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NICKLAS BENDTNER

With the help of Danish football player Nicklas Bendtner’s hat-trick goals against ‘FC Porto’, Arsenal entered in the quarter final of the Champions Leagu. Arsenal gained 5-0 victory over FC Petero in the second round of the Champions Leagu. Nicklas Bendtner is the center-forward striker of the English football club ‘Arsenal’ and the ‘Denmark national team’. He is considered as the sharpest shooters of the football.

BIOGRAPHY

Nicklas Bendtner was born on 16th January, 1988 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He started to playing football in his homeland clubs like ‘B.93′ and ‘Kjøbenhavns Boldklub’ (KB). He scored four goals in six Danish national youth team matches. At the age of 16, he joined in the English club ‘Arsenal’ in 2004 and his first match was against Sunderland in ‘2005 League Cup match’. He spent a year on loan at ‘Birmingham City’ football club in 2006 and returned to Arsenal team during 2007–08 Premier League season. In that season, he gained goals against ‘Paris Saint Germain’ and ‘Newcastle United’, and he scored his debut ‘UEFA Champions League’ goal against ‘SK Slavia Praha’. In addition, Arsenal gained many victories with the help of his goals during that season. In 2008–09 season, Bendtner scored four goals in the Arsenal’s 10–2 victory against ‘Burgenland XI’, and he gained his first Premier League goal against ‘Bolton Wanderers’. The year 2009 is good for him, because in that year, he scored total 14 goals for Arsenal. Now in 2010, Bendtner gained his first hat-trick for Arsenal against Porto in the second round of the Champions League. Bendtner is also a player of ‘Denmark national team’. He started his international career by gaining three goals for the ‘Denmark under-16 national team in 2004. He played for ‘Danish senior national team’ at the age of 18 in 2006. He gained one goal in his debut game against Poland. In the ‘2010 World Cup qualifiers’, he showed a wonderful performance by gaining three goals. With the help of his performance, Denmark qualified for the ‘2010 World Cup’, and he was named as ‘Danish Player of the Year’ and his goal against Portugal won the ‘Goal of the Year award’.

WOMEN’S RESERVATION BILL

At last the historic ‘Women’s Reservation Bill’ passed in India’s Rajya Sabha after the voice vote. The bill which ensures 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies was scheduled to be tabled on yesterday. Many members in the paliament were opposed this bill, so it was adjourned in many times. Lalu Prasad Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party are the main political leaders who opposed this bill. They decided to withdraw their support from the UPA government over the Women’s Reservation Bill claiming that this bill ignores the minorities and the backward classes. 27 MPs from RJP and SP have pulled out of support from the government. Opposition parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left Front were supported this bill. Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari suspended Seven Rajya Sabha MPs, who had created a uproar during the tabling of the Women’s Reservation Bill.

ABOUT WOMEN’S RESERVATION BILL

‘Women’s Reservation Bill’ is a bill which provides 33% reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. It was first introduced in Lok Sabha on September 12, 1996 by the HD Deve Gowda-led United Front government. After that, it has always fired heated debates in Parliament and outside. It’s supporters argued that the bill is requirement for active political participation of women. It would lead to gender equality in Parliament and increased political participation of women will help them to fight the abuse, discrimination, and inequality they suffer from. However, it’s opponents argued that reservation would only help women of elitist groups gain political power and it ignores the minorities and the backward classes. They also feared that many of their male leaders would not get a chance to fight elections if 33% seats are reserved for women. Many times, this bill has been introduced in the Parliament, but could not be passed because of lack of political agreement. Now this bill is passed in Rajya Sabha after the voice vote.