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Good Sports : KNIGHT RIDERS BUY STAKE IN U.S. CRICKET LEAGUE
January 2021 -
The Knight Riders Group and its majority owner Shah Rukh Khan have become stakeholders in Major League Cricket, a six-team professional T20 league that’s being developed by USA Cricket and its partner American Cricket Enterprises.
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Good Sports: SANIA MIRZA’S ODE TO MOTHERS
January 2021 -
Sania Mirza, a six-time Grand Slam doubles champion, took a two-year break from tennis after giving birth to her son, Izhaan Mirza Malik, in 2018. The 34-year-old returned to competitive tennis last January and won the doubles title at the Hobart International tournament in Australia. Mirza recently wrote “An Ode to All Mothers” on Instagram, sharing her thoughts about balancing motherhood and a professional career.
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INDIAN TEACHER WINS GLOBAL AWARD
January 2021 -
Ranjitsinh Disale, a primary school teacher in Maharashtra, India, recently won the Global Teacher Prize 2020. The prize, sponsored by the Varkey Foundation in partnership with UNESCO, comes with a cash award of US $1 million.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
January 2021 -
Quotes by Indian documentary maker Anand Patwardhan / Dr. Vivek Murthy, who served as U.S. Surgeon General under President Obama / Comedian Lily Singh, whose NBC late-night show A Little Late with Lilly Singh will begin its second season on Jan. 11 / Filmmaker Suman Ghosh, who directed the legendary Bengali actor in several films.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
January 2021 -
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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Fun Time: THE BENEFITS OF MASKS GO BEYOND COVID-19
January 2021 -
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many of us to wear masks—mostly in public but sometimes even at home.Masks have become an accessory for many people, just like ties, belts, scarves and handbags. Many women have an assortment of masks in their wardrobes, and some even have a mask drawer. Whether they have just a few masks or a few dozen, they try to match their masks with the rest of their ensemble. And they enjoy giving and receiving compliments on masks.
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MODERN DAY SLAVERY—IN THE BACK OF A LIQUOR STORE
January 2021 -
An Indian man’s enslavement was discovered last February by agents from Alcoholic Beverage Control being held captive in a liquor store in Gilroy, California. The district attorney recently brought charges against Amarjit and Balwinder Mann, both 66, for locking the man in their liquor store and making him work 15-hour shifts, seven days a week, without pay.
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SWIPE, MATCH, EAT: A BETTER ONLINE DATING APP
January 2021 -
If you’ve used a mobile app such as Tinder or Bumble to find a match, you may wish you didn’t have to set up the date yourself. Well, Abhimanyu Goel, a junior at Cornell University, is part of a student team that has developed an app called Weet — derived from “We eat” — that not only matches you with a prospective mate, but also sets up the first date at a local restaurant.
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Good Sports: A SELFLESS ACT IN IPL FINAL
December 2020 -
The Mumbai Indians won their fifth title by beating the Delhi Capitals by five wickets in the Indian Premier League final at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
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Good Sports: OLYMPIC BOXER EXCELS AT FRENCH TOURNEY
December 2020 -
Nine Indian boxers—five men and four women— will compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, postponed until next summer because of the pandemic. India has previously won two Olympic bronze medals, thanks to Vijender Singh in 2008 and Mary Kom in 2012, and its prospects of another medal rest heavily on Amit Panghal’s shoulders.
