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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2020

1THIS DAY, THAT YEAR: MAY 6, 2002:Entrepreneur Elon Musk sets up

SpaceX to make space transportationmore affordable and to work on projectsthat will help people live on other planets

3HUBBLE YIELDS 1.4 MNOBSERVATIONS IN 3 DECADES

https://toistudent.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/sci-tech/hubble-yields-1-4-mn-observations-in-3-decades/51176.html

That's the number of microplasticsfound in one square metre of seafloor,

according to a new study. Microplastics on the seafloormainly comprise fibres from textiles and clothing. Theseare not effectively filtered out in domestic waste watertreatment plants, and easily enter rivers and oceans

1.9 MILLION

Historian William Dalrymple’s nextbook speaks of the influence Indiahad on the East and on the West. Di-

vided into different phases, the first phaselooks at how Buddhism travelled fromIndia to become the state religion of Chi-

na. The second talks about how Hinduismtook over SE Asia with epics like Ma-

habharata and Ramayana, being ma-jor influences. The third period fo-

cuses on India trav-elling to the

West with itsidea ofmaths.

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DALRYMPLE'S NEXT BEING PENNEDTHROUGH LOCKDOWN

ANASA-funded study hasrevealed that ice sheets inAntarctica and Greenland

shrinking and melting, since 2003have contributed towards a glob-al sea level rise. According to re-searchers, the net loss of ice fromAntarctica, along with Green-land's shrinking ice sheet, hasbeen responsible for 0.55 inchesof sea level rise since 2003.

ENVIRONMENT

ANTARCTICA & GREENLAND’S MELTING ICESHEETS RESPONSIBLE FOR RISE IN SEA LEVEL

British cycling star Mark Cavendish andformer teammate Luke Rowe enduredover 10 hours in the saddle of an ex-

ercise bike to climb 8,848 metres — theequivalent of scaling Mt Everest. “JustEverested with @LukeRowe1990,” the34-year-old sprinter announced ina post on Twitter. The pair ac-complished the latest feat by asports star in coronavirus lock-down in 10 hours 37 minutes and 32seconds. “I take my hat off to anyonewho's completed it in whatever ca-pacity, it was grim,” he said.

Greenland's ice sheet lost anaverage of 200 gigatons ofice per year, and Antarctica'sice sheet lost an average of118 gigatons of ice per year. One gigaton of ice is enoughto fill 400,000 Olympic-sizedswimming pools

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For each 10-dirham ($2.7) donation, one of the building’s 1.2 million LEDlights will be illuminated — each representing a meal

JK ROWLING DONATES $1.25 MN TO HELPHOMELESS DURING THE PANDEMIC

In April, pop singer Rihanna's Clara LionelFoundation joined forces with Jay-Z's ShawnCarter Foundation and Twitter CEO Jack Dorseyto donate $6.2 million to 11 organisations,including some helping victims of domesticabuse and the homeless

BURJ KHALIFA’S UNIQUE GESTURE

CYCLIST SCALES PEAK ONEXERCISE BIKE

KIDS' CHOICE AWARDS: 'AVENGERS:ENDGAME', 'STRANGER THINGS' WIN BIG

big winners at the Kids’Choice Awards 2020, whichwas produced virtually, afterit was delayed due to the coro-navirus pandemic. The showalso made a $1 million dona-tion to 'No Kid Hungry' to helpCOVID-19 victims.

Marvel Studios’ ‘Aven-gers: Endgame’ andMillie Bobby Brown’s

‘Stranger Things’ emerged as the

During an online video in-teractive session with In-dia's elite boxers, sports

minister Kiren Rijiju acknowl-edged efforts by the athletes andsaid boxing will play a vital rolein making India a sporting pow-erhouse and top-10 nation in themedals tally at Olympic Games.

FITNESS

'Avengers: Endgame' wonfavourite movie, with'Spider-Man' star TomHolland becoming thefavourite superhero.The award for favouritereality show went to'America's Got Talent',while Ellen DeGeneresbecame favourite TV host

ENTERTAINMENT

SPORTS

President RamNath Kovind hasstressed on theneed to take steps

for population control inthe country. “Large anddensely-populated coun-tries such as India have totake deliberate steps, es-pecially on the subject ofpopulation control. Other-wise, disasters like Covid-19 can have severe conse-quences in our country,”said President Kovind.

Should there be apopulation controllaw in India?

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POPULATIONCONTROL: PRESIDENT

According to UNICEF,out of the estimated392,078 babies bornaround the world,67,385 were born inIndia on January 1,2020— a worldrecord

In a rare video appearance, actor Emma Stonehas raised mental health awareness, whilepractising social distancing during the coro-

navirus pandemic. May is Mental Health Aware-ness Month and the Oscar winner announcedthe Child Mind Institute's #WeThriveInsidecampaign, a digital initiative that will help thosestruggling right now and beyond with tele-healthand online resources.

Write, write andwrite: Emma Stone

The Child Mind Institute willrelease self-recorded videosdaily, featuring notable namesand sharing stories of howthey stay mentally-fit, whileencouraging families and kidsto check out its COVID 19-related resources

CELEB TALK

Time may still prove the greatestequaliserThe Spanish flu that brokeout in the United States in1918 seemed to die down

during the summer onlyto come roaring backwith a deadlier strain lat-er that year and a thirdwave, the following year.It eventually reached far-flung places like islandsin Alaska and the SouthPacific and infected a

third of the world’s pop-ulation. Hence, one theo-ry that is unproven butimpossible to refute:Maybe the COVID-19virus just hasn’tgotten to thosecountries yet.

The powerof youth Many countriesthat have escapedmass epidemicshave relativelyyounger pop-ulations.

Young people are morelikely to contract mild orasymptomatic cases thatare less transmissible to

others, believes RobertBollinger, a professor

of infectious dis-eases at the JohnsHopkins School ofMedicine.

Cultural distanceCultural factors,

like the social dis-tancing that is builtinto certain soci-

eties, may givesome coun-

tries more

protection, epidemiologistssaid.

Heat and lightThe geography of the out-break — which spread rapid-ly during the winter in tem-perate-zone countries likeItaly and US and was virtu-ally unseen in warmer coun-tries such as Chad or Guyana— seemed to suggest that thevirus did not take well toheat. Other coronaviruses,such as ones that cause thecommon cold, are less conta-gious in warmer, moist cli-mates. But researchers saythe idea that hot weatheralone can repel the virus iswishful thinking.

The question of why the virus has overwhelmed some places and left others

relatively untouched is a puzzle that has spawned numerous theories and speculations but no definitive

answers. We unravel few scenarios...

Why COVID-19 wallop some & spare others

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APP-FITFITNESS APPS

TO HELP YOU STAYIN SHAPE

1NIKE TRAINING CLUB: The appcontains recordings of more than

185 free workouts, including cardioyoga and others. These sessions lastbetween 15 to 45 minutes

2RUMBLE: The boxing-inspired fit-ness channel airs classes on

Instagram every evening, and postsnew classes at Rumble’s Instagramaccount @doyourrumble at 5.30 pm

3BARRE 3: The digital ballet stu-dio is offering unlimited access to

strength condition classes inspired bythe dance form. It also includes cardioand sessions on mindfulness

The programme, which began onMay 1, will be conducted throughthe entire month,until May 30 toprovide onlinephotographylessons, semi-nars and work-shops in differentregional Indian lan-guages. To register for any of theworkshops, users can log on toCanon India's official website.

Multi-arts festival has taken the digital route, bringing togethertheatre doyens from across thecountry for masterclasses, interac-tions, live music recitals, story-telling and acting competitions. All this will happen online on theirYouTube channel.

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Here are a few fitness apps that could help you stay in

shape and ease anxiety duringthe times of lockdown

‘BOXING WILL PLAY KEY ROLE IN MAKINGINDIA TOP-10 NATION AT OLYMPICS’

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CLUESCLUESAzerbaijan’s Ilham

Aliyev is the chairmanof which organisation?

CLUE 1: With 120 member states, 17observer states, it is the largest groupingof states worldwide, after the UN.CLUE 2: 18 summits have been held tilldate. New Delhi hosted the 7th in 1983.CLUE 3: It was established in 1961 throughan initiative of then Indian PM JawaharlalNehru, Egyptian President Abdel Nasserand Yugoslavian President Josip Tito.

ANSWER: Non-Aligned Movement(NAM). Humanity is facing its most serious crisis in many decades and theorganisation can help promote globalsolidarity as it has often been theworld's moral voice, said PM Narendra Modi at the virtual conference of NAM on Monday.

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The 828- metres- high Burj Khalifain Dubai will be transformed intothe “world's tallest donation box”,

as part of a campaign to provide 10 mil-lion meals to low-income people. The ap-peal comes during the fasting month ofRamadan— a time of self-reflection, andcharity for the faithful. The skyscraperregularly features displays of solidaritywith crisis-stricken countries — for Ozwhen bushfires ravaged it and for Chinaand Italy when they were hit by corona.

FOR A CAUSE

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has donated $1.25 million to help victimsof domestic abuse and homelessness

during the coronavirus pandemic, after re-covering from the virus herself. The Britishwriter said the money would be split betweenthe charities— Crisis and Refuge,which help the homeless and victims of do-mestic violence respectively.

“Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.”GÉRARD DE NERVAL, FRENCH WRITER AND POET ACTIVITY

FAMILY CIRCUS

Q.1) In India, 14thNovember, the date ofbirth of former prime min-ister Jawaharlal Nehru, iscelebrated as ‘Children'sDay’. On which date is‘Children's Day’ celebratedinternationally?

A. 20th November

B. 1st January

C. 20th October

D. 14th February

Q.2) Shyam Benegal, thepopular Indian filmmakermade a great TV serial

named ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ in1988. The serial was basedon a memorable book writ-ten by Pandit JawaharlalNehru. What was the nameof that book?

A. An Autobiography

B. The Truth Unveiled

C. Glimpses of World History

D. The Discovery of India

Q.3) When JawaharlalNehru became the primeminister of independentIndia, he delivered an inaugural address to thenation which has beengiven a special name. Whatis that name?

A. A Tryst with Fate

B. A Tryst with India

C. A Tryst with the Nation

D. A Tryst with Destiny

WUZZLES Quiz timeNEHRU

Aishwarya C, class VIII, NPS Kengeri, Blr

MORE ACTIVITIES

➤ Man is born with some good and badqualities. Habits once formedcan hardly be changed.They become a part of ournature. So, man's charac-ter is an aggregate ofinborn nature developedthrough habit. Good habits pro-duce good nature and effects.

SHUBHAM HAM KUMAR,

Vivekananda School,

Dehradun

➤ According toHindu mythology,

there are demons whoare very cruel. ThroughBlack magic they could

kill the devotees and alsonormal people. Then all the godsappeared as supreme personalitieson earth to kill the demons andprotect people.

BENWISH RAJA, VI(C), DPS,

Mirzapur

➤ When things go wrong as they some-times will. When the road you’re trudg-ing seems all uphill. When funds are lowand debts are high. And you want tosmile, but you have to sigh. Rest, if youmust, but don’t you quit. Life is queerwith its twists and turns. As everyone ofus sometimes learn. And many a failureturns about. And you want to smile, buthave to sigh.

MAITREYI SINGH, class VII, Our Lady of

Fatima Convent Secondary School

2 VISION: Each day is your life in miniature. I want youto live it like a champion, as though all your dreamshave come true. Make a vision board if you don’t

have one. It could have pictures or a list of your goals. Thebrain takes all your thoughts and wishes seriously. In anexperiment by Nasa, astronauts were made to wear lensesthat inverted everything. Surprisingly, after 30 days of wearing the lenses, the astronauts could see things the rightside up. The brain had built new neural pathways to adapt.So, while being at home, don’t just scroll through socialmedia. It does not ignite the fire within. Create a visionboard and dream big instead.

3 WORDS: Words have energy. Use the right wordsand supercharge yourself! During this pandemic, youmight feel powerless without routines and rituals. If

you feel angry or sad, remember this is your brain’s attemptto feel powerful. Sip some water and zip up angry words.Instead, exercise. Remind yourself that anger affects yourbrain negatively and impacts judgment and decision-makingskills. The more you connect with anger, the less you connect with courage.

1ENERGY: Energy goes where focus goes. So don’tfocus on the news, tragedies and statistics. Insteadfocus on recoveries, health, relationships and creative

ideas. Inspire your parents too. Keep abreast of the news butalso make sure to switch off. We have a limited

amount of mental energy in a day, and it plummets post noon. So conserve your energy for things that truly matter and moti-vate you. Then watch your courage return.

EVERYDAY COURAGERaageshwari Loomba, author of the book –

‘Building a Happy Family’ – shares how to bemindful during the lockdown.

AUTHOR SPEAK

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➤ prerogative: pre-rog-a-tive, not per-rog-a-tive➤ peremptory: per-emp-tuh-ree, not pre-emp-tuh-ree➤ probably: prob-a-blee, not pra-lee or prob-lee➤ Realtor: reel-ter, not ree-la-ter➤ supposedly: su-pos-ed-lee, not su-pos-ab-lee➤ spurious: spyoor-ee-us, not spur-ee-us➤ tenet: ten-it, not ten-unt➤ ticklish: tik-lish, not tik-i-lish➤ triathlon: try-ath-lon, not try-ath-a-lon➤ athlete: ath-leet, not ath-a-leet➤ candidate: kan-di-dayt, not kan-i-dayt➤ chimera: kiy-MEER-a, not CHIM-er-a➤ disastrous: di-zas-tres, not di-zas-ter-es➤ debut: dey-byoo, not di-boo➤ Et cetera: et-set-er-uh, not ex-set-er-uh➤ Quote: kwo-te, not coat➤ flour: flou-er, not fl-ahr

YOUR GRAMMAR GURU

It’s timeto getthemright!

Do you have some unused ginger lyingaround in your fridge? Break a small por-tion and put it in the soil of a pot. Water

regularly and keep the pot on a windowsill for itto get enough sunlight. Just make sure the budsare facing up. You will notice new shoots andnew roots in about a week or so. Once that happens, you can pull it up and use it again.

GROW YOUR OWN GINGERLOCKDOWN DIY

GROOMING GYAN

Want to nourish your hairbut running out ofyour regular condi-

tioner? Don’t panic. Look intoyour garden or locality and ifyou spot hibiscus flowers, youare covered. This flower isgreat for your hair health as itis full of antioxidants and natural conditioners like vitaminsC and E. Here’s how to make a hairconditioning pack with hibiscus:

METHOD: Take two hibiscus flowersand blend with some water and 2-3

cinnamon sticks. Apply this packto your hair and leave for 30-

45 minutes. Wash it off anddo your regular shampoo-conditioner routine. You hairwill be soft, nourished and

bouncy, minus any chemicalresidue usually found in store-

bought haircare products.– By Pallavi Shankar

HAIR SPA with hibiscus

USEONLINERESPONSIBLY Access to the Internet has exposed many ofyou to bullying that affects your self-image and possibly your mentalhealth. That is not a good thing.

You Said It

ART AWARE

LLeeaarrnn ttoo ppaaiinnttAlways wanted to learnpainting but never had thetime? Make use of extratime at home to do anonline paining course.

Where can you get it?Check udemy.com whereyou can enroll in ‘DiscoverHow to Draw and paintComics’ for `385. Whatyou get here is 60 hours

of video lessons. In thiscourse, you will learn todraw the human figure,muscles, heads, emotions,cartoons, 3D shapes,form, lighting, and more.

Basics needed for thecourse: A pencil andpaper will do just fine formost of the lessons butyou will need Photoshopcs5 for one of the chapters on painting.

PIC OF THE DAY

Name:Darshali AgarwalClass: IIAge: 7-years oldSchool: WittyInternationalSchool, Bhilwara

1. A) 20th November 2. D) The Discovery of India 3. D) A Tryst with Destiny

A N S W E R S

R E M E M B E R

Nothing is private!

1Once posted, it is there forever. Itmight appear that you can delete apost/tweet/account, but its not so

simple. An image or post can beshared with anyone, anywhere.Privacy on social media is kind of amisnomer.

No Such Thingas DELETE

4Your profiles,your pictures,your words–all

of these may stayfloating around theinternet for eternity.Most apps and socialmedia platforms willlet you deactivateyour account, but fewof them will let youdelete them. So bevery careful of whatyou are posting –thoughts, pictures!

Boundaries AreImportant

5This is crucial –know that there aresome age-restricted

social mediums that youmust not enter if your arenot qualified. Also remem-ber that bullying onlinecould land you in serious trouble. Keep away frombad company becausethey could drag you intoproblems. Last, but notthe least; never hurt any-one and stop encouragingpeople who do that.

Words can hurt

2We all know that bullying is abig deal and social mediamay lead to it. But even aside

from bullying on social media,there is a more subtle lesson andthat is: words can hurt. So, learnto post with kindness. This is animportant life lesson. I mean,don’t we all wish adults wouldlearn this lesson, too?

Friends Only

3A healthy amount of scepticism is great when it comes to friend requests, chats, and thelike. For grown professionals, social media networking can be an invaluable career tool. Forus, talking to/befriending people on social media that we don’t know personally can be

dangerous. Always keep a check of your friend list and weed out those friends whom you have notcontacted in a while. Because you don’t know if they are still using their numbers. You have to bethe Big Bad Social Media Police. Sorry for the cliche, but these are teachable moments, if youremain calm. Explain to yourself the red flags you see. Learn how to be discerning.

DISCUSSION BOARD: Let Us Take A Pledge To UseOnline Responsibly. Can You List Out A Few MorePointers To Help You Deal With Online responsibility.