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llCOVID-19: GRIM MILESTONE l AT 20,608, US HAS THE HIGHEST TOLL

NEW YORK: The United States sur- home, flow from powers vested in passed Italy on Saturday as the state governors, not the president. country with the highest reported Nonetheless, Trump has said he coronavirus death toll, recording wants life to return to normal as more than 20,000 deaths since the soon as possible and that the meas- outbreak began, according to a ures aimed at curbing the spread of Reuters tally. the Covid-19 disease caused by the The grim milestone was reached novel coronavirus carry their own as President Donald Trump mulled economic and public-health cost. ON EASTER, NET HUMMED over when the country, which has Meanwhile, New York City registered more than half a million Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Satur- infections, might begin to see a day public schools will remain AMID EMPTY CHURCHES return to normality. closed for the rest of the school Clockwise from top: Pope Francis leads Easter prayers The United States has seen its year. “Having to tell you that we highest death tolls to date in the cannot bring our schools back for behind closed doors in the Vatican owing to the epidemic with roughly 2,000 deaths the remainder of this school year is Covid-19 lockdown; Few attendees during the mass a day reported for the last four days painful,” he told a news confer- led by the Pope; An empty church in La Paz, Bolivia in a row, the largest number in and ence. PHOTOS: REUTERS AND AFP: around New York City. Even that is viewed as understated, as New EMPTY CHURCHES York is still figuring out how best to With more than 90% of the country include a surge in deaths at home under stay-at-home orders, the in its official statistics. Christian calendar’s holiest week- Public health experts have end has mostly featured services warned the US death toll could livestreamed or broadcast to wor- reach 200,000 over the summer if shippers at home. With many unprecedented stay-at-home churches already short of funds, orders that have closed businesses untouched collection plates at a and kept most Americans indoors usually busy time of the year add are lifted when they expire at the pressure on their finances. end of the month. A handful of churches in the US Most of the curbs, however, held in-person services on Easter including school closures and Sunday, saying their right to wor- emergency orders keeping non-es- ship outweighed public health sential workers largely confined to warnings. REUTERS llOFF THE SPORTS ARENA l IN THE NEWS ‘I shadow practise at Ministry plans to launch portal with study Dear Reader, Hindustan Times is coming to you in this new avatar at a material for school, college students time when our normal lives and activities have been disrupted Amandeep Shukla home with a tennis by the challenge posed by the Coronavirus diseasein your (Covid-19). HT School Edition You have been reading the classrooms. Now, with schools closed and a lockdown in place, : The Union ministry of human ball for rhythm’ we have created this specially curated e-paper to cater to resource Development (HRD) is planning your varied interests and your appetite for knowledge. to launch a web portal with study mate- A special feature of this new e-paper will be the “You” section, rial for students from Class 1 in school to With all sporting events sus- and I am using this time to dedicated to your experiences during the lockdown, those studying in college. The move pended, most training centres and recover fully. and how you’re spending these unusual days. Apart from comes in the wake of a shift to e-learning national camps shut, what are My academy is closed the contributions from students, insights from teachers amid the ongoing lockdown to curb the athletes doing during their forced for training but I still go there in and principals will also be featured in these columns. spread of the coronavirus disease. leisure time? Everyday a top ath- the morning for running and As you engage with this special edition, we request you According to a senior government offi- lete will write about her or his other exercises. My daily routine to keep sharing your views on it. Let us know what you like cial, the idea of an online resource for stu- experience of dealing with the involves taking four-five rounds and what you don’t, and what else you would like to read. dents was pitched during discussions Covid-19 pandemic. This is Shaf- of the ground, a short sprint and Your feedback will help us fine-tune this offering so that with the Prime Minister’s Office, and the ali Verma, Indian cricket’s teen- leg exercises. There are not too it better reflects exactly what you want. ministry has already begun working age sensation who was the team’s many people around when I go We at HT believe that the readers of today are the leaders towards it. top run-getter at the recently-con- there and I can’t even hit the ball of tomorrow. So let us begin this journey together. Since the lockdown was imposed on n Since the lockdown was imposed on cluded ICC Women’s T20 World in the nets. That’s a bit frustrat- March 25, the ministry has been publicis- March 25, the ministry has been Cup in . The last one ing. But in times like these, tak- ing its own e-learning initiatives, like the publicising its own e-learning initiatives, month has been special for me. ing care of one’s health is the pri- e-pathshala portal for students. like the e-pathshala portal for students Not everyone is lucky to play in a mary concern. I often shadow Mercury-bound The ministry is also planning to under- GETTY World Cup with some of the best practise at home with a tennis take a consultation with states to discuss pose, the HRD ministry is planning to hold cricketers. I got the opportunity, ball. For a batswoman, it’s essen- spacecraft buzzes issues like the academic calendar and a consultation with the states,” said a sen- and that too at such a young age. tial to maintain the rhythm and holding of examinations, according to ior ministry official. It is being considered I will never forget the welcome touch. It’s very important that I senior government officials.. that the HRD minister will interact with that I received at my home in don’t get rusty. Nothing can sub- Earth, sends photos “Naturally, it is important that there is education ministers of states next week, Rohtak. There were dhols and stitute playing an actual game coordination (with states). For this pur- said a senior official. music. My relatives received me but one has to make the best out CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA: Mercury-bound with garlands and I felt special. It of a situation. spacecraft swooped past Earth on Friday, was like a dream after a special I am getting more time with my tweaking its roundabout path to the solar tournament. I was eager to get family now. It’s been really great system’s smallest and innermost planet. String highlights Siphonophore: back on the field, but now spending time with my kid Launched 1 1/2 years ago, Europe and that is not possible due sister Nancy. My father Japan’s BepiColombo spacecraft passed the cognitive skills Longest stringy sea to the Covid-19 out- was there in Australia within 12,700 kms of Earth. The closest break. (during the World Cup) approach occurred over the South Atlan- I was in the middle and I can sense his tic, with telescopes in Chile catching a of Neanderthals species discovered of my Class 10 board pride when he talks glimpse of the speeding spacecraft. exams when the Har- about me to his friend. The gravity tug from Earth slowed Bepi- WASHINGTON: Neanderthals used plant : A month-long scientific expedition yana government The exams are not hap- Colombo and put it on a course closer to fibres to create string more than 40,000 exploring the submarine canyons near postponed it as a pre- pening, so I am watch- the Sun. It was the first of nine planetary years ago at a site in France where they Ningaloo in the Indian Ocean has led to caution. My cricket ing lots of movies too. gravity assists — and the only one involv- hunted reindeer, further evidence the discovery of what could be the longest practice has also come (As told to Abhishek ing Earth — on the spacecraft’s seven- according to scientists of the ingenuity animal ever recorded. It is no ordinary to a halt. However, I had a Paul) year journey to Mercury. and cognitive capabilities of our closest animal. It is a massive gelatinous string strain in my right leg The spacecraft comprised of two scien- extinct human relatives. siphonophore -- a floating colony of tiny during the T20 tific orbiters — should reach Mercury in Researchers on Thursday described a individual zooids that clone themselves World Cup 2025, after swinging twice past Venus and string fragment - comprised of three thousands of times into specialised bod- six times past Mercury itself. The next small bundles of fibres twisted together ies that string together to work as a team flyby will be at Venus in October. Before into a cord - associated with a stone cut- — estimated to be 150-feet long , US-based leaving Earth’s vicinity, BepiColombo ting tool that may have been used to skin Schmidt Ocean Institute said on Thurs- beamed back black-and-white pictures of animal carcasses. day. Also called “long stringy stringy the home planet. The spacecraft holds The string dates to an occupation by thingy”, a siphonophore looks like one three GoPro-type cameras. AP Neanderthals at the Abri du Maras even when it is actually a colony of indi- archeological site in southeastern viduals, each specialising in different France, 50 km north of Avignon, between functions like feeding, reproduction, 42,000 and 52,000 years ago, where they swimming. IANS apparently hunted reindeer during sea- sonal migrations. It represents the latest evidence to debunk the stereotype of Neanderthals as our dimwitted cousins. The oldest indication of string-making n Teenage cricket by Homo sapiens dates to 19,000 years ago sensation n The Earth as seen by the BepiColombo at a site in Israel. REUTERS Shafali Verma AFP spacecraft on Friday AP n A huge gelatinous string siphonophore HINDUSTAN TIMES, NEW DELHI 02 KALEIDOSCOPE MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2020 CRICKETER NOTED FOR EXUBERANCE ML JAISIMHA: This elegant right-handed batsman, off-break bowler and sharp fielder was among the most popular and stylish cricketers who emerged from . Known as much for exploits on the cricket field as much as for his exuberant personality, friendly manner and signature simplicity off it, he also inspired figures like Mohammed Azharuddin, VVS Laxman and Satya Nadella.

orn in Secunderabad, that crease around the end of the first Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be was then in Andhra Pra- day, he remained unbeaten on 20 and the visitors, who chased a huge Bdesh, in 1939, Jaisimha had on the second day. He again went target of 395, fell short by just 39 a flair for cricket and tennis in to bat in the second innings just runs. that came to the fore during his before stumps on the third day, bat- An indication of Jaisimha’s years in high school. ted through the fourth to score 59 prowess as an all-rounder can be He made his first-class debut runs and was out for 74 on the last had from the fact that he had to his aged 15 in the Ranji Trophy in day, having logged 442 minutes in credit 400 averaging 30.75. 1954–55. He shone in domestic the middle. On 16 occasions, he had bagged five cricket, including the Ranji Tro- He thus became the world’s first or more wickets as well as 10 or phy. In 1959, he earned a slot in the batsman to wield the willow on all more wickets in a match ten times. national team that visited England. five days of a Test. Many other Equally impressive was his tally of He played his very first Test match emulated him but Jaisimha was more than 150 catches. at the hallowed Lord’s ground in the very first man to achieve the London. He went on to represent unusual feat. MULTIPLE ROLES in 39 Tests from 1959 to 1971 Another memorable Test he Jaisimha was made Honorary Life and scored over 12,700 runs in his played was in in 1967-68. Member of the Marylebone Cricket first class career which included Though not part of the original Club (MCC, England) in 1978. 259, his highest score against Ben- team, Jaisimha got his big chance His association with the highest- gal in a Ranji knock-out match. when BS Chandrasekhar sus- level of the sport continued in the tained an injury. capacity of a selector during OF A WORLD RECORD He had practice sessions with his 1977–78 and 1980–81. Jaisimha was & A HEROIC EFFORT Hyderabad teammates and then in the manager during the Indian As the first man to script what was Madras before he left for Australia. team’s tour to Sri Lanka in 1985–86. then a world record, Jaisimha Despite a series of energy-sap- He also had a stint as a TV commen- played a memorable Test match ping flights, he went on to score 74 tator that included the 1987 Cricket against Australia in Calcutta dur- in the first innings and followed it World Cup. He passed away on ing the 1959–60 series. up with a century in the second to July 6, 1999 in Secunderabad, Tel- Having occupied the batting nearly pull off an Indian win. angana, aged 60.

INTERESTING FACTS

Renowned for his strokes as well Jaisimha was an Recalling an Jaisimha’s biogra- 1flamboyant batting, as his signature 2excellent strate- 3 incident in July 4 phy, My Way, had with an elegant front ‘collar-up’ style. gist too. Appointed as 1999 when he had a foreword by ex-skip- foot drive that was Jaisimha also shared a national selector in attended an under-13 per , who probably his crowning an excellent rapport 1977, he picked Kapil cricket coaching camp was an admirer of the glory, Jaisimha inspired with Mansur Ali Khan Dev who became one conducted by Jaisimha, former. For his son the generations of cricket- Pataudi, who was his of the world’s best former Test star VVS original ‘little master‘ ers from Hyderabad contemporary. Their all-rounders for the Laxman said that the combined the names including former strong friendship was tour of . It was former would commute of great West Indies skipper Mohammed evident not just during under Dev’s captaincy to the venue on a batsman Rohan Kanhai, Azharuddin who imi- matches but also on that India won the bicycle which reflected Jaisimha and Gundappa the great simplicity. Vishwanath. SOURCE: FAMOUSPEOPLE.ORG, WIKIPEDIA, CRICINFO.COM tated his idol’s wristy many occasions off it. 1983 World Cup. ILLUSTRATION: GAJANAN DNYANESHWAR NIRPHALE

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