Two teams tied at national inter-school crossword contest
The Hindu
Due to the pandemic, the Cryptic Crossword Contest 2021 is being held in an online format
Two teams were tied at the first and second positions at the end of Phase I of the prestigious annual national-level inter-school Cryptic Crossword Contest 2021, on Sunday. The contest was inaugurated on July 31. The teams led by Vijval Ekbote of The Mother’s International School, New Delhi, and Adya Singh of Notre Dame Academy, Patna, shared the first spot; those led by Vaishnavi Pandey of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) Farrukhabad and Aditya Sharma of JNV Faridabad shared the second spot. The team led by Ashish M. of DPS Pune got the third position. The rankings are based on the cumulative scores of the two online rounds on July 31 and August 1. Based on the overall rankings, school teams will now be shortlisted for a face-to-face online round and then for an offline Grand Finale in Phase II. All online rounds are hosted on the portal crypticsingh.com.“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
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