new world record

Makau sets new World record, Gebrselassie disappoints   

Kenya's Patrick Makau set a new World record in the Berlin Marathon in an official time of 2hr 03min 38sec here on Sunday.

The 26-year-old defending champion smashed the old mark of 2hr 03:59 set by Ethiopian legend Haile Gebrselassie in the same race in 2008.

Health positive ...:P

High on taste and low on calories

Eateries doing it right and helping foodies to expand their culinary tastes and not their waistlines

In their bid to pamper themselves a lot of people substitute healthy food with high-calorie food. How many people are considering the fact that four out of ten leading causes of illness are food-borne?

Restaurateur Shaan Jhaveri says, "In Gujarati cuisine, using oil or butter will speed the cooking process. At Swati Thali we make sure the food tastes and looks the same though we add the least amount of oil or butter.

" Eatery offers a variety of healthy recipes like pudina bhakhri, vatano sheero, jalebi sticks, dosa bhakarwadi, dudhi doodh pak, gatta pulao, kand dahiwada, ponk bhajiya and corn rice. "We try to use minimal oil."

Earlier the trend with corporate lunches or businessmen coming home for lunch and then moving back to office to work. "Employees in corporates are now global employees. So they want the same things made 'low cal' for them," says Reena and Esha Kakkar.

Low calorie as the general perception is not very high on taste but when you try their palak bread topped with a paneer, olives and green chilly pesto, you feel that with details, even an ordinary recipe can be made interesting.

Food consultant Sharmila Shah says, "We make Indian curries with seasonal vegetables and offer tandoori food that can be easily had with drinks and dinner. "As awareness increases, people realize that sandwiches, noodles, pasta can be had the healthier way."

It would be a relief if you can happily enjoy the food and not count the calories as soon as you indulge.

Business

RIL’s new gas find ‘unviable’, says energy regulator       The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) has termed as “economically unviable” the new natural gas finds in the eastern offshore KG-D6 block by Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) at the $4.205 per mmBtu approved price. RIL had in December 2009, submitted to DGH an optimised development plan for four satellite gas fields around the currently producing Dhirubhai-1 and 3 gas fields in the KG-DWN-98/3, or KG-D6, block. It proposed to invest $1.529 billion in producing up to 10 million standard cubic metres per day from the four discoveries in five years’ time. In a note submitted to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry, the DGH has stated that considering the production profile, the cost estimates and project schedule as provided by operator (RIL), the project yields a negative net present value (NPV) of $239 million at the gas price of $4.2 per mmBtu. RIL has projected first gas from the Dhirubhai-2, 6, 19 and 22 (D-2, D-6, D-19 and D-22) fields in 2016. “If royalty is excluded from project cost and capital expenditure is phased over a period of two years before the date of first gas extraction, the project becomes marginally viable. The projected total revenue and NPV of the cash flow at a 10 per cent discount factor are $2,360 million and $33 million. The project becomes marginally economically viable,” it said. However, it added that royalty in any case has to be paid to the government. Reliance had in 2007 proposed a price of $4.33 per mmBtu for gas from KG-D6. The government however tweaked the formula and fixed the sale price at $4.205 per mmBtu for the first five years of production. DGH has evaluated the new finds in KG-D6 at the government-approved price and did not consider a higher rate that may be fixed in 2014, when the price comes up for review. RIL has so far made 18 gas discoveries in the KG-D6 block. The DGH carried out techno-economic feasibility studies at a gas price of $4.2 per mmBtu and projected total revenue and NPV at a 10 per cent discount factor at $6.52 billion and negative $2.51 billion. It told RIL that the development plan needs to be optimised. RIL submitted the optimised development plan for the four satellite gas fields in end-2009. RIL estimated 1,733 Billion Cubic Feet of in-place gas reserves in the four finds, of which 626 BCF can be produced. However, the DGH trimmed down the estimates to 1,342 BCF and 617 BCF, respectively.

Shortcut keys on keyboards

ey Board Short Cut

Change or Resize the Font

Press

To

CTRL+SHIFT+F

Change the font

CTRL+SHIFT+P

Change the font size

CTRL+SHIFT+>

Increase the font size

CTRL+SHIFT+<

Decrease the font size

CTRL+]

Increase the font size by 1 point

CTRL+[

Decrease the font size by 1 point

Apply Character Formats

Press

To

CTRL+D

Change the formatting of characters (Font command, Format menu)

SHIFT+F3

Change the case of letters

CTRL+SHIFT+A

Format letters as all capitals

CTRL+B

Apply bold formatting

CTRL+U

Apply an underline

CTRL+SHIFT+W

Underline words but not spaces

CTRL+SHIFT+D

Double-underline text

CTRL+SHIFT+H

Apply hidden text formatting

CTRL+I

Apply italic formatting

CTRL+SHIFT+K

Format letters as small capitals

CTRL+EQUAL SIGN

Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing)

CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN

Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing)

CTRL+SPACEBAR

Remove manual character formatting

CTRL+SHIFT+Q

Change the selection to the Symbol font

View and Copy Text Formats

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To

CTRL+SHIFT+* (asterisk)

Display nonprinting characters

SHIFT+F1 (then click the text whose formatting you want to review)

Review text formatting

CTRL+SHIFT+C

Copy formats

CTRL+SHIFT+V

Paste formats





Set Line Spacing

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To set line spacing to

CTRL+1

Single-space lines

CTRL+2

Double-space lines

CTRL+5

Set 1.5-line spacing

CTRL+0 (zero)

Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph

Align Paragraphs

Press

To

CTRL+E

Center a paragraph

CTRL+J

Justify a paragraph

CTRL+L

Left align a paragraph

CTRL+R

Right align a paragraph

CTRL+M

Indent a paragraph from the left

CTRL+SHIFT+M

Remove a paragraph indent from the left

CTRL+T

Create a hanging indent

CTRL+SHIFT+T

Reduce a hanging indent

CTRL+Q

Remove paragraph formatting

Apply Paragraph Styles

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To

CTRL+SHIFT+S

Apply a style

ALT+CTRL+K

Start AutoFormat

CTRL+SHIFT+N

Apply the Normal style

ALT+CTRL+1

Apply the Heading 1 style

ALT+CTRL+2

Apply the Heading 2 style

ALT+CTRL+3

Apply the Heading 3 style

CTRL+SHIFT+L

Apply the List style

Delete Text and Graphics

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To

BACKSPACE

Delete one character to the left

CTRL+BACKSPACE

Delete one word to the left

DELETE

Delete one character to the right

CTRL+DELETE

Delete one word to the right

CTRL+X

Cut selected text to the Clipboard

CTRL+Z

Undo the last action

CTRL+F3

Cut to the Spike

Copy and Move Text and Graphics

Press

To

CTRL+C

Copy text or graphics

CTRL+C, CTRL+C

Display the Clipboard

F2 (then move the insertion point and press ENTER)

Move text or graphics

ALT+F3

Create AutoText

CTRL+V

Paste the Clipboard contents

CTRL+SHIFT+F3

Paste the Spike contents

ALT+SHIFT+R

Copy the header or footer used in the previous section of the document

Insert Special Characters

Press

To insert

CTRL+F9

A field

ENTER (after typing the first few characters of the AutoText entry name and when the ScreenTip appears)

An AutoText entry

SHIFT+ENTER

A line break

CTRL+ENTER

A page break

CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

A column break

CTRL+HYPHEN

An optional hyphen

CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN

A nonbreaking hyphen

CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR

A nonbreaking space

ALT+CTRL+C

The copyright symbol

ALT+CTRL+R

The registered trademark symbol

ALT+CTRL+T

The trademark symbol

ALT+CTRL+period

An ellipsis









Select Text and Graphics

Select text by holding down SHIFT and pressing the key that moves the insertion point.

Press

To extend a selection

SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

One character to the right

SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

One character to the left

CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

To the end of a word

CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

To the beginning of a word

SHIFT+END

To the end of a line

SHIFT+HOME

To the beginning of a line

SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

One line down

SHIFT+UP ARROW

One line up

CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

To the end of a paragraph

CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW

To the beginning of a paragraph

SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

One screen down

SHIFT+PAGE UP

One screen up

CTRL+SHIFT+HOME

To the beginning of a document

CTRL+SHIFT+END

To the end of a document

ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

To the end of a window

CTRL+A

To include the entire document

CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode

To a vertical block of text

F8+arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode

To a specific location in a document

Tip If you know the key combination to move the insertion point, you can generally select the text by using the same key combination while holding down SHIFT. For example, CTRL+RIGHT ARROW moves the insertion point to the next word, and CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW selects the text from the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.

Select Text and Graphics in a Table

Press

To

TAB

Select the next cell's contents

SHIFT+TAB

Select the preceding cell's contents

Hold down SHIFT and press an arrow key repeatedly

Extend a selection to adjacent cells

Click in the column's top or bottom cell. Hold down SHIFT and press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW key repeatedly

Select a column

CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode

Extend a selection (or block)

SHIFT+F8

Reduce the selection size

ALT+5 on the numeric keypad (with NUM LOCK off)

Select an entire table

Extend a Selection

Press

To

F8

Turn extend mode on

F8, and then press LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW

Select the nearest character

F8 (press once to select a word, twice to select a sentence, and so forth)

Increase the size of a selection

SHIFT+F8

Reduce the size of a selection

ESC

Turn extend mode off

Move the Insertion Point

Press

To move

LEFT ARROW

One character to the left

RIGHT ARROW

One character to the right

CTRL+LEFT ARROW

One word to the left

CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

One word to the right

CTRL+UP ARROW

One paragraph up

CTRL+DOWN ARROW

One paragraph down

SHIFT+TAB

One cell to the left (in a table)

TAB

One cell to the right (in a table)

UP ARROW

Up one line

DOWN ARROW

Down one line

END

To the end of a line

HOME

To the beginning of a line

ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP

To the top of the window

ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN

To the end of the window

PAGE UP

Up one screen (scrolling)

PAGE DOWN

Down one screen (scrolling)

CTRL+PAGE DOWN

To the top of the next page

CTRL+PAGE UP

To the top of the previous page

CTRL+END

To the end of a document

CTRL+HOME

To the beginning of a document

SHIFT+F5

To a previous revision

SHIFT+F5

To the location of the insertion point when the document was last closed



Move Around in a table

Press

To move to the

TAB

Next cell in a row

SHIFT+TAB

Previous cell in a row

ALT+HOME

First cell in a row

ALT+END

Last cell in a row

ALT+PAGE UP

First cell in a column

ALT+PAGE DOWN

Last cell in a column

UP ARROW

Previous row

DOWN ARROW

Next row

Insert Paragraphs and Tab Characters in a Table

Press

To insert

ENTER

New paragraphs in a cell

CTRL+TAB

Tab characters in a cell





Create, View, and Save Documents

Press

To

CTRL+N

Create a new document of the same type as the current or most recent document

CTRL+O

Open a document

CTRL+W

Close a document

ALT+CTRL+S

Split the document window

ALT+SHIFT+C

Remove the document window split

CTRL+S

Save a document

Find, Replace, and Browse Through Text

Press

To

CTRL+F

Find text, formatting, and special items

ALT+CTRL+Y

Repeat find (after closing Find and Replace window)

CTRL+H

Replace text, specific formatting, and special items

CTRL+G

Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location

ALT+CTRL+Z

Go back to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location

ALT+CTRL+HOME

Browse through a document



Undo and Redo Actions

Press

To

ESC

Cancel an action

CTRL+Z

Undo an action

CTRL+Y

Redo or repeat an action

Switch to Another View

Press

To

ALT+CTRL+P

Switch to print layout view

ALT+CTRL+O

Switch to outline view

ALT+CTRL+N

Switch to normal view

CTRL+\

Move between a master document and its subdocuments



Keys for reviewing documents

Note to enlarge the Help window to fill the screen, press ALT+SPACEBAR and then press X. To restore the window to its previous size and location, press ALT+SPACEBAR and then press R. To print this topic, press CTRL+P.

ALT+CTRL+M

Insert a comment

CTRL+SHIFT+E

Turn track changes on or off

HOME

Go to the beginning of a comment

END

Go to the end of a comment

CTRL+HOME

Go to the beginning of the list of comments

CTRL+END

Go to the end of the list of comments



Keys for working with references, footnotes, and endnotes

Note to enlarge the Help window to fill the screen, press ALT+SPACEBAR and then press X. To restore the window to its previous size and location, press ALT+SPACEBAR and then press R. To print this topic, press CTRL+P.

Press

To

ALT+SHIFT+O

Mark a table of contents entry

ALT+SHIFT+I

Mark a table of authorities entry

ALT+SHIFT+X

Mark an index entry

ALT+CTRL+F

Insert a footnote

ALT+CTRL+D

Insert an endnote







Keys for working with fields

Note to enlarge the Help window to fill the screen, press ALT+SPACEBAR and then press X. To restore the window to its previous size and location, press ALT+SPACEBAR and then press R. To print this topic, press CTRL+P.

Press

To insert



ALT+SHIFT+D

A DATE field



ALT+CTRL+L

A LISTNUM field



ALT+SHIFT+P

A PAGE field



ALT+SHIFT+T

A TIME field



CTRL+F9

An empty field



Press

To

CTRL+SHIFT+F7

Update linked information in a Word source document

F9

Update selected fields

CTRL+SHIFT+F9

Unlink a field

SHIFT+F9

Switch between a field code and its result

ALT+F9

Switch between all field codes and their results

ALT+SHIFT+F9

Run GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from the field that displays the field results

F11

Go to the next field

SHIFT+F11

Go to the previous field

CTRL+F11

Lock a field

CTRL+SHIFT+F11

Unlock a field



Insert an AutoShape by using the keyboard

Use the keyboard to show the Drawing toolbar if it is not showing.

Press ALT+U to choose AutoShape on the Drawing toolbar.

Use the arrow keys to move through the categories of AutoShapes and select the AutoShape you want.

Press CTRL+ENTER.

Note To edit the AutoShape, select the AutoShape, and then use the keyboard to choose AutoShape on the Format menu. Select the options you want on the available tabs.







Keys for menus

Note To enlarge the Help window to fill the screen, press ALT+SPACEBAR, and then press X. To restore the window to its previous size and location, press ALT+SPACEBAR, and then press R. To print this topic, press CTRL+P.

Press

To

SHIFT+F10

Show the shortcut menu

F10

Make the menu bar active

ALT+SPACEBAR

Show the program icon menu (on the program title bar)

DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW (with the menu or submenu displayed)

Select the next or previous command on the menu or submenu

LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW

Select the menu to the left or right; or, with a submenu visible, switch between the main menu and the submenu

HOME or END

Select the first or last command on the menu or submenu

ALT

Close the visible menu and submenu at the same time

ESC

Close the visible menu; or, with a submenu visible, close the submenu only

ALT+CTRL+=

Add a toolbar button to a menu. When you type this shortcut key and then click a toolbar button, Microsoft Word adds the button to the appropriate menu. For example, click Bullets on the Formatting toolbar to add the Bullets command to the Format menu.

ALT+CTRL+- (dash key)

Remove a command from a menu. When you type this shortcut key and then select a menu command, the command is removed. You can add the menu command back to the menu if you change your mind.

ALT+CTRL++ (plus key on numeric keypad)

Customize the shortcut key for a menu command. When you type this shortcut key and then select a menu command, the Customize Keyboard dialog box opens so you can add, change, or remove the shortcut key.

Tip You can use the keyboard to select any menu command on the menu bar or on a visible toolbar. Press ALT to select the menu bar. (To then select a toolbar, press CTRL+TAB; repeat until the toolbar you want is selected.) Press the letter that is underlined in the menu name that contains the command you want. In the menu that appears, press the letter underlined in the command name that you want.

Select a drawing object by using the keyboard

If the insertion point is within text in your document, do the following:

Press F10 to make the menu bar active.

Press CTRL+TAB until the Drawing toolbar is active.

Press the RIGHT ARROW key to choose Select Objects .

Press CTRL+ENTER to select the first drawing object.

Press the TAB key to cycle forward (or SHIFT+TAB to cycle backward) through the objects until sizing handles appear on the object you want to select.

If the insertion point is within text in a drawing object, do the following:

Press SHIFT+F10, and then use the keyboard to choose Exit Edit Text on the shortcut menu.

Press the TAB key to cycle forward (or SHIFT+TAB to cycle backward) through the objects until sizing handles appear on the object you want to select.

Note To switch from selecting objects back to editing text in your document, press ESC.

Morals

LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS

 “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

Inspirational  Poem

 
You gotta aspire
before you climb the highest mountain
reach the highest peak
breathe in that breathe of life
take your first step

self satisfaction
self realisation
you did it on your own
overcame all those obstacles
that waited on every turn

every turn of your life
every hurdle that was put in front
put in front of you
still you ran that race
still raised a smile or two
a moment of self dicovery
you discovered the real you

Obama

Obama signs 1st major patent law change since 1952
 

 

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a major overhaul of the nation's patent system, a measure designed to ease the way for inventors to bring their products to market. 'We can't afford to drag our feet any longer,' the president said.

Passed in a rare display of congressional bipartisanship, the America Invents Act is the first significant change in patent law since 1952. It has been hailed as a milestone that would spur innovation and create jobs.

The bill is meant to ensure that the patent office, now facing a backlog of 1.2 million pending patents, has the money to expedite the application process. It now takes an average of three years to get a patent approved. More than 700,000 applications have yet to be reviewed.

'Somewhere in that stack of applications could be the next technological breakthrough, the next miracle drug,' Obama said. 'We should be making it easier and faster to turn new ideas into jobs.'

The president signed the bill after touring Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, where he examined students' work, including a wheelchair that responds to brain waves. Obama at one point had to step aside as he admired the technological displays. 'I don't want to get run over by a robot,' he said.

The law aims to streamline the patent process and reduce costly legal battles. It was backed companies including Google and Apple as well as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Small-scale inventors are divided on the legislation, with some arguing that it gives an advantage to big corporations.

Obama was joined at the signing ceremony by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, the two main sponsors of the legislation.

"It has been widely suggested that the new law could be contested on constitutional grounds. Article One, Section 8, clause 8 (AKA the 'copyright clause') of the U.S. Constitution empowers congress to pass laws in order "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." A "first to file" system seems to run afoul of the constitutional concept of invention, and the new law is almost certain to be challenged in the courts."

Healthy Choco

It’s official: Chocolate is ‘as good as exercise’

It is the news that chocoholics have been waiting for: Chocolate is as good as exercise, a new study has claimed.

Scientists at Wayne State University in the U.S. found that small amounts of dark chocolate may improve health in a similar way to exercise.

The researchers who focused on the mitochondria, the tiny powerhouses in cells that generate energy, discovered that a plant compound found in chocolate, called epicatechin, appeared to stimulate the same muscle response as vigorous activity, the Daily Telegraph reported.

“Mitochondria produce energy which is used by the cells in the body. More mitochondria mean more energy is produced the more work can be performed,” said Dr. Moh Malek, who led the research on mice.

“Aerobic exercise, such as running or cycling, is known to increase the number of mitochondria in muscle cells,” Dr. Malek said.

“Our study has found that epicatechin seems to bring about the same response, particularly in the heart and skeletal muscles.”

For their study, published in the Journal of Physiology, the researchers gave a specific type of epicatechin from cocoa to the laboratory mice twice a day for 15 days.

At the same time, the animals underwent 30 minutes of treadmill training each day.

It was found that mice only fed epicatechin had the same exercise performance as those running on the treadmill.

The findings would lead to better ways of combating age-related muscle wasting, the scientists hoped.

Dr Malek said, the number of mitochondria decreases in skeletal muscle as we age, and this affects us physically in terms of both muscle energy production and endurance.

“Applying what we know about epicatechin’s ability to boost mitochondria numbers may provide an approach to reduce the effects of muscle ageing.”

According to the researchers, middle-aged mice who both exercised and ate epicatechin showed an even greater benefit.

“It appears epicatechin treatment combined with exercise could be a viable means to offset muscle ageing,” said Dr. Malek.

“At the moment it would be a leap of faith to say the same effects would be seen in humans. But it is something we hope to identify in future studies,” he added.

CAT 2012

A different flavour to CAT

The popular notion - it is easier for an engineering graduate to crack the Common Admission Test (CAT) - the gateway to the 13 IIMS and most reputed business schools of the country - might soon become history. Come this October, thousands of aspiring management professionals across the country will take the test, most famously known for its evolving patterns and difficulty levels. But this time the test would have a different flavour to it.

As intimated by the IIMs, this year, the test will have only two sections instead of three. The first section will focus on Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation (DI), while the second on Verbal Ability (VA) and Logical Reasoning (LR). The sections, with 30 questions each, will be implemented sequentially with separate time limits of 70 minutes, which means the candidates will not have the option of jumping questions in between sections.

Incidentally, a very similar paper pattern to the one outlined above was used for CAT 1996 and CAT 1997 - except that there were far more questions, point out experts.

The new CAT seeks to not only place the testing pattern of the exam on a par with globally recognised entrances like GMAT and GRE, but also looks at making it easily attainable by graduates of all disciples, thus reducing the dominance of engineers, says Sridhar Madhavan, an educational consultant. It would not be a surprise if CAT soon opens up to year-long testing window in the coming years and starts focussing more on the ‘writing' component, he adds.

With not many days left for the test now, the focus of most aspirants is on thinking and trying out strategies to suit the timed format. Coaching institutes, on the other hand, are focussing on changing their mock test patterns.

“What is unclear by Logical Reasoning in Verbal is if they mean critical language reasoning as in GMAT or sequence reasoning questions like arrangements of cubes?” asks Anshul Arora, an engineering student from Bangalore, echoing a common doubt among CAT aspirants.

Explaining the reasons for this shift, Janakiraman Moorthy of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta, who is the Convenor for the Common Admissions Test (CAT) 2011 says, “Students spend a lot of time on one section and thereby lose out on other sections. No point giving a time and section limit if we are going to allow the candidate to go from one section to another.”

The number of test days has been retained at 20 days within the window from 22 October to 18 November 2011. A 15-minute tutorial will be provided before the start of the test and the total time will be two hours and 35 minutes for the test including tutorial, say officials.

The new pattern, observe experts, also seeks to do away with many complaints about online CAT, especially on the varying difficulty levels of questions in different paper sets. Senior professors, however say, considerable effort has been invested in maintaining similar level of difficulty across papers.

“But now they have to normalize two sections instead of three. That is a welcome change. The number of questions remain the same and the candidates would get five minutes extra,” says Mr. Madhavan. However, students now will have to prepare equally for all the sections. Being good at selecting questions smartly, leaving out the tricky ones would not help, say experts.

sports news

Saina exits, Jwala-Diju reach semis of China Masters   

India’s ace shuttler Saina Nehwal exited from the China Masters Superseries, but the top mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V Diju kept the tricolour fluttering by registering a thrilling victory to advance to semifinals at Changzhou on Friday.

Fifth seed Saina lost 8—21 12—21 to top seed and world number one Yihan Wang in a women’s singles match that lasted for 33 minutes at the Xincheng Gymnasium.

Jwala and Diju, however, held their nerve in crucial moments to register a 17—21 21—19 21—9 win over Robert Blair of Scotland and Briton’s Gabrielle White in a 46—minute match.

The world number 56 pair will take on the Korean duo of Yeon Seong Yoo and Ye Na Jang in the semifinals on Saturday.

The 21—year—old Saina was no match for the Chinese as she sent down as many as 23 smash winners against eight by the Indian. She also played better at the net, registering 13 winners compared to Saina’s four.

Yihan did not give Saina a chance as she opened up a 2—0 lead before moving in giant strides to pocket the first game.
The second game was no different as Yihan reeled off eight straight points from 4—3 to create a huge gap which Saina could never bridge.

Saina had lost in the quarterfinals of the World Championship as well last month.

While Saina had an off day, Jwala and Diju fought back from a game down to win in mixed doubles.
The Indian duo took time to get into the groove and after lagging 5—13, they narrowed the gap to 17—19 before allowing their rivals to walk away with the first game.

However, Jwala and Diju bounced back in the second game with the help of some deft net play and coordination as they opened up a 13—8 lead, which they held on to draw level.
In the decider, the Indian pair dug into their vast experience and broke off from 3—all as Blair and White faltered.