Morning Assembly

Pledge

School Pledge in English

India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters. I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage. I shall always strive to be worthy of it. I shall give respect to my parents, teachers and elders and treat everyone with courtesy. To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion. In their well being and prosperity alone, lies my happiness.

Jai Hind!

छात्र प्रतिज्ञा / Pledge in Hindi

भारत हमारा देश है। हम सब भारतवासी भाई-बहन हैं। हमें अपना देश प्राणों से भी प्यारा है। इसकी समृद्धि और विविध संस्कृति पर हमें गर्व है। हम इसके सुयोग्य अधिकारी बनने का प्रयन्त सदा करते रहेंगे। हम अपने माता-पिता, शिक्षकों और गुरुजनों का आदर करेंगे और सबके साथ शिष्ठता का व्यवहार करेंगे। हम अपने देश और देशवासियों के प्रति वफ़ादार रहने की प्रतिज्ञा करते हैं। उनके कल्याण और समृद्धि में ही हमारा सुख निहित है। जय हिन्द।

छात्र प्रतिज्ञा

भारतम् अस्माकं देशः । वयं सर्वे भारतीयाः, परस्परं भ्रातरौ भगिन्यश्च । अस्माकं देशः, प्राणेभ्योऽपि प्रियतरः । अस्य समृद्धौ, विविध संस्कृतौ च वयं गौरवम् अनुभवामः । वयम् अस्य, सुयोग्याः अधिकारिणो भवितु, प्रयत्मानाः भविष्यामः। वयं स्वपित्रोः, शिक्षकाणां गुरुणां च, सदैव सम्मान करिष्याम:। सवैश्च सह, शिष्टतया, व्यवहारं करिष्यामः। वयं स्वदेश, देशवासिनश्च प्रति विश्वास भाजः, भवेम, तेषा कल्याणे, समृद्धौ च, अस्माकं सुखं, निहितम् जयतू भारतम्। अस्ति ।

प्रार्थना / Prayer

हिन्दी

ॐ असतो मा सत् गमय…

तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय…

मृत्योर्मा अमृतम् गमय


दया कर दान विद्या का हमें परमात्मा देना

दया करना हमारी आत्मा में शुद्धता देना

हमारे ध्यान में आओ प्रभू आँखों में बस जाओ

अँधेरे दिल में आ करके, परम ज्योती जगा देना


बहा दो ज्ञान कि गँगा दिलों में प्रेम का सागर

हमें आपस में मिल जुलकर, प्रभू रहना सिखा देना

हमारे धर्म हो सेवा, हमारे कर्म हो सेवा

सदा इमान हो सेवा, व सेवक जन बना देना


वतन के वास्ते जीना, वतन के वास्ते मरना

वतन पर जान फ़िदा करना, प्रभू हमको सिखा देना

दया कर दान विद्या का हमें परमात्मा देना

दया करना हमारी आत्मा में शुद्धता देना


ॐ सहना ववतु सहनौ भुनक्तु सहवीर्यम् करवावहै

तेजस्विनावधीतमस्तु, मा विद्विशावहै

ओम् शांतिः शांतिः शांतिः

English

Om Asato mā sadgamaya

Tamasomā jyotir gamaya

Mrityormāamritam gamaya


Daya Kar Daan Vidya Ka, Hame Paramatma Dena,

Daya Karana Hamari Aatma Mein, Shuddhata Dena।

Hamare Dhyan Mein Aao, Prabhu Aankhon Mein Bas Jao,

Andhere Dil Mein Aakar Ke, Param Jyoti Jaga Dena।


Baha Do Gyan Ki Ganga, Dilon Mein Prem Ka Sagar,

Hame Aapas Mein Mil-jul Ke, Prabhu Rahana Sikha Dena।

Hamara Dharm Ho Seva, Hamara Karm Ho Seva,

Sada Eeman Ho Seva, Wa Sevak Jan Bana Dena।


Vatan Ke Vaste Jeena, Vatan Ke Vaste Marana,

Vatan Pe Jan Fida Karana, Prabhu Hamako Sikha Dena।

Daya Kar Daan Vidya Ka, Hame Paramatma Dena,

Daya Karana Hamari Aatma Mein, Shuddhata Dena।


Om Sahanavavatu Sahanou Bhunaktu

Sahaviryam Karavavahai

Tejaswinavadhikmastu mavidvishavahai

Om Shanti Shanti Shanti

Thought

1. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” —Walt Whitman

2. “Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.” —Jodi Picoul

3. “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” —Tony Robbins

4. “You can have it all. Just not all at once.” —Oprah Winfrey

5. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan

6. "Say something positive, and you’ll see something positive.” —Jim Thompson

7. “All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” —Earl Nightingale

8. "Train your mind to see the good in every situation." —Unknown

9. "If you can stay positive in a negative situation, you win." —Unknown

10. "Stay positive. Better days are on their way." —Unknown

11. "Only in the darkness can you see the stars." —Martin Luther King, Jr.

12. “I dwell in possibility.” —Emily Dickinson

13. “A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” – Bruce Lee

14. “A No. 2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.” —Joyce Meyer

15. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi

16. “Be yourself and people will like you.” —Jeff Kinney

17. “Each day provides its own gifts.” —Marcus Aurelius

18. “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” —Nathaniel Hawthorne

19. "You do not find the happy life. You make it." —Thomas S. Monson

20. "Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen." —Deep Roy

21. “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” —Roald Dahl

22. "Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory." —Dr. Seuss

23. "The most wasted of days is one without laughter." —E. E. Cummings

24. "To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks." —Bill Gates

25. “To live a fulfilled life, we need to keep creating the 'what is next', of our lives. Without dreams and goals there is no living, only merely existing, and that is not why we are here.” —Mark Twain

26.“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” —Maya Angelou

27. "What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you." —Ralph Waldo Emerson

28. "The moment where you doubt you can fly, you cease for ever being able to do it." —Peter Pan J.M. Barrie

29. “Think and wonder. Wonder and think.” —Dr. Suess

30. "Just for the record darling, not all positive change feels positive in the beginning." —S. C. Lourie

31. "Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." —Buddha

32. "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." —John F. Kennedy

33. "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." —Aesop

34. "Most people are nice when you finally see them." —Harper Lee

35. "When you are imagining, you might as well imagine something worth while." —Lucy Maud Montgomery

36. "What we think, we become." —Buddha

37. "No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world." —Robin Williams

38. "Whoever is happy will make others happy too." —Anne Frank

39. "Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others." —Rosa Parks

40.  "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." —Walt Disney

41. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do." —H.Jackson Brown Jr

42. “Salvation lies within.” —Warden Samuel Norton

43. "Jump in with both feet and be brave." —Sujit Choudhry

44. "If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels." —Tennessee Williams

45. "Always let your conscience be your guide." —Jiminy Cricket

46. "Do what is true to your soul." —Malini Saba

47. "I want to reach my potential, impact my world, and leave a legacy." —Seth Buechley

48. "Today is a good day to try." —Quasimodo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

49. "Make your life matter and have fun doing it." —Aaron Hurst

50. "Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” —Dalai Lama

51. "Surround yourself with positive people." —Rod Rohrich

52. "We have to collectively work together to improve the world." —Samuel Strauch

53. "Base your relationships on the right values." —Dick Gephardt

54. "Be the change that you wish to see in the world." —Mahatma Gandhi

55. "The joy of life is becoming a person you are proud of." —Bill Orender

56. "The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have." —Yiddish Proverb

57. "My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." —Jack Layton

58. “Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.” —Rabindranath Tagore

59. "When you realize how precious and fragile life is, it changes your whole perspective." —Ryan O’Donnell

60. "The next choice is the most important choice." —George Wells

61. “A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.”—Maya Angelou

62. “When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” —Wilma Rudolph

63. "We may not have hit the peak yet, but we are on the journey up." —Brian Nhira

64. “The power of imagination makes us infinite.” —John Muir

65. "Do good and good will come to you." —Adam Lowy

66. "Make a determination that you will live your purpose today." —Daniel Budzinski

67. "Recognize what you have inside you." —Eric Pulier

68. “The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” —Bertrand Russell

69. "Words can inspire, thoughts can provoke, but only action truly brings you closer to your dreams." —Brad Sugars

70. "May your troubles be less and your blessings be more." —Irish Blessing

71. "Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him."  –Booker T. Washington

72. “Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment.”—Mahatma Gandhi

73. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” —Lao Tzu

74. “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” —Buddha

75. "Some men see things as they are and say why—I dream things that never were and say why not.” —George Bernard Shaw

76. "Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value." —Albert Einstein

77. "I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse." —Florence Nightingale

78. "There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly." —Buckminster Fuller

79. "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now." —Chinese Proverb

80. "Take the first step." —Darius Fisher

81. "I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." —Maya Angelou

82. "One day or day one. It’s your choice." —Unknown

83. "I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun." —Katherine Hepburn

84. "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life." —John Lennon

85. "We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize we only have one." —Confucius

86. "Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any." —Danielle Fotopoulis

87. "Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life." —Omar Khyyam

88. "You get in life what you have the courage to ask for." —Oprah Winfrey

89. "We know what we are, but know not what we may be." —William Shakespeare

91. "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." —Mae West

90. "Tough times don't last. Tough people do." —Unknown

92. "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." —Ralph Waldo Emerson

93. "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." —Judy Garland

94. "In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years." —Abraham Lincoln

95. "I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again." —Stephen Grellet

96. "Sometimes, when things are falling apart, they may actually be falling into place." —Unknown

97. "Staying positive does not mean everything will turn out okay. Rather, it means you will be okay no matter how things turn out." —Unknown

98. "Whatever is worrying you right now—forget about it. Take a deep breath, stay positive and know things will get better." —Unknown

99. "The things you're waiting and hoping for tend to arrive at the most unexpected moments." —Unknown

100. "Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." —Maria Robinson

Source parade.com/980089/marynliles/stay-positive-quotes/ 

News 

30.04.2023

National

Regulator IRDAI has asked insurance companies to lay down social media guidelines for their employees to ensure that no unverified or confidential information relating to the organisation is disseminated to the public through these platforms. 

It seems the March rain has not damaged the rabi crop as much as had been initially feared. Wheat stocks will fill godowns and take the load off rice, the prospects of which are under the shadow of a May-July El Niño.

International

Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi scripted history. Sultan Al Neyadi has completed the first spacewalk for an Arab astronaut outside the ISS. Al Nayedi held the UAE flag with "Impossible is Possible" written on his spacesuit sleeve.

Scientists have for the first time found cracked layers on tiny Martian dunes, which imply the Red Planet was a salt-rich watery world as recently as 400,000 years ago.

Sports

Shri Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Shri Chirag Shetty won a historic men's doubles gold medal In Badminton Asia Championships.

Weather

Sun Rise 5 a.m. Sun Set 6 p.m. 

Minimum Temperature 24 Degree Celsius Maximum Temperature 33 Degree Celsius

Weather will be mostly cloudy.

Google Translate can be used to change the English News to Hindi News. Click HERE to get Google Translate. At times the translation is not absolutely correct. Before presentation go through the translation carefully and in case of any confusion get it checked by a human who knows Hindi.

Word

Abject - of the most contemptible kind

 Aberration - a state or condition markedly different from the norm

 Abjure - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief

 Abnegation - the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief

 Abrogate - revoke formally

 Abscond - run away, often taking something or somebody along

 Abstruse - difficult to understand

 Accede - yield to another's wish or opinion

 Accost - approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently

 Accretion - an increase by natural growth or addition

 Acumen - shrewdness shown by keen insight

 Adamant - impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason

 Admonish - scold or reprimand; take to task

 Adumbrate - describe roughly or give the main points or summary of

 Adverse - in an opposing direction

 Advocate - a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea

 Affluent - having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

 Aggrandize - embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of

 Alacrity - liveliness and eagerness

 Alias - a name that has been assumed temporarily

 Ambivalent - uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

 Amenable - disposed or willing to comply

 Amorphous - having no definite form or distinct shape

 Anachronistic - chronologically misplaced

 Anathema - a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication

 Annex - attach to

 Antediluvian - of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

 Antiseptic - thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms

 Apathetic - showing little or no emotion or animation

 Antithesis - exact opposite

 Apocryphal - being of questionable authenticity

 Approbation - official acceptance or agreement

 Arbitrary - based on or subject to individual discretion or preference

 Arboreal - of or relating to or formed by trees

 Arcane - requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

 Archetypal - of an original pattern on which other things are modelled

 Arrogate - seize and take control without authority

 Ascetic - someone who practices self-denial as a spiritual discipline

 Aspersion - a disparaging remark 

Assiduous  - marked by care and persistent effort

 Atrophy - a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

Source - https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/191545 

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