Mary Kom, Manpreet Singh to Be India's Flag Bearers for Tokyo

Mary Kom, Manpreet Singh to Be India's Flag Bearers for Tokyo

BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | NEW DELHI ➤ Family Time: We tell you ➤Check out the review of ➤ Euro20: Italy reach STUDENT EDITION how to inculcate leadership your favourite books, as final to continue storming THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2021 TODAY’S qualities in your kids students recommend comeback from World Cup Newspaper in Education EDITION PAGE 2 some of the bestsellers failure PAGE 3 PAGE 4 CINEMA LEGEND DILIP KUMAR CLICK HERE: PAGE 1 AND 2 DIES AT 98 PM MODI Mary Kom, Manpreet Singh to EXPANDS HIS be India’s flag bearers for Tokyo CABINET Games opening ceremony egendary six-time world champion The official size of the Indian contingent boxer MC Mary Kom and men's hockey ilip Kumar, India's enduring will be around 126 athletes and 75 team captain Manpreet Singh will be film legend through the officials, totalling 201. The Indian decades, died at a Mumbai India’s flag bearers for the opening L contingent will have 56 per cent male hospital on Wednesday ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, Indian D and 44 per cent female athletes, the IOA after a prolonged illness. He was 98. Olympic Association (IOA) has announced. The has informed. The contingent has 78 The actor, known to generations of World Championships’ silver medallist wrestler quota places, and the athletes will com- film-goers as the ‘tragedy king' for Bajrang Punia will be the country's flag-bearer pete in about 85 medal positions his portrayal of the brooding, for the closing ceremony on August 8. intense romantic characters in clas- sics such as ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ and This will be Mary Kom's swansong Olympics, having won the bronze at the 2012 ‘Devdas’, is survived by his wife, London Games. For Manpreet, he will be playing his third Olympics edition after rime Minister Narendra Modi on Saira Banu. representing the country at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Games. Reigning Wednesday expanded his Cabinet. As many as 43 leaders took oath in the first Union Commonwealth and Asian Games champion Bajrang will be featured in his TRIBUTES POUR IN P Cabinet reshuffle and expansion after maiden Olympics Modi returned to power for a second term in May, An institution has gone — 2019. Some of the key figures inducted into PM Modi's whenever the history of Cabinet expansion include Jyotiraditya Scindia, Indian Cinema will be writ- The 29-year-old This is amazing, and I am Bhupender Yadav, Sarbananda Sonowal and Pashupati ten, it shall always be speechless. It’s a huge honour midfielder Kumar Paras. The new set of India's Council of 'before Dilip Kumar, and to be named the flag bearer for became only the Ministers has been chosen with emphasis on after Dilip Kumar the opening ceremony alongside sixth hockey player Amitabh Bachchan, actor the incredible Mary Kom. I have to be named the flag representation, experience and education. always been inspired by her bearer of the Indian ET/Agencies Dilip Kumar summarised in journey in boxing, and per- contingent for the opening cere- himself a history of emerging India. The thespian's charm sonally for me, this is a big mony at the Olympic Games. In Meanwhile, Minister of Law and IT Ravi Shankar moment in my career, and the past, Lal Shah Bokhari Prasad and Rajya Sabha member Prakash Javadekar transcended all bound- it is also a huge moment (1932), Major Dhyan Chand quit Modi's team ahead of the Union Cabinet expan- aries, and he was loved for hockey.I thank the Indian (1936), Balbir Singh Sr (1952 sion. The President has accepted the resignation of across the subcontinent. Olympic Association for this and 1956), Zafar Iqbal (1984) 10 other ministers with immediate effect, including With his demise, an era great opportunity, and I am and Pargat Singh (1996) have Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Harsh Vardhan, Santosh ends. Dilip saab will live forever looking forward to the responsibili- had the honour of being flag Gangwar, Babul Supriyo, Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao, in the heart of India. ty at the opening ceremo- bearers of the Indian contingent Rattan Lal Kataria, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Condolences to family and ny in Tokyo at the Olympic Games opening Debasree Chaudhuri, Sadananda Gowda and countless fans Manpreet Singh,Indian hockey ceremony Thaawarchand Gehlot Ram Nath Kovind, President captain BIGGEST SOLAR FLARE IN 4 Twitter loses immunity over JEE Main to be conducted YEARS CAUSES RADIO user-generated content in India from July 20-25 and July Twitter Inc no more enjoys liability protection against user-generated 27 to August 2 BLACKOUT OVER ATLANTIC content in India, as the US microblogging giant has failed to comply with the he two pending Joint new IT rules, the Centre said in a court filing... Entrance Examination T (JEE)-Mains will be con- ducted from July 20-25 and July The dispute and the public spat has raised 27 to August 2, 2021. The regis- concern that American firms will now find it dif- tration for the third session ficult to do business, amid a more stringent reg- (April) exams will commence ulatory environment. from Tuesday till July 8, 2021 The IT ministry told the high court in New (11:59pm), while the registration for the fourth and final Delhi that Twitter's non-compliance amounted session (May) exam will begin from July 9 and to continue to a breach of the provisions of the IT Act, caus- till July 12, 2021. The final merit list based on the all four ing the US firm to lose its immunity, according JEE (Mains) will be announced on August 9. to the filing dated July 5 JEE-Mains is being conducted four times The filing came in a case filed by a Twitter The IT rules, which became effective from user, who wanted to complain about some end-May, are aimed at regulating content on a year from the current academic session allegedly defamatory tweets on the platform, social media firms,a and making them more to offer flexibility to students, and a f reports are to go by, the sun and said the company was not complying with blasted the biggest solar flare since According to spaceweather.com, accountable to legal requests for swift removal chance to improve their scores, amid the if the sunspot holds together it the new law that requires appointment of cer- of posts and sharing details on the originators of I 2017 causing cosmic fireworks, and tain new executives second wave of Covid-19 in India even a minor radio blackout on Earth. will come back towards Earth's messages According to NASA, the new sunspot, point of view in late July. The AR2838, emitted the biggest solar flare, latest eruption marks the begin- a powerful burst of radiation, in four ning of a new solar cycle. years, on July 3. The sunspot, which is now gone, occurred over the star's X1.5-class flare, the solar flare ionised Paes-Bhupathi set to reunite for a web series northwestern limb, and is likely to move the top of the Earth's atmosphere, caus- towards the far side of the sun in the ing a shortwave radio blackout over the ndian tennis great Leander Paes and Bhupathi were the first next couple of weeks. Classified as an Atlantic Ocean. Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are Indian pair to win at the Wimbledon set to reunite for a new web ISRO had recently 1 in 1999. The speculation about their What is Solar Flare? series, which will narrate inter- observed around I reunion started after Paes recently posted A solar flare is a sudden, rapid, and intense explosion on the 100 microflares, pro- esting stories and share anecdotes a picture and wrote a note on Twitter on surface of the sun that happens when massive amounts of energy viding new insights about from the duo's journey to stardom. the 22nd anniversary of their first stored in magnetic fields are suddenly released. The explosion emits radiation across the length and breadth of the universe, coronal mass heating on Paes and Bhupathi will be seen in a Wimbledon men's doubles title hurtling them towards planets in the solar system. These radia- the sun. The corona emits unique storytelling of their journey The pair, nicknamed the 'Indian tions contain radio waves, x-rays and gamma rays ultraviolet X-rays, and and relationship together, created by Express', played together from 1994 According to NASA, the energy released by this explosion could consists of ionised gas at none other than award-winning hus- 2 to 2006, before re-uniting for a sec- be equivalent to millions of 100-megaton hydrogen bombs explod- temperatures exceeding ond stint from 2008 to 2011. They also had ing at the same time. However, it is just one-tenth of the total 2 million degrees band-wife director duo of Ashwiny a public fallout but have put that behind energy emitted by the sun every second Fahrenheit Iyer Tiwari and Nitesh Tiwari. Entertainment them now “Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation.” FAMILY TIME WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD, AUTHOR 02 THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2021 10 ways to inculcate Set an example Encourage teamwork s a parent, you are the most important teacher for leader leads a team. Encourage your child to take your child. So whatever you’ll do, your child is going leadership part in group activities and voice his/her opin- A to learn something or the other from it. So, be your A ion. Teach him how to work in groups and best self and try to set an example that benefits your child.

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