Sachin hits 40th Test ton, puts India in driver’s seat

Good Evening friends, another century from my favorite cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. He hit his 40th Test century. Congratulations to Sachin. Read complete update I read at yahoo india site.

Sachin Tendulkar gave glimpses of his vintage form by cracking his 40th Test century which had eluded him for long as India recovered from early jolts to push for a big total in the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia in Nagpur on Thursday.

 

The 35-year-old Tendulkar stole the limelight with a flurry of strokes and capitalised on two dropped catches to pull the team out of the pits and steer the visitors to a comfortable 311 for five at close on the opening day.

 

It was a huge relief for Tendulkar who had gone without a century for the last 15 Tests and faced some anxious moments before completing the milestone. The champion batsman had his share of luck as he was first dropped by Mitchell Johnson when on 85 and then by Brett Lee on 96 and faced some nervous moments before completing the century, his tenth against the Australians. His last century had also come against the Aussies — 153 in the fourth and final Test in Adelaide in January this year.

 

Tendulkar thus overtook Allan Border of Australia in the number of plus-50 scores in his career 91 (including 39 tons) as compared to the former Australian captain’s 90.

Ganges declared as India’s national river

Good Morning friends, Good news for those people who love River Ganges. Government of India declared River Ganges as National River. India on Tuesday declared the river Ganges, as the country’s first national river with a separate authority to monitor its cleanliness.

 

The decision was taken at a meeting in New Delhi chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with ministries of water resource, environment, forest and urban development. The proposed authority will be chaired by the Prime Minister and chief ministers of the states through which the river flows would be its members.

 

I am going to write a full post on River Ganges very soon.

Education brings about change

Good morning friends.  It’s great to know the current situation here in our city.  I want to share with you all what I have read with referenced from Times of India. 

 

Actor Swaroop Sampat, wife of actor Paresh Rawal, feels Gujarati teachers have an amazing ability and zeal to learn new techniques and integrate them into enhancing their teaching skills.Sampat is in the state to conduct the third phase of her project, a unique educational program where children will be taught about life-skills using drama as a tool.

The project has been granted to Sampat by Chief Minister Narendra Modi as part of the proposed children’s university plan. When quizzed about the quality of teachers imparting education in the state, Sampat said that she was not really an expert on the subject to comment on the quality of teachers but said they definitely did show a capacity to learn fast and imbibe new techniques into teaching.  It needs mention that Sampat, who holds a PhD in education from Worcester University in England, is leading the project granted by Gujarat Council of Education, Research and Training (GCERT).

On Wednesday, Sampat worked ahead with her team of 30 teachers, who has been plucked from the remotest possible schools in the state, to be trainer as master-trainers in the art of bringing drama to teaching in schools. These teachers will then train other teachers with the final objective to completely revolutionize the way life skills are taught in the schools in the state.”The GCERT is doing good work in research,” said Sampat who is a native of Jamnagar and had shot to limelight when she won the Miss India pageant.

On being asked about her transition from beauty to education, Sampat said that she was always interested in education since she was a child. “I used to go and teach orphans when I was young. Education has always appealed to me as it is one of the greatest mediums to bring about change,” she said.