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Ashrit Badagala, class V, Birla Open Minds Int’l School, lands in Indian Ocean Kollur, Hyderabad he remnants of China's biggest rocket, the Long March 5B, What is the landed in the Indian Ocean on Sunday, with most of its com- Qbest diet for ponents destroyed upon its “uncontrolled re-entry” into children now? T the atmosphere, ending days of speculation over where the Good nutrition is crucial debris would hit. (It had blasted off from Hainan island on April 29). The To ask queries during Covid. The ideal coordinates given by the Chinese state media put the point of impact in regarding Covid-19 plan is to follow the WHO- the ocean, west of the Maldives archipelago. The US Space command KOHLI GETS and Vaccination from recommended balanced confirmed the re-entry over the Arabian Peninsula, but said, it was our experts, scan the diet with adequate unknown if the debris impacted land or water. FIRST DOSE amounts of carbs, protein QR Code or visit THE DANGER: According to nearly 29,000 kmph Few https://bit.ly/331RxDn and fat. The regular Indian OF COVID-19 meal usually fulfills this. experts, when a rocket is expected the debris to harm Drink plenty of fluids. launched, its discarded booster humans, courtesy its burning up VACCINE stages re-enter the atmosphere in the atmosphere, as well as the Expert advice given by soon after the liftoff and harm- fact that large parts of the Earth India’s captain Virat Dr Bimal Prasad lessly fall into the ocean— a stan- are covered by oceans, and mas- Padhy, Consultant dard practice. However, in this sive land areas lie uninhabited Kohli, senior pacer Neurologist, Care case, a 10-floor large vehicle of However, the incident has raised Hospital, Ishant Sharma and Nampally, the rocket, weighing 18 metric questions about the space Hyderabad tons, went into the orbit along technology that China is Test specialist with the section of the under- developing, and the probability of construction space station that it harm being caused to populated Cheteshwar Pujara on Raghuvir Prakash, was carrying. It was travelling at areas in the future Monday received their class VII, DPS, RK first doses of Covid-19 Puram, New Delhi IT HAPPENED BEFORE PRIOR INCIDENTS: In July 1979, when the NASA space station Skylab vaccine. Kohli also How can we kick negative was brought down, large chunks fell from orbit and landed in Australia. urged others to get Qthoughts away? In March this year, a SpaceX rocket stage made an uncontrolled landing When negative thoughts overhelm you, a therapist practis- on a farm in Washington state in the US, but this happened due to a vaccinated "as soon es cognitive behavioural therapy. So, if you are to describe an event that has led to a stream of negative thoughts, malfunction in the engine tasked to bring it down, and not by choice as you can" evaluate the thought in an objective way and figure out if it is valid, appropriate and healthy. If not serving any pur- pose, then find alternative solutions that serves a purpose. Cutting methane emissions key to Manas Kapur, class IX, Sri Covid-appropriate behaviour, Venkateshwar International slowing warming: United Nations School, New Delhi vaccination main shields against How to deal with loneli- ndustry could cheaply and easily slash ness amid Covid? humanity's methane emissions by at Q I least 30 per cent in a decade, the United all mutants, future waves: Experts There are two ways of looking at it—one is acceptance Nations has said, adding that such cuts and the other, resigned acceptance. Acceptance is a would slow global warming and prevent With the second wave of the Covid- defence mechanism, where you resolve conflicts in a hundreds of thousands of deaths. Curbing 19 pandemic ravaging the country healthy way. However, resigned acceptance leads to a emissions of methane from farming, fossil fuel operations and waste management is and concerns being raised about a sense of defeat, lack of purpose. Try to accept reality. a crucial part of efforts to restrain runaway possible third wave, experts caution climate change. The powerful greenhouse Expert Advice Given By gas, which is short-lived but many times that the next wave could be less Dr Sanjay Chugh, Senior Consultant more potent than carbon dioxide, also severe, if people keep following contributes to toxic air pollution, harm- Psychiatrist, New Delhi Covid-appropriate behaviour, and a ing human health, plants and ecosystems. Environment large portion of the population is ALAN MOORE IS WORKING ON Technical solutions, mostly in vaccinated. the fossil fuel and waste sec-  CO2 is responsible for more corona SHORT STORY COLLECTION, than three-quarters of global update tors, are "readily available"  Several experts adviser to the government, 5-VOLUME FANTASY SERIES warming. But methane also and can reduce humanity's believe that a casual had said last week that the methane emissions by more plays an important role approach that followed the trough of the first third wave was inevitable and it was necessary than 30 per cent this decade, BOOK wave could be a possible reason for the pan- to be prepared for new waves, but clarified two the analysis found. Together,  It has a warming potential 28 times greater demic raising its head again, though others are days later that the "insidious asymptomatic with other measures that are than CO2 over a 100-year period and its concen- currently available, the reduc- tration in the atmosphere has more than dou- also putting the blame on the new mutants and transmission" can be stopped, if prescribed tion could be as much as 45 bled since the Industrial Revolution. Over a 20- variants of the virus being more virulent guidelines about precautions, surveillance, con- per cent, it said year period, it is more than 80 times potent K Vijay Raghavan, the principal scientific tainment, treatment and testing are followed

lan Moore has many, many stories still to tell. The celebrated British author known for 'V A for Vendetta' and 'Watchman' among other works has a deal with Bloomsbury for the story col- lection 'Illuminations' and a five-volume fantasy se- Users not accepting privacy terms to face limited ries, 'Long London'. In a statement, Moore said, he was "bursting with fiction, bursting with prose", and thanked his publisher for its commitment to "ex-  The messaging platform said, after a delete the users' accounts, if they haven't pand the empire of the word." access: WhatsApp few weeks of limited functionality, accepted the update but highlighted that users, who still won't accept the its existing policy related to inactive users  Moore's 'Illuminations', scheduled for fall hatsApp will not delete any account for not accept- terms, “won't be able to receive will apply WhatsApp accounts are 2022, takes in everything— from ghosts to the ing its new privacy update, but users not agreeing incoming calls or notifications, generally deleted after 120 days of big bang theory to the controversial terms after "several weeks" and WhatsApp will stop sending inactivity, wherein inactivity refers to will not be able to access their chat list, and messages and calls to your users not connecting to the messaging  'Long London' follows a "sometimes-accessi- W eventually, will not be able to answer incoming phone or video calls phone” WhatsApp said it won't platform ble shadow city that is beyond time," starting over the app. Last week, the Facebook-owned company had said, with London after World War II and “following users not accepting its privacy policy update by its May 15 Raising concerns over the changes the population of writers, criminals, artistes, and deadline will not face deletion or lose functionality of their to WhatsApp's privacy policy, TECHAWAY magicians through that familiar city and a ver- accounts on the said date. WhatsApp, on its website, said it is the Union ministry of electron- sion of London just beyond our knowledge,'' continuing to remind those who haven't had the chance to ics and IT had asked the messaging platform to withdraw the recent according to Bloomsbury review and accept the terms, and after a period of several change, along with several industry groups raising the question  The first volume of 'Long London' comes out weeks, "the reminder (that) people receive will eventually over the data sharing of WhatsApp users with Facebook become persistent". It, however, did not divulge the in 2024 timelines set for these reminders. “Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.” READ. PLAY. LEARN RALPH WALDO EMERSON, POET 02 WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2021 YOUNG ACHIEVER From eco warriorship

burning acres and acres of puter science, engineering stubble and felt curious – and logical problem solv- surely this material could ing was always something be put to some use! We that came naturally to me. stopped on the way, and I In eighth grade, I learnt to MIT… brought back a sample to about DNA and genetics. I experiment with and was fascinated by how A teen gives workable solutions for the stubble burning joined hands with two of such a small, seemingly in- my best friends to collab- significant molecule hides crisis in the country, wins an award, and is all set to orate. Today,our initiative such wonderful mysteries has identified up to seven and dictates our entire join a prestigious US-based research summer school. workable solutions, some lives. I didn’t feel like giv- of which are as follows: ing up either computer sci- Know her story, views, innovations… ➤ We can use stubble pulp ence or biology, so I re- for a variety of packaging searched and found bioin- materials and for making formatics, and now I’m in- [email protected] paper as well. vested in it! This is what hat is it like being ➤ We can also use the raw students need to do. selected for the fibre itself in handi- most prestigious crafts – in fact, TSS has summer school of its own range of stubble Q recent times – the rugs and home décor. ➤ The Research W ➤ Research Science Institute (RSI)? There’s even research Science Institute Exhilaration, pride, overwhelm- in using it for plyboards, ing thoughts? 17-year-old Palak furniture and coal – the (RSI) is an interna- Jolly, student Head of Technolo- possibilities are endless! tional summer gy at The Shri Ram School, Gur- research program for gaon, and an IB Diploma year II You are a student student can answer this correct- Q of Bioinformatics high school students, ly.Because she is one of the 30 stu- and Machine Learn- and is sponsored by dents selected from outside the ing: how aware are the Centre for United States to take part in six students in India Excellence in educa- weeks of intense science and en- PALAK JOLLY, student Head of youth Company of the Year contest. Tell us stubble sales: all profits will be fairly re- about this multidisci- gineering research that will be Technology at The Shri Ram about your model that aims to find a solu- distributed among the farmer members. plinary approach? tion and hosted by conducted at the Massachusetts tion to the ‘stubble burning’ crisis in India? How did you become Institute of Technology (MIT). School, Gurgaon Many people in India blame farmers How did you decide on the topic of interested in it? MIT in Cambridge, A for stubble burning, without realis- Q stubble burning and what are the solu- In India people are Massachusetts, US How excited are you about at- ting (with adequate Covid pre- ing the challenges faced by them. Where- tions provided? A aware of AI (artifi- Q tending RSI and when are you cautions) to get to know each oth- as most solutions for stubble burning are Stubble burning is truly a crisis – peo- cial intelligence) but not going to the US to join this program? er better and not be at a disad- focussed on disposing stubble, TSS works A ple often underestimate the sheer about where all this tech- I am beyond enthralled to be vantage with regards to the social towards assisting farmers to profit out of gravity of the situation. According to the nology can be used in real How do you intend to A attending RSI. The commu- experience. The RSI also match- stubble by selling it to various industries. WHO, people staying in Delhi are liv- ways. Biomedical infor- use the summer school plat- nity is incredible, and the program es students to mentors who are on We even have our own product range as a ing 4.6 years less because of the air pol- matics is one such conse- form to contribute for re- has 80 of the world’s most ac- top of their game – I will soon be part of our efforts towards modifying stub- lution caused by stubble. During peak quential application, search in bioinformatics? complished students: each one of matched with one. And to prepare ble to increase its market value, instead of bad air days, we breathe in an equivalent which can revolutionise Through this pro- my peers is brighter than the next for the program, I’ll get in touch trying to get rid of it. We aim to build a of 50 cigarettes. The idea first entered my healthcare and change the A gram, I will be work- and everyone stands out because with them early to catch up on marketing cooperative society of farmers, mind when I was travelling to Punjab, to way we approach cures to ing under some of the of their unique talents and pas- their current research work in the who will collaborate to make profit out of my mother’s hometown. I saw farmers diseases, saving hundreds most influential scientists sions. This year, the program un- field, such as by reviewing their of millions of lives. I think of these fields and will get fortunately can’t be held in per- publications, and start develop- it is important that our the opportunity to net- son because of the pandemic. ing ideas for my own project. ➤ Bioinformatics uses computer programs for a variety of country starts promoting work with brilliant re- Luckily,my chosen fields revolve interdisciplinary thinking searchers and peers. I have around technology so there won’t Your socio-environmental busi- applications, including determining gene and protein and stops defining strict previously researched be a compromise on the research Q ness model, The Stubble Solu- functions, establishing evolutionary relationships and “streams”. bioinformatics in im- experience. As a group, however, tion (TSS), was the national winner I faced this dilemma – munology and epigenetics, we are planning to meet during in 2020 at the Global Education and predicting the three-dimensional shapes of proteins applied maths has always so I would love to build on the program in an informal set- Leadership Foundation (GELF)’s been my first love, so com- that more and more.

ne may envy or desire long, stylish nails but unless they are clean underneath, they can be the reason behind a range of bacterial diseases such as diarrhoea. Beware of corona curing OLonger nails harbour more dirt and bac- teria than short nails, thus possibly contributing Fingernail to the spread of infection, says Rajesh U Pandya, Managing Director, KAI India. “Fingernails should be kept short, and the un- forwards on social media! dersides should be cleaned frequently to maintain nail hygiene. At the same time, it is important to keep a tab on how you clean the nails. Unless the ideos and Students, if you find such videos in your hygiene means are safe, the process of cleaning hands can texts with infor- social media, do not forward them cause more damage than good,” Pandya told mation and cures for and also discourage your IANSlife. VCovid-19 are continuing He further explains: wash your hands, includ- their endless rounds on social media family and friends from important ing nails and underneath them, as many times as and sometimes believing in them and required with lukewarm water and soap. If you han- following those tips can lead to serious ity of doing the same. Also, dle stronger dirt like grease, you may want to use health hazards. So, be careful and delete the share tips on how a pair of gloves while working or use a specific these forwards instead of forwarding video, the to stop cleaner for that specific type of dirt. Trimming nails them to your contacts. Check this ex- official Twit- we can together ample of ‘fake news’ versus ‘reality’. ter page of PIB fight the Fact Check did a cross analysis menace of FAKE NEWS and revealed that fake news inFection A new video doing the rounds called the claim made by the the ‘Lemon Therapy’ has video is on: quite a few takers. Accord- fake. There [email protected] ing to this therapy,putting is no scien- spread 2-3 drops of lemon juice in tific evidence that Covid-19 your nose can eliminate the can be cured by dousing your infection of coronavirus! The nostrils in lemon juice. PIB video claims that this therapy has clearly stated that these are also purifies eyes, ears, nose baseless claims and people are and heart in just 5 seconds. advised not to follow such tips and tricks, and should instead follow the rules and preventive measures REALITY as guided by certified doctors or med- To check the authentic- ical practitioners. regularly helps you maintain healthy nails and re- duces breakage too. How frequently you trim your nails will depend on how fast they grow. here are four roads in Japan that play ☛ Besides road signs, all the roads are Every time you wash hands, ensure you dry melodious music when you drive over marked by musical notes that are painted on them completely. Moist hands may attract germs Melody them – Hokkaido, Wakayama, Shizuoka and the surface of the road. These signs alert that proliferate in a damp environment and facili- T tate their spread. Before clipping nails, ensure that Gunma regions of Japan – and all play motorists of the incoming all equipment to be used, such as nail clippers and roads of different tunes. Here’s more about these musical tune. Since these files, are properly cleaned and sanitised even if you off-beat singing roads: grooves are set on the side are using them at home. Sterilising equipment be- of the road and not in the fore use is especially important when nail tools ☛ Japanese locals call Japan middle, drivers have the are shared among a number of people, as is them ‘Melody Roads’ as common in commercial nail salons or option to either go over these musical paths play beauty parlours. The process of play them or avoid them. sterilisation of nail groom- music for drivers. ing equipment should be Stretching between 175 m ☛ To listen to the done at home music as to 250 m, these roads are musical notes, too. carved with thousands of motorists need to keep grooves that make music the car windows closed you drive when you drive across. and drive at 28 m/hr, keeping one wheel of the vehicle over the grooves. If you drive ☛ These grooves are cut at too fast over it, the sound will come out as a over specific intervals, and driving over them at a tape on fast forward but if you go slow or too particular speed creates soothing music. This slow, there will be melodious music. them! also works as a speeding alert sign. CLICK HERE: PAGE 3 AND 4

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Mount Carmel pitches for Our education system environment conservation How education could be made front of laptops and iPads doing my online marks by hook and crook, but it fails to re- nline video presentation on Earth Priyadarshini Chakrabarti Basu. She gave classes. Few applications were introduced tain the knowledge. Online education is com- Day was shared with all the stu- a thought provoking message and told fun better, more engaging, informative for our online classes and where I got to see pletely theory-based education system which dents and staff of Mount Carmel facts about Earth and all of its biotic and and attention retaining. all my classmates during the virtual classes. doesn’t help us in practical knowledge like OSchool, Anand Niketan on April abiotic components. The western music Online classes have made our life easier and working in chemistry, biology or computer 22 to bring awareness towards the conser- choir presented a melodious song ‘God of ducation has transformed drasti- faster. Online education enabled us to study lab. Lastly, online education made me lazy as vation of environment. Wonders’. There was a mesmerising dance cally during the current pandem- from any corner of the world as it does not there are no games classes. I miss my friend The pro- presentation by the ic. Had you ever thought of having require physical attendance. circle and those moments where I used to gramme started students of classes a full-fledged, subject wise class Erich Fromm said, “The danger of the share my joys and tiffin with my besties. with introductory 6 to 10 titled ‘Save Eand that too without going to past was that men became slaves. The dan- Interactive sessions are the way to move messages by the Water Save Earth’. school premises, before the pandemic? Trust ger of the future is that men may become forward if there has to be significant im- president of the Two skits convey- me, it was beyond my imagination. The day robots.” provement in the modern-day education sys- eco club Krishika ing the significance I came to know about complete lockdown the It is something most of us would think tem. For instance, using online interactive fo- Sharma of class of cleanliness and first thoughts that came to my mind were, to worry about. We all are behaving like ma- rums, discuss and debate platforms to talk on 10, and vice presi- positive impacts of ‘How we will do our further studies?’ and ‘Is chines. We are completely dependent on ma- the academic issues could be a life changing dent of the eco lockdown on na- this the end of the world or our education?’ chines now. A time was there where whoso- experience. The students who are introvert club Kanak Ag- ture were also pre- Education has been affected tremen- ever used to have a better memory used to be would also be able to present their views re- garwal of class 9. sented by the stu- dously since the beginning of the pandem- rated as the most intelligent person. Howev- maining anonymous. Nevertheless, the fun- There were beautiful posters made by dents of classes 6, 9 and 10. ic. I was clueless. I was also happy that my er, today our laptop and cell phones have bet- damental goal of any education system is to the students of classes 4 and 5. Heart touch- The programme concluded with mes- mother won’t force me to study. However, as ter memory than us. Machines can perform enhance knowledge and get into creative learn- ing poems were recited by the children of sages by the president and vice president there is a saying, ‘Man proposes, God dis- better than us. ing modules, online education systems are class 8. of the eco club urging everyone to be re- poses,’ all my plans fell apart the moment Here are some pitfalls from the online definitely an addition to the existing system. The guest speaker of the day was Dr sponsible citizens of the planet Earth. online education system was introduced dur- system that has been a mainstay in the last Rudra Bharadwaj, ing the crisis. year or so. For instance, online education sys- class VII, SVIS, Dwarka I had never thought of sitting at home in tem sounds good for those who want to score ASN conduct sensitisation week to mark Earth Day SN Senior Secondary School, Mayur Vihar-1 observed 51st A Earth Day by raising aware- ness about the pertinent issues that the Earth is facing. A week long sen- sitisation drive was conducted dur- ing which children made thought provoking posters, stamps, door hangings and bookmarks to bring about awareness about the impor- dance of trees and nature around us. tance and depletion of the natural Students also presented a ‘Young Indi- resources which is affecting mother an environmentalist’ summit and de- Earth adversely. bated on the consequences of misusing The week long activities culminat- the natural resources followed by a soul ed with the special e-assembly on the touching musical rendition as a tribute theme ‘Earth day, every day’ the as- to Earth with the song ‘Celebrate Earth sembly took an auspicious start with day every day ’. Saraswati Vandana followed by a self- School principal Swarnima Luthra composed poem on conservation of re- in her address urged the students to sources. Students also showed a time take small steps at their end and con- line, ‘Earth Our Planet- Then and Now’ tribute in saving the natural resources from 1970 to 2020 depicting the abun- of mother Earth. FASCINATING NORTH EAST! y trip to amazing Assam and National Park, our resort was locat- Kamakhya Devi temple is situ- marvellous Meghalaya was a ed in the lap of nature. I was eager ated in Guwahati, Assam. This tem- M journey to the wonderland. to go on an elephant ride in the jun- ple is such a masterpiece with full There are so many wonderful gle which my father had planned. of mysteries. The temple is dedi- places to visit in these two states, We went on the ride early in the cated to Goddess Kamakhya. With but the places I cher- morning and on the way we spotted the blessings of Goddess Kamakhya ish the most are a one horned rhinoceros. we completed our amazing tour the Dauki river, I can’t explain the state and set off to the airport for our Kaziranga National of my mind as we spot- return journey. Park and Kamakhya ted it standing right in Devi temple. front our elephant! It MANVEER BANGA, class VI Lotus, The Dauki river was a thrilling Sister Nivedita School Ameerpet, is located on the experience. Hyderabad border of India- Bangladesh. The water is crystal AASHISH clear and we KUMAR JHA, could even see class VIII , the river bed. Hamdard The boating Public experience was School, simply amazing. Talimabad At the Kaziranga

RAYYAN KAREEM NAJMI, class VII, Hamdard Public RAINA MARYAM, class X, School Hamdard Public School Cherish every little thing

We don’t realise how much we miss something until it’s taken away from us. Until its absence makes itself known. e took our everyday routine for granted, never realising environment instilled in us. how much we needed that routine to keep us sane. The bubbly personalities of our teachers and the laughter W Whether it’s meeting up with friends for an evening stroll of our fellow classmates and friends made school a bit more or having dinner in a fancy restaurant, we took the moments for fun and exciting. Those fun times which we spent laughing and granted and now, they feel like a luxury to have them back. teasing each other have gone by in a flash. We didn’t realise in Those aren’t the only things we students miss. We dearly that moment that we were creating memories, but now that miss our school! At first when the lockdown started we thought we look back at them, those moments are we wouldn’t be missing the lectures and the same old class- the ones which we cherish the most. room. But, surprisingly, we did. Make sure you appreciate and value Every day in school is a new memory every small and mundane thing because it and a new lesson. Our textbooks might not be there tomorrow. might have taught us about respi- MANJARI PARUCHURI, ration and nutrition, but not the class X, Delhi School of morals and ethics which the school Excellence, Attapur, Hyderabad Bad weekend sees Europe’s top four super clubs losing their hold in the race to the titles

Top four take a hit FULHAM RELEGATED FROM PSG’s fate hangs ■ As Bayern Munich wrapped ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE by a thread up yet another title, it was a bad weekend for some AFTER 1 SEASON ■ Paris Saint-Germain’s title defense hangs of Europe’s other super clubs. by a thread after a 1-1 draw at Rennes left it Real Madrid, Barcelona and Relegation, promotion, and now relegation three points behind leader Lille with only Paris Saint-Germain all saw again. Fulham’s rollercoaster ride between two games left. PSG led through Neymar’s their title hopes take a hit, and the top two divisions of English soccer has penalty seconds before halftime. It was Juventus may not even be in next given after a long video review, even season’s Champions League. Real Madrid taken the London club back out of the though it looked like would have been in pole position to retain Premier League, its fate sealed by losing to made a clean tackle in the area on the Spanish title with a win over Sevilla Burnley 2-0 on Monday. Fulham joined left back Layvin Kurzawa. Af- but instead had to settle for a 2-2 draw af- ter PSG goalkeeper Keylor ter the latest VAR controversy. Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion Navas saved midfielder in going down to the Championship, ’s fine curler ■ With the scores level at 1-1, Real wrapping up the Premier League’s relegation from 20 meters (yards) thought they had won a penalty for a foul out midway through the on Karim Benzema only for the referee battle at the earliest ever stage - with three second half,Rennes to give a spot-kick at the other end for an rounds still to go. “I’m bitterly disappointed, striker superbly headed Eder Militao handball moments earlier, I’m hurt, I’m gutted,” said Fulham manager home winger ’s cor- as confirmed after reviewing the images. ner in the 70th. PSG had center half Pres- Ivan Rakitic scored, and although Eden Scott Parker, who also presided over the nel Kimpembe recklessly sent off near Hazard equalised in stoppage time, Real team’s relegation two seasons ago when he the end, and could have lost for the ninth are two points behind leaders Atletico was in charge on an interim basis. “While it’s time in the league this season. But the alert Madrid with three games left. Navas saved again from Tait’s drilled shot been looming over us for some time now, in the first minute of injury time.With there’s no words I can put together other two remaining rounds, PSG is just two Bayern inch than I’m gutted we haven’t been successful points ahead of third-place Monaco, Neymar which won 1-0 at Reims to stay in the closer to pole this year.” Burnley was one of four clubs - Champions League spots. along with Brighton, Newcastle and ■ Bayern secured their ninth consecutive Southampton - still mathematically not safe Bundesliga title as closest rivals RB Leipzig Rennes close gap -- whose coach Julian Nagelsmann will take heading into the match at Craven Cottage. over in Munich next season -- lost 3-2 at Borus- After first-half goals from Ashley Westwood ■ Seventh-place Rennes was reward- sia Dortmund. Bayern celebrated by trounc- and in-form striker Chris Wood, Burnley was ed for a strong performance by closing Serhou Guirassy ing Borussia Moenchengladbach 6-0 with the gap to one point on Lens and fifth- Robert Lewandowski scoring a hat-trick to able to celebrate the prospect of playing a place Marseille in Europa League spot move onto 39 Bundesliga goals for the season. sixth straight season in the lucrative top With two games left, the Pole is just one goal flight - a stunning achievement by manager ■ Lille looks odds-on for its first title away from Gerd Mueller’s 49-year-old record since 2011 and has a better head-to-head of 40 in a Bundesliga season. Sean Dyche given the budget he works under record after drawing at home to PSG and and the fact his team had just two points winning away. Lille now know that four ■ Meanwhile Dortmund’s win, achieved after seven games. The kind of stability points from their final two matches will se- without Erling Braut Haaland, saw them cure them a first title since 2011, and leapfrog Eintracht Frankfurt into the top Dyche has brought to Burnley is something it would be against all odds given the huge four, putting Champions League qualifica- Parker craves. financial advantage enjoyed by the tion back in their hands. Parisians in the French top flight.

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ormer Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta said on Tuesday he has ex- PLAYED IN COLOMBO F tended his contract with Vissel Kobe Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium will host all the matches in India’s upcoming by another two years and wants to keep work- ing towards making the Japanese side limited overs series against Sri Lanka. Indian cricket board president Sourav the best in Asia. Spanish World Cup Ganguly earlier said that India are set to travel to Sri Lanka in July for playing winner Iniesta, who also cele- brated his 37th birthday on three ODIs and as many T20Is Tuesday, signed a three-year contract with Kobe in 2018 e plan to India are reportedly set to ENG PLAYERS UNLIKELY FOR after leaving Barcelona, host the arrive in Sri Lanka for the where he won nine La entire series on July 5 and, after the RE-SCHEDULED IPL Liga and four Champions series at team completes its week-long “W England have a busy international schedule Leagues titles. Since Ini- one venue. As of now, it has quarantine, will play the ODI from June and the players are unlikely to be esta joined the J-League been decided that the series starting on July 13. The team, Kobe won their Premadasa Stadium will host available for the remainder of the suspended T20I series will begin on July IPL if the T20 tournament is rescheduled this first silverware at the the fixtures. Obviously, it 22. “As of now, we will stick to Emperor’s Cup last Prithvi Shaw depends on how the situation year, says ECB director of Cricket Ashley Giles. the protocol where the players The IPL was suspended last week after multiple year and qualified for is around that time,” Arjuna will have to undergo hard the 2020 AFC Cham- de Silva, Sri Lanka Cricket’s COVID-19 cases inside its bio-bubble. There are quarantine for the first three two windows for the T20 event, one in Septem- pions League for the (SLC) Administrative days and in the next four days, first time in their 55-year history. ber (October-November ) and the other after Committee chairman, told they will be allowed to train. "I will keep persisting with mid-November. But England’s top players will be Sportstar on Monday. “With However, if there are any taking on this challenge with the in action at both times. They have tours to the Covid situation fluid, we revised guidelines by the same passion and drive I felt three Bangladesh and Pakistan in September and cannot allow fans yet, so all health ministry around that years ago," Iniesta said, adding he October, while they will compete with Australia the matches will be closed- time, we will have to follow was "excited to continue being in- at the Ashes right after the T20 World Cup. Photos: GETTYIMAGES door affairs,” De Silva said. that,” he added. IANS Bhuvneshwar Kumar volved for next two years". REUTERS Photo: GETTYIMAGES

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