewpoint ➤ Notion
Lt General Dua is a for-
mer Corps Commander in ➤ Idea ➤ Inclination
Kashmir. He retired as Chief
of Integrated Defence Staff ➤ Standpoint
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It’s not just a place where you get to learn Einstein’s Theory of
Relativity. It’s also a place where you can think beyond the
classroom. Hence we say, SCHOOL IS COOL!
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2021

Fairy tales come alive Exciting activities in class

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hildhood is about play, discovery

F
airy tales are and believing in dreams. Ex-
essential for ploring and expression come nat-
childhood. urally to the children and gives rise to
These stories are imagination with endless possibilities.
more than just 'hap- When it was time to break the barrier of
pily ever after', they the screen and bring the world of possi-
portray moral les- bilities into the children's homes, all the
sons through char- kindergarten teachers at Vidya Valley
acters and virtues put their heads together and created a
portrayed in the sto- wonderful platform to reach out to the
ries. They do not children in the comfort of their homes.
only captivate the The efforts and ideas took off. The pan-
imagination of demic loomed large outdoors, but the on-
young minds, but line learning brought in cheer, laughter
also enhance their and joy to the children and also to their
creativity and rea- Students dressed up as fairy tale characters young parents.
soning skills. A child It is always super exciting for a
learns a lot by sim- teacher to create learning tools for the
ply listening to these amazing stories. activity students were requested to children. The classes are forever buzzing
It also teaches them critical think- dress up as their favourite fairy tale with excitement because of a variety of Show 'n Tell Pattern Making
ing skills. Royaal Kids, Pimpri organ- characters and to speak about their activities conducted online. With a pas-
ized 'Fairy Tales Come Alive' activity character. sionately visionary principal and men-
on December 11 to show children how A pre-recorded video of teachers tor like Nalini Sengupta, we teachers are themselves freely and creatively. lovely flavour to the entire learning ex-
to maintain a positive outlook amidst enacting fairies was shown to children. constantly striving to bring out the best Live experiments for concepts like perience.
even anxieties or problems. Fairy tales All the students were excited and hap- A girl is ready as the Cinderella fairy in ourselves as well as our students. the water cycle, germination, sink & float, We are now looking forward to ‘nor-
are also great tools for teaching kids py to see their teachers in different Every concept is taught with hands- photosynthesis is a big favourite with mal’ times to resume and listen to the
about story development, conflict res- fairy character-roles. This activity cov- on activities, experiments, stories and a everyone. Gasless cooking and craft ac- chirpy sounds, the giggles and laughter
olution, the development of charac- ered a lot of literary ground. It helped joyed the magic in the air to the fullest. whole lot of conversation. The teachers tivities on various festivals add happi- of children that’s music to our ears.
ters, heroes and villains and simply them to differentiate between fiction All the teachers and students had a are patient and always ready to lend a ness to the festive mood at all homes. Mu-
broadening their imagination. For the and to non-fiction stories. Children en- wonderful journey into fairyland. listening ear to the children. This gives sic, dance and drama is a cherry on top. Rachana Aserkar, (Sr KG teacher),
the children an opportunity to express Virtual tours, resource parents add a Vidya Valley school, Pune

Career counselling held Fun at spell bee contest

Success is the sum of small of secondary section as they also explained the various ca- during their school days by par-
efforts repeated day in and are in their career deciding reer options available in the ticipating in NTSE and various
day out years. Career counselling holds above fields. After explaining Olympiad exams to gear up for
huge significance in the stu- about the various streams the major exams. The session

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itcon Internation- dent's life which can simply and careers related to
al School believes turn around the scenario as it it, the focus shifted to
that career coun- is the most reliable way to find Entrance Exams to
selling is the process of guid- out their career passion. achieve their goals.
ing students on the path to The guest speakers NEET, JEE, JEE
self-discovery and
self-realization, work-
ing with them pa-
tiently, supporting
them as they weed out
self-doubt and make
definite decisions
based on their inter-
ests, leading to long-
term satisfaction with Online questions at Spell Bee At the Spell Bee contest
their choices and a
life lived with pur-

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pose. The programme earning a language is the numerous enjoyable com- round was done by the Eng- Round 4 : Audio Round;
was initiated under Career counsellors interacting with the foremost step in petitions that give students a lish teachers before the event. Round 5 : Choose Correct
the guidance of prin- Career options discussed students the life of a child as it platform to learn spellings in There were two partici- Spelling. Teachers facilitat-
cipal Monika helps them communicate different ways. The objective pants from both the Alpha ed the smooth functioning of
Chhabra, who be- with the world. School plays of the competition was to en- House and Omega House. the event. The competition
lieves that the key to success Ravindra and Sai Kumar (Advance), NDA,CA Founda- ended with the counsellors a vital role to train the child hance the spellings, increase Five groups were formed ac- helped children get famil-
is in organizing, focusing and spoke about the various tion … the list goes on. briefing the students about AN- in this direction. their vocabulary, learn con- cording to age and classes. iarised with new words and
exploring our talents. streams that a student can A very valid point was dis- THE 2021,which would act as a An online Inter-House cepts, and develop the use of Each group had five rounds: spell them correctly. Omega
The session was held on opt for like Arts/Humanities, cussed that students should stepping stone towards the path Spell Bee Competition was or- correct English. Children Round 1 : Clue Round; Round House emerged the winner.
December 2 at MIS for students Commerce and Science. They start preparing for the exams to success. ganized for classes I to VII. participated earnestly in the 2 :Fill in the missing letters; Students had fun and want-
This competition was one of competition. A preliminary Round 3 : Pictorial Round; ed more questions!

OF MIND AND BODY Union education minister urges youth to

We all feel emotions in our body..
When we feel sad, we say, "I have a lump in my throat!".
become entrepreneurs & create jobs
U
When we feel fear, we say "I have butterflies in my stomach". nion Minister for Education, He was happy to note that the New
Skill Development and Entre- Education Policy (NEP) has been par-
When angry we say, "My blood is boiling". preneurship Dharmendra tially implemented as the institute has
When in disappointment, "My heart sank". Pradhan on Saturday urged the youth allowed multiple-entry and multiple-
-Dr. Harold Streitfield to take up entrepreneurship to create exit from the various programmes be-
livelihood for the people. ing offered as of date.
Addressing the students and staff Six faculty members of NIT Hamir-
f we want to be happy and smiling play a vital part and was perceived during the 12th annual convocation of pur have been listed in the world's top

I today, we need to erase the bad

times of yesterday. Our interactions
are based on memories of what hap-
pened yesterday, a week, a month, a
year ago or it is endless. Such memo-
ries are only a burden that hinders
right thinking, behaviour and our
nature. We get carried away by the
force of emotions.
Yoga, a great science, teaches us
the philosophy of balance and harmony
and gives us a feeling of wellbeing and
fulfilment. The whole world today in
matters of health and healing
has become aware, that
most of our diseases
are psychosomatic, that
illness is inseparably
RATAN TATA
ANURADHA P,
Yoga Instructor,
Pallavi Model
School,
Bowenpally,
Hyderabad
linked to mind.
When our mind is dominated with
negative emotions such as grief,
uncertainty, anxiety, apprehension, our thyroid gland.
immune system is weakened.
Disturbing emotions such as sorrow,
hatred or envy are like vibrational
shock waves that affect the entire
nervous system and create hormonal well and thus restoring body and mind
imbalances and have a detrimental
effect on the mood, temperament asanas every day.
and mental efficiency. Yogasanas
long ago by the yogis who developed a
system of exercises to place specific
pressure on the various endocrine
gland especially dynamic standing pos-
tures and the sequence Surya
Namaskar and backward bending
asanas such as Bhujangasana,
Ushtrasana, Dhanurasana and
Chakrasana have direct effect on the
adrenal glands and less directly on
Thus asanas balance the hormonal
secretions stimulating them in
various ways and regulating their
secretions and controlling emotions as
harmony. Therefore, practice yoga
National Institute of Technology (NIT)
Hamirpur virtually from New Delhi,
the minister said an entrepreneur is
also a job creator.
two per cent scientists in their respec-
tive areas by the report released by Stan-
ford University, the minister pointed out.
He also appreciated the contribu-
A total of 1,057 degree certificates tions of the institute in Unnat Bharat
were awarded during the convocation. Abhiyan. He said, "It is impressive to
The institute honoured the meritorious medals to meritorious students for their know that as the regional coordinating
students for their academic achievements. outstanding performance and distin- institute of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan pro-
A student of BTech in Electrical En- guished achievements in various under- gramme, the institute is one of the 27 par-
gineering, Charu Sehgal was awarded the graduate and post-graduate programmes. ticipating institutes across the state. It
Director Medal for her achievements as Pradhan congratulated the degree has adopted a number of villages to pro-
the best all-rounder student for 2021. holders and applauded that NIT Hamir- mote sustainable development, means of
The institute conferred 36 gold pur has done a good job on education, re- livelihood among the initiatives using lo-
medals, 10 silver medals, and 11 bronze search, and development front. cal resources." PTI
There're 1020 females
per 1000 males in India,
says MoS Health
I
n India, there are an estimated 1020 fe-
males per 1000 males, as per the fifth
round of the National Family Health
Survey.
"As per the fifth round of the National
Family Health Survey (2019-21), the sex ratio
of the population (females per 1000 males) for
the country was estimated as 1020," said
Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State
for Health and Family Welfare in a written re-
ply in the Lok Sabha.
Connecting the improvement in Child Sex
Ratio with
Beti Bachao
Beti Padhao

Learning to fly high (BBBP)

Scheme,
Minister
said, "The
s once famously said by my growth is something one can

A
idol “I don’t believe in tak-
ing right decisions, I take
decisions and make them right.”
I can state with great affirmation
that our country needs many
businessmen and women for the
development of society as well
as the country.
Simplicity and generosity
portrayed by my idol, Ratan Tata,
makes him one of India’s biggest
philanthropists. The attitude of
never giving up in the journey of
learn from his recent taking over
of the Air India airlines.
The greatest blessing in dis-
guise for any successful busi-
nessman is to learn from failures
and excel which he has done
excellently. As I aspire to
become a businessman in
future, I wish to incorporate
these characteristics of my ideal
which will help me grow in my
life in the professional field and
as a individual too.
A YASHAS RATHNAM, class XI, Delhi
Public School, Nacharam, Hyderabad
key ele-
ments of the
scheme in-
clude na-
tion-wide
media and
advocacy campaigns and multi-sectoral inter-
ventions in some districts. Intermediary target
i.e., Sex Ratio at Birth has been set as a moni-
toring parameter for the progress of the scheme."
"BBBP aims to address declining Child
Sex Ratio (CSR) and related issues of em-
powerment of girls and women over a life cy-
cle," Minister said.
"The primary objectives of the scheme are
to prevent gender-biased sex selective elimi-
nation, to ensure survival and protection of
the girl child and to ensure education and par-
ticipation of the girl child," she added. ANI
 The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.
John Madden
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2021

Battling England succumb, shattering

dreams of winning back the urn

Australia celebrates their

victory against England in
the second cricket Test
match of the Ashes series
at Adelaide Oval

A
ustralia ground down a bat-
tling England to win the
second Test in Adelaide
Monday and go 2-0 up in the
Ashes series, leaving the
visitors’ dreams of winning
back the hallowed urn in
tatters.
England resumed day five of the pink ball
Test in deep trouble at 82 for four, chasing a mas-
sive 468 to win, needing a miracle to salvage a
draw. They gamely hung on into the final ses-
sion, fighting a desperate rearguard action un-
til ultimately crumbling to be all out for 192,
crashing to a 275-run defeat. Jhye Richardson
was the pick of the attack with 5-42.
England slumped by nine wickets in the first
Test at Brisbane and the loss this week means
their hopes of winning back a trophy they last
secured on Australian turf in 2010-11 are all but
over. Joe Root’s men will head to Melbourne for
the Boxing Day Test starting Sunday, knowing
that the only instance of a team coming from 2-
0 down to win the Ashes was Donald Bradman’s
Australia way back in 1936-37.
BIG ASK FROM STOKES
With Root, the world’s number one Test bats-
men, removed by Mitchell Starc in the final over
on Sunday evening, England’s hopes appeared
to rest with allrounder Ben Stokes. The 30-
year-old has so often rescued his team, with
memories of his match-win-
ning exploits against Australia
at Headingley in 2019 to keep
that series alive still fresh. But
trying to nurse England’s bat-
ting through 90 overs against
Australia’s relentless bowling
was too big a task, even for
him. He put his head down
They showed some
great resilience
today. Jos played a really
good innings, he faced over 200 balls.
We were trying to stay as calm as we
could out in the middle and just
thought, a couple of good balls and a
couple of wickets and we’ll keep going.
Australia’s stand-in captain,
STEVE SMITH
THE ASHES
and lasted 77 balls for 12 runs before
Nathan Lyon struck. The umpire ini-
tially gave the lbw shout not out, but
Australia reviewed and it was shown
to be plumb in front.
Ollie Pope lasted only seven balls,
edging to Steve Smith at slip off Starc,
out for four to go with his disappoint-
ing first innings’ five. But Jos Buttler
(26) and Chris Woakes (44) dug in, frus-
trating Australia in a 61-run stand be-
Photo: AFP
fore Jhye Richardson clattered Woakes’
stumps.
Ollie Robinson made a dogged eight
before Smith took his sixth catch of the match
to dismiss him off Lyon, then Buttler in-
credibly fell after surviving nearly 35 overs
by stepping on his own stumps.
BLUNDER WITH CHOICES
England’s chances of victory had been nigh
on impossible -- no team had ever posted such
a big fourth innings score to win in Test crick-
et history, with the West Indies’ 418 for seven
in beating Steve Waugh’s Australia at St
John’s in 2003 the highest. Their problems
stemmed from losing seven wickets for 86 runs
as they collapsed to 236 all out in the
first innings in reply to Australia’s
473 for nine declared, with only Root
(62) and Dawid Malan (80) showing
any backbone.
They also blundered by leaving
out Jack Leach, ignoring the warn-
ings of Adelaide Oval’s head
groundsman before the game that
it would be a mistake to not play a
specialist spinner. Bowling coach
We made mistakes
throughout the game
that we made last week, whether it
be no-balls, missed chances. We
just have to be better. We have to
learn those lessons very quickly
over the next week.
England captain,
JOE ROOT
Photo: AFP
Jon Lewis admitted they erred in picking an
all-pace attack, conceding they misjudged con-
ditions, expecting more swing and less spin.
“In hindsight, you might say we
should have picked a different
side,” he said, with returning vet-
eran seamers Jimmy Anderson
and Stuart Broad claiming just five
wickets between them. “But at the
time, we felt like we picked a team
that would win the game,” added
Lewis.
While England struggled, Aus-
tralia excelled under interim cap-
tain Smith after Pat Cummins was
ruled out hours before the start
Photo: REUTERS
over a Covid scare. Workhorse
Marnus Labuschagne again rein-
forced his status as one of the world’s
premier batsmen, slamming 103 in the first
innings and 51 in the second.
In contrast to England’s batting, Australia
showed more depth with five of their top six
scoring fifties. Opener Marcus Harris was the
only failure. And even with pace spearheads
Cummins and Josh Hazlewood missing, Jhye
Richardson and Michael Neser ably comple-
mented the ever-dangerous Starc and Lyon,
along with fast-improving all-rounder
Cameron Green. REUTERS

CONFIDENT INDIA START AS FAVOURITES PSG EASE INTO LAST 32

H
olders Paris St Ger-
Manpreet main strolled into the Kylian
Cannot get complacent as they face Japan again in ACT semifinal Singh last 32 of the French
Cup with a no-nonsense 3-0
Mbappe

B
ack to their best after a slow start,
defending champions and
Olympic bronze-medallist India
would start as overwhelming
favourites against Asian Games
gold winner Japan in the semifinal of the
Asian Champions Trophy men’s hockey
tournament in Dhaka on Tuesday.
The Manpreet Singh-led side’s confi-
dence must be sky high as they had thrashed
Japan 6-0 in their last round-robin match
Vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh has
been a revelation not just at the back but
from penalty corners as well, converting
two against Japan on Sunday. And, he defi-
nitely will pose a big threat for the Japan-
ese. The Indian midfield is also being held
together brilliantly by skipper Manpreet
and Hardik Singh. The forwardline of Dil-
preet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Akashdeep
Singh and Shamsher Singh too has shone
bright so far, scoring some fine field goals.
set win. win at amateur side Entente
Young Suraj Karkera has been brilliant Feignies-Aulnoye as two
under the bar for India, making some bril- Ligue 1 sides were knocked
liant saves throughout the tournament while out on Sunday.
the Harmanpreet-led Indian backline too Kylian Mbappe and Mau-
defended stoutly, saving as many as five ro Icardi both netted first-half
penalty corners against Japan on Sunday. penalties before the France
However, the Indian defence will need forward completed a double
to be a little more cautious on Tuesday and in the second half as the
concentrate on not conceding too many Ligue 1 leaders eased past a
penalty corners, which could hurt as past team playing in the French
Photo: REUTERS

and come Tuesday, India would definitely
fancy another big win en route to the title
clash. Having said that, India will need to
guard against complacency as any slip-up
could spoil all their hardwork.
India ended the round-robin stage of the
five-nation tournament at the top of the
standings with 10 points, ahead of Korea
(6), Japan (5), Pakistan (5) and hosts
Bangladesh (0).
But the start was far from ideal for In-
dia. Playing their first tournament after
their historic Tokyo Olympics campaign,
the Indians were held 2-2 by South Korea in
their lung-opener before turning things
around with a resounding 9-0 win over
Bangladesh, followed by 3-1 victory over arch-
rivals Pakistan and the thrashing of Japan.
The Indians completely outperformed
Japan in all departments of the game in
their league match and they would eye an
encore in the semifinal as well. The Japan-
ese will have to lift their game by leaps and
bounds and play out of their skin to give
themselves any chance of registering an up-
OPENING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNGSTERS
● For the Asian Champions Trophy, India have rest-
ed a lot of experienced players from the squad that
played in the Tokyo Olympics including P R Sreejesh,
Mandeep Singh, Surender Kumar, Simranjeet Singh,
Amit Rohidas, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Nilakanta Sharma,
among others. Some players from the Olympics
squad like Rupinder Pal Singh and Birendra Lakra
results hardly matter in knock-out stage fifth tier.
matches. A slight slip-up can derail their Mbappe converted a
campaign and spoil their second successive penalty in the 16th minute af-
ACT title. India had won the title jointly ter being brought down in the
with Pakistan in the last edition in Muscat. area and Icardi also scored
Meanwhile, South Korea face Pakistan from the spot following an-
in the first semifinal on Tuesday. PTI other foul on Mbappe.
Mbappe, the only mem-
ber of PSG’s formidable front
three to start, with Neymar
have retired from international hockey. injured and Lionel Messi be-
● All these rests and retirements have come as ing rested, added the third
great opportunities for youngsters, with the six minutes into the second
likes of Suraj Karkera, Krishan Pathak, Gurinder half after latching onto a
cross from Colin Dagba.
Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess,
PSG have lifted the tro-
Dipsan Tirkey, and Mandeep Mor being included phy in six of the past seven
in the team. years. In the draw for the last
Photo: GETTY IMAGES
16 PSG are on the road to
fourth-tier Vannes while the
headline clash is the derby
between champions Lille and
Lens.
On Friday, the Paris FC
v Olympique Lyonnais match
was abandoned following
crowd trouble at halftime.
The French federation
said it would make “quick de-
cisions” on the tie, which could
see Lyon, whose fans invaded
the pitch, eliminated. AGENCIES

Which country became the 3×3 World Tour”? score 10,000 international runs.
Q U IZ T IM E ! Q3: champion of the first FIBA
World Basketball Championship
a. Basketball
b. Baseball
Who was the first?
a. Suzie Bates
a. Lewis Hamilton
b. Jaime Alguersuari
c. Robert Kubica
held in 1950? c. Rugby b. Anjum Chopra d. Lando Norris
What is the motto of the
Q1: International Olympic
a. Argentina
b. United States of America
d. Football c. Charlotte Edwards
d. Ellyse Perry Which German 21 year old
Committee?
a. Faster, Higher, Stronger
c. Chile
d. Brazil Q6: Mithali Raj is the first
indian woman cricketer to Who won the Davis Cup for
Q9: became the youngest
woman ever to win the biathlon
b. Just do it
c. More than passion
In which Summer Olympics
Q7: the first time in 2005? world cup series?
d. We together Q4: did the Indian football
team finish in fourth place?
a. Croatia
b. Australia
a. Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva
b. Andrea Burke
c. Kati Wilhelm
c. France
When was the first
Q2: Women’s Hockey World
Cup held?
a. 1952 Summer Olympics
b. 1956 Summer Olympics
c. 1960 Summer Olympics
d. USA
d. Magdalena Neuner
ANSWERS: 1. a. Faster, Higher, Stronger
2. d. 1974 3. a. Argentina
Which Spanish driver in
a. 1971
b. 1975
d. 1964 Summer Olympics
Mithali
Q8: 2009 became the
youngest person to compete in a
4. b. 1956 Summer Olympics 5. a. Basketball
6. c. Charlotte Edwards 7. a. Croatia
Which sport’s international
c. 1973
d. 1974 Q5: tour is known as the “FIBA
Photo: GETTY IMAGES
Raj
Formula One race?
8. b. Jaime Alguersuari
9. d. Magdalena Neuner