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Green promise
Patna: Bihar chief minister
Nitish Kumar ties rakhi to trees
on raksha bandhan to spread
awareness on environmental
needs.The Bihar government
has been observing raksha
bandhan as Vriksh Raksha
Divas (Tree Protection Day)
since 2012 to protect the state’s
green cover. “People should
save trees, just like they save
people,” Kumar said.
ANI
Biography in reel
Dhaka: A new biography-
based documentary seeks to
capture in reel the story of
Bangladesh Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina portraying her
as a daughter and a leader and
her journey associated with the
genesis of the country against
a tragic backdrop.The 70-
minute docudrama Hasina-A
Daughter’s Tale, according to
its makers, is the culmination of
a five-year-long attempt to
capture the story behind the
Prime Minister and her
experience as a human being,
not a politician.
ANI
Smart schools
Bhubaneswar: More than a
thousand government schools
in Odisha are to be transformed
with modern facilities such as
smart classrooms, e-library
cum reading rooms, modern
science laboratory, hygienic
toilets, safe drinking water and
sports infrastructures. Chief
minister Naveen Patnaik
announced the initiative and
said: “In the first phase 1,070
schools will be transformed
with modern facilities.”
PTI
Flight to safety
Ghaziabad: A special Indian
Air Force repatriation flight
brings back 168 evacuees from
Kabul at the Ghaziabad Hindon
airbase on Sunday.The 107
Indian nationals onboard are
among those evacuated from
Afghanistan. India has been
allowed to operate two flights
per day from Kabul to evacuate
its nationals stranded in
Afghanistan, government
sources said.
ANI
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Climate change peril
for a billion children
A United Nations report says children living in 33 countries get exposed
to multiple environmental factors and inadequate essential services
BEN WEBSTER
O
ne billion children are at “extremely high
risk” from climate change, according to a
United Nations report.
Children living in 33 countries face a “deadly
combination” of exposure to multiple climate and
environmental factors and inadequate essential
services such as water, healthcare and
education.
The Children’s Climate Risk Index by Unicef,
the UN children’s agency, is the first
comprehensive analysis of the dangers. It ranks
countries based on children’s exposure to
climate and environmental shocks, such as
cyclones and heatwaves, as well as their
vulnerability to those shocks based on their
access to essential services.
The report found that young people living in
the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria,
Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau were most at risk.
Sub-Saharan Africa, where 24 of the 33
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The future of every child is at risk as nations across the
world fail to curb the effects of climate change . AFP
countries are, is particularly vulnerable because
the increasing frequency and severity of
droughts and floods is undermining food
security in the region and populations lack basic
services.
A separate report published on Friday by The
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Belgian collector Yvette Dardenne
stands among thousands of vintage
lithographed tin boxes, which are
part of a huge collection of almost
60,000 pieces at her house in Grand-
Hallet, Belgium. The colourful tins
piled high around her used to
contain goods ranging from
chocolates, toffees, coffee and rice
to tobacco, talc and shoe polish, and
come from as far away as India.
Dardenne, 83, has accumulated
the vintage tin boxes from all over the
world since starting her collection
some 30 years ago. The collection,
which now occupies four houses, all
began with a Cote d’Or chocolate
box illustrated with a painting of a
blonde girl in a blue hat, Dardenne
said, standing amid the carefully
arranged tin boxes in the medieval
watermill she owns next to her
home. Later, the tins just came to
her, she said.
“I haven’t been anywhere. I was
not travelling. People still think I
have travelled a lot. It quickly
became known (that I collected
boxes). Sometimes, right after my
husband left for the office, someone
would show up to offer me
something,” said Dardenne. Reuters
Lancet found that more than 356,000 deaths in
2019 were related to heat. “Extremely hot days
or heat waves that were experienced
approximately every 20 years are now being
seen more frequently and could even occur
every year by the end of this century if current
greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated,”
Kristie Ebi, co-author of the report from the
University of Washington, said.
The Unicef index also revealed that countries
which have contributed the least to carbon
dioxide levels in the atmosphere face the worst
consequences of climate change.
The 33 “extremely high risk” countries
collectively emit only 9 per cent of global CO2
emissions. India is the only one of those
countries that ranks among the ten highest
emitting nations.
Henrietta Fore, the executive director of
Unicef, said: “For the first time, we have a
complete picture of where and how children are
vulnerable to climate change. Climate and
environmental shocks are undermining the
complete spectrum of children’s rights, from
access to clean air, food and safe water, to
education, housing, freedom from exploitation,
and even their right to survive.”
Anna Kettley, deputy executive director of
Unicef UK, said: “Children have done the least to
cause climate change, yet tragically the impact
of the climate crisis is threatening their futures
and very survival.”
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Famine scare
Dutch music fans Mock tests
made
march to ‘unmute’
Madagascar: Hundreds of
thousands face a humanitarian
crisis in a severe drought in the
southern part of the country.
People are suffering from one
of the worst droughts in the friendly
D
south of Madagascar in 40 utch music fans have been banned for

years, the most senior UN offi-
cial in the country said. The on-
going drought for three years
has wiped out harvests and
hampered access to food and
the pandemic compounded
their suffering.
ANI
Wildfire shuts roads
California: Rounds of high
winds contribute to the strong
Northern California wildfire, de-
stroying dozens of homes. “We
have a firefight ahead of us and
the wind is going to make it
challenging,” said Keith Wade, a
spokesman with the California
Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection. Authorities closed
highways between the state
capital of Sacramento and Lake
Tahoe on the Nevada state line
after debris from the blaze fell
onto the roadway and because
of red flag warnings for strong
winds.The Caldor Fire has de-
voured about 130 sq miles and
counting.
AP
Protest against rules
Paris: Over 1,75,000 people
rally against coronavirus health
passes against France’s restric-
tions, including a compulsory
health pass, to fight the situation.
The ongoing protests across
cities witnessed more people
joining in with each passing day.
In July, French President Em-
manuel Macron announced a
series of new restrictions to con-
tain the spread of Covid-19, in-
cluding the special health pass
indicating that a person has ei-
ther been vaccinated or has a
negative test result.It is required
in museums, theaters, movies
and all public events attended by
over fifty people.
months from going to large-scale music
festivals because of the coronavirus re-
strictions. On Saturday, the festivals came to
them.
Hundreds of performers and festival organis-
ers held marches through six Dutch cities on
Saturday.They protested against what they ar-
gued were unfair restrictions that had forced the
cancellation of summer music festivals and
other events.
Thousands of people attended one of the
“Unmute Us” marches in Amsterdam, walking
and dancing behind a convoy of trucks carrying
DJs and sound systems pumping out music.
Leonie der Verkleij, a freelancer who works
in hospitality services at events, was among
those marching in Amsterdam.
“The festival industry feels like an unwanted
child,” she said. “It feels like all sectors are impor-
tant except ours.”
The Dutch government has banned large-
scale events such as festivals until at least Sep-
tember 19 amid fears over the spread of the
highly infectious delta variant.
One-day events with a maximum of 750 visi-
tors are allowed for people with a Covid-19 app
showing they have been vaccinated, have re-
cently tested negative or have recovered from a
case in the past six months.The organisers of
Saturday’s protest want the ban lifted on Sep-
tember 1.
They point to overseas events and the return
of crowds to soccer stadiums — with proof of
vaccination, recovery from Covid-19 or a nega-
tive test — as evidence that people can congre-
gate in large numbers without infection numbers
surging.
Jasper Goossen of Apenkooi Events, which
organises dance festivals, said hundreds of fes-
tivals had been canceled due to the pandemic,
crippling an industry that employs 100,000 peo-
ple. “There are so many passionate people
working in this industry and they are all having a
tough time.We want to move forward, not stand
still,” he said.
Dutch organisers point to festivals in other
countries that have not turned into superspread-
I
Music festival fans stage protests against the
Dutch government’s Covid-19 restrictions
on large-scale outdoor events in
Amsterdam, on Saturday. AP
er events, such as the summer’s Lollapalooza
music festival in Chicago.
Authorities in Chicago said they had linked
203 Covid-19 cases to the four-day event that
drew 385,000 people.
Marchers carried home-made banners read-
ing: “Music = Medicine” and “Don't Cancel Cul-
ture”.
Festivals are a traditional feature of the Euro-
pean summer, but many have been cancelled or
postponed this year.
In England, many of the biggest events, such
as Glastonbury in southwest England and BST
Hyde Park in London, were cancelled for the
second year running because of the pandemic.
But the lifting of all remaining restrictions on so-
cial contact in England on July 19 has at least al-
lowed some to take place.
The seven-day rolling average of daily new
cases in Netherlands eased slightly over the
past two weeks.
Melvin van Pelt, a DJ and producer who
works under the name Tahko, said he’d worked
in government testing and vaccination centres
to help pay his rent and agrees with many coro-
navirus measures, but he’s had enough of the
festival ban.
“I am sick of it. I’m angry. I no longer feel rep-
resented by my own government,” he said.
AP
n what comes as a boon for the stu-
dents of government schools in the
state, who aspire to crack NEET
exam in their mother tongue of Tamil,
the city-based QuestionCloud.in, India’s
largest online educational assessment
portal, announced recently that it is
making its mock test series for NEET
free for them. Students can register in
the portal (www.questioncloud.in) and
try NEET mock tests in Tamil any num-
ber of times
using their
mobile
phone or
computer.
The portal
submits the
results in-
stantly, with
which the
students
Free NEET mock
can assess tests in Tamil is now a
their own
click away
prepared-
ness for the NEET exam in an objective
way, all without having to pay any fee.
A brainchild of Akilan Ramnathan, a
former bureaucrat, QuestionCloud.in
has over 7,500 different tests containing
over three lakh questions.The portal is
developed by Blue Silicon Infotech Pri-
vate Limited, an edutech startup pro-
moted by him. In his comments, Ram-
nathan said: “We are making mock tests
for NEET free to help government
school students studying in Tamil medi-
um prepare for the exam in Tamil with
confidence and secure high marks to re-
alise their aspirations.” He also added
that the portal is committed to bring im-
portant competitive tests for higher edu-
cation for students from tier II and III
towns and villages who lack adequate
learning support.
ANI

Policy to raise forest coverage

ANI

Focus on healthcare
Geneva: The World Health Or-

ganization raised an alarm re-
garding the healthcare situa-
tion in Afghanistan, where con-
flict has left countless people
vulnerable to hunger and ill-
nesses. The WHO said one-
third of the population is facing
acute hunger and more than
half of all children under age
five are malnourished. “Conti-
nuity of health services must
continue without interruption
across the country, with a
focus on ensuring women has
access to female health work-
ers. Health workers have been
called to return to or to remain
at their posts, including female
health staff,” said WHO
spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic.
ANI
C
hina has planned to plant
36,000sqkm of new forest a
year, with an aim to raise its
overall forest coverage rate to 24.1
per cent by the end of 2025 from
23.04 per cent at the end of last
year, according to its forest and
grassland five-year plan published
recently.
China will plant 36,000sqkm of
new forest a year — more than the
total area of Belgium — from this
year to 2025 as it bids to combat
climate change and better protect
natural habitats, a senior forestry
official said on Friday.
Tree planting has been at the
heart of the country’s environmental
efforts for decades and is a major
part of plans to bring carbon emis-
sions down to net zero by 2060.
China to raise forest coverage rate by the end of 2025
Li Chunliang, vice-chairman of
the State Forestry and Grasslands
Commission, told in a news confer-
ence that large-scale land green-
ing programmes would complete
36,000sqkm of afforestation every
year through 2025.
“By 2035, the quality and stabil-
ity of national forest, grassland,
wetland and desert ecosystems
will have been comprehensively
upgraded,” Li said.
The plan warned that the forest
and grass resources were inade-
quate, especially in drought-prone
regions in the north and west re-
gions.The types of trees to be
planted were not specified, but the
document mentioned that the
strategy would rely in part on natu-
ral reforestation, in accordance to
the local environment.
Over the next five years, China
will also expand its national park
system and will crack down further
on illegal wildlife trade, said Chen
Jiawen, an official in charge of
drafting the new plan.
A market research group com-
parethemarket.com on Friday said
the city of Beijing alone would
need to plant more than 15 million
trees a year in order to offset annu-
al emissions.
Reuters
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Common sense intrigues AI
I
t is hard to give “common sense” to com-
puters — something which we take for
granted in humans. People take for grant-
ed the ability to deal with certain situations
on a regular basis. Imagine you are having
friends over for lunch and plan to order a
pepperoni pizza. You recall Amy mentioning
that Susie had stopped eating meat. You try
calling Susie, but when she does not pick
up, you decide to play it safe and just order
a margherita pizza instead. In reality, accom-
plishing these feats, humans are relying on
not one but a powerful set of universal abili-
ties known as common sense.
Common sense is hard to compute.
Intriguingly, it has been an important chall-
enge at the frontier of artificial intelligence
(AI) since the earliest days of the field in the
1950s. Despite enormous advances in AI,
especially in game-playing and computer vi-
sion, machine common sense with the rich-
ness of human common sense remains a di-
stant possibility. This may be the reason why
AI efforts designed for complex, real-world
problems with many intertwining parts, such
as diagnosing and recommending treatme-
nts for Covid-19 patients, sometimes fall flat.
Recent ambitious efforts have recog-
nised machine common sense as a moon-
shot AI problem of our times, one requiring
concerted collaborations across institutions
Bots are
future of
odd jobs
T
he chief executive officer of Tesla,
Inc, Elon Musk, recently said the
electric automaker will probably lau-
nch a “Tesla Bot” humanoid robot prototy-
pe next year, designed for dangerous, rep-
etitive, or boring work that people do not
like to do. The Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Day event came amid growing scrutiny
over the safety and capability of Tesla’s “full
self-driving” advanced driver assistant sys-
tem.
The US safety
regulators earlier
this week opened
an investigation
into Tesla’s driver
assistant system
because of acci-
dents where Tesla
cars crashed into
stationary police
cars and fire trucks.
At the event,
Tesla also unveiled A humanoid robot to
its high-speed be launched by Tesla
computer, Dojo, to to do the boring jobs
help develop its
automated driving system. Musk said Dojo
would be operational next year.
He said Tesla will also introduce new
hardware for its self-driving computer.
Reuters
YOUNG METRO
Machine common sense is a moonshot AI problem of our times
over many years. A notable example is the
four-year Machine Common Sense progr-
amme launched in 2019 by the US Defence
Advanced Research Projects Agency to
accelerate research in the field after the
agency released a paper outlining the prob-
lem and the state of research in the field.
The programme funds many current
research efforts in machine common sense,
including our own, Multi-modal Open World
Toddlers superspreaders?
B
abies and toddlers are more likely
to spread the coronavirus to other
members of their household than
teenagers, according to research by a
Canadian public health agency.
Although children aged three or
younger were the first to fall ill in only 12
per cent of households, they were 40
per cent more likely than those aged 14
to 17 to pass it on, even though the
odds of the latter group becoming infect-
ed were far higher.
The findings can be explained in part
by behavioural factors, including the
fact that very young children require
hands-on care, cannot be isolated when
they become sick, and frequently put
their hands and other objects in their
mouths.
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common sense related questions.
In the last couple of years, a prolific body
of research has been published on trans-
formers, with direct applications to common
sense reasoning. This rapid progress as a
community has forced researchers in the
field to face two related questions at the
edge of science and philosophy: Just what is
common sense? And how can we be sure
an AI has common sense or not?
To answer the first question, researchers
divide common sense into different cate-
gories, including common sense sociology,
psychology and background knowledge. The
authors of a recent book argue that
researchers can go much further by dividing
these categories into 48 fine-grained areas,
such as planning, threat detection and emo-
tions. However, it is not always clear how
cleanly these areas can be separated. In our
recent paper, experiments suggested that a
Grounded Learning and Inference clear answer to the first question can be
(MOWGLI). problematic.
MOWGLI is a collaboration between the Transformers are getting larger and more
research group at the University of Southern power hungry. A recent transformer devel-
California and AI researchers from the oped by Chinese search engine giant Baidu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has several billion parameters. It takes an
University of California at Irvine, Stanford enormous amount of data to effectively train.
University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Yet, it has so far proved unable to grasp the
Institute. The project aims to build a comput- nuances of human common sense.
er system that can answer a wide range of PTI
TERRACOTTA WONDER
Antony Gormley’s ‘Field for British Isles
(1993)’ installation, which comprises 40000
miniature terracotta figures, is on display in
the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland,
Britain, until September 2021. Each
installation is unique and simply fashioned,
with holes for eyes. The figures completely
occupy the space in which they are
installed, with an aim to fill the space so the
viewer can look at the figures, but cannot
enter the space. It is the largest single
artwork in the Arts Council Collection. This
installation made Gormley win the Turner-
prize in 1994 which is awarded to British
artists for their artwork. Reuters
that toddlers are driving the pandemic.
In the pandemic’s early months,
experts and officials suggested children
rarely got infected with the coronavirus,
and rarely transmitted it. However, young
children had little social interaction at the
time because they were isolating at
home.
Although in most cases the chain of
transmission stopped with the child, in
27.3 per cent of households where chil-
dren became sick first, they passed the
coronavirus to at least one other resi-
Kids of age three or younger can more dent.
likely spread the virus Other studies have found that even
The study, published in the journal, though toddlers rarely get seriously ill,
JAMA Pediatrics, does not resolve they may carry similar or even higher
whether infected children are as conta- levels of virus than adults do.
gious as adults, and does not suggest THE TIMES, LONDON
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KIDS PLAY
WITH WORDS
Students of Shri Shikshayatan School, junior section, showcase their talent in
Bengali elocution and storytelling at a virtual event named Shabdkosh

S
hri Shikshayatan School,
junior section, recently
organised a special
assembly named Shabdkosh,
focusing on Bengali poetry and
storytelling. Students of classes IV
and V, who are part of Special
Activity: Bengali Elocution and
Public Speaking, performed in the
event virtually.
The one-hour programme
commenced with the presentation
of Class IV students, who spoke
about poetry in general and
focused on the Bengali poetry that
originated here and then
underwent various stages of
development.They also recited
poems by noted poets such as
Sukumar Ray, Nirendranath
Chakraborty, Promod Bosu and
Shankha Ghosh.They first offered
Shabdokolpodroom and Dnare Illustrations of Shabdokolpodroom (above) and
Dnare Droom by Sukumar Ray. Dnare Dnare Droom (left) by Sukumar Ray
Then the kids presented First Hote
Hoy by Promod Bosu, Megh by Students of Class IV
Shankha Ghosh, Chhutir Chhora
recite
by Nirendranath Chakraborty and
Shabdokolpodroom and
Jalsa by Annadashankar Roy.The
Dnare Dnare Droom by
confident presentation of the
Sukumar Ray, First
children amazed the audience.
Hote Hoy by Promod
Their performance was flawless
Bosu, Megh by
with apt expression, pronunciation
Shankha Ghosh,
and voice modulation.
Chhutir Chhora by
Students of Class V also
Nirendranath
impressed the onlookers with their
Chakraborty and Jalsa
storytelling abilities.They
by Annadashankar Roy
beautifully narrated a humorous
story of three crows, a scarecrow
and a mouse named Little
Monsters.They used stick puppets
of the animals as props while
narrating the tale of friendship to Students of Class V narrate a
add colour to their presentation. humorous story of three crows, a
The programme ended with the scarecrow and a mouse named
presentation of the school song Little Monsters. They used stick
and the national anthem. puppets of the animals as props
Headmistress Poushali while narrating the tale of
Mukherjee congratulated the kids friendship
after watching their performance.

I took part in a We practised I have recited I have performed Shri Shiks-

group perfor- several times three poems recitation in the hayatan School
mance in the under the in the event. event. It was provides a
Bengali supervision of Earlier, we very different platform to
elocution. It our Bengali every student
used to from performing
was an amazing elocution ma’am to pursue their
as well as and other teachers perform on live on stage
stage in front of all our because here as if I was passion. We have a variety of
challenging event for me. But I before the virtual event. They special activities and Bengali
was missing my school guided us on how to make the teachers and friends, holding speaking to myself, and there
elocution is one of them.
auditorium badly. Performing event beautiful. It was a different the mike. But this time we were no spectators. I miss my
Students of Class IV recited
in a virtual programme is experience as we performed on a performed online from the school days when my friends
altogether a different virtual platform. I miss my school poems of some of their
comfort of our homes. It’s so would cheer me for performing in favourite poets with great
experience as technical issues very much, and am waiting for the
different and I miss the pre- the class and I also miss my confidence and enthusiasm.
might create problems during day when I can go there and meet
a performance my friends, seniors and teachers Covid days badly teachers who would help me fix Kudos to them
in a Covid-free world — Lanika Zaheen Rahman my mistakes — Poushali Mukherjee
— Debosmita Dutta
Class IV — Abhilasha De, Class IV Class IV — Adrija Gayen, Class IV Headmistress

Text by Ayan Paul

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Millennial home decor

Gen-Z are informed, not afraid to ask questions or talk about issues. Their bold ideas are often
reflected in their rooms and private spaces. This confident bunch tries to make their voices heard
even through their seemingly insignificant personal items. Their rooms often embody the “live and
let live” mantra. Young Metro checks out some interesting room decor of students...

Recycling:
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our deck up your space, the new generation
u p y ide believes in recycling. The school fairs, cre-
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Bean bags:
Bean bags are a compulsory piece of seating in a room. It is the ultimate comfort quotient when it
comes to spending time watching a film or just playing games on your own in your room. Also for
those times when friends come over, the best place to crash on is a bean bag. Create a corner in
your room by placing bean bags and a small table to invite your friends over for a gaming session.
Bean bags are chic and fun to sit on and continue with your long discussions on favourite things
with a cup of coffee in your hand and a friend by your side.
Decorative pillow:
LED string lights: We all have our favourite emoticon and
This decorative element in your room also those which we use as our patent
will make you want to spend more time expressions while conversing over text
in the space and with yourself. LED messages. With the trend of Whatsapp
string lights come in a variety of and other apps utilising emoticons taking
colours and transform the entire vibe over, the market has seen a steady avail-
of a space. Lesser number of people ability of cushions with favourite emoti-
consider this as an everyday indoor cons. Decorate your bed or any corner of
inclusion but if decorated in the correct your room with a bunch of such cushion
manner, spending time in your room pillows that will speak for itself. Over a
and with yourself might just appear all funny conversation with friends, you can
the more comfortable. Pin them on to always catch hold of your favourite emoti-
the structure of the window or just let it con and use it in the middle of conversa-
loose jumbled away in a corner, string tions by putting it in front of your face
lights can be placed in whichever way almost similar to how that conversation
desired. String lights cut down on ener- would take course over any messaging
gy consumption and if you are not app.
reading or writing, these lights are per-
fect to be left on, when you switch off
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FROM PAGE 5 Love for environment:

Millennials have been
criticised and applaud-
ed for their concern to-
wards the environment.
In an age where we are
dealing with all sorts of
environmental issues
and yet a huge chunk
of people fail to realise
the importance of tak-
ing care of nature; mil-
lennials have stepped
up to voice their con-
cerns and are trying to
do their bit to pass on
the awareness.The
love for nature can be
reflected in your own
space with inclusion of
tropical print cushion
covers and bedsheets
Travel bugs: so as to live the fact
Work hard and play harder is the anthem that millennials believe in.Travelling that you are trying to
is something that this generation is fond of and explores its educational as- pass around.
pects as well. Dreaming of seeing the world and learning from nature and cul-
tures are the best ways through which one can build up oneself.To keep the
travel bug in you wide awake, hang up a world map in your space for some in-
spiration to keep dreaming and planning how to set out and visit those beauti-
ful places.

Colour neutrality:
For generations human beings
have associated specific
colours with gender.Things
have changed now and millen-
nials have actually shown how
to break the stereotype when it
comes to associating colours
with gender. Pink was a femi- Tassel hanging:
nine shade and blue, for males. Tassels are love and slowly but steadily it has taken
Rose gold is the colour that has over everything. From clothes to bags and earrings,
been ruling the trend charts tassels are everywhere.Tassel hangings especially tas-
when it comes to home décor, sel dream catchers are a beautiful addition to rooms.
mobile phones, jewellery or for Hang it up by the window and everytime the wind
that matter, clothes even.The blows, it is a real sight to see the feathers move to the
wind.This is for all boho lovers and anyone who knows
soft shade which is close to
little about the boho culture.
light pink does not face cate-
gorisation when it comes to
gender. Breaking the code,
rose gold is the colour that is
found in everything. Including
this colour in your room or be-
longings, more than being a
part of the trend, breaks the
stereotype that certain shades
can be used specifically just by
boys or girls.

Quote stickers:
Quote stickers are widely avail-
able in the market and they
come with a lot of opinion. Mil-
lennials are not afraid to ques-
tion anyone or anything but at
the same time restrain from talk-
ing out in fruitless situations.
They step up and put an effort in
situations where they see the
need and opportunity to be able
to contribute toward a change.
Sticker quotes on various socie-
tal stereotypes, gender stereo-
types and economical issues
are common and many a times,
getting creative and writing out
something on your own actually
makes it more meaningful. Add Zodiac signs:
some sticker quotes on your Zodiac signs are often used by people to denote their personality traits.
wall which will send out mes- Drinking your favourite beverage in a mug with traits of your zodiac signs
sages on what you believe in scribbled on it, is a good way to start the morning. Good and bad points
and stand by. Not just for the are a part of every human being but being reminded of your strengths
room, sassy quotes on t-shirts every time you look at your mug on the table is a part of embracing all of
are quite a rage now and wear- you.This can also serve as a wonderful gift idea on your friend’s birthday.
ing your opinion on your sleeve
helps in making a statement,
more. Text by Arundhati Bhattacharya
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I was not
aware of
the scope
of liberal
arts. I was
keen to
know its
career prospects. Himi
Purkayastha’s speech
was an eye opener.
— Sanjana Chatterjee
Class XII

The session
helped
clear my
doubts. I
liked how
Anju
Liberal arts students during an activity in Ashoka University. Himi Purkayastha of the university told Sri Sri Academy students how liberal education Deoskar
would empower them with multidisciplinary, problem-solving and research-oriented skills explained the importance
of analytical, problem-sol-

New jobs and

ving and verbal
communication skills
— Yashna Garg, Class X

I now have
many

‘liberal’ outlook
career
options to
choose
from. Often
we overlook
THE courses that help our
SPEAKERS: creativity bloom. The
What is liberal education and how is it different from other courses — students (Clockwise from speakers were very good
top left) Meenu — Sreyoshi Roy
of Sri Sri Academy are taken on a career tour to the future at an event Arora, Himi Choudhury, Class XI
conducted by the school’s career guidance cell. Young Metro reports… Purkayastha
and Anju
Deoskar I plan to
What’s the difference between pursue a
multi-disciplinary and inter- streams they belong to,” she said. career that
disciplinary approach in education? According to her, liberal involves
Is it important to be employable or education is to break out of a box comp-
earnable? and have the freedom to learn utational
What is data storytelling? anything, explore and prepare for skills and
What is the future of the job life. She said critical thinking is to programming. I connected
situation in India? learn to question the question best with Himi
itself, which is one of the skills Purkayastha’s speech

C
areer-talks covering some
burning contemporary
issues were discussed at a
panel talk organised by the career
guidance cell of Sri Sri Academy,
Calcutta for classes X, XI and XII
on August 9.
About 500 students attended
the discussion on “Liberal
Education - An Interdisciplinary
Approach”. The speakers included
Himi Purkayastha, regional
manager (east), office of
admissions and outreach, Ashoka
University; Anju Deoskar, associate
director of admissions outreach,
Flame University and Meenu Arora,
assistant director of Krea
University.
The session began with Arora
explaining the difference between
multi-disciplinary and inter-
disciplinary approach in education.
She took students through various
stages of development from the first
industrial revolution to the fourth
one that spelt the emergence of
artificial intelligence, big data, the
Internet of Things, blockchain,
crypto. “For the fifth industrial
revolution effort is being made to
humanise technology which
requires higher cognitive skills like
creativity, decision-making, critical
thinking and complex information
processing. Social and emotional
skills such as effective
communication and negotiation,
leadership, management and
adaptability are becoming more
important,” she said.
Arora emphasised on “inter-
woven learning for an inter-
connected world”. She also
explained how the boundaries
between digital, physical and
biological world are fast
disappearing. The new-age
careers are a combination of
various disciplines, she said. “We
need to question every
information we get,” she said.
Arora stressed on data
storytelling. A data scientist
should not only be able to
analyse data, but also present
them in the right context.
Deoskar began by dispelling
the notion that liberal arts is
synonymous to humanities. She
said it was a combination of all
three streams — science,
commerce and humanities.
Deoskar mentioned that the
students must not develop skills
to make themselves employable
but try to be earnable instead.
She went on to explain that in
today’s world where everything
was so uncertain it was, at times,
not possible to plan long-term.
Transferable skills such as
leadership, verbal and written
communication, team work,
problem solving etc which the
employers look out for should be
honed to succeed in the unknown
future. These skills may be
acquired through engagement in
various activities. Liberal
education also helps to cultivate
these skills.
“The students must be aware
of current trends in the industry
and be able to predict the future
trends too irrespective of the
that are taught in a liberal arts — Upkirat Singh Dhillon
course. Class XI
Purkayastha rounded up by
sharing some statistics on the job
scenario. “About 75 per cent of The seminar
the jobs available now will be was imp-
reinvented by next 10 to 15 years, ortant. I
had no
66 per cent of the companies will
idea what
be looking for new sets of skills,
liberal
51.8 per cent of jobs will be education is.
robotically automated in India,” It made me think
she said.
Purkayastha cited instances of — Rajnish Prasad, Class X
new-age jobs such as social
media marketing or social media I learnt
analysts or ethical hacking that
about new
have evolved in recent years and concepts.
the experts in these fields can I found
demand very high salaries. She Anju
explained the learning Deoskar’s
methodology in liberal education speech
that empowers the students with
especially inspirational
multidisciplinary, problem-solving
— Vihaan Shah, Class X
and research-oriented skills.
“The current education system
does not empower a student to No learning
look at a problem from multi- goes
dimensional aspects whereas waste. I
liberal education does. It also put to use
helps in developing empathy and all the
emotional intelligence that are skills that I
considered prized skills,” said had learnt to
Purkayastha. She mentioned that create something new
an added advantage of studying — Suvina Shunglu
in a liberal arts university is the Principal
industry exposure and workshops
that one get to attend. Text by Chandreyee Ghose
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‘’
The human race has evolved for uncountable years now and from
inventing the cart wheel to flying of drones, the clock has turned
t of the
pretty fast for us. The advent of technology and misuse of power may no t th e stronges or the
It is s. N
have led to global warming and other negative impact, but again it’s at survive . It
species th ent that survives le
tech and digital innovations that have helped us serve mankind te llig dap b
ta
most in a t is most a
n e th
better. Let’s see how... is the o to chang
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— Charl

Life-changing Modern artificial

pancreas

inventions
Artificial pancreas, formally
known as closed-loop insulin de-
livery system, is used primarily to
treat type 1 diabetes and it has
now become portable.
The system continuously
monitors blood glucose levels,
calculates the amount of insulin
required and automatically
3-D Printing delivers it through a small
pump.Those using artificial
The earliest application of the layering pancreas spent almost 25 per
method took place in the manufacture cent more time with blood sugar
of topographical maps in the 19th levels in the target range, com-
Augmented reality century and 3-D Printing (also known pared to people using insulin in-
as Additive Manufacturing), as we jections, without an increased risk
Augmented reality (AR), in which know today, began in 1980. of hypos.
digital graphics are overlaid into live 3D printing is a process by which Since its first use, scientists
footage to convey information in physical objects are created by have carried on backing research,
real time, has evolved recently depositing materials in layers based have seen exciting advances and
because of the arrival of more on a digital model. Owing its are testing with research trials to
powerful computing hardware and convenience to the use of digital understand the full benefits.
the creation of an open source space as a blueprint for real objects,
video tracking software library this technology can be used to create
known as “ARToolKit”. everything — from prototypes and
Mixed reality allows a global simple parts to highly complex
workforce of remote teams to work technical products such as
together and tackle on an aeroplane parts, eco- friendly
organisation’s business challenges. buildings, life-saving medical
An employee, irrespective of his live implants and even artificial organs.
location, can enter a collaborative, Advances are quickly being made
immersive virtual environment to make 3D printing technology
quickly. reliable for mass manufacturing as
AR, with which imagination is well as to apply in day to day life.
made real, is a technology used in
Disney Colouring book, L’Oréal
Makeup App, Weather Channel Capsule endoscopy
Studio Effects, in armies, etc.
Smartphone apps like Pokemon Go Advancements in light emitting electrodes, image
Game and Snapchat filters are just sensors and optical design led to the emergence of
figments of application of modern capsule endoscopy, which uses a tiny wireless camera of
augmented reality. the size of a vitamin pill that the patient swallows. As the
With a very good commercial capsule traverses the digestive system, doctors can
value and future potential, the examine the gastrointestinal system and identify the
technology is being adopted as a source of internal bleeding, inflammation of the bowel
tool in manufacturing, health care, ulcers and cancerous tumours.
travel, fashion and education. Despite having good patient tolerability and safety
profiles, capsule examination outside the small bowel will
need to match the conventional tests in both diagnostic E-readers
yields and cost effectiveness. If these standards be met,
capsule endoscopy would have a clear advantage over Sony was the first company to
Blockchain conventional endoscopy particularly in context of release an e-reader using a micro-
screening. encapsulated electrophoretic
First deployed in 2008 to create Bitcoin (the first First introduced more than 10 years ago, capsule display, commonly referred to as
decentralised cryptocurrency), blockchain, simply, is an endoscopy has been a major technical innovation, e-ink. E-ink technology, that mimics
incorruptible way to record transactions between parties directly influencing investigation and management of ink on paper that is easy on the eyes
— a shared digital ledger that parties can only add to and small bowel diseases.Technology is swiftly progressing and consumes less power had been
that is transparent to all members of a peer-to-peer and supporting the broadening indications and clinical around in the ’70s and improved in
network where the blockchain is logged and stored. It has applications of capsule endoscopy. the ’90s but the innovation of e-
since been adopted by the financial sector and other readers had to wait until the broader
industries for myriad uses, including money transfers, demand for e-books emerged.
supply chain monitoring and food safety. In the space that a comparable
This database architecture checks the legitimacy and sized physical book takes up, an
guarantees the integrity of the financial assets they are e-reader can contain thousands of
based on without an intermediary, thus competent for e-books, limited only by its memory
use wherever people want decentralisation, property capacity. Many e-readers have a
ownership being a prime example. built-in light source, can change font
It is possible for blockchain technology to have a size and style, use text-to-text speech
truly humanitarian impact by registering plots and software to read the text aloud for
ownership and transferring property rights in physical visually impaired, elderly or dyslexic
goods such as cars, art, musical instruments and people or just for convenience.
also for intangible capital such as information,
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FROM PAGE 8
Digital assistants
One of the biggest technology trends in recent years has been smart home technology, which can be found in everyday consumer
devices like door locks, light bulbs and kitchen appliances,
thanks to digital assistance. Apple was the first major tech
company to introduce a virtual assistant called Siri, in 2011 for
ioS. Digital assistants use advanced artificial intelligence(AI),
natural language processing and understanding machine
learning as they provide personalised and conversational
experience. Other digital assistants such as Microsoft’s
Cortana and Amazon’s Alexa have since entered the market
and gained another level of popularity when tech companies
introduced smart speakers. Notably, Google Home and
Amazon’s Echo can now be found in millions of homes, with
an ever-growing range of applications.

The latest digital assistants can:

 Remind a student to submit an assignment and help him to
do so.
 Answer complex questions such as, “Where is the coffee
shop closest to my home that is open at 8pm and that has
parking available?”
 Serve entertainment purposes by playing songs or even telling a joke.

Digital Assistants of the future will become smarter and many people will use them to interact at home, work or wherever they go.
They would make us more efficient and can free us to be more creative and innovative, to spend more time on strategic ideas and
complex activities and spend less time on mundane, redundant tasks that would better be handled by our “assistants” that we will carry
Gene editing in our pockets.

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and a

separate team from Harvard and the Broad Institute
independently discovered in 2012 that a bacterial immune
system known as CRISPR (Clustered Regularly
Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) could be used
as a powerful gene editing tool to make detailed
changes to any organism’s DNA.This discovery
heralded a new era in biotechnology. It has the
potential to eradicate diseases by altering the genes in
mice and mosquitoes and carry out specific tasks like
targeted gene mutation, gene therapy and creating
chromosome rearrangement. Research into genome
editing with engineered nucleases sought to improve
their safety and specificity. Mice have been traditionally
chosen for researches as a host of a disease model.
In plants, being a tool to alter reproductive rate of
invasive species, genome editing is seen as a viable solution
to the conservation of biodiversity.
Robot heart
Robot(artificial) hearts are mechanical devices connected to the actual heart or implanted in the
chest to assist or substitute a heart that is failing. Abiomed, a Danvers, Massachusetts-based
company developed a robot heart called AbioCor, a self contained unit with exception of a
wireless battery pack that is attached to the wrist.
Artificial hearts have been in clinical use to help end-stage heart failure patients for more
than 35 years. Identical to the human heart, a Total Artificial Heart (TAH) has supported
patients as young as 9 years old and as old as 80. Patients have lived on the TAH for more
than 4.5 years and stable patients can enjoy active lives at home, of course with some
restrictions.
Although the heart is conceptually a simple organ (basically a muscle that functions as a
pump) it embodies complex subtleties that defy straight forward emulation using synthetic
materials and power supplies.
This synthetic replacement for an organic mammalian heart (usually human) remains one of
the long sought goals of modern medicine, the obvious benefit being lowering the need for heart
transplants because the demand for donor hearts greatly exceeds supply.

Online streaming Robotic exoskeletons

Online streaming would not be possible without the convergence of
widespread broadband internet access and cloud computing data centres
used to store content and direct web traffic.While internet-based live streaming
has been around almost since the ’90s, it was not until the mid 2000s that the
internet could handle the delivery of streaming media to a larger audience,
thus posing an existential threat to existing models of delivery media
entertainment such as cable television and movie theatres.
Streaming video and audio from the internet is not new but it feels new
because it is finally convenient.Watching a video or playing a song has
become efficient and takes as much time as that of a blink of an eye. Files
download bit by bit as we’re listening to and watching them unlike waiting for
the downloading time. People now can enjoy and get entertained in real-time
without having to keep a movie or song downloaded before. Netflix, YouTube,
MX Player and HotStar have gained immense popularity among users.
Ever since researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, created in
2003 a robotic device that attaches to the lower back to augment strength in
humans, the demand for robotic exoskeletons for physical rehabilitation has
increased and manufacturing has taken off. Wearable exoskeletons are helping
people with mobility issues (particularly lower body paralysis) and are being
used in factories.
Robotic exoskeletons are getting more practical and can be safely called
Power Suits as they can multiply the wearers’ strength far beyond that of nor-
mal humans. Ford Motor Company, for example, has used an exoskeleton vest
that helps auto assemblers with repetitive tasks in order to lessen the wear
and tear on shoulder and arms. It lets wearers break out of the wheelchair
bubble. The list of potential users is long and growing. The unit employs an
assist mechanism which can act at our own will just like our hands and feet.
Although limited power supply is still a huge constraint, today’s batteries may
prove to be enough as exosuit technology morphs into new forms.

Tokenization
In case of payment, if you have
ever used the chip embedded in a
credit or debit card, by tapping
rather than swiping then you have
definitely benefited from the com-
pound security that tokenization
provides. This data security tech-
nology replaces sensitive data
about the user’s finances with an
equivalent randomized token
aE(which stands for Aeternity), the unit of transfer in tokenization system. It
is used only once per transaction and has no value to hackers and identity
thieves attempting to intercept and manipulate transaction data as it travels
from sender to recipient. Social media site classmates.com was reportedly
the first to rise tokenization in 2001 to protect its subscribers’
sensitive data.

Text byAshmita Dhar (passed Class XII exam)

Mahavir Institute of Education and Research
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COOK WITH UT FIRE

How about trying your hand at some non-fire recipes which will satiate your hunger and
also give you a break from spending hours inside the kitchen in front of the fire?
Young Metro introduces you to some recipes which are easy to
make without sweating at all

PINWHEEL
SANDWICH
Take six slices of bread and remove
the crust portion. Flatten each slice
with the help of a rolling pin.Take
three slices of bread, evenly spread
jam (use the jam you like best) on
these slices. Now place rest of the
three flattened slices of bread on
the breads over which you have
applied jam and on top spread
cheese, ½ tablespoon of mustard
paste and ½ tablespoon of green
chutney. Place few capsicums on PIZZA FRESCA BITES ALMOND MALAI KULFI
one side of the sandwich and some
olives. Now tightly roll the bread Take slices of bread and cut round shapes from them. Now peel two garlic Take a bowl and blend one cup of ground almonds, add one and half cups
slices from the side where cap- cloves, smash them and add one tablespoon of virgin oil. Add two finely of condensed milk and six tablespoons of cream.Take ¼ cup of milk and
sicums and olives are in place to chopped spring onions and one chopped tomato. Sprinkle pepper powder add a pinch of saffron to it. Mix this milk with the almonds mixture and add
the other end to make a roll. Now cut and mix all the ingredients and add salt to taste. Now take the bread around 20 pieces of chopped pistachios and blend them well. Set them in a
the rolls into pieces and serve with roundels and spread the mixture evenly. Sprinkle some grated cheese and matki and refrigerate.Your almond malai kulfi is ready to be served after
green chutney and ketchup. your fresca pizza bites are ready. being garnished with some strands of saffron and chopped almonds.

BISCUIT CAKE
Blend 10 marie biscuits in a mixer
grinder to a fine powder. Empty the
powdered biscuit in a pan, add
chocolate sauce, as per your need,
half cup of milk, four to five table-
spoons of sugar and two table-
spoons of butter. Mix them well. Put
this mixture in a baking tray and let it
sit for about half an hour, deep freeze
this mixture and then refrigerate for
about one hour. Coat the cake with
chocolate sauce and cut it into small
pieces. Serve chilled.

PEANUT BUTTER AND

MUESLI COOKIES
Take 12 digestive biscuits and crush them
into a coarse powder. Add ½ cup of mues-
li, ½ cup creamy peanut butter, a few
WATERMELON AND drops of vanilla essence, two table-
CHEESE SALAD spoons of chocolate chips and now
knead them to form a smooth dough.
Watermelon is so watery in texture that a re- Divide the dough into 10 equal portions
freshing twist to it is welcome.Take six cups of and roll them into disc like structures.
diced watermelon and add three cups of diced Now coat these discs in desiccated co-
cheese (paneer) along with a handful of mint conut.Your cookies are ready and can
leaves. Mix these ingredients, adding two table- be stored in air-tight container.
spoons of vinegar, some rock salt and black
pepper. Serve it chilled. CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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FROM PAGE 10
Although we are experiencing the monsoon, mangoes have not entirely
gone of the track. How about giving a nice twist to the king of fruits? Take
one ripe mango and cut it into cubes. Keep them in a bowl, and add
mango cubes, ½ teaspoon of lemon juice, one teaspoon of olive oil and
black pepper. Now take a slice of bread and spread cream cheese on
both the sides and spread the mango mixture. Top the bread with lettuce
and layers of onion, you can add black pepper to enhance the flavour.
Your mango cream crusty is ready.

JAGGERY AND DRIED GINGER BALLS

Take two tablespoons of dried ginger powder and six tablespoons of grated jaggery. Combine both these things in
a bowl. Now divide the mixture into 12 equal portions and shape each portion into a bowl. Pierce toothpicks into
each ball and serve.

WATERMELON POPSICLES
Take two cups of watermelon juice. In an another bowl, mix nine cups of
powdered sugar in one cup of water. Now add the watermelon juice to
it. Pour the mixture in an ice mould and freeze for five to six hours.
Your watermelon popsicles are ready to be tasted at any given
point of time.

COFFEE SQUARES
Take 25 g of butter and keep it in room temperature for
around 15 minutes. Add the butter to 150g of milk and
mix well. Now in an another bowl, take 100gm of pow-
der biscuit and add the butter-milk mixture to it. Mix in
two teaspoons of coffee powder, ¼ cup of grated
coconut and blend well. Now take a tray and place
butter paper on it. Spread this mixture with a thickness
of one cm in a tray and put it in refrigerator until the
mixture sets. For the second layer, take two table-
spoons of milk and add two teaspoons of coffee powder.
In a separate bowl, take 100gm of butter and powdered
sugar and mix well, add coffee-milk mixture into this and
mix well. Now spread this mixture on the first layer which
was kept for setting in refrigerator. Sprinkle one teaspoon of
almond, and keep it in refrigerator for setting in. When it is set
properly, cut the pieces into square shapes and serve. An easy to
make preparation is ready with which you can impress your guests.

CUCUMBER SOUP
Take two cucumbers, peel and chop them. Your next step will be to
blend them in a mixer. Empty the broth in a container and add two
tablespoons of yoghurt, seven to eight mint leaves, one clove of garlic,
two tablespoon of lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.
Refrigerate for a couple of hours and serve chilled.

MIXED FRUIT AND YOGHURT PARFAIT

Grate one apple and mix it with two cups of yoghurt. Add three table-
spoons of honey in it and blend well. Keep this aside. Now take a glass,
add a layer of muesli at its base. Top it with the layer of apple and yoghurt
mixture (make as many layers you want) and finish it off by putting straw-
berries or any fruit of your choice on the top. Text by Neha Singh
12
England turn to
Malan in
desperation
ELIZABETH AMMON
A
fter seven Tests without a victory, England
have torn up their plans, both for the series
against India and the Ashes this winter,
and turned to Dawid Malan, the 33-year-old who
has not played a Test in three years.
Malan is part of a 15-man squad for the third
Test, which begins at Headingley next week.
There is no place for Dominic Sibley, 25, or Zak
Crawley, 23, who will return to Warwickshire and
Kent respectively. Haseeb Hameed, the
Nottinghamshire batsman who made his first Test
appearance in five years in the second Test, is set
to move up from No 3 to open with Rory Burns.
Although England admire Sibley’s ability to
soak up deliveries, he has a limited range of shots
and has averaged only 14.25 in four innings in this
series. Crawley was left out of the team for the
second Test, with Hameed batting at No 3, and
Chris Silverwood, the England head coach, has
now lost patience with Sibley too.
Malan has not played a first-class match since
June — when he scored 199 for Yorkshire against
Sussex — but he has been picked to bolster a
badly faltering top order. Above all, Silverwood
needs someone to ease the burden on Joe Root,
the captain.The top three have fallen for a record
16 ducks this year and Root has amassed 30 per
cent of his team’s runs.
For Crawley, this may not be the end of his Test
career. England believe that he can come again if
he can work on the technical issue he has outside
off stump and score plenty of runs for Kent when
the County Championship resumes on August 30.
For Malan this is another opportunity in a
rollercoaster career.The hard-hitting left-hander
made 140 against Australia in Perth in 2017: a
rare bright spot in an otherwise torrid series for
England, which they lost 4-0.Three games into
the next summer he was jettisoned when Ed
Smith, then the national selector, decided that
Malan was unlikely to be part of England’s future.
Three years later, with Silverwood now
responsible for selection, he is back.
Picking a 33-year-old with a modest first-class
record (an average of 38.43 in 153 matches)
perhaps highlights the paucity of options at
Silverwood’s disposal but he already knows
Malan well from the white-ball squads.The South
Africa-born player has been ranked the world’s
YOUNG METRO
There is no place for Dominic Sibley (left) or Zak Crawley in the English squad for the
remaining Test matches against India as both of them have failed to put up any fight
For Malan this is another opportunity in a
rollercoaster career.The hard-hitting
left-hander made 140 against Australia in
Perth in 2017: a rare bright spot in an
otherwise torrid series for England, which
they lost 4-0.Three games into the next
summer he was jettisoned when Ed Smith,
then the national selector, decided that
Malan was unlikely to be part of England’s
future.Three years later, with Silverwood
now responsible for selection, he is back
No 1 T20 batsman.
Malan averages 43.19 in T20 internationals for
England, who believes that his confidence and
experience will enable him to cope in the heat of
battle against India.
“Dawid Malan deserves this opportunity in the
Test arena. He has a lot of experience across all
formats and I am confident that he can come and
do well on his home ground. In the limited time he
has played first-class cricket this season, he has
shown what he is capable of, scoring 199 for
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Dawid Malan’s confidence
and experience might enable
him to cope in the heat of
battle against India
Yorkshire against Sussex at Headingley in June,”
Silverwood said.
Saqib Mahmood, the Lancashire right-arm
seamer, has been included in the 15-man squad.
The 24-year-old was called up as emergency
injury cover during the second Test but was
released to his Hundred franchise, Oval
Invincibles, after failing to make the final XI.
However, he has a strong chance of featuring now
that Stuart Broad has been ruled out for the
summer with an ankle injury and Mark Wood is a
doubt for the third Test after hurting his shoulder
while diving to stop a boundary on the fourth day
of the second Test.
Moeen Ali retains his place in the squad and is
the only specialist spinner named, which means
that England have decided against using Jack
Leach as little more than a drinks carrier again. He
has returned to Taunton, although he will not have
any first-class cricket until August 30. Chris
Woakes and Ben Stokes remain unavailable for
selection. Stokes is taking a break from the game
to protect his mental health and Woakes has a
bruised heel from which he is still recovering.
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NUGGETS
Medal hopefuls
Tokyo: India’s Vinod Kumar
was on Sunday classified in the
F52 category which has raised
hopes of a medal in discus
throw in the Tokyo Paralympics
beginning on Tuesday. Javelin
thrower Tekchand was,
however, reclassified in the F55
category, a change from his
earlier F54 category. Para
Athletics chairperson
Satyanarayna was happy and
said that Kumar’s classification
was on expected lines. “Vinod
Kumar’s re-classification in his
own category is a great news.
India’s chances of winning a
medal in this category are
bright,” he said. “Tekchand, on
the other hand, has been
classified in one category
above and hence his
competition will be that much
tougher, but we are sure that he
will give his best.”
Para-athletes are given a
classification depending on the
type and extent of their
disability.The classification
system allows athletes to
compete against others with a
similar level of ability.
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Sammy picks Windies
Dubai: Reigning champions
West Indies will go all the way
in the upcoming T20 World
Cup, reckons former skipper
Darren Sammy taking into the
consideration their ability to
adjust quickly to the conditions
in this format.
The West Indies won the title
the last time the tournament
was held, in 2016 in India,
beating England in a dramatic
final following Carlos
Brathwaite’s stunning four sixes
in the last over. “It’s a no brainer
for me — West Indies all the
way,” said Sammy in an ICC
Digital Show. He added, “When
you look at West Indies, and
people might say I’m sounding
biased, but in the last four
(three) tournaments we’ve
managed to get to the final four,
winning two out of that.” The
West Indies won the title in
2012 and 2016 and, on both
occasions, Sammy was the
captain.
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Osaka back in action
Mason: Two days after a
thoughtful exchange with a
local sports columnist, Naomi
Osaka delivered a more
relevant statement on the court.
She’s back. Down a set and a
break to 17-year-old Coco
Gauff, the second-ranked
Osaka fought back to pull out a
4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win at the Western
and Southern Open on
Wednesday, her first WTA Tour
event since the French Open in
late May. Osaka appreciated
being tested so quickly. “It’s
definitely been a while since I
played a tough opponent in a
three-set match,” she said.
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