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English Language Directions (1-15) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. There is a story told of a king who lived long ago in a country across the sea. He was a very wise king, and spared no efforts to teach his people good habits. Often he did things which seemed to them strange and useless; but everything he did, he did to teach his people to be industrious and careful. "Nothing good can come to a nation, whose people complain and expect others to fix their problems for them" he said. "Good things from life come to those who take matters into their hands." One night, while everyone was asleep, he placed a large stone in the middle of the road that led past the place. Then he hid behind a bush, and waited to see what would happen. First came a farmer with his wagon heavily loaded with grain, which he was taking to the mill to be ground. "Well, whoever saw such carelessness?" he said crossly, as he turned his wagon and drove around the stone. "Why don't these lazy people have that stone taken off from the road? " And so he went on complaining about the uselessness of others, but not touching the stone himself. Soon afterwards, a young soldier came singing along the road. The long trail of his cap waved in the breeze, and a bright sword hung at his side. -
Magazine1-4 Final.Qxd (Page 3)
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2020 (PAGE 4) SPORTS A Dream Indian Cricket Team Sunil Fernandes The advent of limited-over cricket from the 1970s has irrevocably changed the way the game is played. With all fixtures locked down, one cricket fan lets his mind wander to what might have been. Vasant Raji, India’s oldest first-class cricketer, passed away recently. He was 100 years old. His passing, perhaps, is a time for cricket to remember and cele- brate some of the other great stalwarts of Indian test cricket too – especially when the coronavirus pandemic has meant no sporting events can take place. India played its ever first ever test match at the historic Lords Cricket Ground in 1932 against England. Forty-two years later, in 1974, India played its first ever limited-over international, also in England. Pahlan Ratanji “Polly” Unarguably, the advent of limited-over cricket, from the 1970s, has irrevoca- Mulvantrai Himmatlal Vijay Merchant Lala Amarnath C.K. “Colonel” Nayudu M.A.K. “Tiger” Pataudi bly changed the way the game is played. We have come across several compila- “Vinoo” Mankad Bharadwaj (Captain) Umrigar (Vice-Captain) tions of All Time Best India XI but hardly any All Time Indian XI consisting of those cricketers, whose cricket wasn’t affected or influenced by the one-day game at all, those who played test matches only. The legends of a forgotten era. Here is that XI. THE OPENERS Mulvantrai Himmatlal “Vinoo” Mankad Along with Pankaj Roy, this right-hand batsman scored 413 runs, the then highest ever partnership by an opening pair. -
Current Affairs January 2016
CCUURRRREENNTT AAFFFFAAIIRRSS JJAANN 22001166 -- SSPPOORRTTSS http://www.tutorialspoint.com/current_affairs_january_2016/sports.htm Copyright © tutorialspoint.com News 1 - Ashwin becomes the no.1 Test Bowler. 01-Jan − Ravichandran Ashwin became the No. 1 Test bowler in the ICC rankings. Ashwin climbed the No. 1 spot after he took 62 wickets in nine Tests this year including 31 scalps in the four matches against South Africa. He also became the first Indian bowler after Bishen Singh Bedi since 1973 to achieve the milestone of finishing the year on top. He started the year in 15th position. South African fast bowler Dale Steyn was ranked No. two followed by Stuart Broad of England. As a double delight, Ashwin also ended the year as top-ranked Test all-rounder. News 2 - Virat Kohli named ‘BCCI Cricketer of the Year’. 01-Jan − BCCI has announced Virat Kohli as the ‘Cricketer of the Year’, while Mithali Raj was awarded with the M.A. Chidambaram Trophy for the Best Women’s Cricketer. Mithali became the first Indian woman and second overall to complete 5,000 runs in ODI format. Virat Kohli will be presented with the Polly Umrigar Award, given to the cricketer of the year. In addition to the above awards, former wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani will be presented the Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award and Karnataka all-rounder Robin Uthappa with the Madhavrao Scindia Award for scoring the maximum runs in the Ranji Trophy this season. News 3 - Magnus Carlsen wins Qatar Masters. 01-Jan − World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen of Norway became victorious at the Qatar Masters Open chess tournament, which is considered to be one of the strongest Open in history. -
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Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia 5Th, 6Th and 7Th March
knights Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia 5th, 6th and 7th March 2021 Online live auction Friday 5th March 10.30am Cricket Memorabilia Saturday 6th March 10.30am Cricket Photographs, Scorecards, Wisdens and Cricket Books Sunday 7th March 10.30am Football & Sporting Memorabilia Next auction 10th & 11th July 2021 Entries invited A buyer’s premium of 20% (plus VAT at 20%) of the hammer price is Online bidding payable by the buyers of all lots. Knights Sporting Limited are delighted to offer an online bidding facility. Cheques to be made payable to “Knight’s Sporting Limited”. Bid on lots and buy online from anywhere in the world at the click of a Credit cards and debit accepted. mouse with the-saleroom.com’s Live Auction service. For full terms and conditions see overleaf. Full details of this service can be found at www.the-saleroom.com. Commission bids are welcomed and should be sent to: Knight’s Sporting Ltd, Cuckoo Cottage, Town Green, Alby, In completing the bidder registration on www.the-saleroom.com and Norwich NR11 7PR providing your credit card details and unless alternative arrangements Office: 01263 768488 are agreed with Knights Sporting Limited you authorise Knights Mobile: 07885 515333 Sporting Limited, if they so wish, to charge the credit card given in part Email bids to [email protected] or full payment, including all fees, for items successfully purchased in the auction via the-saleroom.com, and confirm that you are authorised Please note: All commission bids to be received no later than 6pm to provide these credit card details to Knights Sporting Limited through on the day prior to the auction of the lots you are bidding on. -
Sweeping Transformed Shrey Success 2
Issue 4 THE PLAYFIELD INTERVIEW VIRENDER SEHWAG COLUMN KAPIL DEV DYNAMIC DUO: BAJRANG AND VINESH ON TOKYO MEDAL HOPES SPECIAL STORY: HOW SOFTBALL SWEEPING TRANSFORMED SHREY SUCCESS 2 ADVISORY BOARD EDITOR’S TAKE Zafar Iqbal Harbhajan Singh Vijay Lokapally R Ramachandran Manoj Chaturvedi R Kaushik Sukhwant Basra Austin Coutinho Ashwin Krishnan Nikhil Naz Purnemaa Narayanan Legal Consultant: Vidushpat Singhania, Managing Partner, Krida Legal ********** Cover Image: BCCI THE PLAYFIELD is a Trademark of Playfield Content Solutions LLP, a certified MSME under Government of India vide No. UDYAM-DL-02-0006765. PERILS OF SOCIAL MEDIA Registered office: A-11 Indian Express ocial media trolls (I use this word deliberately, well aware of the fact Apartments, Mayur Kunj, Vasundhara Enclave that the people I am referring to also include the upright, principled Delhi 110096. and intellectual segment of our society) have managed to do what none of his adversaries could in the twenty years of top level crick- Email us: [email protected] et that he played; silence Sachin Tendulkar into submission. His message, #IndiaTogether #IndiaAgainstPropoganda has since Follow Us: Sacquired the infamous tag. Without getting into the merits or demerits of that @playfieldconte1 tweet I would, however, like to express my dismay at how an army of keyboard warriors have robbed us, the cricket fans, of some fine insights on the game, Subscribe To Us: courtesy one of the sharpest thinkers cricket has known. His twitter posts – Rs 100 for 2 months (4 editions) gems such as, how Siraj’s unconventional ball release allowed him to bowl in-cutters in Australia, why ICC’s DRS rule was flawed in its current avatar and A/c name - PLAYFIELD CONTENT how Mitchell Starc’s subtle change in his wrist position helped him become a SOLUTIONS LLP better bowler – have now gone silent. -
A2Z March 2017 Current Affairs PDF
A2Z March 2017 Current Affairs PDF www.aspirantszone.com A2Z Current Affairs PDF for upcoming exams March 2017 www.aspirantszone.com υ A2Z March 2017 Current Affairs PDF www.aspirantszone.com MOU/Agreement Countries 1 India Portugal To set up an institutional mechanism to collaborate in areas of electronic manufacturing, ITeS, start- ups, cyber security and e-governance. 2 India UAE Cooperation in the field of energy management and conservation. 3 India Indonesia Cooperation in youth and sports matters 4 India Kyrgyzstan Cooperation in the field of youth development 5 China Saudi Arabia Memorandums of Understanding(MoU) and Letters of Intent(LoI) worth about $65 billion. 6 India Bangladesh On Aids to Navigation (AtoNs) 7 India Brazil Social security agreement. This is the first SSA agreement between the BRICS Countries. 8 India Russia Two agreements for long-term support to the Su-30 MKI fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) 9 India Mauritius To execute a US $ 20 million (Rs.130 cr) social housing project in Mauritius 10 India Bavaria, Federal Set up Joint Group to Identify Areas of Co- Republic of Operation in Water Sector Germany MOU Industry/States/Others 1 Reliance General Catholic Syrian Bank Bancassurance tie-up Insurance 2 National Mission for Rotary India Rotary India will support clean Ganga Clean Ganga mission through their ‘WASH in (NMCG) Schools’ program in various schools. 3 HDFC Life ET Money For Data-Led Group Term Insurance Plan 4 Snapdeal Truecaller To enhance consumer experience by integrating Truecaller Priority in the company’s IVR and order confirmation numbers. 5 Odisha Invest India To promote start-ups in the state. -
National: International
12 January 2014 National: Chennai in NYT’s ‘52 places to go in 2014’ list Chennai has been chosen as one of the 52 places in the world worth a visit this year. In a list drawn up by the New York Times, ‘52 places to go in 2014,’ Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu, has been placed at number 26. Chennai had been long considered a getaway to popular South Indian travel destinations like Kerala but was overlooked as an attraction in itself. The city boasts of being a national cultural capital and home to several dance and music schools. Featuring at the top of NYT’s list is Cape Town, South Africa, which has continued to attract tourists from across the globe for its amazing beaches and nightlife. Other places include Downtown in Los Angeles, Namibia, Seychelles, Ecuador, Arctic Circle, Nepal, and Niagara Falls. CRPF deploys 200 CoBRA commandos in Bihar for anti-Naxal operations In the backdrop of the Union Home Ministry recently pulling up Bihar for its “failure” in controlling Naxal violence, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has now deployed close to 200 commandos of its special Commando Battalion for Resoloute Action (CoBRA) battalion to bring lethality in its offensives in the State. The anti-Naxal warfare trained commandos will now not only assist about 5,000 troops of the CRPF already deployed and tasked for these operations in the State, but also carry out specific intelligence inputs based strikes. The unit of the 207th battalion of the CoBRA has been based in Jamui, after taking them out from West Bengal where the Naxal situation is under control. -
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU SC allows Centre, State bodies to suggest Baba Fateh Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament names for BCCI administrators MBS Hockey Club to take on NEW DELHI, Jan 24: "Having heard Rohatgi, allowed BCCI to shortlist three Attorney General, and Sibal, names from among the existing Khalsa Club in summit clash The Supreme Court today senior counsel for some of the office bearers who are not dis- Excelsior Sports Correspondent better of Guru Nanak Nagar 58th minutes respectively. allowed the Centre and State state Associations, we permit qualified, by following due pro- Hockey Club by two goals to nil Iqbal Singh, retired Manager Cricket Associations to suggest them to suggest names for cedure to represent the Board in JAMMU, Jan 24: Outplaying (2-0). For MBS Hockey Club, J&K Bank was the chief guest names for appointment in the Committee of Administrators the ICC executive meeting to be their rivals convincingly in their both the goals were scored by on the occasion, while Harbans committee of administrators to for the BCCI in a sealed cover." held from February 2. respective semifinals, MBS Randeep Singh in 16th and 29th Singh, veteran Hockey player run BCCI while making it clear The bench, also comprising "We permit (Arvind) Datar Sania Mirza speaks with Croatia's Ivan Dodig during their Hockey Club Simbal Camp and minutes. was the guest of honour. no one over the age of 70 years justices A M Khanwilkar and D (counsel for BCCI) to give three mixed doubles first round match. -
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www.gradeup.co 1 www.gradeup.co 1.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has 6.According to the Reserve Bank of India made it mandatory for banks to link all (RBI) data, which state has experienced new floating-rate loans for housing, auto the maximum number of ATM frauds? and MSMEs (Micro and Small A. Bihar Enterprises) to external benchmark rate. B. Odisha At present, interest rates on loans are C. Maharashtra linked to a bank’s _______. D. Haryana A. Base Rate E. Jharkhand B. Benchmark Prime Lending Rate C. Repo Rate 7.Which among the following defines D. Marginal Cost of Lending Rate “Utkarsh 2022”? E. All of the above A. It’s a scheme by MHRD for improving research quality. 2.NEFT is a nation-wide payment system B. A program by NABARD to improve facilitating one-to-one funds transfer. research extension facility What is the limit on the amount that C. A roadmap framed by RBI to improve could be transferred using NEFT? regulation and supervision. A. Rs. 2 lakh D. A plan by Ministry of defense to B. Rs. 5 lakh refurbish the ageing Indian air force’s C. Rs. 10 lakh fleets. D. Rs. 1 lakh E. No limit 8.RBI has permitted Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) to 3.Which of the following institutions acquire financial assets from peers in the going to set up a Central Payment Fraud view of the amendment to which of the Registry to monitor digital payments following Act? related frauds on a real-time basis? A. -
Jankovic Targets Top-10 Finish in 2017
SSHOOTINGHOOTING | Page 2 GOLF | Page 9 Nearly 300 Spieth rolls to shooters to gun four-stroke To Advertise here for glory at win at Pebble Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 Qatar Open Beach Tuesday, February 14, 2017 FOOTBALL Jumada I 17, 1438 AH Emery, PSG look GULF TIMES to get over Barcelona at last SPORT Page 3 TENNIS / QATAR TOTAL OPEN FOOTBALL Record numbers Jankovic targets to compete in top-10 fi nish in 2017 2017 Workers Cup Serbian makes it to main draw with a win over Tsvetana Pironkova Hassan al-Kuwari (left), executive director, Marketing and Communications at Qatar Stars League, and Fatma al-Nuaimi (right), director, Communications at Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, address a press conference yesterday. By Sports Reporter Doha undreds of football-loving workers from across Qa- tar are set to compete in the Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic in action against Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova during their qualifying singles match at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex fi fth edition of Doha’s an- Hnual Workers Cup, the much antici- in Doha yesterday. (Below) Madison Brengle of USA too made it to the main draw. PICTURES: Noushad Thekkayil pated seven-week football tournament By Sahan Bidappa organised by the Qatar Stars League Doha (QSL) and sponsored by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC). This year’s tournament will see over aving plummeted to 50th in 600 players compete in 32 teams — an the world rankings, it almost increase on the 24 teams that battled feels unreal that Jelena Jank- it out for glory last year.