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India’s invitation

The International Inspiration programme is awarding two school students and one teacher from Delhi to volunteer at a multi-sport event for the United Kingdom’s elite young athletes.

Titled “2008 UK School Games”, the four-day event that opens on August 28 has been organised and run by the Youth Sport Trust. The games are aimed at using the power of sport to transform the lives of millions of children and young people in developing countries.

They are designed to replicate the feel of an Olympic and Paralympics Games. Covering nine different sports, there will be competition in athletics, badminton, fencing, gymnastics, hockey, judo, swimming, table tennis and volleyball with disability events in athletics, swimming and table tennis.

Selected through a robust application process, 15-year-old Abhishek Kumar and Bipra Biswambhara of the same age will be accompanied by Mohan S. Nikhalji, an English teacher at Kendriya Vidyalaya.

International Inspiration (India) project manager, Mona Shipley says: “This is a cultural exchange where our young people can learn more about different sports, how to organise an important national event and most importantly, personally develop through sport and interaction with young people, from the UK, as part of the volunteering team.”

Pointing out that a number of children and teachers from across the globe have benefited from the International Inspiration programme, Mona says the events include leadership training for students and local tutors, an international school linking programme with U.K. schools and ideas and resources for new ways to engage children and young people through sport to realise educational, social and health benefits.

Madhur Tankha

Energy conservation

West Delhi residents have taken the lead over their counterparts in the rest of the city so far as conserving energy is concerned. As per the data collated by power distribution company BSES, West Delhi residents are the highest consumers of energy saving compact fluorescent lamps.

About 22,434 CFLs have gone off shelves in the power company’s West Delhi outlets while South Delhi has seen 19,524 CFLs being sold. East and Central Delhi customers, having bought 15,450 and 3,810 CFLs, are at the third and the fourth spot respectively.

Owing to the features of significantly reducing power consumption and consequently the electricity bills, CFLs are fast becoming a popular energy saving devise.

What’s more with consumers having warmed up to the benefits of switching to the CFLs and other energy efficient devices, the power companies are eyeing a major saving of power.

According to the discoms, savings accruing from the sale of over 60,000 CFLs will lead to a reduction in maximum demand by around 4 MW and savings of around 5.5 million units. So while the consumers expect a cut in their electricity bills, the discoms can look forward to a reduction in the demand-supply mismatch.

Smriti Kak Ramachandran

YFE’s e-paper

Youth for Equality has come up with a new initiative to garner support for its cause. On the occasion of Independence Day, the organisation launched an e-paper — YFE Crusader. Those who want to express their views are free to contribute to this monthly e-paper.

The brainchild of a Delhi University student activist of the YFE, N. Agasti, the bilingual e-paper is available at www.yfemovement.com. “The idea is to reaffirm our pledge to free India from caste-based discrimination. This is an initiative to bring all like-minded people on a common platform and share their opinions,” he said.

“Anyone from students and teachers can send their inputs. They can send articles on social, political and economic issues in India, any news regarding improper implementation of the reservation policy or legal articles on the reservation policy,” Agasti added.

While Agasti has prepared the content for the first issue of the e-paper, its designing has been done by Ravi Doburi, a student of Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

Parul Sharma

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