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➤ We share some tips on ➤Social media: Is it a ➤ Euro20: England aim to STUDENT EDITION how to put your best boon or a bane? Gen Z end semi-final jinx; WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021 TODAY’S personality forward while debates on various issues Denmark prepare to Newspaper in Education facing an interview surrounding it outplay opponents EDITION STUDENTS REACT PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4  I welcome this decision, as the previous batch of students faced the uncertainty of exams. This new pat- tern provides us with CLICK HERE: PAGE 1 AND 2 flexibility and a proper schedule. Taking exams in two parts will give us enough time for prepa- ration and the much- CBSE divides academic session for classes X, needed security. Giving equal weightage to both the terms, and an increase in objective questions come as a relief for all the students. Rakshit Dubey, class X, Zebar School XII into two terms; exams at end of each term For Children, Ahmedabad

 The step taken by the CBSE will provide a level-playing field to the students appearing for their board examinations. The stu- dents can plan well in advance, and score IS IT A GOOD MOVE? marks accordingly. he Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday said that the academ- Pranay Upadhyay, class X, MVN ic session 2021-22 of classes X and XII will be divided into two terms, with School, Sec 17 Faridabad approximately 50 per cent syllabus in each term. Exams will be conducted at the end of each term on the basis of the bifurcated syllabus. The syllabus for the  With no overlapping of bifurcated T board examination 2021-22 will be rationalised similar to that of the last academ- syllabus, the new evalu- ic session, and will be notified in July 2021, a CBSE circular said. ation criteria will be beneficial for students. Apart from putting less- er burden on us, it will THE NEW PATTERN make our preparations more focussed. At the end of the first term, the Moreover, evaluation of both, practi- board will organise exams in a flex- The CBSE has decided that in case the situation cal application as well subjective ible schedule between November knowledge, will go a long way in and December 2021, with a win- of the pandemic improves and students are able assessing the true talent of a stu- dow period of 4-8 weeks for to come to schools or centres for taking the dent. Samyuktaa Sivakumar, class schools situated in different parts of the country and abroad. exams, the board would conduct Term I and II XII, Ryan International school, The exams will have multiple examinations at schools or centres, and the Kandivali choice questions (MCQ), includ- ing case-based MCQs and MCQs theory marks will be distributed equally  There will be a lot of pressure on on assertion-reasoning type. The between the two exams duration of the test will be 90 min- THE SYLLABUS PATTERN classes X and XII examinations at the end of the students to perform utes, and it will cover only the ra- the academic session well in both the exams. tionalised syllabus of the first ated, and marks obtained will be board. The paper will be of two With inadequate infor-  The syllabus for the academic session 2021-  Schools will also use alternative academic term. The question papers will be uploaded by the school on the very hours duration and have questions mation on the reduced sent by the CBSE to schools along same day. of different formats (case-based/ 22 will be divided into two terms by following calendar and inputs from the NCERT on trans- syllabus, this decision with the marking scheme. At the end of the second term, situation based, open-ended- short a systematic approach by looking into the acting the curriculum The exams will be conducted un- the board would organise Term II answer/ long-answer type). interconnectivity of concepts and topics by seems unfair, and an der the supervision of the exter- or year-end examination based on In case the situation is not the subject experts  Efforts will be made to make internal added burden on the nal centre superintendents and ob- the rationalised syllabus. conducive for normal descriptive assessment, practical, project work more students. Results based on servers appointed by the CBSE. This examination would be held examination, a 90-minute MCQ-  The CBSE will conduct the examinations at credible and valid as per the guidelines and evaluation of internal exams and The responses of students will around March-April 2022 at the based exam will be conducted at the end of each term on the basis of the bifur- be captured on the OMR sheets examination centres fixed by the the end of the second term as well. moderation policy to be announced by the yearly activities seemed a cated syllabus. This has been done to increase which, after scanning may be di- board to ensure fair distribution of marks PTI better option. rectly uploaded at the CBSE por- (Share your views at [email protected]) the probability of having a board-conducted V Dharshini, class XII, Lalaji Memorial tal or alternatively may be evalu- Omega International School, Chennai 'LAKES' UNDER MARS SOUTH Amitabh Bachchan pens poem, POLE MAY NOT BE REAL ubsurface lakes found under Mars' south pole, using data urges fans to take precautions from the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter, FACTOIDFACTOID SIRISHA Smay not really be lakes at all, argue researchers. Two re- search teams in 2018, working on data from the Mars Express against Covid-19 orbiter have announced a surprising discovery: The signals from a radar instrument reflected off the Red planet's south BANDLA ctor Amitabh Bachchan took to social pole appeared to reveal a liquid subsurface lake. However, a media and shared a poem urging his team of scientists at NASA and Arizona State University (ASU) The second Indian-born fans and followers to take precau- found dozens of similar radar reflections around the south A pole after analysing a broader set of Mars Express data. £2k woman to fly to space tions against Covid-19, amid the ongoing pandem- Price of a handwritten letter written by author ic. Big B took to his Twitter handle to share the  The radar signals, original- Roald Dahl to a student, which was sold recently poem written in Hindi. It read, 'Suno suno aye ly interpreted as liquid water, at an auction. The 1989 letter was written to duniya walon: yeh virus ghar dhoond raha hai; aur were found in a region of Christine Wotton, now a librarian and housekeep- uska ghar hai insaan ke phepre, lungs! Mars, known as the South er. In it, Dahl tells Christine of Chagford, Devon Khabardar!' The poem further con- Polar Layered Deposits. The tinued, ‘Darwazein khidkiyan sab areas originally hypothesised county in England, "Never shelter children from bandh kar do, ghar mein ghusne to contain liquid water, span the world. The content of any children's book is na do usse! Mask pehno aur about 10 to 20 kilometres in a relatively small region of the of no importance other than it enthrals the child, duree banaye rakkho dusron se, Martian South Polar Layered Deposits and thus it teaches or seduces him or her to 'like' Celeb bhid se, party se! Aur haan,  It revealed dozens of additional bright radar reflections over books and to become a fit reader. The book-read- hath-wath dhote rehna a far greater range of area and depth than ever before. In some ing child will always outstrip the non-book-read- talk barabar! Ok!’ places, they were less than a mile from the surface, where tem- peratures are estimated to be minus 63 degrees Celsius ing child in later life.” After Kalpana Chawla, Indian-origin Sirisha Bandla will become the second Indian-born woman to fly into space later this month. Bandla will be one of BEST OUT OF WASTE the six space travellers aboard ‘VSS Unity’ of Virgin Galactic, scheduled to blast off to space on July 11 from New Mexico. AN ARTWORK WITH PLASTIC Sirisha Bandla, astronaut number 4 on the crew, elhi-based artist, working on my 12th piece," he was born in Andhra Manveer Singh, has said. Doing his part in lifting Pradesh, and grew up MANVEER ON HIS JOURNEY... created artwork by the burden of the non- in Houston. She is also In the beginning, I thought that I will using plastic waste biodegradable commodity from the Vice President, D use the plastic, which I am consuming. Government Affairs as a raw material. In fact, he nature, he said, "At present, So, I washed it and started making it and Research has utilised 250 kg of plastic in we are observing that there but it wasn't enough. Therefore, I Operations at the three years, diverting it from are many kinds of pollutants in thought of asking people living in my Virgin Galactic being dumped at landfills. The the environment and plastic is building and nearby areas. Soon, it also artist, who started this innova- on the top of the list. Every got used up. Then, I spoke to rag pick- tive eco-friendly work in April citizen is responsible for it. I ers, but they refused to give it as it was The July 11 mission will be the 2018, has till now sold three noticed that multilayer plastic a loss of money for them. After rag pickers refused to give 22nd flight test for VSS Unity artworks overseas — two in Abu cannot be segregated and peo- plastic to me, I started collecting it door to door. This helped and Virgin Galactic's fourth Dhabi and one in Germany. "I ple are unable to recycle it. So, in creating awareness about plastic menace and I got clean polythene, which in turn reduced my work to some extent. crewed spaceflight have completed 11 artworks I started using it for my art- made out of plastic and I am work." “Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.” READ. PLAY. LEARN RALPH WALDO EMERSON, POET 02 WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021 Wellness BEST BODY LANGUAGE Meditation tips for beginners When TIPS FOR you practice t a glance, it might look like a competence? meditation in an simple activity, but it’s easier To achieve mastery orderly manner said than done. It is a real chal- in meditation is and continue it for A lenge for all beginners to calm not easy. You can a longer duration of the mind and begin the meditation jour- improve your time, it is bound to ney. But begin you must as it’s great for meditation skills give you positive out- YOUR INTERVIEW your physical, mental and emotional but it is hard to comes. If you medi- health. Learn more about how to start. define something tate regularly for an that is called per- hour in the evening When is meditation effective? fect or having profi- daily, you will You cannot just randomly meditate and ciency in it. Some start feeling claim all its psychological, neurological, religious texts equate healthier and and cardiovascular benefits. Scientists true meditation as the confirm that meditation only plays an highest state of mental advantageous role if you are consis- concentration where the body tent. So, do the following: unites with the soul and is ➤ Maintain proper frequency of undisturbed by every meditation. worldly noise. ➤ Regulate time or length of meditation. How long should you ➤ Determine the reason for meditate? your practice. An ideal length of the medita- ➤ Follow correct instructions tion is something he/she can whether you are listening to regulate daily. It shouldn’t an audio guide or have be something that’s fluctu- joined an online class. ating way too often. Hence, it is vital to Do you know design your med- about medi- itation in a real- tation istic way. TNN

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It’s not just a place where you get to learn Einstein’s Theory of SCHOOL IS COOL Relativity. It’s also a place where you can think beyond the classroom. Hence we say, SCHOOL IS COOL! WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021 03

Yoga celebrations at Greenway o strengthen the awareness ers are similarly deserve to be honoured, on Covid 19, its prevention like the medical servers at the time of o commemorate yoga and control, Bharat Vikas pandemic. day Greenway Modern Parishad ‘Samvad Sakha’ An eminent gynaecologist, Dr School celebrated Yoga T organised an alertness pro- Shweta Goel revealed that women are TWeek from June 15 to 21 gramme on July 3 in the premises of the founders of nation. But 20 to 30 per- in which the students and teach- New Era School, Pandav Nagar, Ghazi- cent of them are sufferers of anaemia ers actively participated. abad.The initiatives taken by Bharat as they neglect their diseases and de- Yoga not only provides phys- Vikas Parishad were tree plantation, prived of getting diet and treatment. ical and mental relaxation but preventive measures of coronavirus, We must save the women to save our also develops strength and re- to make anaemia free society and fe- races. Dr Akshita Garg, one of the re- silience. The numerous benefits licitation of the medical professionals sponsible guests made her keynotes to- of yoga make it a popular prac- as ‘Corona Yoddha’. The session, a wards the benefit of sunlight for our tice for people across the globe es- joint venture between Bharat Vikas body. Only taking 20 minutes sunlight pecially in times of pandemic Parishad and New Era School, aimed can make our immunity strong. Dr Ki- when mental and physical health to fortify the society and each one of ran Dilwal, principal of the school, is under stress. us to become strong stewards to retal- shared her hearty thankfulness to all The students depicted vari- iate in the great battlefield of novel the resource persons for sharing their ous asanas through posters, coronavirus. mataram’ in a unified voice of all who analysed various relief service pro- words and to provide a significant pro- videos and a quiz was also es- The programme was chaired by the gathered. The president of the organ- vided by the organisation to the ill-fat- vision to all the teachers. She conveyed pecially conducted for class XI dignitary high rankers of Bharat Vikas isation, Pramod Goel captured the at- ed covid patients. She traced five trig- her humble words for the prioritisa- and XII students. Videos were Parishadas well as director of the school, tention of all by inculcating a sense of gering words ‘Sampark’, ‘Sahayog’, tion of vaccine as it is the best weapon shown to students to make them Dr Mamta Malik, principal Dr Kiran Dil- responsibility among all through the ‘Sanskar’, ‘Seva’ and ‘Samarpan’ that to fight against Covid 19. She inter- understand how yoga is benefi- wal, Neev head, Arushi Malik and the green yatra or tree plantation. He in- are the basic parts of humanity. The preted various status of available vac- cial. The subject teachers inte- teaching faculties of New Era School. vited Dr Madhu Podder, one of the em- session reached its fruitful part with cines approved by WHO. grated yoga with their respec- The session started at 10 am with inent members of the organisation the most intellectual words uttered by The programme gave an endnote by tive subject that is creative art the green welcome of all notable per- who initiated to take proper nurtur- the director of the school, Dr Mamta offering mementoes to all the distin- integration. can be relieved. sonages whose presence graced the ven- ing of saplings. She also added that Malik who expressed her heartfelt grat- guished guest members as an effort of A highly effective and influ- The principal of the school ue. It was followed by lighting of holy this pandemic has taught us all the val- itude to Bharat Vikas Parishad. She appreciation for the time and valuable ential yoga session was held for Mohit Sachdeva appreciated the lamp and garlanding of goddess ue of self-independence. Vikas Bindal, included that knowledge, learning and input that they had shared. The pro- teachers by renowned yoga ther- efforts of teachers for celebrat- Saraswati and Swami Vivekanand. the secretary of the organisation tried teaching are inter related to build a gramme, conducted for one and half apist founder trustee of Anub- ing yoga week and congratulat- The entire venue echoed with the his best to express the value of af- human character. hour, was considered to be a great deed huti Yog. She explained through ed the students for their active singing of the national song, ‘Vande forestation. Indu, the area secretary, She noted that educators and teach- and accomplishment. simple yoga asanas how stress participation. STUDENTS OF DAV GET HOLIDAY HOMEWORK Imbibing healthy yoga practices oliday homework complete detachment This in turn stimu- n order to imbibe healthy virtual surrounding, they shared provides the perfect from academics. lated their further in- and balanced yogic practices their videos excelling in their opportunity to keep Students of DAV RK terest in learning new in the students, Delhi Inter- poise while exhibiting marvel- Htheir ‘school brain’ Puram School had a concepts. It motivated Inational Public School, sec- lous Yoga postures. ticking over and keeps them nice time during the them to think out of the tor 9 Rohini conducted various To carry forward the wisdom challenged and stimulated. As summer holidays. box, and encouraged activities and competitions in all held within the yogic knowledge, our children grow up, home- Homework given to critical thinking and the classes in honour of the In- a quiz contest was also organised work becomes a more impor- them encouraged them exploration of a subject ternational Day of Yoga. for the students. It not only piqued tant part of their schooling, to use applied knowl- outside course materi- Several eminent masters Di- their curiosity but also gave them allowing them to develop vi- edge of academic theo- al. To make this time nesh Deshwal, Richa Pandey and an opportunity to engage and tal skills such as independent ry. They remained con- fun and enjoyable for Renu, in the realm of this won- learn something anew collec- research. It develops a sense structively busy in children, we also added derfully enriching practice, were tively. The day's activities invoked of responsibility towards showcasing their skills some moral activities invited to judge various contests SIANS was the sight of a spec- awe and appreciation from stu- work. Vacations are a time to and interests in a vari- like helping parents, and to raise the moral of all the tacular array of agility and seren- dents for the benefits consistent relax, but there ety of activities given to good manners and de- participants. ity, capturing everyone's atten- yoga practice can help them reap should not be them as homework. veloping reading habits. The zeal and zest of the DIP- tion and accolades. Backed with in today's busy schedule. Close encounter with a wild elephant e were travelling from see the animals which were let to and drive steadily towards the ele- Mysore to Udhagamandala roam free in the sanctuary. They phant to show who is the boss. This W via the dense Mudumalai for- charged us Rs 500 to explore the memory will stay clearly printed in est when we suddenly spotted an sanctuary in a private jeep. We saw our minds forever. elephant calf! It looked very a herd of elephants walking across adorable and I think it was crossing the road. Then something unexpect- VIJAYA KUMAR the road to go to the other side, ed happened - one of the elephants ARJUN, class X , possibly with its mother to drink stopped moving, turned and raced Bharatiya Vidya water from a nearby stream. towards us! We were in an open Bhavans Public Until we came out of the forest jeep! I was frightened and held on to School, Jubilee Hills, our conversation was all about the my mother. The jeep driver revved elephant. We later halted at a up the engine and drove towards the Hyderabad small town for tea, when we elephant. Hearing the noise, the ele- saw a sign which read: phant started retreating. 'Mudumalai Still in shock, the driver told us GURJOT, class IX, Sumermal Jain MEERA, class IX, Sumermal Jain Forest Wildlife that whenever such Public school, Janakpuri Public school, Janakpuri Sanctuary' with an incident hap- some pictures of ele- pens, we should phants below it. We stay calm and rev An ode to teachers And taught me about the So, here’s an ode to you, dear hues of life. teachers! decided to explore and up the engine I was a small boat in the For there exists no greater vast ocean, You became my torch bearer, gift to mankind, In search of a sailor, When I was in need of a And no greater entity With oars of knowledge, guiding light. Than a teacher equipped You sat on my boat, From anecdotes to life lessons with knowledge. And rowed me to the shore You make learning fun, of success. From geometry to adverbs, Nandini Sharma, XI, Mata Jai Your knowledge never fails You expanded my horizons, to stun. Kaur Public School Social Media can be potentially dangerous Judges should not be swayed by the “emotional pitch of public opinion which is Obeisance to innovation amplified by social media," Chief Justice of India N V Ramana had cautioned last earning isn’t restricted to School participated in realms of week. We debate: Social media can be potentially dangerous. books alone, one must be these tests and win laurels. pushed to run for more Aryan Kumar Singh of class VI ocial media with all its glory and usefulness ny form of technology can be used or abused L has a series of disadvantages, one of it being depending on the audience using it. With the challenging horizons and and Riyansh Gusain of class III cyberbullying. Even though many rules Olympiads are a brilliant way to participated in Innovation S A evolution of social media, people interested in have been passed to curb it, it continues do so. Olympiad and won global rank III a particular field can access all the material online. unabated. Once a person is cyberbullied, The students of East Point and II respectively. Social media is not dangerous, provided the user the damage done to the mental health of is mature and has the ability to deal with unexpected, the person is unerasable. Hacking per- undesirable situations. The advantages outweigh the on the relevance of yoga during this sonal data can cause severe pri- drawbacks. For instance, it helps DAV Sreshtha Vihar celebrates difficult time of a global pandemic FOR vacy and financial loss to a person. connect with people and establish AGAINST and enlightened the students, teach- Also, addiction and health issues go a network for job opportunities. ers and parents with the importance hand-in-hand with social media. People have international day of yoga of discipline, yogic kriya, yoga and Companies like LinkedIn contribute to this. Also, you pranayama for the physical, mental begun to judge their importance on the basis of do not even require to build a website to market mphasising upon the idea and spiritual well-being of every in- arbitrary likes/subscribers; if a person has less likes your products. You can simply create an account that inner growth is sig- dividual. Principal shared her views then they become prey to depression and if they on Whatsapp or Instagram and effectively show- nificant for human devel- on the occasion and said, “The beau- have a considerably huge number of likes then they E opment, DAV Public ty of yoga is that it can be practiced case them. Social media ecommerce is picking up rap- School, Sreshtha Vihar, Delhi, cele- by anyone irrespective of the dif- are on the 7th heaven. Everything has its advan- idly. Companies are expanding their brated the seventh International Day ferences in body structures. Its prac- tages and disadvantages, but ecommerce sites to social media of Yoga. Amidst the Covid-19 crisis, tice calms the mind and helps in ho- social media’s disadvantages commerce, thereby increasing their the school arranged a special yoga listic development of mind, body webinar in association with Dr. Ajay and spirituality.” The on-screen en- seem to outweigh the advantages. customer reach. Kumar Shastri, the President of cluding students, faculty, and their thusiasm of the students was note- State Yoga & Sports Association, Del- family members spiritedly took part worthy, as they geared up to cele- ANAM MOHIUDDIN, NIMISHA T, class XI, hi, under the guidance and leader- in the virtual yoga session. The brate the International Day of Yoga. class X, Gitanjali Senior Fiitjee Narayanaguda, ship of principal Suhasini K Nath. theme for this year’s Yoga Day was This time, while it was a virtual cel- School, Hyderabad Hyderabad Keeping with the spirit of the ‘Yoga for Well Being’. ebration, it was exciting because of day, the entire Sreshtha family, in- Dr Ajay Kumar Shastri focussed its novelty. DENMARK EXPECT TO BE OUTNUMBERED IN THE STANDS, BUT PREPARING TO OUTPLAY THEIR OPPONENTS AT WEMBLEY IN A GO FOR THE FINALS

Photo: REUTERS areth Southgate says England ■ “We talk about perspective in sport but we rarely are ready to end their semi-final have it,” Southgate said. “This was a moment that hoodoo as they prepare to face brought it home for all of us. “I can also imagine Denmark in the last four of Euro what it has done for the Danish team, their bond. 2020, bidding to reach their first final at a major tournament ■ “We are talking about the things we have been since 1966. England topped their through but what they went through that day -- the group and beat old foes Germany way their captain was and the way the group was - Gin the round of 16 before ratcheting up expectations - and how that would have connected with their sup- with Saturday’s thumping 4-0 quarter-final win porters. That’s pretty powerful.” against Ukraine in Rome. Preparing to outplay Ready for next step ■ Outnumbered in the stands, not outplayed on the ■ England have fallen at the penultimate hurdle at field. That is the expectation of Denmark’s players major tournaments on four occasions since winning ahead of their European Championship semifinal the World Cup in 1966, including their defeat by Croa- match. Entry restrictions to Britain amid the pan- tia at the World Cup in Russia three years ago. But We talk about perspective in sport. demic are stopping Danish fans from traveling to Southgate believes his side have learned from that London to cheer on their team. Only Danish people disappointment and are ready to take the next step. This was a moment that brought it already in England, or who live in England, can buy “We’ve knocked off so many hoodoos or perceived home for all of us They are riding a a ticket from the country’s allocation of about 5,800 barriers already and I feel like this group of play- from an expected capacity of 60,000 spectators. ers will feel this is just the next challenge,” he said. wave of emotion and that’s a powerful ■ Denmark midfielder Christian Norgaard is gear- ■ “I guess the interesting part for us is we won’t force that’s coming to Wembley. ing up for a “hostile environment” at Wembley.That, feel totally satisfied if it’s just a semi-final for us, though, might not be such a bad thing. “They’ll get whereas maybe three years ago, although there was GARETH SOUTHGATE, wild support,” Norgaard said. “But maybe they’ll massive disappointment after the semi-final, there turn on their own team if things don’t go well for was a feeling we’d come a long way. Now we’ve repli- England Manager them. There is pressure on them,” he added. “We cated what we did there, but that won’t be enough can play more freely. We have always been able to to fulfil the group.That’s a positive sign.” slight knock. “To go and have that different environ- do that, but we also have expectations of ourselves. ment, preparation, focus was definitely helpful. But now We believe we can deliver something.” Bukayo Saka to be coming back to Wembley is a great thing for us.” High expectations ■ Like Norgaard, a defensive midfielder for new- ly promoted English team Brentford, Andreas Chris- ■ A key difference from 2018 is heightened expec- Power after crisis tensen also plays in England with Chelsea and has tation, with Southgate himself admitting their bench- already been to Wembley twice this season in the mark in Russia was to end England’s 12-year wait ■ Southgate says going through “real-life experiences FA Cup - for the team’s win over Manchester City for a knockout victory.The former international de- together” such as the sickening racism experienced in the semifinals and a loss to Leicester in the fi- fender now has more knockout wins than any pre- in Montenegro and Bulgaria in Euro 2020 qualifiers nal. The center back knows England’s players well vious England manager and will go looking for an- has helped create a bond among his players. and doesn’t see a massive gap between the teams. other in Wednesday’s semi-final bolstered by a bois- terous partisan crowd of 60,000-plus at Wembley. ■ Semi-final opponents Denmark have also been ■ “Player by player, they will probably say yes,” brought closer together following Christian Eriksen’s said Christensen, when asked if England was the ■ “It’s great to be coming back now,” said Southgate, cardiac arrest in their group opener.The Inter Milan favorite. “I feel like we have the qualities to play who expects teenager Bukayo Saka to return to train- player needed resuscitation on the pitch before a suc- against everyone. As a team, I would not say they ing on Monday after missing the Ukraine match with a cessful operation in hospital. are that much better.” AGENCIES Photo: REUTERS STARTING FROM SCRATCH IN SL SERIES: YADAV he high of a success- ful debut series be- Thind him, Indian batsman Suryakumar Ya- dav on Tuesday said he would be looking to “start from the scratch” in the up- Novak Djokovic marched into his 50th Grand Slam quarter-final while Roger Federer became the oldest coming limited-overs as- signment against Sri Lan- man in the modern era to make the last-eight at Wimbledon on ‘Manic Monday’ at the All England Club ka, eager to learn from “calm and composed” head xcitement and adora- women’s and men’s fourth-round singles ing,’’ he said. At 39, Federer is the old- coach . Yadav tion greeted every matches be scheduled on one day, a tra- est Wimbledon quarterfinalist in the made his India debut in the o: ANi point claimed by dition vanishing along with that of a Open era, since 1968. 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Roger Federer. It all Middle Sunday without any play. Amid home series against Eng- Pho Egot to be too much for all the chaos of a packed schedule, one Djokovic untroubled land, in which he scored a ing forward to it,” said the his opponent at the All England could be forgiven for imagining Feder- half century and was gen- aggressive right-handed Club, No. 23 seed Lorenzo er held the stage to himself. He’s coming Djokovic made it to his 12th quarterfinal erally impressive. He is Mumbai batsman. Asked if Sonego. So in the latter stages of off a pair of knee operations and he’s at the All England Club while continu- part of the Shikhar a successful debut series his 7-5, 6-4, 6-2 loss to the eight- participating in a Grand Slam tourna- ing his pursuit of a calendar-year Grand Dhawan-led second string would help him cope better time champion, Sonego would ment for the last time before turning 40. Slam, never troubled while defeating No. India team, which will take with the pressure, Yadav win a point and mark the occa- Who knows how many of these he has left? 17 Cristian Garin 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. “It’s not a on Sri Lanka in 3 ODIs and said, “I think, that (debut sion by waving his arms to ask “I guess to some extent it’s nice to secret that I am trying to win as many as many T20 Internation- series against England) the crowd for some love, as if to see that the work I put in paid off, that Slams as possible,’’ said the top-seeded als starting July 13. was a completely different say, “Hey, I’m here, too, OK?’’ I’m able to play at this level,’’ said Fed- Djokovic, who needs to win three more “Pressure will be there, challenge and every-time The match was the last at erer, who only played eight matches in matches to equal the men’s record of 20 because if there is no pres- you come, I mean for a bat- Centre Court on what was Wim- 2021 till last week. “I can actually wake major singles titles, held by Federer and sure, there is no fun, so as ter, every-time you go in or bledon’s last Manic Monday: As up in the morning and feel all right. ... Rafael Nadal. Next up for him is Hun- I said, it will be a great chal- play a different game, you of next year, no longer will all 16 It’s very rewarding and it’s a good feel- gary’s Marton Fucsovics. AGENCIES lenge and I am really look- start from scratch.” PTI Photos: AP

a) ❑ b) ❑ reinforced polymer support bat? a) Zimbabwe ❑ b) Australia ❑ Who was the first Indian c) KD Jadhav ❑ d) Gurbux Singh ❑ a) ❑ b) ❑ c) South Africa ❑ d) Sri Lanka ❑ Q11: athlete to win a gold QUIZ TIME! c) Chris Gayle ❑ d) Ricky Ponting ❑ medal in the Asian Games? Who has become the Which among the following Q8: How many medals have been a) PT Usha ❑ b) Tintu Luka ❑ Q1: youngest-ever Grandmaster in Q4: games was previously Thisara Perera has won by the India men’s c) Lavy Pinto ❑ d) Kamaljeet Sandhu ❑ hockey team at Asian Games till date? chess history, breaking the previous known as Mintonette? Q7: announced his retirement ❑ ❑ a) 11 ❑ b) 9 ❑ c) 13 ❑ d) 15 ❑ record held by Sergey Karjakin? a) Football b) Handball from international cricket. He was Which Indian player ❑ ❑ playing for which country? a) Anish Giri ❑ b) Abhimanyu Mishra ❑ c) Volleyball d) Tennis Q12: became the highest Which athlete has been c) Nihal Sarin ❑ d) Samay Raina ❑ Q9: ranked badminton player in the Which football club was Thisara Perera called the “Queen of the Track” ? world in April 2018? Q5: designated as the FIFA ❑ ❑ Ezra Cup is related to which a) Merlene Ottey ❑ b) Marita Coach ❑ a) b) Ajay Jayaram Q2: of the following sports? Club of the Century in 2000? ❑ ❑ c) Sourabh Verma ❑ d) H.S. Prannoy ❑ ❑ ❑ c) Allyson Felix d) Jarmila Kratochvilova a) Polo ❑ b) Tennis ❑ a) Manchester United b) Liverpool ❑ ❑ ANSWERS: 1. b. Abhimanyu Mishra 2. a. Polo c) Cricket ❑ d) Football ❑ c) Real Madrid d) Arsenal Q10: Which of the following is 3. c. KD Jadhav 4. c. Volleyball the oldest Grand Slam 5. c. Real Madrid 6. d. Ricky Ponting Which among the following Who was the first tournament? 7. d. Sri Lanka 8. d. 15 9. a. Merlene Ottey Q3: Indian players was famous Q6: international player to use a) US Open ❑ b) Australian Open ❑ 10. d. Wimbledon 11. d. Kamaljeet Sandhu as “Pocket Dynamo”? a Kookaburra released carbon fibre- c) French Open ❑ d) Wimbledon ❑ 12. a. Srikanth Kidambi Photo: GETTY IMAGES