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llNATION l CITY LIGHTS llWORLD l Cyclone Tauktae, categorised as very severe, Israeli strikes hit Gaza lashes , Maharashtra; kills at least 12 Covid cases dip below 5K tunnels as diplomats MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD: Hundreds of after 42 days, +vity rate 8% work for truce thousands of people were moved GAZA CITY: The Israeli military from their homes across states to NEW DELHI: The national capital reported 4,524 unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes safety on Monday and authorities new Covid-19 cases, lowest since April 5, and on the Gaza Strip early Monday, say- closed ports and airports as the most 340 fatalities on Monday while the positivity ing it destroyed 15 km of militant tun- intense cyclone in more than two rate dipped to 8.42%, according to the latest nels and the homes of nine Hamas decades roared up India’s western health bulletin released by the city government. commanders, as international diplo- coast. The Covid-19 situation has been improving in mats worked to end the week of fight- Tropical storm Tauktae — pro- Delhi with the number of cases and positivity ing that has killed hundreds of people. nounced as TauTe – intensified into a rate going down steadily in the past few days. The latest attacks killed a top Gaza very severe cyclonic storm with wind Medical experts have attributed the lockdown leader of the Islamic Jihad militant speeds of 180 to 190 kmph gusting to Huge waves hit Mumbai’s iconic as the main factor behind the dip amid the sec- group whom the Israeli military 210 kmph, and was expected to make Gateway of India due to the cyclonic ond wave of the pandemic. However, chief min- blamed for some of the thousands of landfall on the coast of Gujarat storm Tauktae on Monday AFP ister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday extended the rocket attacks launched at Israel in between 8pm and 11 pm on Monday, Several thousand more were evac- lockdown till May 24, saying the gains made so recent days. At least 200 Palestinians dumping heavy rains on Mumbai, uated from Maharashtra coast. far in combating coronavirus cannot be lost due have been killed in the strikes. AP according to India Meteorological As the cyclone raged past the to relaxations now. At 8.42%, the positivity rate A health worker attends to a patient at the Department (IMD). It warned of Maharashtra coast and inched closer is the lowest since April 9 when it stood at 7.8%. Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre in Chhatarpur, storm surges of up to 10 feet in some to Mumbai in the morning, the PTI New Delhi, on Monday ANI Fauci says pandemic of Gujarat’s coastal districts. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Interna- The cyclone forced the evacuation tional Airport announced the suspen- exposed ‘undeniable of over 150,000 people in Gujarat, sion of operations from 11 am to 2 pm Covid effect: Delhi airport Inspect children’s isolation effects of racism’ while 54 teams of the National Disas- and later decided to keep all opera- ter Response Force (NDRF) and the tions shut till 8 pm. Cyclone Tauktae shuts operations at T2 centres: WCD to task force ATLANTA: The immunologist who leads State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has already killed at least 12 people NEW DELHI: The Delhi international airport shut NEW DELHI: The Delhi government’s Women the Covid-19 response in the United remained deployed, and left two bar- and left a trail of destruction as it down its T2 terminal from Monday midnight as and Child Development department on Mon- States said on Sunday that “the unde- ges with 410 people on board adrift in brushed past the coastal states of the number of flights have reduced significantly day asked its newly-formed district task force niable effects of racism” have led to the Arabian Sea who were rescued Kerala, Karnataka, Goa and Maha- due to the second wave of the Covid-19 pan- (DTF) to visit children’s quarantine and isola- unacceptable health disparities that later, an official said. rashtra, the authorities said. HTC demic, sources said. From Monday midnight, all tion centres to check if required standards to especially hurt African Americans, flights will be handled at the T3 terminal only, run such facilities are being maintained. In a Hispanics and Native Americans dur- they stated. Currently, the Delhi airport is han- letter, the WCD department said the task force ing the pandemic. “Covid-19 has shone dling around 325 flights per day, they men- will visit institutions where quarantine centres a bright light on our own society’s fail- First batch of DRDO’s India registers 2.81 tioned. Before the pandemic, it used to handle or isolation centres have been set up for hous- ings,” Anthony Fauci said during a anti-Covid drug around 1,500 flights per day. The sources said ing children in need of care and protection. “... graduation ceremony for Emory Uni- lakh fresh Covid-19 average passenger traffic at the Delhi airport and assess the adherence to required standards versity. Speaking by webcast from 2-DG rolled out cases, 4,106 deaths was around 1.15 lakh per day in February, which for running such facilities as per Covid-19 pro- Washington, Fauci told the graduates has reduced to around 30,000 per day right now tocol and advisories issued by the govt from in Atlanta that many members of NEW DELHI: The first batch of anti- NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 tally due to the second wave. The Delhi airport’s deci- time to time,” the letter said. It also directed the minority groups work in essential jobs Covid oral drug 2-DG, developed by mounted to 2,49,65,463 on Monday sion has come at a time when India and its avia- DTF to coordinate with chief district medical where they might be exposed to the the DRDO, was rolled out on Monday with 2,81,386 fresh cases, the lowest tion sector has been badly hit by the second officers and guide the concerned child care coronavirus. AP as a severe wave of the coronavirus in 27 days, while the death toll wave. PTI institutions (CCI) in this regard. PTI pandemic continued to ravage large climbed to 2,74,390 as 4,106 more parts of India. people succumbed to the disease, Covid restrictions Releasing the drug along with according to Union health ministry llSCHOOL EVENT l WORD POWER health minister Harsh Vardhan, data. The number of active cases eased in UK despite defence minister Rajnath Singh said stands at 35,16,997, accounting for FOUNDER’S DAY CELEBRATED 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) has 14.09% of the total infections. AT VSPK INTL, ROHINI variant concerns brought a “new ray of hope” in the India reported a further decline in Egocentric /: Most of the UK Since its foundation in 2003, VSPK Interna- treatment of Covid-19 patients and new coronavirus cases on Monday, ee-goh-sen-trik took a major step towards normality tional School, Rohini has stood at the fore- exuded confidence that it would be but daily deaths remained above front of Adjective/noun on Monday as coronavirus restric- effective. The Drugs Controller Gen- 4,000 and experts said the count was tions were eased, despite concerns imparting, Meaning: having or regarding the self or the eral of India (DGCI) approved 2-DG unreliable due to a lack of testing in over the spread of a more transmissi- value individual as the center of all things; having for emergency use as an adjunct ther- rural areas where the virus is spread- education. ble Covid variant. Across England, ing fast. little or no regard for interests, beliefs, or apy in moderate to severe coronavi- Over the attitudes other than one’s own. Wales and most of Scotland, full rus patients earlier this month. “This “There are still many parts of the past 18 years, indoor hospitality in pubs, restaurants Origin: Early 20th century from ego, on the is a great example of the scientific country which have not yet experi- the school pattern of words such as geocentric. and cafes returned, and cinemas, the- prowess of our country,” Singh said enced the peak, they are still going has provided thousands of students with an atres and sports venues were to open opportunity to pursue their dream, of attain- Synonyms: individualistic, narcissistic, in his brief remarks. The defence up,” World Health Organization chief their doors for the first time in ing excellence in life. It was a journey of pompous, self-absorbed, self-centered, minister also listed the efforts of the scientist Soumya Swaminathan was months. But easing will not come until quoted as saying in the Hindu news- enthusiasm and steady effort which has Antonyms: unselfish, humble, selfless, shy armed forces in helping the civilian brought VSPK School to this platform where May 24 for Northern Ireland. Mean- paper. Swaminathan pointed to the authorities deal with the pandemic it is serving the nation in the best way by Usage: No one got along with him and he while, Singapore will close schools across the country, but asserted that “very high” national positivity rate, at imparting education. More on p2 was an egocentric. from Wednesday as authorities their deployment has not impacted about 20% of tests conducted, as a warned new coronavirus strains like the military’s operational prepared- sign that there could be worse to the one first detected in India were ness at the borders. PTI come. AGENCIES affecting more children. AFP NEW DELHI 02 Beyond Books TUESDAY MAY 18, 2021

llSCHOOL EVENTS l llGURUVANI l VSPK International, Anuradha Sharma, Principal, Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj Rohini, celebrates ‘We advocate overall development of a its Founder’s Day child being as important as academics’

In these politically volatile times, participate in it. Students are should students be insulated from assured all possible academic help political upheavals? How do you when they go for competitions. inform/educate them about the Therefore, children engage in sports changing scenario? wholeheartedly. At school, a young mind is learn- ing to receive, process and trans- Where do you see your students/ form news objectively to form a bal- school 10 years from now? anced and mature opinion. We At the top not only in Delhi but therefore acknowledge that a politi- nationwide. I want the entire world cally sterile environment is a pana- to receive, acknowledge and seek a cea that would not be possible in Ryanite for his unique personality these times of news bombardment and what he brings to the board. but developing an open mind which is fair and non- judgemental is defi- Your profession has many chal- nitely in our hands. Our morning lenges. What, in your opinion, is assemblies, INMUN sessions, the toughest? debates and theatre clubs help in the Well, to satisfy the diverse expec- dissemination of information as well tations of parents, students and the as form a fair and confident opin- community is a challenge that I have ion. learnt to enjoy. To provide a safe and A glimpse of Founder’s Day celebration at VSPK International School, Rohini nurturing environment to every stu- How do you motivate children to dent and to prepare them with a Since its foundation in 2003, VSPK to PC Gupta, who laid the foundation be ‘green citizens’? great vision for life, I firmly belief in International School, Rohini has stone of the school. Even before the nation responded their ability to achieve it. stood at the forefront of imparting, A special assembly was organised to the Green India Clean India call of Anuradha Sharma, Principal, Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj, value education. Over the past 18 to celebrate the occasion, where the the Honourable Prime Minister, our lays emphasis on developing an open mind Would you inspire your own chil- years, the school has provided thou- students of the middle wing enliv- school was actively involved in the dren to take up this profession? sands of students with an opportu- ened every moment and wished for green mission through plantation the grades in their marksheets. The from the chalk and board technique Absolutely, though personally my nity to pursue their dream, of attain- many more glorious years ahead. The drives, rallies and sapling distribu- Ryan motto is— ‘Excellence in Edu- to cloud computing we have a range children are already in their chosen ing excellence in life. It was a journey theme chosen for this year to mark tion in and around our neighbour- cation and All-Round Development’ of pedagogies practised in our field of professions. However, I see of enthusiasm and steady effort the event was gratitude towards our hood. Our chairman, Dr. AF Pinto, itself advocates the overall develop- school. in them a genuine regard for their which has brought VSPK Interna- parents. has proposed a target number of ment of a child being as important teachers. The school has seen a tional School to this platform where Activities like card making, collage plantation and every student as well as academics. Therefore, we provide How do you inspire/motivate stu- trend of several of our young Ryan- it is serving the nation in the best way making and essay writing were orga- as teacher is an active green ambas- multiple opportunities to children to dents to take up sports as it is a ites returning to their alma mater as by imparting education and giving nised to thank the parents for their sador committed to achieve it. We hone their talents and shine. Our vital part of school education teachers. They surely must have hands to the development of the contribution in their lives. The school even receive and bid farewell to school has NCC cadets participating these days? been influenced by their educators nation. principal, Dr. Shipra Kumar, remi- guests by presenting them with a at the Republic Day parade. I have a firm conviction in the at some point of time in school. School chairman SK Gupta, man- nisced about the progress the school sapling. The use of plastic is actively belief that character and sportsman ager Pramila Gupta, directors Kapil has made during all these years and discouraged and we have our own Pedagogy is changing by leaps spirit is built at the school ground. Are you still in touch with your Gupta and Pankaj Gupta, along with congratulated the management, staff paper recycling plant where all the and bounds every year. How do For a Ryanite, the day starts with teachers? all the members of VSPK family and the students for the heights they excess/waste paper is regularly recy- you keep pace with it? physical exercises initiating the Yes, of course especially with the fondly remembered and paid tribute have attained. cled and used. We are not only look- We try to keep pace with ever morning assembly. The basketball, advent of social media it has become ing at numbers but also the safe advancing technology by encourag- cricket, volleyball, football, tennis, easy. I have been an eager alumni upkeep of nature. ing teachers students with ‘out of the roller skating and karate team are of and have written to my school and box’ ideas, to share techniques with high repute. Therefore, they serve as teachers to express my gratitude and St. Mark’s, Meera Bagh wins Our PM, in his annual Pariksha peers. We also invite experts both direct motivation for students and my readiness to proffer any help. Pe Charcha speech, motivated the from the technical and academic every year the numbers increase. award in int’l Shakespeare quiz students by saying that they field for in-house training pro- Swimming is inbuilt in our students’ Three inspiring words for your should not just strive for high grammes. The CBSE also organises daily time table. Therefore, most of students. marks. Do you say the same to several workshops and teacher our children know swimming. We Discipline, hard work and abso- your students? training workshops. Some of our also have a chess club where the lute faith in God. Optimism would Yes, we totally agree with our hon- teachers have also worked in enrich- seniors train the juniors. The annual have been a close fourth but with the ourable Prime Minister and we defi- ment programmes conducted by the Ryan marathon is also widely popu- above three staying optimistic nitely do not reduce our students to CBSE as well as NCERT. So, right lar and students are encouraged to becomes easy.

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Place numbers into the puzzle cells so that each row and column contains each of the digits from 1 to Croatia, India, , , , Singapore and Slovenia took part 5. No number is to be repeated in any row or St. Mark’s School, Meera Bagh, orga- Phung Ba Long of the Boon Lay column. Each bold-out nised a virtual quiz — Remembering School, Singapore, the Silver award lined cells contain a hint - Shakespeare — that had 29 partici- to Hetal Gagneja of St. Mark’s School, of a number and one of pants from seven countries, Croatia, Meera Bagh and Bronze to Zoja the mathematical sym- bols + x - /. The number India, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Munda of Gimnazija Ptuj, Slovenia. is the result of the Singapore and Slovenia. The quiz Muneeba Islam from the Sultan operation represent- was conducted in two rounds, the Mahomed Shah Aga Khan Secondary ed by the symbol to the first was the prelims which helped School, Karachi, received special digits contained. identify the top eight scorers who mention, Margarita Kondratenko of would compete in the final multime- the Zhukovsky English School, Mos- dia round. The Gold award went to cow, won the audience. MEGA FESTIVAL Hermann Gmeiner, Faridabad conducts special assembly SCRAMBLE Students of classes 6-8 of Hermann of values.” This resonated every- Gmeiner School, Faridabad con- where, ringing in positivity and exu- Solve the four ducted their online assembly on the berance. Being an animal lover, he anagrams and  ***

theme— ‘burgeoning’. The assembly emphasised on the profound effect of move one letter to each  * * *

commenced with the morning speechless creatures in our lives and square to form prayer. reminded us of our obligations and four ordinary   * * * The edifying and prudent words of responsibilities to preserve, nurture words Dr. Arpit Jain, IAS, DCP Ballabgarh, and care for them. Principal Subrata  * ** who was the guest of honour, enlight- Kundu addressed the e-gathering and Now arrange the letters marked with an asterisk (*) to form the answer to the ened the students to never give up in motivated the students with his riddle or to fill in the missing words as indicated. Contestants compete in the Queen of the Great Power contest in , , on Sunday. The largest festival in the Andes choses its queen in a tight contest life and face the challenges bravely. encouraging words. The assembly There is never jealously where there is not __ ___.- Washington Irving (6,6)

He said, “try not to become a person culminated with the rendition of the that draws thousands of dancers and more than 4,000 musicians to the streets Irving Washington .- not is there where jealously never is There : strong regard strong

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Vaibhav Sriram, Class 4 E, Amrita Bharati Features

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Freedom fighter, social reformer, spiritual titan VINOBA BHAVE: This independence movement activist was a devoted follower of Mahatma Gandhi, regarded by many as the spiritual successor of the latter. He championed non-violence, human rights and Bhoodan (land donation) drive.

orn in the Konkan region of studying, efforts to improve the life of belonged to a rural background. present-day Maharashtra on the community and spinning.As he He launched the Bhoodan (land BSeptember 11, 1895, to a continued participating at Gandhi’s gift/donation) movement at Pocham- weaver named Narahari ashram, the profile of his involve- pally in the Nalgonda district (of Shambhu Rao and Rukmini Devi, ment in the activities also expanded. present Telangana) on April 18, 1951. Vinayak Narahari Bhave was the eld- Bhave shifted base to Wardha on He travelled across India to appeal to est among five children. April 8, 1921 and assumed charge of those with land to consider him as the Ashram there. Two years later, he one of their sons and so gave him Early years published a monthly magazine in one-sixth of their land which he dis- While his father worked in Baroda, Marathi which contained essays tributed to the landless poor. Non-vi- Vinayak grew up under the care of written by him on the Upanishads. olence and compassion were among his grandfather and his mother, a The magazine was published for the tenets of his philosophy. He also religious person. It was largely due to three years. In 1925, Gandhi sent him vigorously opposed the slaughtering her influence that he took to reading to Vaikom in Kerala to help those of cows. the Bhagavad Gita at a very young socially ostracised enter the temple. Bhave was a devout person steeped age. The epic played an important in the knowledge of Hindu scriptures role in moulding his impressionable Role in freedom struggle with a broad, inclusive outlook that mind. His active participation in diverse comprised aspects of many religions. In 1918, when he was en route to facets of the freedom struggle from During his travels across India he Bombay (present Mumbai) to take British rule resulted in Bhave being had set up six ashrams including the the intermediate examination, a detained several times, including a Brahma Vidya Mandir ashram, a newspaper report about a speech five-year term in the 1940s. When small community that he established delivered by Gandhiji at the Banaras Gandhi chose him as the first individ- at Paunar in the Wardha district of Hindu University attracted his atten- ual Satyagrahi in a new non-violent Maharashtra. In the 1960s, it pro- tion. After reading another article campaign in 1940, Bhave shot to moted the Gandhian principles of written by Gandhi, he decided to dis- national prominence. By that time, self-sufficiency, non-violence, public continue studies and threw his certif- he had come to be known as Vinoba, service and an emphasis on techno- icates into a fire. He wrote to Gandhi a shorter form of his name. logically advanced agriculture and, after exchanging letters, Bhave Bhave spent the final part of his life met Gandhi at the Kochrab Ashram Social, religious initiatives at the Brahma Vidya Mandir ashram, in Ahmedabad on June 7, 1916 in Bhave’s Sarvodaya movement was where he passed away on November response to the latter’s advice. Bhave aimed at seeking solutions rooted in 15, 1982. evinced a lot of interest in activities at India’s spiritual ethos for challenges Gandhi’s ashram such as teaching, faced by the average person who Sources: Wikipedia, Britannica.com INTERESTING FACTS During the ten- Indian languages. He As a scholar and great orator and a He penned intro- 1 ures of imprison- also delivered numer- 2 thinker, Vinoba linguist who had an 3 ductions to, and ment during the ous talks on the Bhag- Bhave had translated excellent command criticisms of religious freedom movement, avad Gita in Marathi several religious texts of several languages and philosophical Vinoba Bhave usually to fellow prisoners and that were originally including Kannada, works like the Bhaga- wrote and read copi- often wrote on a wide written in Sanskrit Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu, vad Gita, the works ously. During one of range of religious language so as to English and Sanskrit, of Adi Shankaracharya, those stints at the themes that were make them accessible apart from Bhave’s the Bible and Quran. Vellore jail, he even indeed very close to to the common man as native language, He referred to the learnt four South his heart. well. Bhave was also a Marathi. Gita as “life’s breath.” ILLUSTRATION: GAJANAN NIRPHALE 142 MILLION INDIANS Trust HT MediaGroup's digital 71Mn. 65Mn. 33Mn. platforms forcredible information. Unique Users Unique Users Unique Users

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ll35-40 HOURS PER WEEK IS IDEAL l Miss Universe 2020 Andrea Meza poses onstage in Florida, on May 16 MEXICO’S Long working hours are a killer, WHO study shows MEZA IS MISS

Reuters and –– were the most affected. Overall, the study –– draw- UNIVERSE 2020 GENEVA : Working long hours is kill- ing on data from 194 countries –– said ing hundreds of thousands of people that working 55 hours or more a Andrea Meza of Mexico was crowned a year in a worsening trend that may week is associated with a 35% higher accelerate further due to the Covid-19 risk of stroke and a 17% higher risk of Miss Universe for the year 2020, besting pandemic, the World Health Organi- dying from ischemic heart disease contestants from 74 countries, including zation said on Monday. compared with a 35-40 hour working Miss India Adline Castelino, who was In the first global study of the loss week. adjudged the third runner-up. The event, of life associated with longer working The study covered the period 2000- held in Florida on Sunday night, was hours, the paper in the journal Envi- 2016, and so did not include the Cov- ronment International showed that id-19 pandemic, but WHO officials scaled-down in the wake of the novel 745,000 people died from stroke and said the surge in remote working and coronavirus which prompted its post- heart disease associated with long the global economic slowdown ponement from late 2020 to May 2021. working hours in 2016. resulting from the coronavirus emer- ’s and ’s Janick That was an increase of nearly 30% gency may have increased the risks. Maceta won the runner-up and second from 2000. “Working 55 hours or “The pandemic is accelerating more per week is a serious health developments that could feed the runner-up positions, respectively. AFP hazard,” said Maria Neira, director of trend towards increased working the WHO’s Department of Environ- time,” the WHO said, estimating that Miss Universe Andrea Meza being greeted by other finalists ment, Climate Change and Health. at least 9% of people work long “What we want to do with this hours. information is promote more action, WHO staff, including its chief Ted- more protection of workers,” she ros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, say they said. The joint study, produced by the have been working long hours during WHO and the International Labour the pandemic and Neira said the U.N. Organization, showed that most vic- agency would seek to improve its pol- tims (72%) were men and were mid- icy in light of the study. dle-aged or older. Often, the deaths Capping hours would be beneficial occurred much later in life, some- for employers since that has been times decades later, than the shifts shown to increase worker productiv- worked. ity, WHO technical officer Frank It also showed that people living in Pega said. Southeast Asia and the Western “It’s really a smart choice not to Pacific region –– a WHO-defined increase long working hours in an region which includes China, Japan economic crisis.” WhatsApp policy violates Indian IT laws, Centre to HC Brazilian contestant Julia Gama won the first runner-up title

Press Trust of India The platform said there was no uni- versal or uniform time limit after NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday which it will start to delete accounts told the Delhi High Court that it views as each user would be dealt with it on the new privacy policy of WhatsApp case-to-case basis. as a violation of the Indian Informa- The bench issued notice to the Cen- tion Technology (IT) law and rules, tre, Facebook and WhatsApp and and sought directions to the social sought their stand on one of the pleas media platform to make it clear by a lawyer who has claimed that the whether it was confirming to the new policy violates users’ right to pri- same. The central government’s claim vacy under the Constitution. was made before a bench of Chief Jus- During the hearing, the Centre said tice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh that according to it the policy was in during hearing of several pleas chal- violation of Indian IT laws and rules. lenging WhatsApp’s new privacy pol- It said it has written to Facebook icy, which according to the platform CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the issue has come into effect from May 15 and and a reply is awaited and therefore, has not been deferred. there was a need to maintain status WhatsApp told the bench that quo with regard to implementation of Adline Castelino, who represented India, was declared the third runner-up contestant Ma Thuzar Wint Lwin with a sign drawing attention to the coup in her nation while its new privacy policy has come the policy. into effect from May 15, it would not WhatsApp, opposing the conten- start deleting accounts of those users tion, said it was conforming to Indian who have not accepted it and would IT law and rules and added that its try to encourage them to get on board. policy has come into effect from May 15, but it won’t be deleting accounts right away. When the matter was initially listed before a single judge, the Centre had said that WhatsApp was treating Indian users differently from Europe- ans over opting out of its new privacy policy which was a matter of concern for the government and it was looking into the issue. It had also said it was also a matter of concern that Indian users were being “unilaterally” subjected to the WhatsApp has said that while its new privacy change in privacy policy by the instant policy has come into effect from May 15, it would messaging platform and that the gov- not start deleting accounts of those users who ernment was looking into it. have not accepted it and would try to encourage The court listed the matter for fur- them to get on board. SHUTTERSTOCK ther hearing on June 3.

HT CHRONICLE May 18 >> from the archives of the Hindustan Times Sensex takes hardest knock in 129 yrs; Cong says it’ll bait bears New Delhi/Mumbai – Panic and greed, not necessarily in that order, pushed the stock markets to their biggest fall in 129 Kriplani leaves Congress years on Monday. The BSE lost 564 points, the MADRAS - ACHARYA KRIPAL- arrest the deterioration in the rapprochement but Nifty 194 and Rs 126,000 ANI today announced his country and he found himself "a all our efforts in crore worth of market cap resignation from the Congress, misfit in the organization." that direction have was wiped out in a matter ending his 30-year-old associa- The announcement followed a been defeated by the of hours. Add to that the tion with the organization which prolonged discussion with Mr attitude you have all approximately Rs 100,000 he headed as President once and Kidwai, Communications Minis- along adopted. crore lost in trading on served as General Secretary ter, who arrived here this “It pains me great- Friday and you get what definitely industrial houses and a politician. for 12 years. 1951 morning from Delhi. ly to think in terms of looks like a no-confidence vote Why are the manipulators at it? The immediate cause of Acharya Kripalani, in his leaving the organiza- against the new government from For the usual reasons, say his resignation, he said, was his 1,500-word letter of resignation to tion I love and which I Dalal Street. Congress sources: to make money differences with the Congress the Congress President, declared: had the privilege of Or does it? and to pressure the Congress into President, Mr Tandon. He also "For the last few months, as will serving through long Both the outgoing NDA govern- admitting 'friendly' politicians considered that the Congress, in be blain from this letter, we have years of our national ment and the Congress are into the coalition that will rule. its present set-up, was unable to explored all possibilities of struggle." convinced that the recent Whether the second part upheavals in the stock 2004 of the ploy will work, is market are the consequence anybody's guess, but the of a concerted operation by panic selling continued till mid-af- Hasina receives big welcome in Dacca market manipulators. Congress ternoon on Monday there were DACCA - Sheikh Hasina leaders braved rain and storm to tation of the second revolution in leader Manmohan Singh's warn- protests outside the Mumbai stock Wazed, the president of the welcome, her at the Kurmitola the country, for which my father ing on Monday that the new exchange against the new govern- Awami League international airport. worked and died". government would treat stock ment (another first) and against and eldest daughter of the Addressing a public meeting at In her flight from Calcutta, market manipulators harshly was the "irresponsible" statements slain president, Sheikh Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, she Mrs Hasina 33, was accompa- directed at such operators. made by leaders from the Left and Mujibur Rahman, arrived vowed to carry on the legacy 1981 nied by her daughter and Finance Ministry and Congress the perceived market-unfriendli- here from Calcutta by an of her father Sheikh Mujibur former Foreign Minister sources both say that the same ness of the new coalition. By the Indian Airlines aircraft to a Rahman. The best way to "avenge Abdus Samad Azad and former manipulators who hammered time the domestic financial tumultuous welcome by tens the killing of the Bangabandhu", Information Minister Korba Ali. down the stock market in the institutions stepped in to arrest of thousands of people today. Mrs Hasina said "is to strive Both are members of the presidi- run-up to the PSU disinvestment the slide - the market made a With this ends her relentlessly for the establishment um of Awami League and had are thought to be involved. At that 400-point recovery -- the manipu- six-year exile. of a society, free from exploitation gone to New Delhi last week to time, disinvestment minister lators would have booked substan- Party workers and through the successful implemen- escort the party chief back home. Arun Shourie had blamed two tial profits. NEW DELHI TUESDAY The Science Of It 05 MAY 18, 2021

sllGREEN REVOLUTION, GLOBALISED MKTS CHANGED LAND SURFACE llSPACE MOVIE WILL BE TITLED CHALLENGE l Nearly a fifth of Earth’s surface Russia to shoot film in space; take Japan’s Maezawa to ISS has been repurposed since ’60 Agence -Presse

MOSCOW: Russia said last week that it Plants and soil –– would send an actress and a director especially in tropical to space to make the first feature film in the cosmos and also deliver an forests -- soak up Japanese billionaire to the Interna- tional Space Station. about 30% of carbon is seeking to boost its pollution, so large-scale embattled space programme, which has stagnated since the landscape changes under corruption and been overtaken by US tech billionaire ’s could spell success or company SpaceX. failure in meeting The Russian space agency Russian actress , left, and Japanese billionaire AP announced the film project last week Paris Agreement after Nasa confirmed last year it was people with him on a 2023 mission flight company. It has cooperated Since 1960, Earth’s total forest cover has shrunk by nearly a million km square, teaming up with US actor around the Moon aboard a Starship with since the first space temperature targets while areas covered by cropland and pastures have each increased by roughly to make a movie on the ISS. spacecraft built by Musk’s SpaceX. tourist flight in 2001. the same extent, a study has found. SHUTTERSTOCK The Russian space drama, whose Maezawa and film producer Hir- Maezawa will be the first space working title is Challenge, will fea- ano will begin approximately three tourist to travel to the ISS since 2009 Agence France-Presse a million km2, while areas covered by demand for commodities dropped,” ture popular Russian actress Yulia months of pre-flight training in June when Canadian Guy Laliberte, cropland and pastures have each the study noted. Peresild, 36, and , a at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Train- co-founder of Cirque du Soleil, trav- PARIS: Whether it’s turning forests increased by roughly the same extent, Earlier calculations of land use 37-year-old director and actor, Ros- ing Centre in Star City outside of Mos- elled to the station. into cropland or savannah into pas- the study found. change since the mid-20th century cosmos said. They will have to cow, Roscosmos added. According to Forbes magazine, tures, humanity has repurposed land But the global figures obscure have fallen short for a number of rea- undergo training, including tests on a They have already passed the space tourists could pay anywhere over the last 60 years equivalent in important regions differences. sons, Winkler explained. centrifuge and flights in zero gravity, required medical examinations, it between $20 million and $35 million area to Africa and Europe combined, Forest areas in the Global North -- Datasets were fragmented both in starting no later than June 1. said. Roscosmos said the flight will per person for 8-12 days in space. The researchers said on Tuesday. Europe, Russia, East Asia and North space and time, and based as much on The film is being co-produced by last 12 days and the crew will be led cost of Maezawa’s flight has not been If you count all such transitions America –– have increased in the last assumptions as concrete measure- the flamboyant head of Roscosmos, by Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, disclosed. since 1960, it adds up to about 43 mil- 60 years, while forest loss in develop- ments. The resolution of satellite data Dmitry Rogozin, and state-run net- who has already been on two mis- The resumption of tourist flights lion square kms, four times more than ing countries of the Global South has was coarse, and usually only distin- work Channel One. sions to the ISS. comes after Roscosmos lost its previous estimates, according to a been staggeringly high, the study guished between two or three catego- The space agency also announced A total of eight private self-funded monopoly on ferrying crews to the study in Nature Communications. showed. Conversely, croplands have ries of land. plans to take Japanese billionaire space travellers have visited the ISS ISS when a reusable SpaceX rocket “Since land use plays a central role declined in the north and expanded in The new study drew from long- Yusaku Maezawa to the ISS in and Maezawa will be the first from last year successfully delivered Nasa for climate mitigation, biodiversity the global South, especially to satisfy term land use statistics compiled by December, resurecting its space tour- Japan. His flight will also be the first astronauts to space. and food production, understanding rich country appetites. the Food and Agriculture Organiza- ism programme in the face of US time that two of the three spots on a Russia’s space industry has suf- its full dynamics is essential for sus- tion (FAO), identifying urban areas, competition. Soyuz space rocket will be occupied fered a number of setbacks in recent tainable land use strategies,” lead Demand for commodities croplands, forests, grasslands, pas- Maezawa, 45, who made his for- by tourists. years, from corruption scandals to author Karina Winkler, a physical “Tropical deforestation has occurred tures and regions with sparse or no tune in online retail, said he planned “We are excited for Maezawa-san lost spacecraft to an aborted take-off geographer at Wageningen University for the production of beef, sugar cane vegetation, such as deserts. to document the mission and share it and we are honoured to have enabled during a manned mission in 2018. & Research in the , said. and soybean in the Brazilian Amazon, It also used a higher resolution of with the world on his YouTube chan- this opportunity for him to fly to Russia’s ageing Soyuz rockets are Plants and soil –– especially in trop- oil palm in Southeast Asia, and cocoa satellite images –– one kilometre nel with over 700,000 subscribers. space,” said Eric Anderson, CEO of reliable and allow Moscow to remain ical forests –– soak up about 30% of in and ,” Winkler squared. About 17% of Earth’s land Roscosmos said Maezawa would , a private space- relevant in the modern space indus- man-made carbon pollution, so large- noted. High oil prices –– peaking at surface has switched categories at make the flight from the Baikonur try, but the country is struggling to scale landscape changes could spell around $145 per barrel of crude in least once since 1960, the study cosmodrome in with pro- MAEZAWA WOULD innovate and keep up with other key success or failure in meeting Paris 2008 –– also fuelled conversion of for- showed. But sometimes the same duction assistant Yozo Hirano aboard MAKE THE FLIGHT players. Agreement temperature targets. ests to bioenergy crops. piece of real estate changed more than a Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft that is FROM THE BAIKONUR Russia launched the first artificial The 2015 climate treaty enjoins The study revealed rapid land use once. If all such transitions are taken scheduled for December 8. satellite on October 4, 1957. The Sovi- nations to stop global heating at “well change –– driven first by the Green into account, the total land surface “I’m so curious ‘What’s life like in COSMODROME IN ets maintained their lead in the ini- below” two degrees Celsius, and 1.5° revolution in the 1960-70s, and then affected was equivalent to 32%. space?’ So, I am planning to find out KAZAKHSTAN WITH tial years of the race. Celsius if possible. by the expansion of globalised mar- Earth’s skin is stretched across 510 on my own and share with the world PRODUCTION ASSISTANT They boasted the first manned The planet has already warmed 1.2° kets –– up to 2005. But after a period million km2. Some 70% of that -- 361 on my YouTube channel,” Maezawa YOZO HIRANO ABOARD flight to space by Gagarin on April 12, Celsius above the pre-industrial of fluctuation in global markets, the million km2 -- is water, mostly oceans. was quoted as saying by Roscosmos. A SOYUZ MS-20 1961, the first spacewalk four years benchmark, enough to unleash a cre- pace at which land was repurposed Of the remaining 149 million km2, later by Alexei Leonov and the first scendo of deadly storms, sea level rise slowed. “With the economic boom about 15 million km2 is permanently SPACECRAFT THAT IS lunar probe in 1966. But the United and other impacts. Since 1960, Earth’s coming to an end during the Great covered by ice, leaving 134 million The eccentric billionaire has previ- SCHEDULED FOR DEC 8 States beat them to the moon with total forest cover has shrunk by nearly Recession (of 2008), the global km2 of ice-free land. ously announced plans to take eight the first manned landing in 1969.

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Stay safe releases to be The times beyond just the OTT audience.... reach need to fight this that and happy!” very excited for Mimi to release.for afilm like even the ones who don’t really go on we are in, it’s importantopethings are normal arelease. Ih hit and flop. “Hit aur flop mein MEHNDI to get rakha hai. Agar hit deke marking these platforms. kuch nahi Sugandha the time of har- soon. There are so many filmsimid waitingoes too, soon,to Actor Rawal vest of winter crops. “I betterment, and the will to help andsubscribeto IamhopingM bhi main ghar par lockdown mein Idon’t know KRITI SANON, [email protected] together for parties in future,” he feel all festivals give us a others. Apne liye to har aadmi release. toh main kya hi ukhad sense of hope and courage. Bai- It should baitha hoon, adds. karta hai, lekin doosron ki madad sometime around midare 2021. deciding. sakhi motivates us, and humko raha hun,” Samrat observes, before eeti ke liye khada hona chahiye. These what the producers says Sanon. ng friends and fam- This year, the singer will cele- honsla deti hai jeene ka, going on to explain his definition of ily to celebrate brate the festival at the are things etched in my mind, get what it deserves,” —that’s who you are no matter happiness. the essence of Baisakhi. Devi shrine with his family.Va “Iishno feel —afarmer, or with memories “At the end of the day, it is about However, farmer. We anon- of langar,” recalls M singer lucky that I’ll be at the holy cave of all live and yearn for Mehndi, known for hits such as Mehndi isn’t missing it this year.Daler the support of the supreme you being happy, and not attaching Mata Va Bolo Ta acondition ki yeh He asserts that social distancing is ishno Devi. power,” Ra Ra, Tuna Rawal formance at the pilgrimageIhave onap theer- explains the 53-year-old. Dard kTunak Tu Sugandha that happiness to the need of the hour, with the sec- Growing up, he watched his iRab Rab, Ho Jayegi Balle n, hoga toh main khush ho jaunga, ya first day of Navratri, which starts Balle, and Na Na Na Na Na Re. HindustanTimesnow @hindustantimes.com ond wave of Covid-19 here. parents participate on Baisakhi,” He feels the best place to cele- sugandha.rawal nahi hua toh main udas ho jaunga.agood he says. gurdwaras for Baisakhi.in kirtans at “Being cautious today will brate Baisakhi Youare blessed if you have The festival is especially impor- the festival has always beenFor about him, rfew to curb Covid Scan the code nce the beginning of 2021, ensure we get tant for farmers (if we follow all theis atprotocols home. “I think cu family, you wake up every morn- being grateful for everything. 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So Ithought it would be chal-apassionoften throws big parties atypical Delhi boy who AKHIL NARANG, knot this month are in a to day functions. lenging and fun,” she tells us. given to her by her changed. “I was the impo- cialelder day. sister.“But this “[She will be my second eto Sudhanshu Saria and (far left) posters Businessman bind following cult for guests who will attend The 30-year-old, who just wrappedS arow spoiled by Covid-19,” loved to get into fightsSugandha and rode myIcam car Rawal C up the shoot for her second film, birthdayadvised] in to just his 2015 film the wedding all the way from NOTE TO who turns 33 today and with blaring music. 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llTENNIS l llPREMIER LEAGUE l Nadal heads to French Open with confidence

ROME: After warming up for the French Open in style by beating world No 1 Novak Djokovic in the Rome Mas- ters final on Sunday, Rafa Nadal said he is heading to Rolland Garros with confidence and a clear mind in search of a 21st Grand Slam title. Nadal, 34, beat the Serb 7-5 1-6 6-3 to claim a record-extending 10th ATP Masters 1000 title in Rome and felt his game improved through the week. Nadal, who suffered quarter-final exits at Masters 1000 events in Monte- Rafael Nadal. REUTERS Carlo and Madrid, said he would rest for a couple of days back home before ters 1000 trophies but it was not all heading to Paris for his title defence. plain sailing, the Spaniard having to “I think I can work in a couple of save two match points against Cana- things that I can do a little bit better or dian Denis Shapovalov in the third I can keep confirming that I am on the round. “The 10th, I really wanted this way,” he told reporters on Sunday. 10th here in Rome. It was one of the “I think I have been improving this first important titles that I won in my week, but I need to keep going with career,” Nadal said. “After achieving that improvement, because when you 10 in Roland Garros, 10 in Monte- improve and you’re able to do it every Carlo, 10 in Barcelona, I really wanted day for longer time, then you feel this one. “I went through a lot of more confident and more safe. things during the week. Some positive, “So I just need to keep going. I know some great moments, some lucky what I need to work (on) for the next moments, suffering moments. At the couple of weeks, and I (am) going to end I think I played a very solid week do it.” Victory in Rome saw Nadal of tennis, it’s the right moment to win equal Djokovic’s tally of 36 ATP Mas- an important title.”

Archer out of NZ series after injury flares up Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson (third left) scores his side's second goal during the English Premier League match against West Brom on Sunday. AP LONDON: England pacer Jofra “England and Sussex seamer Jofra Archer, who recently returned to Archer has been ruled out of the LV= action after missing the now-sus- Insurance Test Series against New pended IPL, has been ruled out of Zealand starting next month,” an the Test series against England and ales Cricket Board as his elbow injury has resurfaced. (ECB) statement read. Goalkeeper to goalscorer as The 26-year-old played a game for “...... He was suffering from pain in his County side Sussex against Kent his right elbow when bowling and but had to be pulled out of the game was unable to bowl in the final two after bowling just five overs. days of the match.” Archer had Before this match, the fast bowler declared himself fit for the Test had also featured in a game against series against New Zealand, starting Alisson rescues Liverpool Surrey last week in a second XI June 2 in London, but the pain in his game, bowling 29.2 overs. elbow scuttled his and ECB’s plan. Agencies Crystal Palace will take Liverpool into Liverpool were stunned when Rob- Bale’s shot was parried by Rui Patricio The cricket board is now ponder- [email protected] the top four. son-Kanu, making his first league as Spurs bolstered their hopes of at ing the right treatment for Archer. The already-relegated Baggies took start of the season for Albion, put the least playing Europa League football “The England and Sussex medical LONDON: Goalkeeper Alisson Becker’s an early lead through Hal Robson- hosts ahead in the 15th minute after next season. Everton’s miserable teams will now seek guidance, and dramatic 95th-minute goal gave Liver- Kanu before the in-form Mohamed he ran onto Matheus Pereira’s pass home record has ended their chances Archer will see a medical consultant pool a 2-1 victory at West Bromwich Salah equalised before half-time. and found the bottom corner at the of Champions League football as bot- later this week to determine the next Albion on Sunday to maintain their But Liverpool were still heading for Hawthorns. Liverpool levelled when tom-of-the-table Sheffield United course of action on the management bid to play in next season’s Champi- a damaging draw when Alisson Sadio Mane, starting in place of the became the latest side to win at Good- of his elbow,” the statement further ons League. Tottenham were more headed in from a corner in the fifth injured Diogo Jota, intercepted a loose ison. The Blades scored the only goal added. comfortable 2-0 winners over Wolves minute of stoppage-time. pass to Kyle Bartley, with the ball then after just seven minutes when 17-year- Archer could play only two of the to move into pole position for a place The Brazilian’s father died in Feb- falling to Salah, who hit a first-time old Daniel Jebbison tapped home Jack four away Tests against India. He in the Europa League, but Everton’s ruary when he drowned in a swim- shot into the bottom left corner. Robinson’s cross. skipped IPL to rest his elbow and hopes of European football were dealt ming accident. Alisson could not even The Egyptian’s 22nd Premier The Toffees have won just once at later under went a surgery on his a massive blow by Sheffield United’s return home for the funeral at the League goal of the season drew him home since December and remain in right hand to remove glass under his shock 1-0 victory at Goodison Park. time due to quarantine rules on for- level with Harry Kane in the race for eighth, three points behind Totten- skin after cutting his hand while Alisson’s perfectly executed header eign travel and was visibly emotional the English top-flight’s golden boot ham and West Ham in the battle for a cleaning a fish tank at home before keeps Liverpool’s top-four fate in their at full-time. “I played since I remem- award. Kane was also on target as Europa League place. the India tour. own hands despite sitting fifth in the ber as a human being with my father. Spurs edged ahead of West Ham into Leicester’s FA Cup triumph means The England squad for the New table. Jurgen Klopp’s men trail fourth- I hope he was here to see it but I’m sixth on goal difference. seventh place will also be good Zealand series will be named on placed Chelsea by one point and sure that he’s seeing with God on his The England captain fired Totten- enough for a place in the new Europa Jofra Archer. REUTERS Tuesday. Leicester by three, with two league side and celebrating,” said Alisson. ham ahead on the stroke of half- Conference League next season. games left to play. “You can’t explain a lot of things in time,curling the ball into the corner of Earlier, Crystal Palace twice came But with Leicester and Chelsea still life. For me, the only reason for those the net after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s from behind to beat Aston Villa 3-2, llBALL TAMPERING l to face off in a repeat of the FA Cup kind of things is God and he put his through ball behind the defence. with Tyrick Mitchell’s first goal for the final, which the Foxes won 1-0 on Sat- hand on my head today and I’m feel- Hojbjerg made it 2-0 just after the club sealing victory six minutes from No surprises in Bancroft’s revelations: Clarke urday, victories over Burnley and ing really blessed.” hour when he followed up as Gareth time. : Former captain Michael Actually, if you read his quotes, it is Clarke won’t be surprised if it comes not what he did say as what he didn’t llWOMEN’S FOOTBALL l to light that more players were aware say in regards to other people know- BARCELONA’S LA of the ball-tampering plot in 2018 as ing about ‘sandpapergate’,” he said. he accused Cricket Australia of sweep- Following Bancroft’s interview, LIGA HOPES ENDED ing the issue under the carpet. Cricket Australia said it was open to a Barcelona rout Chelsea 4-0 to The scandal had led to a review of re-investigation into the incident and BY DEFEAT AT CELTA Australia’s win-at-all-cost team cul- its integrity team has already ture and led to one-year bans being approached the pacer for more infor- win maiden Champions League Agencies slapped on then captain Steve Smith, mation. “What’s the surprise? That [email protected] his deputy David Warner and a nine- more than three people knew? I don’t Agencies month suspension on opener Cam- think anybody who has played the [email protected] BARCELONA: Barcelona saw their eron Bancroft, who had the sandpaper game of cricket, or knows a little bit hopes of winning La Liga extin- in his possession. about cricket, would know that in a GOTHENBURG: Barcelona’s slow start guished as they were beaten 2-1 at The issue was put under the spot- team like that, at the highest level, two years ago doomed their Euro- home by Celta Vigo on Sunday. light again when Bancroft last week when the ball is such an important pean dream so this time they came Barca were dominant in the first revealed that Australian bowlers in part of the game,” Clarke said. out firing against Chelsea, scoring half and deservedly took the lead the team at that time might have had “If you’d played the game, you after just 32 seconds en route to a 4-0 through Lionel Messi after 27 minutes some knowledge about the plot. “If would know more than three people victory and their first Women’s in what could be the Argentine’s final you are playing sport at the highest know what was going on in there. The Champions League title. game at the given his unre- level you know your tools that good problem CA has is the fact they’ve In a ruthless offensive display, Bar- solved contractual situation. it’s not funny. Can you imagine that tried to sweep it under the carpet and celona’s attackers sliced through Messi expertly headed Sergio Bus- ball being thrown back to the bowler not come out and tell the full story. If Chelsea’s defence and did all of their quet’s precise cross past Ivan Villar to and the bowler not knowing about it? you know anything about the game of scoring inside 36 minutes, beginning make it 30 league goals for the season Please,” Clarke told Sky Sports radio cricket, you know on that day, on that with an own-goal. on 27 minutes. on Monday. “I love how the articles in field, what went down, more than Barça are the first team from “We hope that won’t be his last the paper are, ‘It is such a big surprise three people had to know about it. to win Europe’s top club competition, game here at the Camp Nou, but it’s a that Cameron Bancroft has made a ...’ Impossible not to...” which had been dominated recently decision he needs to make,” defender by seven-time champions Lyon. Jordi Alba said. In their only other appearance in “We were really good in the first the final, Barcelona lost 4-1 to Lyon in half, they didn’t really create much llG O L F l 2019 after conceding a goal after five and took their one chance when they minutes and falling behind 4-0 before got it. “We had the game under con- halftime in Budapest. trol but in the second half just lost our “The idea is to keep dominating Barcelona players Sandra Panos (L) and celebrate after heads a bit. They play really good foot- European football,” Barcelona coach winning the UEFA Women's Champions League final on Sunday. AFP ball, they made it difficult for us and Lluis Cortes said. “Winning this game their second goal is unlucky for us.” is part of the journey and losing in at an empty Gamla Ullevi stadium. match Arsenal’s quadruple from 14 Indeed, Celta equalised against the Budapest was part of it, too.” Making The 34-year-old Cortes said his years ago. The Blues have won the run of play 11 minutes later as Santi their first appearance in the final, side played with confidence right Women’s Super League title and Mina fired in from the edge of the box Chelsea were under pressure imme- from the start. “The final is to be won, League Cup this season and are still following a pacey counter-attack to diately and went down 1-0 when a and that’s what we did,” he said, add- alive in the women’s FA Cup. Chelsea stun the hosts. Defender Ronald clearance ricocheted off Chelsea mid- ing that it’s a victory for all of Spanish threatened after the own-goal when Araujo went close with a header after fielder and over women’s soccer. Pernille Harder caught up to a cross the restart as Barca tried in vain to goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger into The championship is also a boost but shot high. Blues manager Emma retake the lead. the net. for a Barcelona club that is heavily in Hayes cited inexperience and However, they found themselves up scored from the debt and with a men’s side that has “naivety at times” by her side. against it when Clement Lenglet was penalty spot in the 14th minute after stumbled lately. The club could also “Today was difficult because the dismissed with six minutes to play Leupolz was adjudged to have fouled face sanctions for its support of the game was over before it began,” she and ultimately paid the price for the Jenni Hermoso in the box. Seven ill-fated European Super League. said. “To concede so early and then Frenchman’s rash decision making. minutes later, Aitana Bonmati col- Chelsea was the first English team we had two good chances, then they With just one minute of normal lected a pass from Putellas in front of to reach the final since 2007, when got the second through a penalty. The time left, Mina netted his second of goal, shot past Berger, and the rout Arsenal won the competition. “We damage was done.” The Blues started the game to condemn the Catalans to was on for Cortes’ side. didn’t have the start to the game that the second half with more urgency at best a third-placed finish in Ronald brilliantly set up the we wanted and in these types of but barely threatened. Koeman’s first season in charge. fourth goal, dribbling down the left games against these opponents, you This campaign, Barcelona elimi- Barca are third on 76 points, four Kyoung-Hoon Lee of after winning the AT&T Byron Nelson side and crossing to Caroline Graham can’t concede sloppy goals,” Chelsea nated Manchester City in the quarter- behind Real Madrid in second with golf tournament in McKinney, Texas, on Sunday. AP Hansen, who blasted it into the net defender Millie Bright told BT Sport. finals and Paris Saint-Germain in the one game remaining and two ahead of from close range in the 36th minute The loss ended Chelsea’s bid to semis. PSG had earlier beaten Lyon. Sevilla in fourth.