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IIT Madras,
Harvard
University,
develop
algorithm to save wildlife
from poaching 1
T SOUTH KOREAN HORROR WRITER
he Indian Institute of
Technology, Madras,
and Harvard Universi-
ty researchers have de-
veloped a machine
learning algorithm named ‘Comb-
SGPO’ (Combined Security Game
Policy Optimisation) that can help
save wildlife from poaching.
According to officials, the re-
searchers found that combined
and coordinated use of forest
rangers and drones were a good
way to protect wildlife from
poaching. As the resources
(rangers and drones) are limited,
the researchers developed this al-
gorithm which provides a good
strategy to protect wildlife with
the resources available.
53%
INDIANS SEEING ADS BASED
ON PRIVATE PHONE CALLS
f you have seen an ad
I in your email box or
via SMS based on your
smartphone conversa-
tion with your friend, don’t
get shocked. A survey has
revealed that 1 in 2 citizens
in India acknowledged seeing
ads based on their private
voice conversations.
According to a survey by
community social media plat-
form LocalCircles, about 53
per cent of citizens said they
have had one or more
instances — in the last 12
months — where they saw
advertisements on web or
mobile apps based on their
phone conversations.
The results also indicated
that the majority of Indians
have given microphone
access to their mobile phone
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➤ What is it about South ➤ Former chief executive officer Jack ➤ AS Roma beat
Indian cinema that is Dorsey has stepped down from the Feyenoord to win Europa FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022
drawing the crowd to movie Twitter board of directors. Dorsey’s Conference League title Newspaper in
Education
theatres? Critic Anna exit from the Twitter board marks his
Vetticad explains full exit from the microblogging site.
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Capt Abhilasha Barak is Indian
Army’s 1st woman combat aviator
aptain Abhilasha Barak, on Wednesday,
C became the first woman combat aviator
of the Indian Army. She has been award-
ed the coveted ‘wings’, along with other 36 army
pilots at a ceremony held at Combat Army
Aviation Training School in Nashik. “Captain Barak
became the first woman officer to join the Army
Aviation Corps as combat aviator after successful
completion of the combat army aviation course,”
said an official. Captain Barak hails from Haryana
and was commissioned into the Army Air Defence
Corps in September, 2018.
HOW IT WORKS
The algorithm works by han-
dling resource allocation and
strategising patrolling after
the extent of resources available has
been identified. For this task, it utilis-
As per the World Wide
es data on the animal population in
Fund for Nature the conserved area and assumes that SHORTLISTED FOR BOOKER PRIZE
S
(WWF), wildlife trade poachers are aware about the retical framework for conceiving
outh Korean Booker Prize nomi- “pure” literature by Seoul’s cultural
poses the second-biggest patrolling being done at various sites. social situations among competing
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nee Bora Chung’s short stories elite. But her life took a dramatic turn
direct threat to the sur- The resources include human players. In the context of wildlife are full of horror, inspired by when her 2017 collection “Cursed
vival of species after habitat patrollers (forest rangers) and protection, Game Theory pertains to her lonely life during her university Bunny” caught the eye of translator
surveillance drones, which predicting the areas where poaching
destruction. While several organisa- days. Anton Hur.
have object detectors mounted on may take place. These predictions
tions and regulatory authorities are are based on the earlier poaching
An academic specialising in
Slavic
Hur’s English edition of the
them for animals.
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trying to curb the incidences of Slavic literature, Chung book, released by British
This developed algorithm incidents and the interaction literature refers
poaching, the poachers seem to have was considered a publisher Honford Star,
utilises a Game Theory-based between poachers and defenders, “genre writer” and
to writings from
has been named a
always remained one step ahead of model created by the said Aravind Venugopal, a PG Russia, Ukraine,
excluded from South finalist for this year’s
patrollers researchers. Game Theory is a theo- Baccalaureate Fellow, IIT Madras. Korea’s mainstream lit-
Poland, Czech,
International Booker
Bosnia, Croatia,
erary scene. Prize. Only two S Korean
and Serbia
Her stories, which com- writers, Han Kang and
bine science fiction, horror Hwang Sok-yong, have previ-
What PM Modi gifted
and fantasy, are not considered ously been nominated for the honour.
‘Change mentality
QUAD LEADERS towards daughters’
After winning a gold medal in the Women's
...a Gond art painting, a
specimen of Sanjhi art
A World Boxing Championship in Turkey,
Indian pugilist Nikhat Zareen has urged
parents to change their mentality towards a girl
child and support them in whatever they want to
form and a wooden hand- do in their lives. “There are still some people in
our society who feel sad when a girl child is
carved box to his fellow born... I think they should change their mentality
Quad leaders from and support their daughters. Whatever their
dreams are of becoming a doctor or police officer
Australia, the US and or a boxer... whatever it is, you need to support
Japan them,” Zareen told ANI.
GOND ART TO AUSTRALIAN PM ANTHONY ALBANESE: Gond
paintings are one of the most admired tribal art forms.
The word ‘Gond' comes from the expression ‘Kond'
which means ‘green mountain’. Originating from Madhya
Pradesh, these paintings have been a part of pictorial
art on walls and floors with natural colours and materi-
als like charcoal, soil, plant sap, dung and more.
IS YOUR PHONE LISTEN-
ING? The results show
that majority of Indians
have given microphone
access to their mobile
SANJHI PANEL TO US PREZ JOE BIDEN: Sanjhi, the art
of hand-cutting designs on paper, is a typical art
form of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. They are
motifs from Lord Krishna’s stories are created in
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phone for audio/video stencils. These stencils are cut freehand using a How the humble jamun is becoming a On International Everest Day (May 29), let’s
calls, social media, and scissor or a blade and the delicate Sanjhi is often fine-dining flavour. PLUS: The benefits of recount the unforgettable feat of 1953,
audio recording third- held together by thin sheets of paper. eating jamun celebrate the great climbers and also lament
party apps the contamination of the roof of the world
ROGAN ART BOX TO JAPAN PM FUMIO KISHIDA: Rogan is an
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of Gujarat. In this craft, paint made from boiled oil theme is ‘Tobacco: Threat to Our Environment’ As ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ gets set to release, we
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and we tell you how
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...AND PATTUMADAI SILK: Pattamadai, a small village
private phone conversations
in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, is the original
and this is very concerning,”
home to a unique tradition of superfine silk mat
said Sachin Taparia, Founder
weaving from ‘korai’ grass grown on the banks of
of LocalCircles, adding that
river Tamiraparani. The mats are hand-woven
such practices must be
using cotton or silk in the weft. The use of silk
investigated.
thread gives a royal appeal to the mat.
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“In my style of working, I stick to the basics and make
stories revolving around the hero.”
S S Rajamouli
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How High Can ONE WORLD, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES LET’S TAL
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Our Cities Go? Explore diversity in vision and figure out how the same topic may be viewed
differently by different folks. This is a mirror to society and life
Why we crave skyscrapers, what it
BOLIVIA’S
VERY MALE, WITH
takes to build them Why southern Indian
cinema has acquired GET OUT
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EXTRA GLOSS
he force and power of altitude must
a national profile,
OF JAIL
be in it, the glory and pride of exal-
tation must be in it” – so said the
American architect Louis Sullivan
and is making so
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in the late 19th century, when skyscrapers
were a symbol of human reach and grasp.
‘Supertall: How the World’s Tallest Build- much money
ings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives’
by Stefan Al is about the technology of sky-
IDEA IS TO GIVE HOPE TO THE

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scrapers and the societies that demand them. ocky, the protag- reach due to various factors, gan tentatively looking be- face aggressive masculinity
Consider the Burj Khalifa, the tallest onistof the new including the reach of the yond Hindi, Hollywood and is a hallmark of these INCARCERATED AWAITING TRIAL
building in the world since 2010. Built by the Kannada film language and the unfair, dis- the language/s prevalent in films. Women arem
sweat and blood of underpaid Indian mi- ‘K.G.F: Chapter proportionate coverage it has each state, a succession of arginal in their sto-
grant labour, it is a cloud-piercing marvel. 2’, is described received from the Delhi and Tamil films starring Ra- rylines, often de- You mean there’s actually a free pass like
Its environmental footprint is immense, it by admirers as a Mumbai media. jinikanth became pan-In- meaned if not out- in the game of Monopoly?
consumes 2,50,000 gallons of water a day in storm, a deluge and This status dia successes. rightly assaulted. Well, that may be a slight exaggeration,
the desert. There’s half a mile of concrete God. He, however, in- quo remained Director SS Ra- In ‘Pushpa’, the
concealed under its skin of glass and metal. troduces himself in largely uncontest- jamouli’s ‘Baahubali: hero is unmoved but Bolivia has introduced a programme
Concrete, which made astonishing buildings one scene as the“CEO ed for decades. A The Beginning’ (2015, by the prospect called ‘Books Behind Bars’ by which
possible, is also an immense strain on the of India”. small but note- Telugu) was a water- of the heroine inmates can reduce jail time.
environment. We need new tech and new At any other mo- worthy turning shed with its clear-cut, being raped, un-
ideas to improve on concrete – experiments ment in time, this ti- point came in multipronged release tilshe confesses Wow. How does that work?
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in fly ash and in ‘plyscrapers’ using timber tle would have been ANNA MM the1990s, when strategy targeting con- her love for him
VETTICAD ventional hurdles: the – his proprieto-
The idea is to give some hope to the incar-
are in the works. just another instance Mani Ratnam’s
Supertall buildings defy the laws of na- of bombast in men- Tamil films were film was shot simulta- rial instinct then cerated awaiting trial, which can take a
ture; they have to contend with gravity and centric commercial Indian dubbed in Hindi for the neously in Telugu and takes over, and he rather long time due to the South
the wind, which exerts greater force, caus- cinema. In 2022 though, north and garnered solid Tamil,and both render- bashes up the vil- American country’s slow judicial process,
ing the top to sway. And so, structural engi- Rocky’s words not only sig- theatrical business. Then in ings were released at the lain. In ‘KGF 2’, the
neering being everything to a skyscraper, nal his ambitions, they could the 2000s, as exhibitors be- same time along with Hin- leading man abducts and to spread literacy among the inmates
well be interpreted as a bu- di and Malayalam dubbed a woman and tells her: of overcrowded prisons.
gle call from southern Indi- versions with a hitherto-un- “You are my entertain-
an filmmakers who have, in seen nationwide publicity ment.” She is soon smitten Are we talking years shaved off?
recent months, mounted an blitzkrieg. This, coupled by him. An officer said it might more likely be days
unprecedented challenge to with the novel content — a ‘RRR’s infectious energy
or weeks and it would depend on the
the Hindi film industry’s gigantic spectacle with spiffy ‘Pushpa’, for one, was not has obliterated — in the eyes
long-running hegemony. visual effects and a storyline heavilymarketed outside of most critics andviewers prison board but the focus is to encourage
In the four weeks since rooted in Indianmythology south India, but grew or- — the inexcusable truth that inmates, since pre-trial imprisonment can
it was released in its origi- — turned ‘Baahubali’ into a ganically among a movie-go- the film trivialises the his- last for years.
nal language and dubbed phenomenon. ‘Baahubali 2’ ing public exhausted by the tory of Adivasis, who
Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil was bigger, and an even big- enforced isolation of the are already under-rep-
and Telugu versions, ‘KGF 2’ ger hit. pandemic. resented in Indian cin-
has broken several B.O. ‘Pushpa’, ‘RRR and It has considerably ema, by appropriating
records, becoming one of the ‘KGF 2’ have drawn some helped these films as the Hin- two historical figures
highest-grossing Indian elements: multiple di industry, over time, be- from resistance move-
films of all time in the dubbed versions and a came smug about its domi- ments, Alluri Sitarama
domestic and overseas massive scale from nance. For too long, too many Raju and Komaram
markets. the ‘Baahubali’ Hindi filmmakers have been Bheem, and virtually
Earlier, the smug- template, but stealing or recycling ideas, erasing their realities
gling saga ‘Pushpa: not all. remaking southern Indian while mythologising
The Rise’ (Tel- hits and even low-brow Hol- them. The film even
the book delves into its history from post ugu) became the lywood ventures. panders to today’s
and lintel frames to steel-frame buildings year’s biggest That said, the three rightwing discourse by
that allowed facades that no longer had to theatrical earn- films’ appeal for audiences rewriting the former as
bear any weight, allowing for skyscrapers er among Indi- outside south India lies in a Ram-esque figure and
with glass fronts. an films. their packaging, scale likening the latter to the
Bangladeshi-American Fazlur Khan, Just weeks and technical excellence, Mahabharat’s Bheem.
called the Einstein of structural engineer- before ‘KGF 2’s but their socio-political ‘Pushpa’, ‘RRR’ and
ing, introduced a tubular frame, inspired by release, the Tel- outlook echoes the ‘KGF 2’s core values are a re- Interesting. How’s the programme panning
bamboo to hold up Chicago’s Hancock build- ugu film ‘RRR’ most troubling values minder of the disturbing pol-
ing, the same technique used in the World achieved all-In- espoused by commer- itics that binds India across
out?
Trade Centre’s Twin Towers. Later, Bill Bak- dia blockbus- cial north Indian cine- state borders and language It’s been launched in 47 prisons that are
er came up with a buttressed core for the ter status. Mea- ma in Hindi and other barriers. Their gloss, unable to pay for inmates education, rein-
Burj Khalifa, the building supported by a nwhile, Bolly- languages. grandeur and narrative tegration and social assistance pro-
tripod-like structure to withstand wind and wood has been In- style, however, are a change
gravity. Meanwhile, other supertalls like the struggling to your- for audiences outside south grammes with 865 inmates improving
Shanghai Tower and Santiago Calatrava’s draw audien- India, and the cause of the reading and writing skills so far, according
Turning Torso in Malmo are engineered to ces through ut sleepless nights they are giv- to a Reuters report.
confuse the wind, reduce the formation of the pandemic. ing Bollywood that is cur-
large eddies and vortexes. Hindi cine- rently suffering from a cri-
What’s next in formal innovation? Mul- ma has tradi- sis of imagination. Are the inmates happy with this option?
tiple buildings on a mega-frame, connected tionally had a The writer is a freelance film critic One of them, who has read eight books so
by skybridges and sky lobbies, possibly. greater pan-India Source: TOI Edit
far and passed some reading tests, said
There already are towers that lean grace-
fully, or make weird sculptural forms like it’s quite difficult for those who don’t have
the CCTV headquarters in Beijing. any family outside or any income. Some of
The book also details how various soci- the prisoners are in fact learning to read
eties have incorporated skyscrapers. Europe,
heavy with heritage buildings, resisted for
and write through this programme. Those
a long time but as cities grew denser, even who are in jail also have to work to be able
Paris has now succumbed with its Tour Tri- to eat and pay the court costs involved in
angle rivalling the Eiffel Tower. getting released.
Singapore is experimenting with verti-
cal farming, greenhouses and trees within
its buildings. China’s appetite is unabated; The books, then, might be a welcome dis-
in 2019 it added 45% of the world’s total num- traction…
ber of 200-metre-plus towers.
Of course, as we discovered with the pan-
Exactly. Another inmate, a woman, told
demic, the culture of congestion, the prom- Reuters, “When I read, I am in contact
ise of the city and its tall buildings, is also with the whole universe. The walls and
the culture of conta- gion. Could bars disappear.”
this experience, and anxieties
about climate change end Hopefully, there are no bars on the kind
our fascination with sky- of literature allowed – unlike the reserva-
scrapers? Un- likely, pre- tions one of our courts had about PG
dicts the book. We just have to
balance our yearn- ing for the
Wodehouse, that dangerous revolutionary
skies with a con- cern for the earth. with dangerous ideas.
Text: Indulekha Aravind | Source: ET Edit

How Badminton Got Its ‘POONA’ Back

He was followed by the likes of
Syed Modi and Vimal Kumar, and
then in 2001 by Pullela Gopichand,
who replicated Prakash’s win at the
All England.

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t’s finally come home! With a terfinals of the All England Cham- What both Prakash and Gopic-
3-0 sweep over 14 time cham- pionship in 1947. Nath and Devinder hand did immediately after their
pions Indonesia, the Indian were regarded as two of the best play- playing years was to build world
India’s men’s badminton team picked ers on view. The British, of course, class academies. Prakash started his
up its first ever made sure only one of in Bengaluru in 1994, and in 2008
historic, Thomas Cup. them would progress by Gopichand mortgaged his family
It’s about time, giv- arranging a quarterfinal home to build his academy. The two
and
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en that the first place clash between them. gharanas of Indian badminton have
that badminton was The two friends decid- served India well, Gopichand find-
smashing, played on a regular ba- ed to toss a coin to progress, ing success with the likes of Saina
sis was India, especial- reasoning that a tough Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Pran-
Thomas Cup ly, in the Madras and JOY BHATTACHARJYA quarter final between two noy and PV Sindhu, while Lakshya
win brings Bombay Presidencies. evenly matched opponents
In fact, the game was originally would tire the winner out before the In the post-war period, it was the along in the song ‘Dhal gaya din’
Sen is a protégé of Vimal Kumar
from the Padukone academy.
home not just called ‘Poona’, after the city where semis. As it happened, Prakash won
the first official rules were drawn up the toss, and swept his way through
Malays and the Danes who domi-
nated the scene, before the Chinese
from the 1970 film ‘Humjoli’. Small
wonder that the song makes most In-
The most encouraging part of this
Thomas Cup triumph was that it was
the world in the 1870s. But just like the Kohi- the semis to a title clash against Den-
noor diamond and the Elgin Mar- mark’s Conny Jepsen. On the morn-
and Indonesians got into the picture
in the early 1950s.
dian badminton players cringe.
It took a Mysore boy to make the
a team effort, not the triumph of a sin-
gle outlier individual. Srikanth, Pran-
champions title, bles, the naming rights were whisked ing of the final, In India, the game next big charge. Prakash Padukone noy, the doubles pair of Chirag Shet-
ty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and
back to Britain and a suitably an- Prakash Nath glanced took a back seat to played his first state junior champi-
but also the grez title was chosen, badminton, af- at the London papers hockey and cricket. onship at the age of 7, and won it Lakshya all won crucial games to get
ter the Duke of Beaufort’s estate in and saw his city, La- Barring a final eight when 9. Seven years later, he won the India the win, five different players
country’s Gloucestershire. hore, in flames on the All England appear- national junior and senior titles the playing out of their skins to bring it
Indian badminton talent, how- front page. Rioting ance by Nandu same year, following it up with a stel- home for India.
unofficial national ever, continued to flourish. And had broken out, and a Natekar, most Indians lar international career, including Can Indian badminton take this
much before Deepika Padukone’s fa- shaken Nath barely only saw the sport on an All England title in 1980. He even forward? Almost surely – unless the
sport – despite ther put it on the map, there was the put up a fight, going screen with Jeetendra managed to carry the Indian team federation or government manages
tale of Prakash Nath and Devinder down in straight sets and Leena Chan- almost singlehandedly to the to mess this up.
Jeetendra’s efforts Mohan, who both made it to the quar- to Jepsen. dravarkar playing Thomas Cup semi-finals in 1980. The writer is CEO, Prime Volleyball League
Source: ET Edit
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SCHOOL IS COOL
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022
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
Student makes her school proud THE GREEN SKY
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rchaeological & Museum De-
partment, Rajasthan Jaipur
organized an art competition
recently on occasion of World Herit-
age Day at Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
where participants from numerous
schools were required to draw live
sketches of the renowned world her-
itage site.
The participants were first shown
a short but detailed documentary, fol-
lowed by an elaborate tour of the
well-preserved observatory, explaining
the workings and significance of the
20 main fixed instruments, and then
were told to choose any of the innova-
tions for their compositions.
They were given approximately
1 hours to present the artwork where
Neerjakshi Dhiman from Delhi Pub-
lic School secured the first place for
her Architectural drawing of the

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world famous Jantar Mantar. Her ou always see the his terrace.
sketch was judged as the most pre-

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cise and the most creative artwork blue sky with clouds He fed them
of the competition. Principal Rita P and sun. Well if you boiled rice. It
Taneja congratulated Neerjakshi want to see the green sky, looked like
and her mentor Preeti Nautiyal for you need to go to Pycrofts the parrots of
this wonderful feat.
road in Chennai. Thanks to Chennai were
Sekhar, who is a camera telling other
TPS student honoured for repairer by profession and
resides there.
parrots about
how lovingly
maintaining record in In December of 2004, a
massive tsunami hit the
and kindly
Sekhar was feeding them.
the parrots would come and
enjoy their delicious meal.

ACROBATICS
southeast coast of India.
Chennai was the most
affected city in this tsuna-
mi. A few days after the
Sekhar decided to make a There were sometimes
dining area for the parrots. more than 8000 parrots.
The next day, Sekhar went And then in the evening,
and brought a lot of wooden Sekhar would again start to

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lluminating the glory of Yoga in Jaipur Rajasthan,
Manish Kothari, the student of Tagore Public
tsunami, Sekhar saw two boards and placed them boil rice for his friends. And
School Vaishali Nagar once again raised his flag at parrots sitting on his ter- vertically onto his terrace since then the sky looks
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, recently for completing five race. He went to his kitchen and the dining table for the green at 6:30 am and6:30
glorious years of registering his name in the World and put a handful of boiled parrots was done. Everyday
Book of Records in London.
pm!!
World record holder Manish Kothari has created a rice on the terrace for the Sekhar would wake up at
record in Padmasana by walking 60 meters in 1 minute parrot’s to eat. Next day, he 5:30 and start to boil rice in
Ishita Patil, class VII
with hands in London. For this amazing Acrobatics saw some more parrots on huge quantities. At 6:30 am,
skill, he was felicitated with certificate, medal and
Ashoka Pillar at the Amrat Festival of Independence
organized at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, recently on the

Minding your Quotients

completion of 5 years of the World Book of Records.
He was honoured by Wilhelm Jezler from Switzerland,
Shyam Jaju Ex-National Vice President of the Bhara-
tiya Janata Party, Santosh Shukla founder president
and CEO- World Book of Records, Shankar Lalwani an
Indian politician and Member of Parliament from In- 1. Intelligence Quotient (IQ): when to say in different social situa-
dore, Sanjay Shukla, the member of legislative assem- tions. People having ‘people skill’s’.
bly from Indore and other dignitaries. Measure of comprehension ability or rea-
School principal Bhavya Rathore congratulated the soning ability. Solving Maths, memorizing People that have higher EQ and SQ tend
ebullient star Manish Kothari and also appreciated his and recalling subject matters. to go farther in life than those with high
enthralling spirit. IQ.
2. Emotional Quotient (EQ): After all your EQ represents your character
and your SQ represents your Charisma.

Pranks in the classroom

Ability of individuals to recognize their
A Mother’s own emotions and those of others, ability
to maintain peace with others, ability to 4. The Adversity Quotient (AQ):
Love respect boundaries and be humble, genu-
ine and honest.
A score that measures the ability of a
person to deal with adversities in her
‘Remember IQ may get or her life also known as the
You make my dark days your foot in the science of Resilience. AQ
sunny, door EQ will determines your ability to
And my saddest moments are determine how face and go through a
funny. far you go.’ rough patch in your life
You care for me a lot, and come out
Thanks for all the love I got. without los-
I’m sorry I don’t express my ing
gratitude, your
I know you think I have an mind.
attitude. For eg.
But I actually really love you, people
I was just waiting for the are unprepared for Corona
right moment to tell you. 3. Social Quotient Adversity.
And I really hope you enjoy The need of the hour
your Mother’s Day,
(SQ):
Measure your ability to Do not prepare the road for the

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lthough I like studying history, aim the paper balls at the dustbin. all the students in our row. You deserve it because children. Prepare the children for
build a network of
the history lectures in school Unfortunately, a few of them fell The teacher started checking You make my dark days the road.
friends. Ability to sense
were very boring and monoto- outside the dustbin. Our teacher the first bench and to our surprise, sunny,
and feel how other people Smita Ghosh,
nous. My friend and I used to look spotted them and started investigat- she found a crumpled paper under And my saddest moments are
feels, to know intui- Counselling Psychologist
for things we could do to fight the ing the desk and punished the student funny.
tively what and
boredom. sitting on that bench for the misbe- PRATHAM PUNJABI, Class VIII
Once, we found a piece of crum- haviour. We breathed a sigh of relief

A STORMY NIGHT
pled paper under our desk and but also felt bad for
decided to make paper balls and aim our innocent class-
them at the dustbin, right in front of mate.

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our row. Urvi Dhonde, t was a dark, stormy night! The my expedition to the door from when the creepy room’s door ration act that I had forgotten I
When the teacher would class XI, Narsee sky had been overcast with where the noises were coming. opened and my entire family filed turned thirteen forty-five minutes
Monjee College of
reach the other end of the class- dark clouds. After a lot of toss- Halfway across, I hallucinated out, wishing me a Happy ago! All my chills vanished as I
Commerce and
room while walking, we would Economics, Mumbai ing and turning in bed, I had seeing shadows moving in the Birthday. I had been so engrossed stood there laughing at my own
finally been able to catch a few hall. I stood there dumbstruck, in first the storm and then the crazy misinterpretations.
winks. It was about half-past too terrified to even move. That’s whole mysterious birthday prepa-  Navya Bhargava, class VIII
midnight when I was awakened

IF I WERE
by sudden noises in the next
room. I jerked upright, straining
my ears for more disturbances.
That is when I heard a crash!!
This scared the wits off me. I

A BIRD
stood still for a few moments
then tiptoed my way towards the
door. Before I could reach the

I
handle, a bloodcurdling scream
f I were a bird, I would cherish the freedom I get from
resonated through the house
soaring high in the sky. I would be the master of my own
and made me freeze in my
destiny, and get to decide how I want to live my life. I
tracks.
could fly over picturesque sceneries and see the true beau-
Finally, I yanked the door open
ty of Mother Nature. I’ve always been envious of how free
and stormed outside, my hands
and regal birds look, and getting to live like them would let
curled up in a fist. I set out on
me emulate the life I’ve always wanted to lead. I would get
to live like an entirely different species and
discover their habits, mannerisms and char-
acteristics of their community. If I were a
bird, the sky would, quite literally, be my
limit, and I would explore it as much as I can.
Aashnaa Mehta,
former star correspondent, Mumbai

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J
osé Mourinho had described
Roma as “a giant club” lacking
a trophy room to match the
team’s social dimension and
passionate fan base. Well, the
Giallorossi claimed their first
European title in more than six
decades Wednesday to crown
Mourinho’s first season coaching in the Ital-
ian capital. Nicolò Zaniolo scored in the first
half, goalkeeper Rui Patrício made some big
saves in the second and Roma beat Feyeno-
ord 1-0 to win the inaugural edition of the
third-tier Europa Conference League.
NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE
Zaniolo’s goal started with a ball over the top
from center back Gianluca Mancini that Zan-
RCB FACE RR IN PLAYOFFS
WINNERS WILL MEET GT IN FINAL; BUTTLER, SAMSON HOPE TO REMAIN AMONG RUNS
Sanju Samson
Q U IZ T IM E !
Q1: Who was the first Indian to
receive the International
Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)
Blue Cross?
a) Ronjan Sodhi
b) Vijay Kumar
c) Gagan Narang
d) Abhinav Bindra
Q2: Which of the following
footballers has a world
record for the highest goal scorer
for a single club?
a) Lionel Messi (Barcelona FC)
b) Pele (Santos FC)
It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.
Evander Holyfield, American boxer
BEAT FEYENOORD TO EMERGE AS MAIDEN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
iolo controlled with his chest. Zaniolo then
pushed the ball past onrushing goalkeeper
Justin Bijlow with the tip of his boot. “Stu-
pendous. Let’s enjoy this moment,” Zaniolo
said, before gesturing to the Roma fans.
“There are no words to describe it. It’s all for
them.” Zaniolo has often been labeled as Italy’s
most talented young player. But he’s been held
Today wasn’t work,
this was history.
JOSÉ MOURINHO
R
ajasthan Royals will need to shake
off an ordinary bowling perform-
ance in their last outing when they
clash with Royal Challengers Ban-
galore, a team which seems to be
peaking at the right time, in the high-stakes
IPL Qualifier-2 Ahmedabad on Friday.
Having sneaked into the play-offs, RCB
are on a roll and a tight win over Lucknow in
the Eliminator has fuelled expectations for a
long-awaited trophy. They take on Rajasthan,
a team which has all bases covered but still
came up short against Gujarat in Qualifier 1.
The IPL caravan moves to Ahmedabad after
a couple of high-scoring games in Kolkata. It
has been a quick turnaround for RCB but they
won’t mind that as they look to ride the mo-
mentum.
HOPES ON PATIDAR
“The best thing is that we have one day and
we play again. Cannot wait to be in Ahmed-
abad and take the field again. We are so ex-
cited and happy with how things have gone.
Hopefully, two more games and we all can cel-
ebrate,” star RCB batter Virat Kohli told the
Photos: PTI
c) Gerd Muller (Bayern Munich)
d) Fernando Peyrotes (Sporting CP)
Who became the first
Q3: female to be appointed to
the ICC International Panel of
Match Referees in 2019?
a) G S Lakshmi
b) Diana Edulji
c) Jhulan Goswami
d) Sudha Shah
Who was the first player of
Q4: Indian origin to play in an
NBA game?
a) Palpreet Singh
b) Sim Bhullar
c) Amjyot Singh
d) Satnam Singh
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022
Roma players celebrate
with the trophy after
winning the Europa
Conference League final
soccer match between
AS Roma and Feyenoord
back by two serious knee injuries, one of and quickly hit the post twice, first with a
which kept him out for all of last season and close-range effort from Gernot Trauner then
prevented him from taking part in the Az- with a long-range blast from Tyrell Malacia
zurri’s run to the European Championship that Rui Patricio palmed off the upright.
title. At 22 years and 327 days, Zaniolo became Mourinho extended his perfect record in Eu-
the youngest Italian player to score in a Eu- ropean finals to five trophies in five match-
ropean final since Alessandro Del Piero’s goal es, having also won the 2003 UEFA Cup and
at 22 years and 200 days for Juventus in a loss 2004 Champions League finals with Porto; the
to Borussia Dortmund in the 1997 Champi- 2010 Champions League final with Inter Mi-
ons League final. An attacking midfielder, lan; and the 2017 Europa League final with
Zaniolo produced five goals and three assists Manchester United. At the final whistle, Mour-
in 10 Conference League games. After Zanio- inho held up five fingers to signify his five
lo’s goal, Mourinho - realizing how long there European titles as he jumped up and down in
was to go - gestured for his excited bench play-
ers to sit and calm down.
celebration.Mourinho was also the coach who
guided the last Italian club to win a European
title when Inter’s treble in 2010 included the
ROMA CREATES HISTORY Champions League. “This remains in the his-
Photo: AP
Jose tory of Roma, but also mine,” the 59-year-old
Mourinho Feyenoord came out energized after the break Mourinho said. AP
Photo: REUTERS
ALCARAZ SAVES MATCH
POINT TO REMAIN IN
FRENCH OPEN
IPL website after the win over LSG. Rajat Pati-
T
dar, who played the innings of his life on his was the sort of poi-
Wednesday, will be a man with supreme con- nt in the sort of contest
fidence in another high-pressure knockout that, if Carlos Alcaraz
fixture. For someone who went unsold in the eventually reaches the heights
IPL auction and came into the RCB squad as so many believe he will, the
a replacement player, it has been a career- lucky folks on hand at Court
changing season for him. Simonne Mathieu on Wednes-
Both the high-profile openers, Kohli and day night just might regale
Faf du Plessis, are big match players and will dinner guests for years with
be itching to make an impact after low re- tales that begin, “We were
turns in the previous game. there when ...”
Not, mind you, the match
point Alcaraz saved in his sec-
BUTTLER, SAMSON CONSISTANT ond-round French Open ma-
RCB bowlers will have to be on the top of their rathon against Albert Ramos-
game against a formidable Rajasthan batting Vinolas, who is 15 years elder.
line up which rely heavily on Jos Buttler and That one, necessary as it was,
Photo: AFP
skipper Sanju Samson. Both scored against of course, to the eventual 6-
Gujarat but it did not prove to be enough. Sam- 1, 6-7 (7), 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4 out- Carlos Alcaraz
son will be eager to convert his 30s and 40s come in the No. 6-seeded Al- No, instead, let’s examine
into a substantial knock and lead from the caraz’s favour, was rather what happened on a break
front. It remains to be seen how the bowlers mundane: a three-stroke ex- point at 4-all in the fifth, with
comeback after a forgettable outing. Ashwin change that ended with Ra- Alcaraz leading, Ramos-Vi-
had a rare off day against Gujarat while mos-Vinolas pushing a nerv- nolas serving, the crowd hold-
Prasidh Krishna paid the price for bowling ous-looking forehand into the ing its breath and the stadi-
length balls to Miller in the final over. PTI net while serving for the win um clock already reading 4
at 5-4 in the fourth set. hours, 31 minutes. AP
Faf du Plessis
Kohli’s first ODI hundred Who among the following game to take 600 wickets?
Q5: came in 2009 against Sri
Lanka. Where was the match played?
Q6: cricketers has become the
first bowler to claim 500 wickets in
a)
b)
James Anderson
Lasith Malinga
T20 Cricket? c) Glenn McGrath
a) Kolkata b) Kandy
c) London d) Mumbai
a) Dwayne Bravo
b) Stuart Broad
d) BB McCullum
Which of the following
c) James Andreson
d) Jaspreet Bumrah Q9: trophy is not related to
cricket in India?
Virat a) Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
India shared the gold medal
Kohli
Q7: with which country in the
first online Chess Olympiad 2020?
b)
c)
Deodhar Trophy
Santosh Trophy
d) Duleep Trophy
a) India
b) China
c) Russia
ANSWERS: 1. d. Abhinav Bindra
2. a. Lionel Messi (Barcelona FC)
3. a. G S Lakshmi 4. b. Sim Bhullar
d) UK
5. a. Kolkata 6. a. Dwayne Bravo
7. c. Russia 8. a. James Anderson
Who became the first fast
Photo: GETTY IMAGES
Q8: bowler in the history of the 9. c. Santosh Trophy