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Check out ‘Family Time’ PAGE 4 Russian foreign minister Sergei
Lavrov said that some formula-
PAGE 2 PAGE 3 tions for agreements with
Ukraine were close to being
agreed, with neutral status for
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consideration

FACTOID
RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR
JHULAN GOSWAMI
Bags 250th ODI wicket,
becomes first woman cricketer
$300BILLION Russia bars US
President Joe Biden
hat’s the amount Russia has been
on planet to achieve feat
T deprived of, courtesy the sanctions,
said Anton Siluanov, the finance minis-
ter of Russia. According to a statement
from the minister, half of the country’s gold and for-
eign exchange reserves have been frozen due to the
from entering country
n its version of sanctions, Moscow has put US
latest sanctions imposed on Russia after Moscow
launched its special military operation in Ukraine.
Out of the total amount of Russia’s reserves,
which amounts to a figure of $640 bil-
I
President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau, along with several other senior
Biden administration officials, on a “stop list” that
lion, about $300 billion had been bars them from entering Russia...
seized
WHO ELSE IS ON THE LIST
 Among the 13 individuals who have been

WHAT OF UKRAINE? barred from entering Russia, there’s US secre-

I
ndian pacer, Jhulan Goswami, achieved a huge milestone
on Wednesday, as she bagged her 250th ODI wicket in
the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 match against
England. Jhulan reached the milestone with the wicket
of Tammy Beaumont. Jhulan stands heads and shoulders
above the rest in the 50-over format. Second on the list is
Australia’s Cathryn Fitzpatrick, who has 180 scalps to her
name. West Indies’ Anisa Mohammed is also tied at the sec-
ond spot with 180 wickets. South Africa’s Shabnim Ismail,
and England’s Katherine Brunt are next with 168 and 164 dis-
missals to their name, respectively.
Earlier, Jhulan had created history in
women’s cricket by becoming the first
cricketer ever to take 40 wickets in
Women’s World Cups alone, going past
Australia’s Lyn Fullston. A number of inter-
national women’s cricket stars had lauded
Goswami for her contribution to the sport
tary of state Anthony Blinken, secretary of
 Russia has circulated a proposed UN defence Lloyd Austin, CIA chief William Burns,
security council resolution demanding pro- National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and even
tection for civilians “in vulnerable situa- former secretary of state Hillary Clinton
tions” in Ukraine and safe passage for  The step is being seen as a retaliation against
humanitarian aid and people seeking to Washington’s sanctions against Russia and its
leave the country president Vladimir Putin personally following the
 As Russian troops closed in on Ukrainian invasion of Ukraine
capital Kyiv in what is being considered the
final assault on the city, three European DOES IT MATTER?
leaders — the Prime Ministers of Poland,
 Not really, as neither Biden nor any other
Czech Republic and Slovenia — visited the senior official from his administration is in a
country on Tuesday to show solidarity with tearing hurry to go to Russia
Ukraine. It’s pertinent to note that all three  Moreover, Russia hasn’t snapped diplomatic
are NATO member countries even though relations with the US — that didn’t even happen
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the height of the Cold War — and has kept
has dropped plans to join the alliance, which official relations intact in order to ensure that
was the root cause of Moscow’s aggression if needed, high level contact with the people on
the list can take place

Anthology on PM Modi’s
‘unique’ governance style to What explains the heatwave
IN MARCH THIS YEAR?
hit the bookstores next month
book revolving around Prime Minister Narendra

A Modi’s work and political and governance model

with various chapters written by domain
tarting March 12, maximum temperatures have

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experts, his Cabinet colleagues and leading
increased over central India resulting in a heatwave  On the reasons for the heat wave, IMD Director
faces in different walks of life, is set to hit the bookstores
to severe heatwave conditions in some parts of General, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said: “The higher
next month
Saurashtra-Kutch, Konkan, west Rajasthan and heat- than normal temperatures are because of the
wind flow pattern in these areas. The lower level
 ’Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery’, a compilation of wave conditions over east Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, east
winds in these areas are from south towards
chapters authored by eminent intellectuals and domain Rajasthan, and Odisha. The India Meteorological Department
north and that brings hotter air from land (as
experts, attempts a definitive and expansive exploration (IMD) on Tuesday predicted continuation of the heatwave and against when north to south winds bring
into the fundamental severe heatwave over these regions. colder air)”
transformation of Gujarat
and India over the last
 The winds are south-easterly over south-
As the sun marches northwards and according to the climatology, the month of ern peninsular area, mainly Karnataka,
twenty years due to March is when the region extending from Maharashtra to Odisha is a heat zone. In
Modi’s “unique model of Telangana with some feeble circulation,
its March to May seasonal forecast issued on March 1, the IMD had already pre-
governance” which is favouring the advent of heat from
dicted that it was expecting above normal maximum temperatures most likely
 The book is divided in south to north Tamil Nadu, Telangana,
over many parts of western and central India, and hence a heat wave can be
five sections, titled Karnataka and up to Vidarbha area of
expected extending from south Gujarat to Maharashtra to Odisha
‘People First’, ‘Politics of Maharashtra
Unity and Development’,
‘Jan Dhan: An Economy
for Everyone’, ‘A New
Paradigm in Governance’ OLIVIA RODRIGO, BTS AND BILLIE EILISH TO Apprehensive about emojis? Maybe
and ‘Vasudhaiva
Kutumbakam: India and Perform at Grammys because it signifies less authority
the World’  All sections
livia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, BTS and

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have various chapters

authored by noted people
The book’s title is a reference to Modi completing 20
years as a head of government, including his nearly
13-year term as Gujarat chief minister. Since entering
the electoral field in 2002, he has always led the BJP
to every election in which he was its face, first as
chief minister thrice, and then as its prime ministerial
face in 2014 and again in 2019
Lil Nas X will perform at the 64th
annual Grammy Awards on April
3, the Recording Academy announced on
Tuesday. They, along with the singer-song-
writer Brandi Carlile and the country duo
Brothers Osborne, are the first batch of
performers announced for the show, which
was delayed nine weeks by the pandemic,
and is being held in Las Vegas for the first
time. Trevor Noah of ‘The Daily Show’ is the
host. The show, at the MGM Grand Arena,
will be broadcast by CBS, and can be
streamed on Paramount+.
Entertainment
Rodrigo and Eilish are each up for seven
awards, and will compete against each other
for record, album and song of the year.
Rodrigo, whose debut album, ‘Sour’, was one
of last year’s biggest hits, is also up for the
best new artiste, raising the possibility that
she could sweep the top four awards — for
the first time since Eilish did so in 2020
A
lthough you may have 1,000 emojis to
choose from, you should avoid using
one in workplace communication. A
new study suggested that workers who fre-
quently utilise emojis and other graphics in
their emails are perceived as less powerful
than employees, who use words. The
researchers’ findings discovered that
employees who use pictures and emojis in
emails, Zoom profiles, or even company
logos on T-shirts are perceived as less
authoritative.
The study examined the response
of American participants to verbal
vs pictorial messages in different
contexts. The results were clear-
cut: In all the experiments, the
respondents attributed more
power to the person who chose a
verbal vs a visual representation
of the message
 02 “A happy family is but an earlier
heaven.”
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, NOVELIST & PLAYWRIGHT
FAMILY TIME
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2022

WHAT PARENTS MUST KNOW ABOUT COVID 5 MUST-DO TIPS

1. Talk with your child before the
appointment. Many parents may
everything in a safe place. And to
avoid identity theft risk, don’t share

VACCINE IN THE 12-14 YEARS CATEGORY

have concerns about how their child
might act when they need a shot.
But there are simple ways to help
make it a positive, calm experience.
Covid-19 vaccination for children in the age group 12-14 has HEALTH CORNER 2. After your child
receives their first
begun. The process started after a recent statement by the vaccine, schedule
Union Health Ministry that said the decision was taken after the second dose.
Make sure that
due deliberations with scientific bodies. The ministry also
your pediatrician’s
decided to remove the condition of co-morbidity for office has a copy of
precautionary doses and opened the vaccination for the card in your child’s medical
record. Your child’s school or
everyone above 60 years of age. For details, read on... college health office also may
need a copy of the card.
“Union Government after due deliberations with scientific bodies has
decided to start Covid-19 vaccination for 12-13 years and 13-14 years age 3. Keep the paper vaccination card
groups (those born in 2008, 2009 and 2010. i.e. those who are already you will receive! Don’t laminate the
above 12 years of age) of the population from 16th March, 2022,” the vaccination card, in case more infor-
ministry had said in a statement. The vaccine being administered is the mation needs to be added. Take a
Corbevax manufactured one by Hyderabad-based Biological E Limited. photo of it or copy it and keep
a photo of the card on social media.
4. Call your child’s pediatrician or
primary care doctor and tell them
you’re planning to have
your child vaccinated. Ask
them questions about any
concerns you may have.
5. Schedule your child’s
Covid-19 vaccine appoint-
ment at your pediatri-
cian’s office, vaccination
clinic, pharmacy, community vacci-
nation site, church or school. Some
sites may even have walk-in hours.
6. Your child can also receive rou-
tine shots at the same appointment
for the Covid-19 shot. This includes
getting an annual influenza shot.
Ask if your child is caught up on all
routine immunisations.

FESTIVE SPECIAL EXPERT ADVICE

Setting career goals in high school

PRE-HOLI GUIDE FOR When Neeraj Chopra threw that gold-
I always stress the importance
of having rounded goals. I call it

PREVENTING SKIN PROBLEMS

wheel of goals. You cannot let oth-
winning Javelin at the Tokyo er areas in your life take a backseat
as you pursue your main goal. Have
Olympics, I noticed one thing: he a goal for ‘Health’ which could in-
clude a daily game of badminton,
With Holi around the didn’t even turn to look at where it have a goal for ‘Relationships’ that
could be playing Scrabble with
corner, it’s time to give had landed. He knew he had done it your mother once a week, and also
a goal of ‘Giving Back’ through
some thought to skincare which you make sure you that you

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hat kind of confidence comes
to avoid ending up with dry from setting ambitious goals
and becoming the best version
skin or allergies that of yourself to achieve it.
While school life is about building
happens after playing with your knowledge and personality, I firm-
ly believe that having clear goals gives
colours. Here are some you two critical things, direction, and
focus.
easy tips that you can Although, not a must, but it would
be great to know what career you would
follow to avoid skin and like to pursue. This can be done by hav-
ing role models – people you want to be
hair damage while rejoicing like, deep interest in a field, or something
you are very passionate about. Let’s say
in the spirit of Holi you are interested in becoming a heart
surgeon or a technology entrepreneur.
medical or do something for the underpriv-
an engineer- ileged.
ing degree. Write down these goals. Pin
What should them on the board at your study
next steps be? desk. Look at them every day.
Firstly, you And pursue them with a wild
should narrow passion. When you do so with
down the best all your heart and mind, you
colleges you will not even bother to check the
wish to study at. results of the college entrance exam. You
Once you have done that, you should will just know – like Neeraj did.
find out all about how to get in that col-
lege. Set mid-process goals towards this Dr Vivek Mansingh is a global leader,
larger goal. For example, target to be in entrepreneur, technology visionary, inno-
the top 10% your class, set specific hours vator, international speaker, philanthro-
and methods for preparing for college en- pist, and the author of ‘Achieving Mean-
trance exams. Get a mentor and allow ingful Success: Unleash the Power of ME’.

WELLNESS TIPS FOR SAFE HOLI To make that happen, you will need a that mentor to give you brutal feedback. He is currently a GP at YourNest VC Fund

When going out to play Holi, try to wear clothes that cover
COVER your skin. This can reduce the surface area for skin dam-
YOURSELF age. Wear full sleeve clothing so that less area is exposed
to colours, most of which are laced with chemicals used to
WELL make bright colours

OIL YOUR SKIN USE SUNSCREEN PUT VARNISH ON

Before going out and AND MOISTURISER YOUR NAILS
USE ICE CUBES ON playing Holi, oil your Just like other days, sun- It can become very diffi-
YOUR SKIN skin properly. This will screen is needed before cult to remove Holi
help in creating a barri- playing Holi as well. Before colours from your nails
On the day of Holi, before
er between your skin stepping out and playing because bright colours
stepping out, you can rub
and the colours. The oils Holi in the sun, it is neces- like pink and green can
ice on your face as it helps
won’t let the colours sary that you apply a thick stick to nails for weeks.
in closing the pores of your
penetrate inside your layer of sunscreen on your An easy solution to this
skin. Gently massage ice
skin and also make it skin. Stick to a high SPF as is to apply varnish or nail
cubes on your clean face
easy to remove them it won’t allow the sun rays paint. This will provide a
for about 10 minutes. This
later. One can use a mix- to cause damage to your layer of protection
simple and easy trick will
ture of different oils like skin and also will keep your between your nails and
not allow the colours to
coconut oil, almond oil skin hydrated and mois- the colours, keeping your
seep inside your skin and
or castor oil. turised. nails clean and safe.
cause damage.
INPUTS FROM WELLNESS EXPERT SANCHI SEHGAL-TNN

NO TROUBLE TRUFFLE
RECIPE
Celebrate the festival of Holi with
the goodness of taste and health.
Here’s an easy yet delicious
recipe for you to make and share
with your friends and family
INGREDIENTS
 1/3 cup sunflower seeds
 1/4 cup flax seeds  1/2 cup dried cranberries
 1 tablespoon cinnamon
 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds
 1/2 cup oats  13 black dates

HOW TO MAKE STEP 1: DRY ROAST
OATS AND SEEDS
Take a pan and dry roast the
oats and the seeds on a low-
medium flame for about 4-5
minutes. The oats should
turn light brown in colour.
STEP 2: MIX EVERY-
THING WELL
Put the toasted seeds, oats,
cranberries, dates and cin-
namon powder in a blender
jar and blend until every-
thing blends well.
STEP 3: MAKE SMALL
TRUFFLE BALLS
Take about a tablespoon of this
sticky mixture and make small
balls. Your healthy sugar-free
truffles are ready.
TNN

SCHOOL IS COOL
Blended learning is
the new essential
Q: Schools are going to be- made between vocational and ily bondings. It plays impor-
gin in offline mode now.
What is your roadmap for
this academic session? How
are we going to address the
loss of learning issue?
Students will return to school
following prolonged closures
with varying levels of learn-
ing loss, possibly due to pre-
vious skill levels, differential
access to distance learning or
varying home support during
the closures.
Some key findings in this
regard reveal that on an av-
erage 92 per cent of children
have lost at least one specific
language ability from the pre-
vious year. About 82 per cent
of children on an average
have lost at least one specific
mathematical ability from the
previous year like identifying
single or two-digit number;
performing mathematical op-
erations, drawing inferences
from data etc.
Q The NEP is going to be
rolled out soon/is already
being implemented in your
school. What are the
changes it has brought
about and how do you think
it will benefit students in
the long run?
NEP 2020 aims to recognise
the need to evaluate 'Higher
order skills' such as creativi-
ty, critical thinking, problem
solving, visualisation, idea
generation, practical knowl-
edge rather than rote learn-
ing. It emphasises
on multidiscipli-
nary learning and
no separation is
Homerton recognised as best school for
online and hybrid teaching
O
n March 3, Homerton Grammar
School, Faridabad added another
feather in the cap. With extreme
pleasure we are delighted to an-
nounce that our school has been honoured
with the prestigious Global School Awards
2021-22 as the ‘Best School’ in ‘Online and Hy-
brid Teaching’ and ‘Highly Effective Edupre-
neur's Award’ 2021-22 at Leela Ambience Ho-
tel, Gurugram for our steady dedication and
commitment towards education and socie-
DPSG MR holds Chairman’s Cup
D
PSG MR organised the
first Chairman’s Cup
Tournament 2021-22- a
three-day transdisci-
plinary event that gave an op-
portunity to the students, to un-
wind their spirits and energies
in a productive manner. A pletho-
ra of events took place including
cricket, football, chess, taek-
wondo, basketball, skating, bad-
minton and yoga. The event in-
deed fructified into bringing out
true sportsman spirit in various
participating teams.
DPSGMR hosted cricket and
chess tournament and emerged as
champion in Chess Tournament
(Gold Medalist) for U-14 and U-19
categories whereas for cricket tour-
nament, school bagged second po-
sition (silver medal). In the first
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2022
academic streams.
It has also replaced the 10
+ 2 structure of school cur-
ricula with 5 + 3 + 3 + 4 struc-
ture. Board exams will be kept
in low stakes and re-designed
keeping in mind to test actu-
al knowledge and core-com-
petencies acquired. Mother
tongue, regional language will
be the medium of instruction
till class 5.
QWhat is the kind of value fer opportunities for students
education they we want our
children to learn from
school? How can that be en-
sured?
Value based education aims
at training the student to face
the outer world with right at-
titude and values. It helps our
students to understand the
perspective of life in a better
way and lead a successful life
as a responsible citizen. Val-
ue education helps in
strengthening peer and fam-
DIYA YADAV, XI-JA, DAV Public
School, Sector- 14 Faridabad
ty. Managing director
Rajtheep Singh and
director Academics,
Susan Kaur received
the award with great
pride and honour.
The award was
presented in recog-
nition of the re-
markable contribution in the education
domain and service to the society. With
Chairman’s Cup 2021-22 Football
Tournament, DPSG Meerut Road
won silver medal.
Principal Sangeeta Mukher-
jee Roy congratulated the win-
ners and the participating teams.
She exhorted that it was a pleas-
ure to witness the participants
competing with not only a zeal to
emerge victorious but to have a
game that enriched their talent
and team spirit.
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tant role in moulding their
destiny and help them to dis-
cover purpose of life.
QWhat role does extra-cur-
ricular play in a student’s
life. Should schools shift fo-
cus towards this since there
was a halt to every physi-
cal activity thanks to the
pandemic?
Extra-curricular activities of-
DR NEETA KOHLI, Principal,
Delhi City School, Rohini
to learn the values of team-
work, individual and group
responsibility, physical
strength and endurance, com-
petition and diversity. They
offer the students the oppor-
tunity to apply academic
skills in a real-world context.
In order to bring students
back in track, it is imperative
for schools to shift their focus
towards extra-curricular ac-
tivities in school to enhance
their learning capacities, time
My precious Earth
The dainty lush gardens,
Don't just count the
marigolds dancing in mirth
But they are beholden
because of,
Stringent hold of roots deep
inside Earth.
The swiftly gushing Ganga,
Flows to cities and towns
Cutting through the rocks,
Planting life on riverbed
without a frown
A man's true image isn't
what he sees
In the mirror's face,
It is his smile to a toddler,
his tears to
the parted and his soli-
tude amidst life's race
When you hold your
tears on the brim
and put up an earnest
smile to hide,
You may pardon your
inner voice
the commendable support of our stake-
holders we have received this milestone
for our tremendous achievement in the ed-
in inspiring the quality education to
our Homertonians.
Chrysalis Day celebrated at New Era
C
hrysalis’ is a well
graded technology
that transforms
learners into a colourful
butterfly in a year long
journey comprising cur-
riculum from Classes I to
VIII, covering nine tech-
nology areas.
New Era Public
School, Mayapuri cel-
ebrates ‘Chrysalis Day’
with great enthusiasm.
Students were divided
into groups according
to their classes and topics
were given class wise.
This year Chrysalis Day
2021-22 was celebrated on
February 8 for classes I to
V. The day saw the par-
ticipation of all the stu-
dents who prepared their
group wise projects on the
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!
management skills and over-
all academic performance.
Q Skilling is the buzzword
these days. How do you
plan to incorporate skilling
in your curriculum?
There is no denying the fact
that skilling is a mindset of
continuous learning that al-
lows any organisation to re-
main agile and adaptable in
the face of any challenge. A
skill based curriculum em-
powers children as leaders,
writers, critical thinkers, cre-
ative and well informed joy-
ful learners.
Q How will skill-based ed-
ucation actually help stu-
dents in making a career
for themselves?
Skill based education system
ensures that students learn
different soft and life skills be-
sides theoretical knowledge.
It further helps students to
manage themselves and be
productive. Skill- based edu-
cation allows students to learn
and master real life skills.
Q Is blended teaching-learn-
ing going to be way for-
ward? How is tech going to
be interspersed with phys-
ical teaching?
Blended learning is certain-
ly going to be the way forward.
In fact, it is the future of ed-
ucational ecosystem because
educational technology which
undergoes a self-growing
process directly affects the
whole education system.
Blended learning is the
new essential which combines
the success of digital inter-
vention and the power of tra-
ditional teaching methods. It
is more cost-effective and en-
courages self-learning amongst
students. In order to impart ho-
listic learning experience,
schools need to invest and pre-
pare teachers to make blend-
ed learning successful.
But the eyes paint the
menace inside.
Who would be humane,
If it weren't for the frost
of emotions on our worldly
window panes,
We shall not admire the
amber dawn sun
and trample the tulips beside
the lane.
Emotional well being is a
healthy body with a
solemn mind,
Heart, the emperor of the
chest, and its feelings Are the
throne behind.
Hence know that what you
feel is valid and matters,
The emotional spectrum that
you carry
Is even beyond sev-
en colours.
ANANYA ANEJA,
class XII C,
KIIT School
ucation sector.
The managing
director Rajtheep
Singh heartily ex-
tends a vote of
thanks to the staff
members and ded-
icated parents for
the hard work put
in by all of them
given topics.
Usha Chopra, founder
principal and director and
the principal Vandana
Chawla graced the event
with their presence. Aar-
ti Mehta, head mistress,
primary wing was also
present to encourage the
students.
The event saw some
great project work done by
each class group. Classes
I to V presented their
colourful projects and
made presentations.
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WORLD TEEN PARLIAMENT
were floated in July last year. The stu-
dents were then voted upon through
Instagram and Facebook on the basis
of the practicality and popularity of
F
our students of Ahlcon Pub- the idea submitted by them. Out of over
lic School have been ac- 72,000 global entries, 300 were selected
knowledged for their unwa- and were further voted on a zonal lev-
vering dedication and sincer- el through Google forms in January.
ity at the World Teen Parliament – an Out of these 300, a total of 200 were
effort by Blub World, affiliated with selected (100 as MPs and the other 100
UNESCO. as influencers) and these 4 Ahlconites
Aditya Mehrotra, Palak Khatri and gathered maximum support for their
Pragya Joshi have been elected among ideas and then successfully made their
the top 100 MPs and Deepanshu has place in the top 200. Now these MPs
been recognised as one of the top 100 and influencers from all over the globe
Influencers. Initially the participants will put forth their suggestions. They
had to submit a video entry suggest- will deliberate over the world’s issues
ing an innovative solution for any lo- like a parliament and discuss solutions.
cal or global issue which in their view Today’s youth are tomorrow’s lead-
can change the world. ers and Ahlcon is proud to have such
Applications for this parliament future leaders.
SRGS hosts
troductory virtual session
workshop began at a quite
touching and moving note
as the children were intro-
‘Yappy Hours’ duced by Vibha Khosla,
principal. SRGS, D-W, re-
garding the equal or even
rather more need of caring
S
hri Ram Global School, Del- and sharing and compassion for the an-
hi West, conducted an initia- imals and plant kingdom.
tive ‘Yappy Hours: Whiskers An expert on kindness to animals,
and Tails’ for their students, Inder Sandhu delivered a touching trea-
at the behest of Inder Sandhu's tise titled, ‘The tale of Henry’ empha-
‘Peedu's People’. Keeping in mind the sising the most significant values of com-
humanitarian concerns of mutual co- passion and caring and sharing.
existence and tranquility on the Earth, In the remaining sessions, ‘A gift for
the activity was held to sensitise stu- Henry’, ‘A visit to an animal shelter’ and
dents towards animals, humans, and ‘Hush, hush dancing feet’, the treatise
the environment. of Inder Sandu circled around the daily
The program was divided into four ambience concerning the lives and rou-
sessions, from February 2-21. The first in- tine needs of animals.
Pranit bags Inspire Award Augmenting National Aspi-
rations and Knowledge
(MANAK), being executed by
DST with National Inno-
W
ith immense pleas- He is felicitated for his vation Foundation – India
ure Ryan Inter- project's social applicabil- (NIF), an autonomous
national School ity, environment friendli- body of DST, aims to mo-
Sohna Road con- ness, user friendliness and tivate students in study-
gratulates the young prodigy comparative advantage ing in classes VI to X.
Pranit Mehta student of class over the existing similar School principal
X who bagged the Inspire technologies. Peeya Sharma applauded
Award of `10,000 for 2021-22 for Innovation in Science the hard work and dedi-
the preparation of science proj- Pursuit for Inspired Re- cation of Pranit and his
ect/ model and to participate in search' (INSPIRE) scheme is Technology (DST), Govern- Parents and extended her
the district level exhibition and one of the flagship pro- ment of India. The Inspire heartiest congratulations and
project competition which was grammes of Department of Awards - Million Minds warm blessings to him
organised by the District Edu- Science & for a progressive and
cation Authority. prosperous future ahead.
PAPER PLATE DREAM CATCHER
D
ream catchers protect sleepers, espe- bottom of the circle. Tie with a double knot
cially children, from bad dreams and and trim off the excess wool.
nightmares. It catches all kinds of  Tie a piece of different coloured wool roughly
dreams and thoughts in its web; the beautiful dreams pass
12cm long to the top centre circle where the
through the threads and slide down the feathers to reach dream catch will be hung. Tie the wool into a loop and
the sleeper while the bad ones are trapped in the net. Let’s secure it with a double knot.
make a unique paper plate dream catcher.
 Using the yarn strings, thread the wool
MATERIALS REQUIRED: through the holes around the edge of the
Paper plates (uncoated plain plates work dream catcher. Thread the wool sideways,
upwards and diagonal to make a web-like
best), yarn, crayons, sequins, glitter, feath-
ers, beads, glue, scissors, hole puncher. appearance. Once the web is finished, cut the
wool leaving enough at the end to tie it to a
HOW TO MAKE: secure piece of wool in the web at the back
 Cut out the centre of the paper plate of the dream catcher. To stop the knot from
leaving just the outer ring. Use crayons untying, use glue on the knot and leave it to
or paints to make the ring colourful. dry.
 With the help of a hole  Attach the feathers to the three strings
puncher, punch holes along the hanging at the bottom. You can also string beads
inner edge of the ring. Punch 1 hole at the top of to make it more attractive. Decorate around the edge of the
the ring (tag) and 3 holes in a row at the bottom
of the ring. This is where the feathers and beads will
dream catcher with glitter, stickers and sequins.
SAMAIRA MANCHANDA, class VI,
hang.
 Cut three pieces of coloured wool (yarn) 15cm
long. Tie each string to each of the three
Delhi Public School, Chandigarh
punched holes at the
MOVIE: SHERSHAAH
T
his film is dedicated to one of the bravest men of colours and joins the IMA.
our country. He is none other than Captain After graduating from the IMA,
Vikram Batra. The movie portrays his life— right he is posted at Kashmir as Lieutenant in the Indian
from childhood till he attained his martyrdom. Movie
beautifully showcases how a young boy from Palam-
Army. He stays in Kashmir for several months conduct-
ing several insurgency and counter terrorism opera-
pur (Himachal Pradesh), gets motivated to join the tions successfully and then begins the Kargil war of
Indian Army after watching a show called "Param Vir 1999. He was posted in Kargil, where he was initially as-
Chakra". He joins an English MA class to prepare for signed the task to recapture point 5140 from the Pak-
his CDS exam, to join the Indian Military Academy. He istani troops. He accomplishes the task and Lt. Colonel
clears his CDS exam and SSB Interview with flying Yogesh Kumar Joshi, “Yeh Dil maange more sir".
He is then asked to capture point 4875 ,which was
successfully recaptured but Captain Batra suc-
cumbed to his injury after killing five to six Pakistani
soldiers in close hand to hand combat .The movie
ends with his funeral. Posthumously, he was awarded
the Param Vir Chakra, which was received by his fa-
ther. The movie instills in us a feeling of pa-
triotism, valour and selflessness and inspires
us to lead lives fearlessly.
Kaustav Ghosh, class X,
Vivekananada Mission School, Kolkata
 Every morning I woke up, I believed that I could score runs for India.
Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2022

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MAKE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTERFINALS WHILE UNITED FACE UPHILL TASK FOR NEXT SEASON

A
tletico Madrid drove the final
nail in the coffin of a miser-
able season for Manchester
United as Renan Lodi's head-
er sent the Spanish champions
into the Champions League
quarter-finals with a 1-0 win at Old Trafford
to progress 2-1 on aggregate.
The Brazilian full-back headed in un-
marked at the back post four minutes before
half-time to end United's last chance of sil-
verware this season as their drought without
a trophy since 2017 goes on. United now face
an uphill task just to get back into the Cham-
pions League next season as an under-per-
forming squad filled with star names sits fifth
in the Premier League.
Atletico's own struggles to break into La
Liga's top four this season have shown up their
limitations. But the experience of Diego Sime-
one's men in the Champions League knock-
outs shone through as they comfortably saw
the game out to reach the last eight for the
sixth time in the last nine seasons.
RONALDO OUTDONE
"We were fully aware that against this team
you need to score the first goal
yourself," said United inter-
im boss Ralf Rangnick. Cris-
tiano Ronaldo had consis-
tently been the scourge of
Atletico in the Champions
League, twice landing the ul-
timate blow in final defeats to
Real Madrid and scoring a
hat-trick for Juventus to
overturn a 2-0 first leg
deficit at this stage three
years ago. However, Sime-
one's men finally got one
over on the 37-year-old as for
the first time he failed to
register a shot in a Cham-
pions League game in which
he played the 90 minutes.
Anthony Elanga came off
the bench to salvage a 1-1
Photo: REUTERS
draw for United in the Spanish capital three
weeks ago and the Swedish teenager had his
side's best chance on 13 minutes. Diogo Dalot's
low cross picked out Elanga and
his goalbound effort rebounded
off Atletico goalkeeper Jan
Oblak's head to safety.
Atletico had been penned in-
Joao Felix side their own half for the open-
ing 15 minutes but posed a threat
every time they strung passes to-
gether on the counter-attack.
Joao Felix had scored five
times in his previous five games,
including Atletico's goal in the first
leg, finally starting to deliver on his
120-million-euro ($131 million) price tag.
The Portuguese had the ball in the net
again at the end of a slick Atletico move that
cut through a leaden-footed United defence,
but Marcos Llorente was flagged offside from
Koke's pass before he squared for Felix to ap-
ply the finishing touch.
United did not learn their lesson as they
were again easily opened up down their left
for the decisive goal. The home fans were still
screaming for a foul on Elanga in the Atletico
half when the visitors fed the ball forward to
Felix, whose backheel found Antoine Griez-
mann and his cross picked out the unmarked
Lodi to head home.
SAFE TACTICS
Atletico resorted to the tried and tested tac-
tics of Simeone's reign in the second half as
they were happy to sit on their lead and were
not unduly troubled by a United side lacking
in ideas. "They know how to play those Cham-
pions League games," said United goalkeeper
David De Gea. "They scored a goal. They are
a tough team so it was hard for us to create
chances. We are out of one of the most im-
portant competitions so we are very sad."
Set-pieces were the hosts' only source of
danger as Oblak produced a superb save to
deny Raphael Varane. That proved to be Unit-
ed's final effort as the visitors held firm, al-
lowing Simeone to sprint in celebration. AFP
BENFICA STUNS AJAX
Ajax couldn't halt a 26-year winless
streak at home in the knockout rounds
of the European competition, losing 1-
0 to Benfica to waste a perfect cam-
paign in the group stage. Darwin
Núñez scored late and Benfica reached
the quarterfinals for the first time in
six years.
Ajax coach Erik ten Hag said he
was "hoping for a moment of magic"
in the end, but it never happened. "Our
positional play was excellent," he said.
"We were very good on the ball. I gave
my players a big compliment. Maybe
only the creativity was lacking. So it's
bitter that one moment of inattention
means you're eliminated." Ajax was
one of three teams that won all six
group-stage matches, along with Liv-
erpool and Bayern. AP

ENGLAND BEAT INDIA HOLDER BADOSA, HALEP

Photo: GETTY IMAGES

ADVANCE AT INDIAN WELLS

S
END THREE-LOSS RUN TO KEEP TITLE DEFENCE HOPES ALIVE eeking to become the rana Cirstea 6-1 6-4 as the for-
first woman to defend mer world number one, who

E
the Indian Wells title in won the tournament seven
ngland skittled India to keep maining three games to avoid an exit. for eight and Mithali Raj for one. Raj's over three decades, Paula Ba- years ago, cruised through the
their faltering Women's dismissal involved a sharply taken catch dosa powered past Leylah Fer- first set with help from her er-
Cricket World Cup defence Bowling brilliance from Sophia Dunkley, lifting the spirits nandez 6-4 6-4 to reach the quar- ror-prone opponent. Halep is
alive on Wednesday, but not of an England team that has been plagued ter-finals while Simona Halep now 19-0 in matches against
before a brittle batting dis- England's decision to bowl after winning by poor fielding at this year's tournament. and Iga Swiatek also advanced. her compatriots. "It's chal-
play chasing a small target produced some the toss paid dividends when Anya Deepti Sharma was run out for a Badosa, who is looking to lenging to play against a Ro-
nervous moments at Mount Maunganui, Shrubsole sent Yastika Bhatia on her way duck attempting a reckless single, leav- emulate Martina Navratilova's manian player, it's a little bit
New Zealand. ing India at 28-3 after eight overs. Smri- feat of retaining the crown in stressful," Halep told Ten-
In a must-win match after three suc- ti Mandhana scored 35, Harmanpreet 1990-91, held her nerve in nis Channel.
cessive defeats, England dismissed India To go out there and Kaur 14. Richa Ghosh offered managed key moments of the tight Poland's Swiatek pro-
for 134 in 36.2 overs as spinner Charlie 33 but India only set a 135-run target. contest to prevail. The duced her third consecu-
Dean took a career-best 4-23. perform was pretty Sydney champion has not tive come-from-behind
The four-time champions made a
poor start to the run chase and were two
special. We talked Disastrous run chase dropped a set at the WTA
1000 tournament in
victory to battle past for-
mer world number
wickets down with just four runs on the about keeping it simple and England made a disastrous start to the the Southern Cali- one Angelique Ker-
board before overhauling their 135 tar- run chase as Tammy Beaumont and Dan- fornia desert, as ber 4-6 6-2 6-3 and
get with more than 18 overs to spare. "It's we pulled it off today. It's ni Wyatt managed just one run each. It she looks to secure reach the last eight.
a relief to be honest, we just needed that," could have been worse, with fast bowler only the fourth ti- The 20-year-old will
said captain Heather Knight, who top
not the World Cup we have Jhulan Goswami beating Nat Sciver's bat, tle of her career. face Madison Keys.
scored for her side with an unbeaten 53 hoped for but the girls are only for the ball to gently roll off her pads Badosa takes on Greek Maria
in England'a 136-6 in 31.2 overs. "It was a and hit the stumps without dislodging Veronika Kud- Sakkari also went
bit scrappy in the end, a few more wick- really in this. This will keep the bails. Scriver advanced to 45 before ermetova or through when her
ets than we'd like, but hopefully it's the
us going in this World Cup. hitting an easy catch when trying to lift Marketa Von-
Paula Badosa opponent Daria
start of a momentum shift." the run rate. There was a flurry of wick- drousova next. Gavrilova retired
England's campaign remains on a ets as England closed in on the total but Halep dis- while trailing 4-1
knife-edge and they must win their re-
England off-spinner they finished comfortably. AFP patched fellow due to an adductor
Charlie Dean Romanian So- problem. REUTERS
Photos: AFP Photo: AFP

Q U IZ T IM E ! Q3: Q6:
Rahi Sarnobat, Esha Singh Mexican Open ATP 500 title? Which team has won the 2018 UCI Road World Championship?
and Rhythm Sangwan have a. 8 b. 4 c. 6 d. 5 Under-19 Cricket World Cup a. Trixi Worrack
won gold medals for India in which title most times? b. Evelyn Stevens
Rafael Nadal
sports event? a. Australia c. Chantal Blaak
Q1: Which national-level shooter
has been selected to
represent India at the 2041 Climate
a. Boxing
b. Weightlifting
b. Pakistan
c. Sri Lanka
d. Carmen Small

c. Sprinting
Q9:
Force Antarctica Campaign? d. India Which is the highest
a. Aarushi Verma d. Shooting badminton governing body in
b. Manu Bhaskar
c. Avni Accounts
Q4: Thomas Cup is related to
which of the following
Q7: Sachin Tendulkar hit his
100th international century
against which of the following
the world?
a. International Badminton Association
d. Apurvi Chandela b. Badminton Association of the World
sports? teams? c. Badminton World Federation
a. TableTennis a. SriLanka

Q2: Who has become the 23rd d. International Badminton Federation

b. LawnTennis b. Bangladesh
Woman Grandmaster of
c. Badminton b. Pakistan ANSWERS: 1. Aarushi Verma
India?
d. Golf d. South Africa 2. Priyanka Nutakki 3. Shooting
a. Mary Ann Gomes
4. Badminton 5. 4 6. India
b. Priyanka Nutakki
7. Bangladesh 8. Trixi Worrack
c. Padmini Rout
d. Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi Q5: How many times has
Rafael Nadal won the
Photo: AFP
Q8: Who was the most
successful cyclist in the
9. Badminton World Federation