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TODAY’S Bringing you concepts that technology influenced the thrower Neeraj Chopra,
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WHICH DAIRY BRAND

SUBORBITAL
INSPIRED INDIA’S FIRST
CROWDFUNDED MOVIE?
X-PLAINED CLUE 1: The movie’s star cast
included Naseeruddin Shah,
Smita Patil, Amrish Puri and

FLIGHT Girish Karnad.

CLUE 2: Its annual milk han-
dling capacity is equal to
Australia’s annual milk pro-
duction.

WHAT
As Richard Bran- fall around the Earth. That continuous falling is what it
son took flight to means to be in the orbit, and is how satellites and the Moon CLUE 3: The world’s 8th-

CLUES
space and Jeff Be-
zos’ Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle prepare to touch the
stay above the Earth. Therefore, anything that launches to
space but does not have sufficient horizontal velocity to stay
largest milk processor, its
boundary of space and experience a few minutes of weight- in space – like these rockets – comes back to Earth and hence name is an acronym for a milk
lessness, converstations on suborbital flights have gained flies a suborbital trajectory.
producers union.
TICKET momentum. So, what exactly is suborbital? It is a space-

WHY
flight in which the spacecraft reaches outer space, but its tra- these suborbital flights matter:Al-

TO SPACE
jectory intersects the atmosphere or surface of the gravi-
tating body from which it was launched, so that it will not
complete one orbital revolution. Simply put, it means that
NOW WIDE
while these vehicles will cross the ill-defined boundary of
space, they will not be going fast enough to stay in space once
they get there. In other words, if a spacecraft or anything
though the two spacecraft launched
in July 2021 will not reach the orbit, ANSWER: AMUL. The dairy
the accomplishment of reaching space in a private space-
brand, an acronym for
craft is a major milestone in the history of humanity. Those
aboard these and all future private-sector, suborbital flights Anand Milk Union Ltd, won
will for a few minutes be in space, experience a few minutes

 Branson’s flight has reinforced the hopes
of space enthusiasts that routine travel to
the final frontier may soon be available to
private citizens, not just the professional
astronauts of NASA and other space agencies
The era of non-professional astronauts
regularly heading to orbit may also begin in
the coming year. Jared Isaacman, a 38-year-
old billionaire, is essentially chartering a
rocket and spacecraft from SpaceX
 Charles Simonyi, who
built the first versions of
Microsoft Office, was the
first billionaire to go to space,
and he remains the only one who has gone
twice. Notably, American millionaire
Dennis Tito, became the world’s first space
tourist in 2001
OPEN else for that matter reaches a speed of 28,000 km/hr or more,
instead of falling back to the ground, it will continuously
of exhilarating weightlessness, and absolutely earn their
astronaut wings.
its first trademark infringe-
ment case in a foreign coun-
try when the Federal Court
for a three-day trip to orbit that is scheduled
for September
 FOR THE RECORD: THE MECHANISM of Canada upheld its claim
Another company, Axiom Space in Neither Blue Origin nor  A suborbital flight is like a cricket ball. of copyright violation
When a cricket ball is thrown into the air, against Amul Canada for
Houston, is arranging a separate trip to the Virgin Galactic flights go as no human hand can give it a speed of
space station that using the trademark 'Amul'
will launch as high enough or fast enough 28,000 km/hr (about 8 m/sec), the ball
and the logo ‘Amul-The
soon as to enter the orbit around will fly in an arc until its entire kinetic
energy is swapped with the potential Taste of India’.
January
the Earth. Rather, these sub- energy, thereby losing its vertical Did you know, the movie
orbital flights are more like motion momentarily, before returning to Manthan, directed by Shyam
the Earth under the influence of gravity.
giant roller coaster rides A suborbital flight, just like a cricket
Benegal, was inspired by
that allow passengers to Verghese Kurien and the
ball, travel fast enough to reach the
“edge of space”, and with enough hori- milk cooperative movement
float for a few minutes while that led to Amul’s establish-
zontal velocity go into the orbit
admiring a view of the Earth However, if an object travels at ment. It processes 11 billion
against the black backdrop 40,000 km/hr, it will achieve what is litres of milk annually, which
known as “escape velocity”, and never
of space return to Earth
equals Australia’s yearly
milk production

Ganga is Covid-free: Scientists NEET 2021 to be held on

he Ganga river has been declared Covid-free. The Sep 12: Education minister Delta, the most-

T finding bears significance in the backdrop of the

fact that BSIP scientists had earlier found traces
of the SARS-CoV2 virus in the water of Gomti
river in Lucknow. After a two-month research by medical and
genetic experts of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi
corona
update
T
he National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Undergraduate (NEET UG)
2021 exam will be conducted across the country on September 12 fol-
lowing the Covid-19 protocols. The application process for NEET (UG)
2021 started from 5 p. on Tuesday through the website(s) of the NTA, Union
transmissible of the
variants identified
so far, has been identi-
fied in at least 85 countries,
and Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP), Lucknow, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.
and is spreading rapidly
it has been found that the Ganga river has no trace of the Education
pandemic causing coronavirus. BSIP scientist Niraj Rai, who  The entrance test for MBBS/ among the unvaccinated pop-
heads the Covid Lab at the institute, said: "Our team extract- BDS courses had been scheduled ulation. The only way to
ed RNA and performed an RT-PCR test for all the samples for August 1, but the registration
process was deferred due to the
break the link between
with a true positive and negative sample. Surprisingly, none
of the samples collected from the Ganga showed any trace of surge in Covid-19 cases in April- transmission and the emer-
the viral RNA. However, samples collected from river Gomti May and subsequent lockdown gence of new variants is
did show the presence of viral RNA."  The education ministry had on mass vaccination
July 6 announced fresh dates for
The finding is also impor- may have been contaminat- number of bodies were also JEE (Main)’s April and May ses-
Tedros Adhanom
tant as it has been con- ed after several bodies were buried on their banks sions. The April session will be conducted from July 20-25 and the Ghebreyesus,
ducted amid apprehension found floating in rivers during the peak of the May session (fourth and last) fourth from July 27-August 2 director-general,
that water of river Ganga Ganga and Yamuna. A large pandemic WHO

FACTOID
50,000 TONS
That's the amount of sand used to
build the world's tallest sand
castle. Situated in Denmark, the
structure is 21.16 metres-high, 3
metres taller than the one built in
Germany in 2019. The intricately-
World's TOP 10 richest people gained
decorated structure, reminiscent
of a pyramid in the small seaside
town of Blokhus, has been created
$209 bn in first half of 2021
W
by Wilfried Stijger, a Dutch sand orld's top 10 richest people added $209 billion to their net worth in the first half of 2021,
artist, with the assistance of 30 according to Bloomberg. The list includes Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, Bill
of the world's best sand sculptors. Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Warren Buffett. Notably, the com-
Interestingly, the sand contains approximately 10% clay and a layer of
glue to keep the structure remain intact in chilly and windy conditions bined wealth of China’s richest tycoons has fallen by $16 billion in 2021’s first half.
02 “A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he
can learn in no other way.”
MARK TWAIN
A2Z OF CONCEPTS
WEDNESDAY, JYLY 14, 2021

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GEOGRAPHY CHEMISTRY
Highest mountain range in the world variations at different heights.
BUILD MOUNTAINS IN CLASS!
The Himalayas has 30 peaks that tower Rivers that flow from the Himalayas
over 24,000 feet and average about 200 miles 1. Make a peak
HIMALAYAS in width. In fact, the Himalayas cover about
0.4 per cent of the surface area of the Earth.
The Ganges, the Indus,
the Brahmaputra, the
The lesson uses a pile of brightly-
HETEROGENEOUS REACTION
coloured towels to represent the dif-

T
he Himalayan range, as believed by many, Mekong, the Yangtze
They’re getting taller! ferent strata of sedimentary rock in an

H
was formed some 70 million years ago af- and the Yellow Rivers eterogeneous reaction
ter a massive collision between the Scientific tests have led to the discovery all originate in the Hi- ocean basin, and two cardboard boxes is caused when the re-
Asian and Indian that the Himalayas are geographically malayas. This water as tectonic plates. Put the two togeth- actants are compo-
land masses (tecton- alive. Research has shown that the Indo- supplies three pri- er and push it up to form a peak. nents of two or more phases
ic plates). Would you Australian plate moves about 20 mm per mary river sys- 2. Invite a geologist/ mountaineer (solid and gas, solid and liquid,
believe it if some- year, causing the mountains to con- tems in Southeast Asia: Indus Basin, two immiscible liquids) or in
one told you that tinuously grow in size. This means Yangtze Basin and Ganga-Brahma-
Have a geologist to come to your which one or more reactants undergo chemical change
the Himalayas the mountains are going to be putra. Interestingly, those rivers are class and answer student queries at an interface, e.g., on the surface of a solid catalyst.
are geologically even taller. actually older than the Himalayas! related to subject or invite a moun- The reaction of metals with acids, the electrochemi-
alive? Know taineer and let students interact with cal changes that occur in batteries and electrolytic
more facts here. Geographical Variation Mountain Names them about the trekking experience. cells, and the phenomena of corrosion
Due to the length, breadth and Mount Everest was named by Sir An- 3. Climb every mountain are part of the subject of heterogeneous
height of the drew Waugh in 1865 in honour reactions. Heterogeneous reactions
mountain range,
Co l of his predecessor, Sir
A student decides which peak to climb are of considerable prac-
the Himalayas RS Jamwal George Everest, who was and then the class has to think of tical interest. A reaction
have a variety of is the first Indian to the Surveyor General of interesting facts about that peak. between a gas and a liq- Oceans absorb
landscapes. From summit the seven high- India from 1830 to 1843. Turn by turn, students get to share uid, as between air and carbon dioxide
snow-capped mountains est mountains across the However, the Tibetans and one unique fact about the mountain. seawater (see sulphur from the atmosphere, cre-
to lush green valleys and seven continents, including Sherpas call it Chomol- Do that from country to country. And lake in pic), is hetero-
ating carbonic acids in the
dense jungles, you will Mt Everest 3 times ungma, which means the see how much you learn the play-way. geneous. Iron rusting
find different geographical ‘Goddess of Earth’. when it comes in con- water. Carbonic acid steals
tact with water, sodium carbonate needed by some
metal reacting with wa- marine animals for their
ter are examples too. shells. Marine life uses car-
LANGUAGE MATHS bonate from the water to
build shells and skeletons.
As seawater becomes more
Higher (Addition) Carry at differ-
ent places
acidified, carbonate is less
available for animals to
By Sandeep Srivastava A carry ‘9’ at tens
place is 90, at hun- build shells and skeletons.
Educator since 20 yrs, he
dreds place is 900, Under conditions of severe
specialises in making Maths at thousands place acidification, shells and
easy and fun is 9,000, etc. skeletons can dissolve

HYPERBOLE Why carry is in multiples of 10?

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et us emphasise for the last time — counting is Recall, each place in a number has a definite type of quan-
how we know quantity of things. But counting tity: How to add 2005 + 9 = ?
By Kartik Bajoria (and measurement) of large quantities are te- If there are 11 units in the sum, a carry to tens place is pos- There are four possibili-
Jaipur-based dious and error-prone, we use operations on numbers sible if the carry is tens. Thus, 1 ten (= 10 units) will go as ties –
Communication Skills (quantities we already know) to know quantities with- carry and 1 unit will be left in the sum. The leftmost option is correct because 9 is ‘9 units’ and
Educator & Writer out having to count. Similarly, if there are 19 hundreds in the sum, a carry of must be added to the similar quantity in 2005, and that is
Addition 1 thousand (= 10 hundreds) will go thousands place, and 9 5 (units).
It’s the most natural, un- hundreds will be left in the sum.

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he simplest way of understanding the term complicated operation First egg Tenth egg Forty third
5 apples 3 apples 8 apples 7 eggs 3 dozen eggs egg
‘hyperbole’ is exaggeration. It is used quite — aggregates things. Commutative property of addition
often in writing and spoken language. How- Putting together sets of 5 apples and 3 apples into one Unique to addition operation, the or-
2 roses 3 roses 4 roses
ever, hyperbole statements and expressions are set of 8 apples is an instance of addition. der of things (add ends) in operation
to be taken with a pinch of salt. 7 people 3 couples First Seventh Nineth Thirteen
person person person person
A classic example of a hyperbole is ‘My Adding is faster counting
school bag feels as heavy as a ton of bricks’. Addition makes counting quantity of things faster. 2 roses 4 roses 3 roses 4 roses 2 roses 3 roses 3 roses 2 roses 4 roses 7 + 3 =?
While the conclusion to be drawn from this state- Think of counting each student in a school versus just 7 + 3 is rarely 10 in real life, it is 10 only when units of
ment is that the school bag is very heavy, or need- adding the strength of students in each section, to get doesn't change the sum. 7 and 3 are the same.
lessly heavy, it does not lit- the sum, the count of students in the school. How exactly are 6 balls + 3 balls = 9 balls?
erally/precisely weigh a Carry in the sum of numbers Adding unlike things
ton of bricks! Hence, hy- Recall, at each place in a number there can be only one Pick the right sum option in the
perbolic statements some- digit, (0 - 9, not 10, 11, …). Carry happens when sum of 6 balls 3 balls following addition expressions -
Counting First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eight Ninth
times tend to be in the digit at a place in addend is more than 9. Carry from a together ball ball ball ball ball ball ball ball ball Yes, unlike things can’t be
realm of the absurd or place has to move to the left — the bigger place. summed together to be expressed
the outrageous but make 6 + 3 = 9 because we can count 9 things together. as one number, as they cannot be added. Sum of unlike
Adding many numbers
for interesting reading Adding two numbers, things are expressed as they are (e.g., 2 footballs and
and listening when used getting sum (number) Adding any num- How 6 balls + 3 erasers ? 9? 2 golf balls).
Adding this way
astutely as part of com- ber of numbers Addents Hundreds Tens Units
munication. is same as any Can we add from the left? 234
There are primarily two numbers, 6 balls 3 Erasers Observe the two examples - +
two reasons why hyper- Exaggerating the we just need to add the like
Counting
together
First
ball
Second Third
ball ball
Fourth
ball
Fifth
ball
Sixth
ball First Second third 345
eraser eraser eraser
bole is used. First is to re- truth makes it We can add from the left. Sum
quantities, all units together, =
ally grab a reader’s/lis- Because counting them doesn’t reach the count of ‘Ninth’ There is no problem.
tener’s attention and
more noticeable, all tens together, etc. — there is nothing ‘Ninth’ in 6 balls and 3 erasers. Now let us add another pair of
579
5 Hundreds 7 Tens 9 units
draw it to the ‘thing’ be- and that is the Adding two numbers, getting sum (number) School math essentially expects us to memorise that 6 + 3 numbers from the left.
ing described using the crux of hyperbole. = 9. It is not counting 3 beyond 6 to get 9.
Adding this way
hyperbole, in order to en- Used in the correct
Addents Hundreds Tens Units
sure it registers and How exactly are 9 balls + 7 balls = 16 balls? CARRY CANNOT MOVE
stands out. If for instance, situation and con-
324
LEFT as addition is mov-
you were describing a text, it is a power-
+

789
ing right. Addition re-
windy morning, you ful language tool mains incomplete.
could say, ‘The wind Adding these two numbers is same as adding many one-digit Sum

howled like a thousand wolves’. Your point would numbers. It’s NOT any more complicated, arithmetically =
1113 The verdict
definitely be noted. We can add from left, as
The other usage is to persuade someone. Say Values of carry 9 balls + 7 balls = 16 balls because there is one 10 and six 13 units
long as there is no carry.
11 Hundreds 10 Tens
you were making a request to the city council ones (units) in the sum. To be carried To be carried To be carried Adding from the right
for the roads need cleaning-up, perhaps you could Most properties of operations are due to the property of doesn’t create that conflict.
say, ‘The roads are littered like a battlefield’. Tens place carry numbers.
Hundreds place carry Direction of operation in to the right Carry can only more right to left

the European friar Jordanus. Yule wide range that ACTIVITY TIME
was initially posted in present day Anglo-Indian

HISTORY Meghalya circa 1840s, and later

transferred to Karnal. He returned
to England sometime later. In 1852,
lexicon ex-
hibited. De-
spite its
Make a compilation of Hinglish
words and trace the history of
the word. Present the dictionary
Mahia Bashir writes for Times NIE about he returned to India and was posted racial un-
in class. Don’t miss
interesting events and terms from history. in Calcutta. dertones, the
dictionary to brighten up your
The author is pursuing BA prog at St A cultural mix has been work with pictures!
Stephen’s College, and interning at the Hobson-Jobson is a dictionary of reprinted
‘History Diaries’ – an initiative to revamp surprisingly vast range, including throughout these
the current pedagogical system of history words introduced by Arab and Por- years without any pause. It is un-
tuguese in India. From Charpoy to doubtedly a prime repository of the
through tours and drama in schools loot to Juggenaut to nautch to cultural exchanges and knowledge
creole, the book has suc- production that animated the British
HOBSON-JOBSON ceeded in cataloguing the Raj in India.

A
Glossary of Colloquial An-
glo-Indian Words and
Phrases, and of Kindred
Terms, Etymological, Histori-
cal, Geographical and Discur-
sive. is the name of a historical
dictionary which was composed
by British officers HENRY YULE
and ARTHUR COKE BURNELL in the
19th century to document
the Anglo-Indian words
and terms from Indian
languages that had made
way into the English lan-
guage during the colonial
period, and were widely
used in British India.
Burnell was stationed in the
Madras presidency, and was well-
versed in Sanskrit and Dravidian.
In addition, he was also familiar with
Arabic, Javanese, Coptic and Ti-
betan. Henry Yule was a Scottish
scholar and geographer, who had
translated works of Marco Polo and
In 1872, the two authors decided to work together on their
shared idea. The dictionary was first published in 1886. Another
edition was prepared by William Crooke in 1903. Rumour has it that
the title Hobson-Jobson is an inflection of the terms ‘Ya Hassan, Ya
Hussein’ chanted by the mourners during the Islamic holy month of
Muharram
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SCHOOL IS COOL
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2021
“Our environment,
our responsibility”
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
the globe to mark the impor-
tance of nature and environ-
ment, which af fects the
well-being of people and eco-
nomic development.
Connectivity with nature
means is all about connecting
with self. Healthy environ-
ment promises a healthy to-
morrow. We won’t have a so-
ciety, if we destroy the envi-
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!
03
Students celebrate Jal Mahotsav
Change in lifestyle and
adopting environment-friend-
ly practices is the need of the
hour. Our planet’s alarm is
going off and it is time to
wake-up and take action. Go
green should be our motto,
there is no planet B. Each one
of us does matter and we have
a role to play to make a differ-
ence. Respect mother earth plore multifarious skills

“C
ronment. The present gener- and save the environment. onserve water,

E
nvironment is no one’s
property to destroy, it's
everyone’s responsibil-
ity to protect. Every year,
World Environment Day
(WED) is celebrated across
ation has a great responsibil-
ity to act as a trustee of the
rich natural wealth. Youth
can play a pivotal role in pro-
tecting and improving the
environment.
Let’s join hands to save the conserve life.”
planet. Water is one of
the most important earth
Ashok Vaid, principal, resources and its conser-
MPS Jawahar Nagar vation is at the top of the
cur riculum in today’s
green-conscious world.
With a view to spread
awareness among the stu-
dents as well as nearby
communities, Vardhman
Inter national School
organized a week-long
Water-Conservation pro-
gramme under the guid-
ance and leadership of
school principal Malini tion, poem writing com- further efforts to save wa- age tanks and water bod- in an effective way to en-
Malik, from July 2-8 by position, and mentor’s ter and help build a water ies in their respective lo- joy and learn. It is impor-
the students of class I - talk on ‘Importance of conservation culture in calities. The zest among tant to participate in such
VIII. Water’. The event aimed the community. the students was evident activities for holistic de-
The water conserva- to help the students un- WThe participants through their active vir- velopment. Overall, this
tion week featured a rich derstand the negative im- took a pledge to save wa- tual participation Water Conservation week
variety of activities, such pacts of climate change ter, plant tree saplings, throughout this water celebration was an unfor-
as slogan writing activity, on water resources and to and take efforts to pre- conservation week. The gettable experience for
poster making competi- encourage them to make serve rainwater in stor- students were able to ex- the children.

The bird and the deer "Let us

There once lived a bird,
Who hoped for but a deer to be
happy.
And in trying to make him smile,
She didn’t see,
All that she could have grown to
That ought to make him smile, the Honey-flavored fruit, join hands to
bird said,
But the deer walked away.
So she followed suit.
To get the deer her loot, control
Seeing her attempt go vain,
The bird decided to try again.
“Does that make you happy?” she
timidly asked population"
And arranged for him fresh grass The golden deer laughed,

be.
Too shy, she told the other birds
to drop on him some flowers,
As he stood, soft petals fell on his
head.
to graze,
Yet the deer looked unfazed.
The bird longed to try once more,
And learned of a seasonal tree
that bore.
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“How daft you were!” he world is currently
facing many major is-
He had always loved her. sues like pollution,
epidemics, pandemics, illit-
Asmi Dhaker, class X, MSMSV eracy, unemployment, etc.
Among all these, Population
growth is one of the biggest
problem. On July 11, we cel-

TRIP TO DISNEYLAND!
ebrate World Population day
to remind people of the chal-
lenges being faced due to
overpopulation. Some of the
ways in which it is celebrat-

I
ed around the world are or-
went to sleep at night in my cozy bed but ters like Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck, Darth ganizing seminars, discus-
Photo: AFP

woke up in the morning to see that I was
sitting upright in an A380! I was a little
scared but excited, nonetheless. I sat on the
window seat, which felt very uncomfortable.
On looking out of the window, I noticed that
the houses seemed like grains of rice.
It seemed very funny, and I couldn’t stop
laughing when I tried to visualize that the
people living inside those tiny houses would
be as tiny as ants.
We landed in some time and headed to the
Vader, Woody, Snitch and so on. I sat in all s i o n s, p o e m s, a n d p o s t -
rollercoasters and rides and enjoyed them thor- er-making competitions. On
oughly. I was unhappy when we had to go home this day, Acharya Bhikshu
Public School students gave
again. We reached the airport, which was very beautiful messages through
lively. We boarded the plane, and it took off poems and posters which
soon. I slept for four hours but woke up as was very well appreciated
there was a lot of turbulence. After some by teachers and parents.
time, the plane was soaring smoothly
again. I enjoyed watching a movie. On
landing in Ahmedabad, we hired a taxi
and enjoyed our ride back home.

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juniors comprising classes III with their Principal will earn
the impact of technology on the way our days than with animated characters, I and IV, Juniors comprising a trip to NASA, USA.
unfolds, cannot be ignored. Moreover, the choose to learn from nature than classes V, VI and VII Speaking
internet has made it easier for people to find infor- from innumerable online videos, I choose to students, and Se- about the pro-
mation about hiking trails, riding trails, make mistakes and learn rather than niors comprising gram this
class VIII, IX year, Atit
campsites, and other recreational activities hide my frustrations and anger under the
and X stu- Mehta,
in other cities and book their next holiday tsunami of online games. I choose technol- dents. Every Marketing
from the comfort of their ogy free as my ‘ME partici- H e a d ,
homes. Technology has brought TIME’ rather than p a n t BYJU’S
a sea change in the way we spend getting drowned in will receive an said “This
‘E-Certificate of initiative
our leisure time. technology. Participation’, a is an at-
RUTVI JETHAWA, class VII, POORNA GHOSH, class XII, Anand Niketan 60-day free sub- tempt to give
Zebar School, Ahmedabad School, Satellite scription to BYJU’s students a
worth Rs 6,000, besides unique opportuni-
 SERIES-DECIDER AGAINST ENGLAND WILL
REQUIRE IMPRESSIVE MOMENTUM
he Indian women’s cel in all departments to win the se- total. England lead the multi-format

T
cricket team would
aim to put up a com-
plete performance in-
stead of relying on in-
dividual brilliance to
topple a hurting Eng-
land for its first T20 series victory
since 2019 on Wednesday. Another im-
pressive outing in the field and tight
death over bowling from the spin duo
of Poonam Yadav and Deepti Shar-
ma brought India back from the dead
in the second T20 on Sunday. And now
Harmanpreet Kaur and her players
have a chance of enjoying their first
T20 series success after the 2019 away
triumph against the West Indies.
Eng will put up fight
■ England self-destructing from a
commanding position also helped the
visitors level the series in Hove. The
hosts are unlikely to gift another
match to India, who will need to ex-
ries. While Shafali Verma was im-
pressive at the top and spinners came
to India’s rescue later in the game,
the middle-order and the pace de-
partment needs to step up. Harman-
preet, who promoted herself to num-
ber three and got the much-needed
runs, would be well served by doing
the same. Shafali had got the team off
to a cracking start but the incoming
batters were not able to maintain the
momentum despite wickets in hand.
Need for aggression
■ Pacers Shikha Pandey and Arund-
hati Reddy, who were all over the
place on Sunday, will have to be much
more accurate. On the contrary, Eng-
land batters kept going for their
strokes despite loss of wickets at reg-
ular intervals. There is little point in
saving wickets in the shortest format
and India need to be more aggressive
in their approach to score a 160-plus
series 8-6 and therefore can’t lose it.
Skipper Heather Knight was expect-
edly gutted after losing the game from
a pretty commanding position. “We
were in a great position and asked
the batting group to be ruthless, we
got to be better in the next game. We
got a strong batting line up and
shouldn’t be losing that,” said Knight.
Interesting battle
■ There were as many as four run-
outs in England’s innings, reflecting
a panic situation when they could
have sailed to a series win. Opener
Danielle Wyatt, who made a come-
back with this rubber, is due for a big
score. The battle between pacer
Katherine Brunt and Shafali at the
top has become more interesting with
the Indian hammering her for five
successive boundaries after being
bowled by the English woman in the
series-opener. PTI

Poonam Yadav
I like playing in pressure situations, whether it is in any position in the team _ batting,
bowling, or fielding. As an all-rounder, I just want to contribute to my department and
take the team forward. I like leading from the front, like in domestic tournaments
Deepti Sharma when I play as a senior player and win matches for my team, that gives one a
different confidence. When you bring that confidence here, of course this platform
is not easy but it depends on how you handle it. I now know how to read and handle
situations, so I find it easy to play because I know I can handle things easily now.
DEEPTI SHARMA,
Off-spinning All-rounder

Photo: GETTY IMAGES Photo: REUTERS

PALAK KOHLI TO
Olympic Village sees low-key opening without any fanfare PLAY THREE EVENTS
Photo: GETTY IMAGES

IN PARALYMPICS
O
lympics chief The pair met as the first ath-
Thomas Bach letes began entering the Olympic
praised Tokyo on Village, which opened Tuesday
Tuesday as the without any of the welcome cer-

“best-ever pre-
pared” host city, as athletes be-
gan entering the Olympic Village
10 days before the opening cere-
mony. The final countdown to the
Games comes with Tokyo under
a coronavirus state of emergency
and spectators banned from at-
tending all Olympic events in the
city and surrounding regions.
International Olympic Com-
mittee President Bach, who ar-
rived in Japan last week and spent
three days in quarantine, told
Tokyo 2020 chief Seiko Hashimo-
to that organisers were “doing a
fantastic job”. “You have managed
to make Tokyo the best-ever pre-
pared city for an Olympic Games,”
he said. “This is even more re-
markable under the difficult cir-
cumstances we all have to face.”
Photo: GETTY IMAGES
You have managed to make Tokyo the
best-ever prepared city for an Olympic
Games. This is even more remarkable
under the difficult circumstances we all have
to face. Now it’s 10 days to go to the opening
ceremony. That also means there’s still a lot
of work to do. Our common target is safe
and secure games for everybody; for the
athletes, for all the delegations, and most
importantly also for the Japanese people.
THOMAS BACH, International Olympic
Committee President
emonies or media opportunities
often seen at the Games. Organ-
isers declined to even specify
which teams were entering or
how many athletes were now in
the Village. Strict coronavirus
rules mean athletes can only en-
ter the Village five days before
their events and must leave with-
in 48 hours after the event.
Despite the low-key opening,
Bach said organisers could “be
confident that the stage is set”.
Aside from the spectator ban in
Tokyo and surrounding regions,
the public will be kept out most
venues elsewhere. Athletes, me-
dia and officials are subject to reg-
ular virus testing and limits on
their movement. Polls have found
most Japanese would prefer the
games to be postponed further. AFP
P
ara-badminton player
Palak Kohli will com-
pete in singles, dou-
bles and mixed doubles
events of the upcoming
Tokyo Paralympics, a first
for an Indian para-shuttler.
Kohli received her
BWF invitation to partici-
pate in the women’s singles
(SU5) category as well as in
the SL3-SU5 mixed doubles
at the Tokyo Paralympics,
which opens on August 24. players can play standing
Having already qualified with upper limb impair-
for the women’s doubles ment. The 18-year-old has
earlier, Kohli becomes the made history by becoming
first para-shuttler to qual- the youngest para-shuttler
ify for the Paralympic to qualify for the Para-
Games in all three para- lympic Games. Para-bad-
badminton events, accord- minton is making its de-
ing to a release. but in Paralympics in the
In SU5 category, the Tokyo Games. PTI

Q U IZ T IM E !
did he win his latest gold?
a. Offenburg Speerwurf Meeting
b. IAAF Diamond League
c. Savo Games
d. Athletics Central North East Q6: Which state in India does
Neeraj Chopra hail from?
a. Karnataka b. Maharashtra
c. Asian Games c. Haryana d. West Bengal
The Olympians
NEERAJ CHOPRA
d. Karlstad Grand Prix
Q4: He won the Sportsperson
of the Year award for his

Javelin Throw
eeraj Chopra is India’s Olympic medal hope Q2: The champion set a national
record at the Indian Grand
achievements in 2018. What is the
name of the award?
a. MAKA Trophy.
Q7: He is not only an athlete but
also an officer with _______
a. Indian Army b. Indian Navy

N in Javelin throw. The 23 year old son of a

farmer, who has made a huge mark in the
Prix in March this year. What was the
distance of his throw?
b. ESPN India Multi-Sport Awards
c. FICCI Sports Awards
c. Indian Air Force d. Haryana Police

international arena, initially started off by playing

cricket, but soon discovered his love for javelin
and shifted tracks. Thus began his never ending
a. 88.07 m b. 89.09 m
c. 90.01 m d. 92.06 m
d. Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award
Q8: What is the overall tally of
gold medals that Neeraj
tally of records, with the first one being the jun-
ior national record in 2015 with a throw of 68.4m.
Q3: At which event did Neeraj Q5: Chopra was selected as
the flag-bearer at the
Chopra has won?
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7
He topped the world U20 lists with a breakout
82.23m throw in 2016, and has progressed steadi-
ly since then. Despite battling an injury and lack
Q1: Neeraj Chopra created history
by becoming the first Indian
to win a Javelin-throw Gold medal
Chopra achieve the
qualifying mark for the 2020
opening ceremony of which of
these events?
a. Asian Games 2018
ANSWERS: 1. d. Karlstad Grand Prix
2. a. 88.07 3. d. d. Athletics Central North East

of competitions due to the pandemic, the interna-

Summer Olympics? 4. b. ESPN India Multi-Sport Awards
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. a. IAAF Diamond League b. Commonwealth Games 2017 5. a. Asian Games 2018 6. c. Haryana
tional record holder is aiming to earn India’s first c. Rio Olympic 2016
At which international tournament b. Sotteville Athletics Meet 7. a. Indian Army 8. d. 7
Javelin Olympic medal in at the Tokyo 2020. d. None of the above