Just In: India’s tennis star #SaniaMirza has announced her retirement from the sport.

Sania was born in Mumbai on 15th November 1986. The family moved to Hyderabad.

India is a sports-loving nation and has a special space in India. We are blessed to have Word class athletes and players who have produced so many great sportsmen in every sport. In recent times Indian women athletes have amazed us by breaking the gender barrier and creating a niche that inspired the future generation. Sania Mirza has reached the top against odds and also made us proud by being trailblazers the best game-changers we will ever know.

Sania was born in Mumbai on 15th November 1986. The family moved to Hyderabad. At a very young age of six, she started training Lawn tennis. During the initial phases was coached by her father Imran Mirza. She graduated from St. Mary’s College but her real goal was to become a professional tennis player and to that end, she started taking part in tournaments in India. In 2001, she started playing in the ITF tournaments and the following year she won three titles to cement her credentials as an upcoming player. The following year she won a Bronze Medal in the Busan Asian Games in the mixed doubles.

Martina Hingis of Switzerland, left, and Sania Mirza of India hold their trophies after winning the women’s doubles final against Ekaterina Makarova of Russia and Elena Vesnina of Russia at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday July 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Sania Mirza has had a long and illustrious career, has won several trophies, and awards. She is one of the most popular female sportspersons in our country. She is a trailblazer who has brought women tennis to the limelight and at the same time inspired young athletes to take up the sports. She also holds the rare record of being the only player to have broken into the top 30 of the WTA singles rankings. She has a legendary status in the doubles circuit by partnering with Martina Hingis playing with some of the best players in women’s and mixed doubles.  They went to become the best doubles players on the planet, winning 3 Slams and 2 WTA Finals titles.

Sania Mirza And Martina Hingis

India’s tennis ace Sania Mirza took the world by storm when she announced that 2022 will her last season on the WTA tour. The news has come as a shock to the entire sporting loving nation, who make this announcement post her first-round loss in women’s doubles. Sania along with her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok, lost 4-6 6-7(5) to the Slovenian team of Tamara Zidansek and Kaja Juvan in one hour and 37 minutes.  “My body is wearing down. My knee was really hurting today and I’m not saying that’s the reason we lost but I do think that it is taking time to recover as I’m getting older.”

Post-match interaction with the media was quoted saying, “There are a few reasons for it. It’s not as simple as ‘okay I’m not going to play. I do feel my recovery is taking longer, I’m putting my 3-year-old son at risk by travelling so much with him, that’s something I have to take into account. I think my body is wearing down. My knee was really hurting today and I’m not saying that’s the reason we lost but I do think that it is taking time to recover as I’m getting older.”

Sania Mirza has had a long and illustrious career, has won several trophies, and awards.

She was quoted saying Also for me to find that motivation every day to come out. The energy is not the same anymore. There are more days than there used to be where I don’t feel like doing that. I’ve always said that I will play until I enjoy that grind, the process which I’m not sure I’m enjoying as much anymore.”

She further elaborated saying “I was very sure that this was going to be my last season when I started the year or even in December. Just the way my body is playing, I don’t think I can finish the season. I want to play the full season, I’m still 50-60 in the world, I played nine tournaments last year. I do think I have the level to play, it’s not about that. As an athlete, I think I can go deep into tournaments.”

Her current rank is 68. Sania is a former World No. 1 in doubles and her best rank was 27 in singles.

Read Here: Will Christian Eriksen play the FIFA World Cup with Denmark and English Premier League!

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Denmark’s midfield superstar Christian Eriksen sent shockwaves across the world a few minutes from the half-time whistle when he collapsed on the field due to some unknown reason during a EURO 2020 match vs Finland.

Denmark’s midfield superstar Christian Eriksen sent shockwaves across the world a few minutes from the half-time whistle when he collapsed on the field due to some unknown reason during a EURO 2020 match vs Finland. The referee immediately halted the match post Eriksen collapsed and fell face-first minutes before the half-time. Denmark captain Simon Kjaer came to the rescue of his teammate by responding to the situation with such a life-saving speed.

 It was the man with the armband — Simon Kjaer escorted Eriksen off the ground along with the medical staff and the rest of his squad, also trying to make sure that photographers did not get a picture of the Inter Milan player. After, he guided his teammates to cover Eriksen while he received medical treatment. The world also witnessed Simon Kjaer and Kasper Schmeichel consoled Eriksen’s wife Sabrina who was reduced to tears at the edge of the touchline. Nothing but respect for The AC Milan defender and how he handled a tough situation as well as led from the front.

The Danish team doctor has confirmed that Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest when he collapsed during his side’s Euro 2020 opening match vs Finland. Morten Boesen while interacting with media was quoted saying “He was gone; we did cardiac resuscitation; it was a cardiac arrest. We got him back after one defib (defibrillation). The exams that have been done so far look fine. We don’t have an explanation as to why it happened.”

Christian Eriksen

As per the latest development, Christian Eriksen is all set to join the English Premier League team Brentford who has offered Dane a six-month contract. Brentford has offered Eriksen a six-month contract with the option to extend for a further year, as reported by the Athletic.

Eriksen is a free agent post coming to an agreement with former club Inter Milan last month. The main reason for leaving the club was that Serie A rules do not allow players with an ICD to compete in matches. For the time being, Eriksen has been training at Odense, which is his old club in Denmark, and he believes this month that he feels ready to come back.

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His next plan of action is to play in the World Cup in Qatar.

His next plan of action is to play in the World Cup in Qatar and was quoted saying “I want to play. That’s been my mindset all along. It’s a goal, a dream. Whether I’ll be picked is another thing. But it’s my dream to come back. I’m sure I can because I don’t feel any different. Physically, I’m back in top shape.”           

Meet ‘The Iron Queen’ From India who holds seven current Guinness World Records titles for her impressive and unconventional weightlifting

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Gender Equality: Many women have managed to break barriers and enter arenas that were earlier dominated by males. In doing so these women have shown great zeal in entering unusual professions

For a long India as a nation has been battling with Gender equality but man, but many women have managed to break barriers and enter arenas that were earlier dominated by males. In doing so these women have shown great zeal in entering unusual professions and also excelling in their fields. over the years our economy has grown leaps and bound in the past 50 years, as per stats 67% of the subjects feel there are more barriers to their careers as women than men and health care professions definitely need more women leaders for improvement in women’s health status globally. 63.5% of women in dentistry feel their family commitments are barriers to rising in their careers.

Today it takes immense pride to share the story of Asha Rani whose work will inspire people to explore a side of India often ignored or forgotten. Asha Rani is an unsung hero who made the country proud by entering her name into the Guinness World Record. She created the feet by using her hair to pull a double-decker bus weighing 12,216 kg in London. Guinness World Records, “Heaviest vehicle pulled my hair (female) 🚎 12,216 kg (26931.67 lb) by Asha Rani”

But isn’t the first time that Rani has registered her name in the Guinness World Record. As per records, She holds seven current Guinness World Records titles for her unique and unconventional weightlifting. She had earlier proved her record-breaking strength in Leicester, UK, in 2014 by achieving the Heaviest weight lifted with both eye sockets (female) – an eye-watering 15.15 kg (33 lb 6.4 oz).

 In 2013, Asha used both ears to pull a 1,700-kg (3,745-lb) van in Leicestershire, UK and smashed another record. The Fastest time to pull a road vehicle 25 m with teeth by a female is 22.16 seconds and was achieved by Asha in Mahilpur, Punjab, India.

Savitribai Phule birth anniversary:: Of the many heroes that India has produced, Savitribai Phule is an unforgettable name etched in the minds of many!

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Women Empowerment

We have been blessed to be born in a nation where have many great women who bring us the hope that every girl has the potential to achieve whatever she wants to. They have risen to the top in their fields and are not only reminders of the legacy that they leave behind, but also a guiding light of hope for future generations. In the recent past we have been inspired by the life journey of determined women from across India, make their presence felt in varied fields and their stellar achievements bring laurels to the nation.

Today we remember Savitribai Phule on her Birth Anniversary, the first female teacher in India who worked tirelessly and dedicated her life towards women empowerment through education and abolishing gender & caste-based discrimination. Savitribai Phule hails from Maharashtra’s Satara district in 1831. She was married at a very young age of nine-year-old to Jyotirao Phule, who went on to become a famous writer and anti-caste social reformer.

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Savitribai Phule could not read and write at the age of nine but her husband took on himself to teach her at home.  Along with him, two of her friends also came forward helped her study further. Later in life, she went on to sign up for two teacher training courses.

Post completing her studies, she started teaching girls in girls in Maharwada in Pune along with her husband’s mentor Sagunabai. In 1848, Savitribai Phule along with her husband Jyotirao Phule started the first Indian school for girls in Pune. The couple, later on, went to start three more schools in the city by 1851.

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In 1848, Savitribai Phule along with her husband Jyotirao Phule started the first Indian school for girls in Pune.

Both wife and husband faced a lot of flashbacks from the members of upper caste communities for helping the Shudras receive an education. The couple themselves belonged to the socially-backward Mali community.

Savitribai Phule went on to become an author and poet. The pioneering activist died in March 1897 along with her adopted son, a doctor, while serving plague patients at a clinic set up by them.

Inspirational Story: Andhra Pradesh girl created history by becoming the first #Indian to be a part of #NASA’s International Air and Space Program.

We have been blessed to be born in a nation where have many great women who bring us the hope that every girl has the potential to achieve whatever she wants to. They have risen to the top in their fields and are not only reminders of the legacy that they leave behind, but also a guiding light of hope for future generations. In the recent past, we have been inspired by the life journey of determined women from across India, making their presence felt in varied fields and their stellar achievements bring laurels to the nation.  To name a few, such as Kalpana Chawla, Sunita Williams and Sirisha Bandla.

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Jahnavi Dangeti has been making India proud through her achievements, which includes becoming the first Indian to be a part of NASA’s International Air and Space Program.

Jahnavi Dangeti has created history by becoming the only #Indian to have been selected to undergo International Air and Space Program (#IASP) at #NASA Launch Operations’ Kennedy Space Centre in #Alabama, #USA. IASP selects only 20 young people from across the world for this programme. In her childhood grew up listening to Chadamama Kathaku and other inspirational bedtime Stories from her grandmother. At a very young age, she hoped to reach the stars and maybe be on her way to fulfilling her dreams. While interacting with the media, Jahnavi was quoted saying ‘I dream of being one of the first Indians to set foot on Mars.’

Jahnavi Dangeti recently completed the astronaut course from Kennedy Space Centre. While undergoing the course she participated in various activities such as Zero Gravity, multi-access training and underwater rocket launch as well as piloted an aircraft too.

Jahnavi Dangeti becomes first Indian to join NASA’s Educational International Air & Space Program

While undergoing a training programme, she was appointed as the mission director for Team Kennedy, in which she commanded a group of 16 people from various countries. She and her team successfully launched and landed a miniature rocket into the sky. In a short time, Jahnavi has earned a lot of accolades such as being the vice-president of Space Magica, a start-up astronaut training centre for students and the general public. She has been a campus ambassador for numerous organisations, including Star (Space Technology and Aeronautical Rocketry), an Indian private aerospace company. Jahnavi is a member of the International Organization of Aspiring Astronauts (IOAA).

While interacting with the media was quoted saying, “I even got a scholarship from a Mexican company for the IASP programme. As a step towards my astronaut journey, I have trained in open water scuba diving in various places, including in Visakhapatnam. Now, I am a Scuba Schools International-certified open water scuba diver.”

‘My dream is to become an astronaut’: Andhra girl selected for NASA programme

She further added “I am taking every opportunity to reach my dream by participating in various projects, workshops and hackathons. I have worked diligently analysing images caught by the Pan-STARRS satellite in pursuit of unexposed asteroids. Our team made 16 preliminary discoveries and spotted one provisional discovery.”

Jahnavi is currently pursuing her engineering second year at Lovely Professional University in Punjab. She participated in many events and workshops of Nasa, Isro and other space agencies.

The National Defence Academy (NDA) will admit about 20 women cadets from around the middle of next year!

Breaking Glass Ceiling

We have been blessed to be born in a nation with many great women who bring us the hope that every girl can achieve whatever she wants to. They have risen to the top in their fields and are reminders of the legacy they leave behind and guiding light of hope for future generations. In the recent past, we have been inspired by the life journey of determined women from across India, making their presence felt in varied fields and their stellar achievements bring laurels to the nation.

In an important news for Indian women defence personnel, the Centre had informed that the Supreme Court that a decision has been taken to allow the induction of women into the Armed Forces through the National Defence Academy (NDA).

The National Defence Academy (NDA) has informed that about 20 women cadets from around the middle of next and paving the path for doing training in the premier tri-service military training institution for the first time. The revolution will the Army would have the largest intake of about 10 women officers, followed by the Indian Air Force and the Navy at about five each.

The glass ceiling was broken this year when the 8,009 candidates who have cleared the exam, from which 7,007 are men and 1,002 are women. This means 12.51% of the people who cleared the test are women. The next step in their path is to clear a personality and intelligence assessment and physical and medical tests before being admitted into the NDA.    

The National Defence Academy (NDA) has informed that about 20 women cadets

 

Next year, NDA will admit total of 400 cadets from which 208 candidates will join the Army, which will consist of 10 women. While the Navy will have an intake of 42 candidates, including three women, on the other hand, the IAF will admit 120 candidates, of which six will be women.

During the Rajya Sabha session minister of state for defence, Ajay Bhatt was quoted saying that the total number of applicants for the exam was 5,75,856, of which 1,77,654 were women. To accommodate an new era, the NDA has made few changes such as its infrastructure, putting in place a strong security apparatus and initiating appointments of women instructors, doctors including gynaecologists, and other requisite support staff, and taking other steps to welcome the women cadets into its campus next year for the first time.

Army chief General MM Naravane 

So far, women officers joined the Army from Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai, and the Navy and IAF from the Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy, where they got admitted after their graduation.

The NDA has already been working to add two more squadrons to its existing 18 and increase the annual intake of military cadets.

Read Here: From ‘India’s Miss Charming Face’ to becoming an Army officer, Lieutenant Garima Yadav has had one fantastic journey.

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We have been blessed to be born in a nation with many great women who bring us the hope that every girl can achieve whatever she wants to. They have risen to the top in their fields and are reminders of the legacy they leave behind and guiding light of hope for future generations. In the recent past, we have been inspired by the life journey of determined women from across India, making their presence felt in varied fields and their stellar achievements bring laurels to the nation.

Today let’s talk about another inspiring story of a model turned military officer. Yes, you read it right, way back in November 2017 had won the title India’s Charming Face and was all set to travel to Italy to participate international contest. But took a decision that not surprise her friends as well as a family but will stun the readers. She decided to serve her nation and joined the Officer’s Training Academy, Chennai. she cleared the Combined Defence Services (CDS) exam in her first attempt and made it to Officers Training Academy.

While interacting with the media spoke about how about Army was her true calling and also quoted saying, “I was preparing for civil services but I guess the army was my true calling. I got recommended in my first attempt. I had a wonderful experience at the OTA. At first, it was difficult for me to come up with the tough training. The weather was also unfavourable. I did not have very good physical standards but somehow, I managed for the first few months. I didn’t give up and improved drastically.”

She also added “People have a wrong conception that you have to be good at all sports, physically strong to get selected in the SSB. That’s not true. You just should be willing to accept your weaknesses and work on them, should always endeavour to get better and better every day.”

Lieutenant Garima Yadav did her schooling at Army Public School, Shimla and went on to do her graduation from the prestigious St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. She started modelling in college. Initially, she wanted to become an IAS officer but couldn’t clear the mains and later on cleared the CDS exam to join the Indian Army.  She went on to score second ranking in the All India Rank of Officers’ Training Academy, women.

Will Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, selling of Tesla stock and donating $6 billion Solve world hunger!

Elon Reeve Musk hails from Pretoria which is one of South Africa’s three capital cities. He was brought by hardworking and professional parents, his father was an engineer, while his mother was a model and nutritionist. He is a voracious leader since childhood and liked to read anything ranging from encyclopaedias to comic books. From a very young age, Musk was fascinated with technology. At the age of 10-year-old, he was introduced to programming via the Commodore VIC-20, an inexpensive home computer. In no time he had become an expert to Blastar—a video game in the style of Space Invaders. He went to sell the BASIC code for the game to a magazine called PC and Office Technology for $500

In 1995 he took the world by storm when he along with his younger brother Kimbal at his side, Musk started Zip2, a web software company that would help newspapers develop online city guides. This led to him purchasing Compaq’s AltaVista web search engine for a whopping $340 million. He led to creating X.com, which he intended to shape into the future of banking. Today the company is known as PayPal. Musk was then ousted from the company before it was bought by eBay for $1.5 billion, though he left with $180 million worth in stock..

Post leaving PayPal, Musk turned his attention to an electric-car start-up called Tesla Motors with funding of approx.  $70 million. Way back in 2004, Musk joined forces with engineers Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning to take Tesla Motors to the next level. Musk played a crucial role in designing the Tesla Roadster, an electric car. in the next year, Eberhard was removed from the firm and Musk took over management control as CEO and product architect. Under his leadership, Tesla has become one of the world’s most popular and coveted car brands.  

      

There is no denying the Tesla and SpaceX CEO is so rich that his net worth is more than the GDP of several countries.  Musk is the richest person in the world, and his net worth is $335 billion. The outspoken tech entrepreneur is ready to sell his Tesla stock and spends $6 billion to end world hunger. This statement has been declared in reply to a tweet made by David Beasley, director of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP).

Director of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), took to social media and wrote, 🔹 2% of @elonmusk’s wealth is $6B 🔹 In 2020 the UN World Food Program (WFP) raised $8.4B. How come it didn’t “solve world hunger”?

Musk was the quick response on the social media and wrote,If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now and do it. But it must be open source accounting, so the public sees precisely how the money is spent.

Post interacting with an expert, Beasley responded to Musk on Twitter, writing $6 billion will not solve world hunger, “but it WILL prevent geopolitical instability, mass migration and save 42 million people on the brink of starvation. An unprecedented crisis and a perfect storm due to Covid/conflict/climate crises.”

Musk further added Please publish your current & proposed spending in detail so people can see exactly where the money goes. Sunlight is a wonderful thing.”

On the personal front, Musk is very busy with his  Mars ambitions — and is working for it. If the UN data does work out for him, we can only expect he’ll actually contribute to the fund.

Meet The great-grandmother, who has been a driving force in the revival of kalarippayattu, as the ancient practice is also known, and in encouraging girls to take it up.

Kalaripayattu or Kalarippayattu – the Martial Art form of Kerala | Kerala Tourism

Age is just a number; the saying goes and we have We are brought up in a society that is shaped by certain rules and well-drawn boundaries. These rules are created by varied aspects such as nature, consensus, and what the majority perceives as common. But in today’s world, people are trying to break the shackles of society and breaking away set conventions.

The person who is defying this phrase is none other than a 76-year-old, recipient of the Padma Shri, at an age when people take retirement, she trains students in the martial art form. She has been advocating for the revival of kalarippayattu and in encouraging girls to take it up.  She hails from Kerala has been practicing the ancient practice ever since 7-year-old.  The great-great mother is the matriarch of the Kadathanad Kalari Sangham school, founded by her late husband in 1949, Even at 78-year-old still packs a punch, enjoys going head-to-head and engaging battle of one-upmanship, with her opponent, a man less than half her age and almost double her size, without breaking a sweat!

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While interacting with the media, Meenakshi ji explained what is Kalarippayattu stands for and was quoted saying Kalarippayattu is the complete art form, one that tests the extremes of the body and mind. The moves are now as intuitive as breathing for me.” The Kalari was founded in 1949, by her guru, the late Raghavan Gurukul, who himself a Kalarippayattu legend and her husband. Meenakshi Amma is a superhero in real life, who dons sari-clad Unniyarcha, the legendary warrior heroine of the Vadakkan Pattukal, the northern ballads of Kerala. She is of the opinion that women should learn martial art as post training they fell physically and mentally strong as well as increases their confident to work and travel alone.

Kalaru is a mixture of dance and yoga, which also includes weapons like swords, shields and staffs. ITs mentioned in our ancient Hindu scriptures, it remains infused with religion in the present day. Though British colonial rulers banned the practice in 1804 but it survived came back into existence in the early 20th century.  The martial art form has come in the limelight ever since Meenakshi won a national award in 2017. Today it is recognised as a sport and practised all over India.

Her enthusiasm of learning hasn’t stopped and still continues to trains around 150 to 200 students of all ages, from near and far, both male and female, all for free. Many foreigners come to the Kalari at Vadakara too (and their new one in Onchiyam, Kozhikode, as well), just to learn the art form. Kalarippayattu has evolved ever since her childhood and so has its disciples and quoted saying “When I started there were hardly any girls learning Kalarippayattu. It was frowned upon but my father, Damu, was insistent that I learn the art form in tandem with classical dance.

She gets emotional by saying that it’s heartening to see many girls and women taking up Kalarippayattu. It helps build confidence. Sometimes, however, the change is not always for the better. “Earlier, students used to practise meythari, the first step of Kalaripayattu learning process (see box), for months if not years, to build a firm foundation, what we call thara urakkaan. Nowadays, after two weeks of training, students want to start fighting with swords! Many students want it easy now, which is why aesthetics is missing in Kalaripayattu these days,” she explains.

She is also confident that the legacy in safe hands and quoted saying Our disciples are my biggest strength. Sajeevan and the rest will take up the task when necessary. Many of our disciples run their own kalaris now, a number of them in Wayanad, and they follow mash’s philosophy of teaching the art form to one and all. That’s why I am going to take it easy a bit from now on.”