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“[…] I’m a big believer that breakdowns lead to breakthroughs, and I think that was an example where Sachin and I had a moment that wasn’t particularly pleasant, and I wanted him to know that I took my job seriously and I was going to make sure that that didn’t happen again. And I think out of that exchange, that relationship bank account got a massive credit because I think that breakdown moment did lead to a breakthrough. … [Read more...] about ‘Of course, Sachin’s not happy’: Taufel recalls conversation with Tendulkar regarding a wrong umpiring decision

More than 50 individuals from eight to 60 years were enthused by one week’s WhatsApp sessions on butterflies anchored by Sharan Venkatesh, the founder of Rhopalocera and Odonata Association of Rajapalayam (ROAR) and butterfly enthusiast Edward Eltham, who coordinates Nature engagement programmes of Chennai-based ezoneIndia. “We just had to convince the novices how easy it is to rear butterflies and guide them to grow native plants to attract and protect butterflies,” says Sharan. "The feedback is encouraging as the participants are updating us on their kitchen gardens, backyards, front lawns and mini-forests created in their balconies visited by the gossamer-winged friends now," says Edward. … [Read more...] about Bring the butterflies home

“By supporting the handmade industry,” says Uma, “you are providing creative dignity to over 200 million artisans who are passing the art from one generation to another.” Uma’s team made six million Tsunamika dolls that were retailed across 80 countries. “For the Karuna doll, we have chosen a colour combination and material that is representative of the South. A loop has been attached that makes it utterly versatile to be used as keychains or other accessories,” says Uma. … [Read more...] about Karuna dolls spread hope and joy during the pandemic

The free app, launched in India in March 2019, uses Google’s speech recognition and text-to-speech technology. The app features an animated character, ‘Diya’, who encourages children to read stories aloud and helps if the child is unable to pronounce a word. It also lauds the reader when he/she completes the reading, state education department officials said. … [Read more...] about ‘Google Bolo’ to help 10 million UP school kids improve pronunciations

The new convictions come at a time when ties between China and Canada are strained over the case of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei Technologies, who was arrested in the Canadian city of Vancouver in late 2018, on a warrant from the US. … [Read more...] about China sentences fourth Canadian to death on drug charges, second in two days