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Good Sports: CHESS PRODIGY CHALLENGES WORLD CHAMP
July 2020 -
Indian chess prodigy Nihal Sarin recently challenged world chess champion Magnus Carlsen to a series of online chess shootouts. Carlsen beat the youngster in one-minute bullet games but lost to him in a three-minute blitz game.
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Good Sports: TEEN CYCLIST SHOWS ENDURANCE
July 2020 -
Jyoti Kumari, a 15-year-old girl from Bihar, has caught the eye of the Cycling Federation of India (CFI). Jyoti recently rode a bicycle from the outskirts of New Delhi to her village in Darbhanga, Bihar, carrying her injured father behind her.
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SERVING PIZZA AS LANGAR
July 2020 -
Services at the gurdwara that Shalinder Singh attends have been suspended during the pandemic and so have the weekly langars—free meals for the community that are part of Sikhism. To keep the langar spirit going, Singh and his family have delivered more than 1,000 pizzas to hospitals, police stations. and fire departments in New York.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
July 2020 -
Tweet from former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi,Quotes by Dr. Sanjeet Singh Saluja of McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Ruhel Islam,the Bangladeshi-American owner of Gandhi Mahal Restaurant in Minneapolis, Hasan Minhaj, host of Netflix’s “Patriot Act,” Navneeth Murali,who won the SpellPundit Online National SpellingBee.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
July 2020 -
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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Fun Time: IT MAY BE TIME TO BAN THE HANDSHAKE FOREVER
July 2020 -
I don’t attend church often, but when I do, I enjoy some parts of the service more than others. In almost every service I’ve attended, at least a few minutes are dedicated to shaking hands. The ministersays something like this: “Peace be unto you! You may now greet each other with peace.”
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OPENING HIS HOME TO PROTESTORS
July 2020 -
It’s always a good idea to be prepared for guests. You never know when a friend or acquaintance may surprise you with a visit. But how many of us are ready to accommodate more than 70 people for an unexpected overnight stay?
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THE EXOTIC MEAT FARM OF ANSHU PATHAK
July 2020 -
In Riverside County, California, just east of Los Angeles, Anshu Pathak operates a 13-acre exotic meat farm, where his livestock includes emus, llamas, ostriches, alpacas, peacocks, water buffalo, goats, geese and other animals.
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Good Sports: FORMER PAKISTAN CRICKET CAPTAIN RETIRES
June 2020 -
Mir retired recently from a stellar career that saw her play 226 international matches, including 137 as captain. An off-spinner and a valuable batter, she had 1,630 runs and 151 wickets in 120 ODIs, as well as 802 runs and 89 wickets in 106 T20Is.
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Good Sports: JAVELIN THROWER KEEPS POSITIVE MINDSET
June 2020 -
The coronavirus pandemic has hit many athletes hard, particularly those who were preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, only to see it postponed until next summer. Neeraj Chopra, India’s top javelin thrower and an Olympic medal hopeful, is trying to make the best of the situation.
