Ø 3rd June 2021, Thursday, वैशाख कृष्ण ९
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Quote Of The Day
Motivation is a boost, a jump-start to start something exciting. But there will be times in our life where we will have absolutely no motivation towards what we are doing. And that is when discipline will help you rise. Your discipline will make you pursue your dream relentlessly even in absense of motivation. Discipline helps you achieve your target
Subhashita
सौवर्णानि सरोजानि निर्मातुं सन्ति शिल्पिनः |
तत्र सौरभनिर्माणे चतुरश्चतुराननः ||
Explanation
A goldsmith can create a lotus out of gold but only a natural flower will have the heavenly fragrance along with beauty. This is to say that how much ever we try, man can never overwhelm nature
Authors: Atharva Godbole and Shubham Dharmadhikari
Historical Significance of the Day
On this day in the year,
Unscramble
Rules:
Rearrange the letters to form meaningful words and fill one letter per blank. Note the letters above the orange blanks ( _ ) and using them make another meaningful word to complete the quote given below.
YENLOL: _ _ _ _ _ _ ERRRA : _ _ _ _ _TRANG : _ _ _ _ _RIFECE : _ _ _ _ _ _
Don't _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) the past. Just _ _ _ _ _ (5) from it.
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by Siddhesh Umarjee
Rules:
Rearrange the letters to form meaningful words and fill one letter per blank. Note the letters above the orange blanks ( _ ) and using them make another meaningful word to complete the quote given below.
Sudoku
by Nikhil Kelkar, Shreeya Deshmukh and Siddhesh Umarjee
Puzzler
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by Siddhesh Umarjee
Answers for previous puzzles
Unscramble : HAPPY, EXITED, JOLLY, THANKS
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
Puzzler: Answer: Politician
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RYANAIR FLIGHT 4978
Ryanair
Flight 4978 had taken off from Athens, Greece and in almost 3 hours it was
scheduled to land in Vilnius, Lithuania. But on the fateful Sunday of May 23rd
the flight did not reach Lithuania on time. The flight had begun its descent.
The plane was just 72km from the Airport when the plane made a sharp turn and
was diverted to the Minsk airport in belarus. Ryanair's statement suggests “
The Belarus authorities said that there was a security threat”. There were also
reports stating the pilots were informed of a bomb threat aboard. The pilot
announced the passengers of the diversion. There was confusion, horror and just
disbelief. But there was a man who looked like he was formulating a plan. His
name was Roman Protasevich.
Who is
Roman Protasevich?
For this
we have to travel back to 2019. The authoritarian Belarus President Lukashenko
had won the election again though by unjust means. Hundreds of thousands of
people took to the streets to express their disagreement with the president and
his immoral means of staying in power .These protests were organised through an
app called Telegram and the main organiser of these protests was a young adult
in his mid-twenties called Roman Protasevich. Roman is a Belarusian activist
who opposes the current Belarus presidency and its dictatorship. He hasn't been
to his home country since 2019 as he was on the belarusian list of “individuals
involved in terrorist activity” for his anti-government protests.
Now in the
present day, the Boeing 737 was being escorted by a Military fighter jet and it
landed in Minsk, Belarus. Protasevich and his girlfriend, Sofia Sapega were
arrested by the government authorities. According to a flight passenger,
Protasevich independently said to the passenger, “the death penalty awaits me
here”. According to some reports, Belarusian KGB was also seen at the airport
to escort Protasevich. The other passengers were also thoroughly screened by
the airport security and the plane departed to its original destination -
Lithuania late evening.
What happens next?
After this
incident, many european governments restricted the Belarusian airlines to fly
over their country and also declared Belarus airspace as a no fly zone for
their respective country’s airlines. On 25th May the EU announced the air ban
would be enacted by all european countries and that they are further looking
over economic sanctions to target Lukashenko’s Government. Many multinational
organisations like NATO, EU and ICAO have called for international legal action
and investigations. As for Protasevich, a short 30 second video of him was
released confirming that he is still alive but nothing more can be known of his
state or whereabouts. Some have speculated of the government going forward with
his death penalty but no information has been released. Many officials have
called this incident “unacceptable” or “ a state sponsored high- jacking” .
What does this mean for common people like us?
Truthfully
this all feels like it has come out of a spy thriller or some kind of fiction.
The fact that Belarus wasn't even the place of origin or the destination of the
flight, just a mid-flight air space and they still could pull this off is
really concerning. This speaks volumes about the vulnerability of the aviation
structure and how a simple disagreement can topple the whole international
cooperation. To be honest it's just hard to believe that this actually can
happen when all these measures and protocols were in place. This incident also
raises some alarming questions of how far certain governments can stretch the
international limits of peace and cooperation for personal political gain and
just blatant dictatorship. In the end, I don't know what will happen to
Protasevich or Sofia, but I hope they are healthy and alive and they get out of
this situation of international frenzy.
Author: Gargee Dixit
TREATING OTHERS BETTER
This
is maybe something that will rock you to your core, you may feel attacked, but
I’m sorry, we all need to know this, even if it makes us feel bad about
ourselves for some time.
So,
there was definitely a period of time in all of our lives, where we have been
unnecessarily rude, selfish and petty to people who didn’t deserve it…to feel
good about ourselves, to feel like we are in a position of power. Here, I’ll
admit clear cut, I have been in both of the positions in this situation, and it
never felt good in either, in the true sense. So right this moment, we all
should
~
stop lying to yourselves and admit where you have emotionally abused people
just because of your social status.
~
apologize to each of the people you knowingly yet secretly hurt.
~
Stop pretending you’re the bigger person, when even you clearly know you are
not.
~
Think about the way you behaved, and what would happen if you faced “your own
behaviour”.
~
Be good to strangers, your ‘have a nice day’ could make their day.
~
Volunteer to deliberately make people around you happy.
~
Have a safe space or trusted person to vent your feelings and emotions to.
~
Generally (forcefully) first think about the good in people, before judging
them on their flaws.
~
Think that: if you can’t openly compliment a person, you don’t have the right to
call them names or make them feel bad about themselves.
This
is a tough crowd. These are difficult times. Remember, we all are here to be
better versions of our past. This is our duty, to make this world a brighter,
happier place.
Let’s
stop this fake-adoration-used-as-mask, passive aggressive hatred together.
(This
is a personal opinion, no rule book, but I guess you would agree with me.)
Author: Parnavi Jeurkar (🏆Readers' Choice)
Illustration By: Parnavi Jeurkar
ONE
CUP OF CHAI!
Long brownish leaves
in the brew.
Looking fresh enough
to commence a day new.
Aroma making its way
everywhere.
Someone's making My
Chai there!
Beverage in orangish
hue.
Every sip
rejuvenating your soul.
The spices adding
'spice' to your stressy schedule.
Making you relax as a
whole.
A poem on tea?!
Yes, it definitely
can be!
Light showers, chilly
breezes and a cup of tea.
That's all you need!
Author: Aarya Joshi
Illustrator: Parnavi Jeurkar
Sports Shorts
Updates, Reviews and Previews of your favorite sports games!
CRICKET
ENGLAND
VS NEW ZEALAND:
CONWAY’S MAIDEN TEST CENTURY GAINS NEW ZEALAND THE UPPER HAND ON DAY 1.
The first test of the England vs New
Zealand test series has started with a bang. Devon Conway playing in his very
first game struck a beautiful century, complemented by the steady innings of
Henry Nicholls. Early on Day 1, New Zealand won the toss and skipper Kane Williamson
elected to bat first and the decision has till now turned out to be a profit. The
Kiwi opening duo of Devon Conway and Tom Latham, gave the best possible start
to their side considering the conditions and the quality of swing bowling in
the opposition. Standing strong against Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad at the
Lord’s is not at all a simple job. After getting a fine start, Tom Latham was soon
dismissed by Ollie Robinson. Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor got their initial thrust,
but couldn’t convert it into big ones. After the dismissals of Williamson and
Taylor, the momentum was back to the hosts, but then Henry Nicholls stitched a
brilliant 132 run partnership with Devon Conway. Nicholls played the game at a
considerably slower pace than Conway, but that was never a problem. The last session
was fully dominated by the Kiwis. Nicholls played a brilliant stabilizing innings
of 46 from 149 balls while Conway continued his game and ended the day with 136
of 240 balls. The English bowlers tried very hard to get some wickets but in
vain. Though New Zealand have dominated on Day 1, the hosts would like to take
quick wickets early today and start their batting innings by lunch. On the other
hand, New Zealand would look towards a massive total with all the batting of BJ
Watling, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner and Kyle Jamieson yet to come.
Author: Aditya Veerkar
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Editorial Core:
Aditya Jogalekar
Atharva Godbole
Shubham Dharmadhikari
Siddhesh Umarjee
Aditya Veerkar
Ved Patil
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