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British Sikh army officer becomes first woman of colour to trek solo to South Pole, have a look at her journey

Captain Harpreet Chandi announced her achievement on her live blog by the name the Polar Preet. On Monday, January 3, 2022, after traveling 700 miles without any support, she travelled the distance within merely 40 days.

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Captain Harpreet Chandi, an Indian-origin British Sikh army officer has completed her solo expedition to the South Pole. In doing so, she has become the first woman of colour to achieve this feat. The 32-year-old officer, who is also a physiotherapist, began her journey on November 24, 2021.

Chandi announced her achievement on her live blog by the name the Polar Preet. On Monday, January 3, 2022, after traveling 700 miles without any support, she travelled the distance within merely 40 days.

Captain Chandi’s reaction

Her post from day 40 expressed her feelings related to the expedition. There was a time when Chandi didn’t know anything about the polar world but later got interested in that and ever since then she had been preparing. For her, the expedition meant much more than just herself. She wishes to encourage people to push their boundaries, believe in themselves and to not worry about any labels.

She shared how many a times, she has been told to be normal. She believes that every individual creates their own normal and is capable of anything they wish for. Captain Chandi wishes to smash the glass ceiling into a million pieces, and she is succeeding very well indeed.

Her preparation

Captain Preet Chandi spent more than two and a half year preparing for her expedition. She trained in the Frensh Alps, trekked through Iceland’s Langjökull Glacier and spent 27 days on Greenland’s ice top. To simulate pulling a sled, she dragged a heavy tire behind her back when she was in England.

Her journey included travelling 700 miles while towing a pulk or sledge with all of her belongings and facing temperatures as low as – 50 degrees Celsius and winds of up to 60 miles per hour. She did all of this without any support.

Captain Chandi hopes that her feat will inspire others and something similar will keep happening year after year.

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Physics Wallah founder gets invited as speaker to Harvard, Stanford Universities, post goes viral

In his post Alakh Pandey wrote that he was invited to speak at Harvard University, Stanford University, and University Of California. He said that he motivated the Indian students studying in these premier institutions to return to India to contribute to the country’s growth and development.

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Alakh Pandey, also known as Physics Wallah, took to his Instagram handle and shared a post on being invited to prestigious foreign universities as a speaker. In his post, he shared how he asked the Indian students studying in the premier institutions – Harvard University, Stanford University, and the University Of California – to return to their homeland. He urged those Indian students who cannot return should directly or indirectly contribute to India’s progress.

Physics Wallah wrote his caption in Hindi and shared a number of pictures showing him standing at different places. In his post, he wrote that he was invited to speak at Harvard University, Stanford University, and University Of California. Pandey said that he motivated the Indian students studying in these premier institutions to return to India to contribute to the country’s growth and development.

He said he knew that his country has many flaws. But, the youth should work towards making it better. The post was shared 21 hours ago and has gone viral with 306,512 likes till now which are only increasing. Large number of Instagram users and students commented on the viral post. One user Himanshu kumar shared the post and wrote heart emojis. One user Ayush Pandit ji wrote Jai Hind. One user Raunak asked if they should bow down in front of him. He added Alakh Pandey sir is the real king.

Another user said Alakh Pandey sir should convince people abroad to join Physics Wallah as well. Another Instagram user said Physics wallah is making India proud. Another social media user said Alakh sir is the best. One user said this is a very proud moment for Physics Wallah. One user said sir is looking like a superhero. Another Instagram user said Alakh sir is his idol.

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IPL 2024: Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets to chase down highest T20 total

Jonny Bairstow hit an unbeaten knock of 108* runs off 48 balls. He was well supported by Shashank Singh (68*) who hit an unbeaten half-century.

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Jonny Bairstow’s century helped Punjab Kings create history at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday as they chased down the highest total ever by an IPL side in the history of the competition against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Set to chase a total of 262 runs, Punjab Kings reached 262/2 in 18.4 overs, due of an unbeaten century from Jonny Bairstow. Bairstow hit an unbeaten knock of 108* runs off 48 balls. He was well supported by Shashank Singh (68*) who hit an unbeaten half-century. Prabhsimran Singh (54) also hit a half-century for Punjab Kings and Rilee Rossouw fell to Sunil Narine scoring 26 runs off 16 balls.

Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran initially won the toss and decided to bowl first. Ramandeep Singh remained unbeaten for Kolkata Knight Riders as Rinku Singh (5) and Venkatesh Iyer (39) lost their wickets in the final over to Harshal Patel. Earlier, Phil Salt hit a half-century along with his opening partner Sunil Narine also doing the same.

Narine hit 71 runs off 32 deliveries and lost his wicket to Rahul Chahar. Meanwhile, Salt departed after hitting 75 runs off 37 deliveries and ultimately lost his wicket to Sam Curran. Arshdeep Singh dismissed Shreyas Iyer (28) and Andre Russell (24) as Kolkata Knight Riders posted 261/6 in 20 overs. But the night belonged to Punjab Kings, who dominated the game in the 2nd innings and eventually sealed an 8-wicket victory.

A total of 523 runs were scored during the match and an all time IPL record of 42 sixes were also hit by the both teams. Both the record chases now have come against the Kolkata Knight Riders in a space of 10 days and at the same venue of Eden Gardens. It was on April 16, Kolkata Knight Riders had failed to defend 223/6 with Jos Buttler hitting a 55-ball ton to pull off the record breaking run chase.

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Social media user shares video of Air India ground staff throwing expensive musical instruments, video goes viral

Ishwar Dwivedi captioned the video this is how Air India handles our expensive musical instruments. He asked social media users to spread this video and asked them to question Air India authorities.

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 A video circulating on social media platforms showing Air India staff throwing luggage has sparked outrage online. The video was shared by Instagram user Ishwar Dwivedi which shows Air India staff throwing passengers luggage which also included musical instruments onto a luggage cart and showed apparent disregard for care.

The video has gone viral across social media platforms with 1789353 likes till now which are only increasing. Ishwar Dwivedi captioned the video this is how Air India handles our expensive musical instruments. He asked social media users to spread this video and asked them to question Air India authorities.

Large number of instragram users commented on the viral video. Ishwar Dwivedi asked Air India and Ratan Tata that this is how they handle fragile items? One user said this was the sad reality of the airline industry and all airlines do the same thing. Another Instagram user recalled that an Air India hostess named Kago misbehaved with him the day before. One social media user Surya said Air India is the worst airline. Another Instagram user jokingly compared the situation to Railways where passengers keep check of their luggage and belongings themselves.

 One user Ragini responded to the video and said this is why she had anger issues. One social media user Shivam said he was going to book 2 tickets of Air India but after watching this video he changed his mind and is going to travel by train instead.

One Instagram user tagged Air India and wrote that the company should stop its service if it cannot handle these incidents. He said Air India should concemtrate on improving its overall customer experience. He said he had witnessed very poor service from an air hostess last time. He said he made sure that the air hostess does not repeat the mistake next time. He said the service of Air India is very poor.

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