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STUDENT EDITION

WEB EDITION

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020

1 Meditate once aday; it helps to re-

lease stress.

2 Planning and timemanagement is key

to your mental well-be-ing. Keep a steady rou-tine. Get up and go tobed at the same timeeach day.

3 Write things down,good or bad; it al-

lows you to track youremotions.

4 Talk it out. Peoplearen't mind read-

ers. Express your feelings, if you're struggling or need help.Masking your problems does not help.

5 Practise using imagery to help you deal with a situationthat is causing you anxiety.

6 Don’t take things for granted. Learn to appreciate yourfamily and friends

7 Don't let people with negative ideas drag you down. Tryto take your own decisions.

8 Never slag anyone off on social media. It's cowardly anda form of bullying.

(Shared by Jansin Turgut, Rugby league footballer)

I f reports are togo by, messagingservice What-

sapp is adding sup-port for QR codes tomake it easier forpeople to add con-tacts to their list.Currently only avail-able in beta, the fea-ture will allow usersto display their own

QR code to others andscan codes of other

Whatsapp accounts. TheQR codes can be revoked

if users decide they'd rathernot share their number with

someone else anymore, the betanotes confirm.

Atiny toddler knownas ‘Chef Kobe’ hasgained over 1.4 mil-

lion followers on Insta-gram within months ofopening the account aslockdown-hit netizenscrave to watch shortvideos, featuring his an-tics in the kitchen. Thehandle, ‘Kobe Eats’, ismanaged by the parents ofthe toddler, who is all ofone-year-old. ‘Chef Kobe’likes “to cook, eat and ex-plore in the kitchen,”reads his bio.

PLACES TO SEE

VIRTUALLY!

TRAVEL ALASKA: Travel Alaska’sonline portal,Travelalaskaonline, hasrecently launched its ‘Alaska WillWait For You’ campaign, encouragingpeople to stay at home by openingup the wonders of Alaska via itswebsite. Users have access to virtu-al vacations where you can livestream wildlife spots. You can alsoshare a quiet moment with a brownbear of Katmai National Park.

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Vanessa Bryant hasshared the first lookof her late husband,

Kobe Bryant’s, new YoungAdult book, ‘Geese Are Nev-er Swans’. To be released onJuly 21, the book is a col-laboration between thesporting icon and psycholo-gist Eva Clark. The book isabout Gus, a swimmer and

an Olympic aspirant, whomust face his mentalhealth issues in order to

achieve his dreams. The 288-pagestory is the fifth book from Bryant,who previously collaborated withwriters, including Wesley King, for thepopular, ‘The Wizenard Series.’

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INSTIGATE: Means to goador urge forward; to provoke.Derived from the Latin verb,instigare, instigate stepped intoEnglish in the 16th century

INTO THE FUTUREEDUCATION ALERT

REMAINING CLASS X AND XII CBSE EXAMS TO BE HELDAT OVER 15,000 CENTRES: Union human resource develop-ment (HRD) minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has said the CBSE willhold the remaining class X and XII exams at over 15,000 cen-tres across the country. The decision comes in a bid to main-tain social distancing at schools during the exams to preventthe spread of coronavirus. Earlier, the board was slated tohold the exams at only 3,000 centres

BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK:Bryce Canyon National Park in Utahmay be closed, but you can still take astargazing tour online through theGoggle Arts & Culture programme. Itnot only provides stunning visuals, butplenty of educational opportunities. Thevideo is led by a tour guide, whoanswers your queries on many issues—from the origins of star constellations,to the geological structure of the park’sfamous stone pillars, and many others.

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HEALTH

KOBE BRYANT’S ‘GEESE ARE NEVERSWANS’ TO BE RELEASED POSTHUMOUSLY

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INTERSTELLAR ASTEROIDS FOUND HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT

Anew study has identified the first-knownpermanent population of asteroids orig-inating from outside our solar system.

The objects are believed to have been cap-tured from other stars, billions of

years ago, and have been orbitingour sun in disguise ever since.

CELEB TALK

Actor Salman Khan hasstressed that “it is veryessential to do saniti-

sation”, which has assumed agreat significance in the wakeof the COVID-19 pandemic.The actor posted a video onTwitter and said, “I havelaunched my brand FRSH,and it is very essential to dosanitisation.” Salman ac-

tively posts videos on hissocial media handles to

raise awareness about theimportance of social dis-

tancing during COVID-19 crisis.

ONE-YEAR-OLD CHEF SETS INSTAGRAMON FIRE, GETS 1.4 MN FOLLOWERS

➤ The QR codecontains yourname and phonenumber.However,according toWABetaInfo, it canbe revoked at anytime to stop someone using it to addyour details ➤ Like Snapchat, Instagram andMessenger, you can share a screen-shot of your QR code on other plat-forms, or even via email to let othersadd you more quickly

WORD WATCH

From measures to deal withcyber bullying and stalk-ing to digital rights, free-dom and responsibilities,

the Central Board of SecondaryEducation (CBSE) has come upwith a cyber safety manual for stu-dents from classes IX to XII to en-sure development of safe andhealthy online habits among them.The manual, developed in collabo-ration with Cyber Peace Founda-tion, has also prescribed activitiesto assess the knowledge of studentson the topics covered.

NASA ASTRONAUTS TO LAUNCH IN STYLE: SpaceX isslated to send two astronauts into space on Wednesday. Thiswill mark the first attempt by a private company to sendastronauts into orbit. NASA and SpaceX, on Friday, gave a‘go’ for the Demo-2 mission. The crewmates—Douglas Hurleyand Robert Behnken — took part in a dress rehearsal of pre-launch events. Stormy weather is likely to play spoilsport

The manual has been pre-pared at a time when stu-dents have increased accessto the digital world withclassroom teaching suspend-ed due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown, andteaching and learning activi-ties being conducted online

➤ Apart fromcovering cybersafety topicssuch as cyberbullying, includ-ing social exclusion, intimida-tion, defamation, emotionalharassment, online sexualabuse, cyber radicalisation,

onlineattack and

frauds and onlineenticement, the

manual also talksabout nine elements of digi-tal citizenship — digitalaccess, literacy, communica-tion, etiquette, health and well-being, rights, freedom and

respon-sibility, securityand law. ➤How to navigate through thecyberspace, ability to find andselect information, identifyingfake news, opportunities andrisks, caution against revengepornography, hazards of provid-ing sensitive information online,

how to report inap-propriate content,are among the sub-

jects addressed bythe manual in detail

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IT'S VERY ESSENTIAL TO DOSANITISATION: SALMAN KHAN

The first interstellar visitor, theasteroid known as,'Oumuamua’,hit the headlines in 2017, when

it was just passing through. Thenewly-identified asteroids, on the

other hand, are thought to havebeen present almost since the birth

of our solar system, 4.5 bn years ago ina star cluster, where each sun had its

own planets and asteroids

SPACE

His videos offer tutorials for alltypes of recipes— from butterchicken and naan to mac andcheese. Viewed by lakhs ofpeople, the video has garnered over 6,700 comments

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WHATSAPP'S NEW FEATURE TO LET YOUADD AND SHARE CONTACT DETAILS

TECH BUZZ

2020 WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!

1 FEAR OF BEINGTOUCHED: Inthese scary

times, we crave for loveand affection. Butthanks to social dis-tancing, hugging ourfriends and familymembers is a big NO. Itextends to avoidingtouching other thingsas well

2 VIRTUAL CONCERTS: Since publicgatherings are now risky and pro-hibited, musicians across the

world are organising online music con-certs to entertain fans

4 CLAPPING AND RINGING BELLS/UTENSILS TOSAY THANK YOU! Not only in India, people acrossthe world, including UK and Spain , clapped in uni-

son, at the same time to show their appreciation towardsthe health care workers during COVID-19

5 WEDDING ON VIDEO CALLS Theunique method was adopted dueto coronavirus lockdown. Since

marriages were fixed months inadvance, some people didn’t want

to postpone them at all

6 ONLINE CLASSROOMS Sinceschools are shut, studentswake up at 8 am and plonk

themselves in front of their computer screens untilnoon, attending online classes one after the other.

3 VIRTUAL PARTIES WITH FRIENDS & FAMI-LY No clubs, no DJ! Parties these daysare happening over video calls.

People are throwing Zoom/Google partieswith friends and families. It’s quite differentfrom the normal in-person party, but it doesmake our weekends less lonely

Here's whyIS THIS THE NEW 'FLYING' NORMAL?

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THE FLAM RAILWAY, NORWAY: Youcan experience one of the world’smost famous railway journeys fromthe driver’s point of view with astunning 4k YouTube video. On theirYouTube channel, the train slowlymoves through incredibly mountainscenery, including raging waterfallsand enchanting woodlands.

guidelines, after the Centreallowed multiple relaxations inthe fourth phase of the lock-down. While hundreds of people

F light operations onselected domesticroutes started on

Monday, under strict safety

took flights backhome, social mediawent abuzz with visu-als of people seatedinside flights wearingface shields. The crewmembers, too, wereseen wearing themalong with their hazmat suits. Some on the social mediaplatform comparedflights to that of hospitals. Some hadserious concerns:what happens to theface shields and masks on dropping ofoxygen level?

CBSE releasesCYBER SAFETYGUIDE for students

When an individ-ual is constant-ly followed,

watched or con-tacted through anyelectronic means, itis called as cyber-stalking. In cyber-stalking, the move-ment of the personis tracked, or per-sistent efforts aremade to contactsomeone againsttheir will throughtext, email, socialmedia, or otherdigital platforms

THE GUIDELINES