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PERCEPTRON 2020 WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS BUILDING THE CHANGE-MAKERS OF TOMORROW DAY CELEBRATION 'Commit yourself to the noble struggle support etc. DANYA DALVI, TEACHER, for human rights. You will make a UNDP, chaired by Sanyukta Gedam fully with the help of technology. various events for the four categories re- greater person of yourself, a greater na- and Aneesh Sathe worked on the twin PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, Perceptron 2020 is using technol- flect some invaluable skills that need to be tion of your country and a finer world agenda of 'Improvement in the education MIRA ROAD ogy with a cause, few of our con- instilled in the tender minds so that they to live in-Martin Luther King, Jr.' system with special emphasis on third- cerns are- environment, SDG', cre- can become change-makers of tomorrow. world nations' and 'Accessibility of edu- very once in a while, a ative aspect of learning." Percep- With themes like Save water, Wildlife, 3 R's- n an attempt to empathise with cation in war-torn countries'. new technology, an old tron 2020 is not just a technology Reduce, Reuse and Recycle- the students mankind and its sufferings across the UNSC chaired by Mohnish Mishra problem and a big idea fest as it also aims to inculcate, will develop a sensitivity towards the en- globe, the students of DAV Interna- and Nishant Das committed to the cause turn into an innovation" along with technological knowl- vironment and push them towards finding tional School, Kharghar planned the of 'The geo-political disputes within the this quote by Dean Ka- edge and efficiency, skills that are practical solutions to the problems that practice of the UN workings under South Asian countries'. This included the menE is able to capture in its sim- above and beyond what a screen plague our environment. As they work to- simulatedI conditions i.e. the DAVMUN: Korean peninsula, the Sino-Indian border plicity,the essence of the first edi- can teach them. The themes of the wards creating their own projects that high- 2020 on the virtual platform. This was in dispute and the geo-political tensions in tion of Perceptron- An online light solutions more than the prob- accordance with the theme of the UN for the South-China Sea. techno fest, hosted by Podar In- lem itself, students will think criti- the year 2020: "Recover Better - Stand Up The event began with the invocation ternational School, Mira road. cally and analytically, to reach a for Human Rights". of the Almighty followed by the rendition More than ever, in the past 8 plausible solution. While under- Understanding that " We will reach of the school prayer and anthem. The del- months we have realised that when taking the projects on Urban Plan- our common global goals only if we are egates were blessed by the Principal, Mrs. all systems and mechanism broke ning and restructuring as well as able to create equal opportunities for all, Seema Maindiratta and the coordinators down because of a virus as small Cyber Bullying- a need for social address the failures exposed and exploit- and teachers. The session formally com- as a speck of dust, technology act- change, students will have to find ed by Covid-19, and apply human rights menced with the declaration by the Sec- ed as crutches to help us revamp solutions only by deeply thinking standards to tackle entrenched, system- retary General. and more importantly rethink the and feeling the problems faced by The two day old systems and make way for the the citizens who are collateral of in- meet witnessed new. Therefore, I feel there is no efficient city planning as well as cy- heated debates, ar- better time than this to not only berbullying, they grow empathetic guments, pacts, lob- accept but also embrace this 'new towards the suffering of others. bying but at the end normal' and get students actively Needless to say, as they feel, think, an amicable solu- involved in innovation and prob- solve and create in Perceptron 2020, tion to all the prob- lem solving by the means of tech- they, in turn, get equipped to lead lems. nology, which is the primary mo- and that is the ultimate goal of this The two-day tive behind Perceptron 2020. The mega project, to make the change- event ended with a wave of thunder of Perceptron makers and leaders of tomorrow. vibrant Felicitation 2020, a fest for all tech geeks, has Perceptron 2020 aims on creat- Ceremony show- received an overwhelming partic- ing at Podar International School, casing the efforts of ipation of over 500 students pan Miraroad, a unique and necessary the eminent social India, from Grade 1 to 12. hybrid of citizens with the sensi- crusaders like Col- According to Norina Fernan- bility of Greta Thunberg fused with in Gonsalves, Med- des, principal, Podar Internation- the skills of Mark Zuckerberg and ha Patkar, Irom al School Mira Road, "Design and educational upliftment of girl child Sharmila and the Creativity in education can be like Ranjit Desale. Perceptron 2020 Nobel laureate manifested explicitly and beauti- will be a path breaker in education. Kailash Satyarthi; and the recitation of a self composed poem, 'Acceptance' echoing the senti- ments of the meet- ing. This was fol- lowed by the prize distribution cere- mony. The event end- ed with the Vote of Thanks proposed by the Executive Board member. The principal, Seema Maindirat- ta, congratulated the team for the smooth and effective conduct of the events. She emphasised on the need to cherish the noble qualities of Hu- manity thereby making the Earth a better place to live in. As a part of the World Human Rights Celebration Day, DAVeMUN 2020 - an interactive debate and lead- ership summit on the workings of the United Nations - was held on Microsoft y trip to Matheran - a hill sta- point. However, the Lion Head Teams by the teachers and students tion, not far from Mumbai - was point really fascinated me; the nat- delegates of DAV International School, Kharghar. not a long one but was surely an ural rocks formed an unexpected A crisp speech by the Secretary- Mexciting one. The beautiful shape of a lion's head. I could see General of the Conference inspired panoramas displayed by the green robed the clouds below me and they gave the delegates to give their hundred mountains left me spellbound. Vehicles are a glimpse of a beautiful lake, percent in the summit. Then, the Ex- ecutive Board Members of the re- forbidden after a point named Dasturi reflecting the vast, blue sky. We spective committees - UNSC, UNDP, Naka. So, to reach Matheran, you need to also visited a bio-gas plant which WHO and UNHRC - gave the insights travel on foot or hire carts or horses. We provided fuel for the kitchens of on workings of the individual com- opted to walk from Dasturi Naka to our local households and restaurants. mittees and their subsequent agen- hotel while our luggage enjoyed the ride Sitting on the horseback and das of debate. After this, the delegates atic, and inter-generational inequalities, were requested to join the respective meet- on carts. On our way, we were welcomed travelling on a bumpy road, cov- ered with wet soil, was a different adven- exclusion and discrimination"; the young ings, according to their allotted commit- by the natives - the mon- ture in itself. As we entered a local delegates of DAV Kharghar made a care- tee. keys. As every other hill sta- market, we saw shopkeepers display- ful selection of the committee agendas. On both the days, the delegates were tion, Matheran too had an ing a wide range of souvenirs - jellies, Starting with the World Health Or- judged based on their fluency, command ganisation (WHO) chaired by Arya Jade over emotions, ability to handle pressure, Echo point, a Sunrise fudges, bags, shoes and many more.We and Kushagra Singhal, the agenda was body language and their respective re- point and a Sunset jostled our way through the narrow 'Improving access to immunisation and search about the agenda by the Special streets flooded with tourists. For me, halting the spread of vaccine-preventable Judges appointed by the organising com- this short trip was a break from the busy diseases.' mittee. UNHRC, chaired by Meenal Singh and End of day two commenced with a routine of the cities and a medium to Bhinit Kumar Rout, focussed on the soul touching poem, followed by gal- bring me close to nature. 'Repatriation of refugees with special vanising speech by the students about the Varada Shendye, class IX, SSPM's Sri Sri emphasis in the MENA region'. This agen- Human Rights Activists- Medha Patkar, Ravishankar Vidya Mandir, Borivali East da focussed on the Middle East and North Irom Sharmila, Colin Gonsalves and the African regions and their situation with Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthy, who refugees and their repatriation. The com- have taken up the cause of the upliftment mittee revolved around the causes, con- and betterment of the marginalized com- cerns, challenges, funding, international munities. 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In less than two weeks, the short ball has knocked out Will Pucovski, Harry Conway and Ravindra Jadeja, while Cameron Green suffered a shocking blow to the head while in Australia A’s recent tour match against the Indians at the SCG. Former India Sunil Gavaskar has blamed poor technique for increased concussion incidents

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I think it is more to do with the fact that everybody have got We’ve got to come up with some sort of their front-press where technically they are moving forward and better helmets. I got hit a few times but it becomes a little bit difficult. I can never remember being concussed. If you play enough cricket, you always When English players used to come to get hit in the head. I don’t know why it Australia they would struggle as well seems to be a more spate of head- because they were on the front-foot. knocks these days. Whether people are In Australia you want to ride the playing poorly with their technqiues bounce, to get on to the back-foot so because they have a helmet on their head they you are able to ride the bounce feel safe. I was hit quite a few times, I don’t recall being con- which is not what a lot of players are cussed ever. Whether I was lucky with that, I don’t know. doing today. They are so much on the front-foot and not able to transfer their Allan Border, Former Australia captain weight and get out of their way. As a batsman you tend to get a little bit locked. See, Virat Kohli plays the bouncer so well because he has that Short-ball will definitely be back and across movement, so he is sort of waiting on the back- foot for that short ball. Dravid used to wait on the back-foot, used as a tactic: Hazlewood back and across. Sachin Tendulkar had the minimal front press, therefore he was still balanced when he played the short ball. I Ahead of the four-match Test series against India, Australian pacer think it is just a little technical thing which is why a lot of these Josh Hazlewood maintained that bouncers are an integral part of their people are getting hit on the helmet. You see most of the times, bowling plans, and can’t really imagine a future people getting hit on the helmet are in between the crease. You where the bouncers could be banned due to very seldom see anybody on the back-foot. the risk involved. “I think it’s here to stay, England batsman When someone’s front foot is outside the crease and back foot to be honest,” Hazlewood told the Sydney Stuart Broad inside, they will get hit. You will very seldom find a batsman get- Morning Herald. “Whether it’s top-order players (or lower-order batsmen)... I ducks a bouncer ting hit if both his feet are inside the crease near the stumps. Because it has given the batsman that extra yard to either duck know when I go out to bat that’s what I’m under the ball or sway out of the way. But that is what’s not hap- facing. I think it’s an integral part of the pening. That is the reason why they are getting hit. game. We’re obviously not intending to hurt any- one, it’s about getting the and cleaning up that tail as quick as Sunil Gavaskar, former Indian captain Photo: GETTY IMAGES we can. If that’s the best option we’ll probably go down that path.”

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Photo: GETTY IMAGES Photo: REUTERS irat Kohli’s men clinched Advantage Australia Arsenal defender Kieran Tierney says the their maiden series in players must take responsibility for the Australia in 2018-19, tri- V ➤ Despite losing the last series, Australia head into the four-Test show- club’s “terrible” form after the Gunners umphing 2-1, but the hosts were without leading batsmen Steve down, where the Border-Gavaskar trophy and ICC World Test Cham- lost a fourth home Premier League game Smith and David Warner,who pionship points are at stake, with an apparent advantage before a ball in a row. Burnley recorded their first-ever were serving year-long bans is bowled. They are the world’s most successful team in day-night win at the Emirates as a Pierre-Emerick Virat Kohli for ball-tampering. Smith, the world’s number one batsman, Tests, having played seven and won all, including four in Adelaide. Aubameyang own goal secured a 1-0 must lead is back and in form, although ➤ victory for the visitors after Granit Xhaka from the in a massive blow Warner has In contrast India, who were long reluctant to embrace the concept, remain novices, playing just one day-night Test in Kolkata last year. was sent off for the hosts. The result front been ruled out of the opening Test with a groin injury. They thrashed Bangladesh in just over two days, limiting their expo- leaves Mikel Arteta’s side just five points “It’s a great rivalry...bring sure to twilight conditions where visibility can be an issue and the ball clear of the relegation zone and without a it on,” Australia coach Justin Premier League win since November 1. AFP Langer said ahead of day one tends to swing as the sun sinks. at Adelaide Oval, where more ➤ than 20,000 fans — 50 percent Ajinkya Rahane, who will assume the captaincy when Kohli leaves, is a capacity,due to coronavirus re- lock in the middle order alongside Vihari. But their opening combina- It’s not good enough. There is no way to strictions — are expected. “We tion remains in flux. Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal are the current disguise it. It’s terrible, to be honest. It’s have a very senior team now openers but Shubman Gill’s composed 65 under lights in the warm up and can’t wait to get the show not what we are, not where we are as a club. gave selectors plenty to ponder. on the road.” AFP Kieran Tierney

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