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MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020
AChinese sur-vey team re-cently com-
pleted its mission ofremeasuring thehighest mountainpeak in the world us-ing indigenous 5Gtechnology and satel-lite navigation. TheChinese expeditionof Mount Everest was even viewed by millions through livestreaming enabled with 5G communication technology.
Many let-ters thatP r i m e
Minister NarendraModi as a youngman wrote to moth-er goddess, whomhe addressed as ‘ja-gat janani’, everynight on varied top-ics ,will be pub-lished in a bookform in English byHarper Collins nextmonth. Translatedfrom Gujarati by filmcritic Bhawana Somaaya,the book will be released asebook and hardback. These let-ters have been taken from Modi'sdiary, dating back to 1986.
NEWSIN
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What:The Centre has ex-tended the lockdown
in the country till June 30, butthe restrictions have been keptlimited to the containmentzones. States will be allowed tomark their own containmentzones based on the number ofcoronavirus cases.
WHY: Areas that are no-tified by the au-
thorities as high-risk zones,with a higher number of co-rona virus cases are calledcontainment zones. The civicbodies decide which areaqualifies to be listed as a con-tainment zone. The basic ideabehind such a demarcation isto limit the virus in an en-closed space and prevent itsspread to other areas.
HOW: Only essential serv-ices like groceries,
medical supply, water supply,etc, are allowed in contain-ment zones.➤ Authorities ban move-ment inside such areas;
they also block entry andexit points so that in-fected people can'tspread the virus.➤ Kolkata has more than280 such zones; Delhi has122, whereas Mumbai,the worst coronavirus-hit city, has over 660 ar-eas listed as contain-ment zones.➤ There is also intensivecontact tracing, house-to-house surveillance and oth-er clinical interventions incontainment zones.
➤ According to China'smeasurement, the height ofMt Everest is 8,844.43metres— four metres lessthan Nepal's calculations➤In the past, Chinese sur-veyors have conducted six rounds of scaled measurement on MtEverest, and released the height of the peak twice in 1975 and2005— 8,848.13 metres and 8,844.43 metres respectively
CHINA REMEASURES MOUNT EVEREST
Twitter users stretchwords such as ‘yes’,‘dude’ and 'hey' to
modify their meaning, ac-cording to researchers whoanalysed 100 billion tweets.The US linguist experts say
stretched words that conveya different meaning than theoriginal are a common fea-ture of social media but arerare in formal writing.
STRETCHED WORDS AND THEIR MEANING
SURE: (suuuuure). Sarcasm
DUDE: (duuuuude). Incredulity or frus-tration
YES: (yeeessss). Excitement
NO: (noooooo). Dread, disappointment
HELP: (heellllp). Increased desperation
HEY: (heyyyyy). Relaxation, casualness, overconfidence, flirtation
ARGH: (arrrrrgggggghhhhh). Immense pain
As a young man, Modi had got intothe habit of writing a letter to ‘jagatjanani’ every night, before going tobed. The topics were varied: therewere seething sorrows, fleeting joysand lingering memories
American singer-song-writer Dolly Partonmay be stuck at
home, butshe's still
making mu-sic. According to
Fox News, the 74-year-old country icon has
churned out a new song,‘When Life is Good
Again,’ inspired by the les-sons learned during thecoronavirus quarantine.The song, released exclu-sively throughout Enter-tainment Weekly, touches
themes of compassion,thoughtfulness and living in
the moment —all habitsParton pledges to hold upafter the pandemic ends.
During the global
coronavirus crisis,
Parton has been very
active and has start-
ed a web series in
which she reads bed-
time stories to chil-
dren. In April, Parton
also pledged a mil-
lion-dollar donation
to Vanderbilt
University's research
towards Covid-19
A GALAXY THAT RESEMBLES A COFFEE
NASA's Hubble telescope has re-leased an image of a spiralgalaxy, NGC 3895 that
in colour and shape resem-bles a coffee . The galaxy's ex-istence was known earlier as well, andit has been captured by the telescope inthe past as well. However, the currentimage is trending online for its aesthet-ic beauty. The Hubble Space Telescopereleased the image under the title, ‘OneLarge Stellar Latte To Go".
ONLY 100 DAYS OF SCHOOL?New model may have50% HOME CLASSES
The 220 working days and1,320 hours of in-schoolstudying model is like-ly to be replaced witha combination of
school and home learning undera new normal dictated by the Covid-19 pandemic, people aware of the de-
velopment said. The Union humanresources development ministry isworking on a proposed frameworkthat will cut down the in-schoollearning time to 100 days and 600hours, and add an equal proportionof 100 days and 600 ‘active learninghours’ at home, they said.
➤ It is proposed that not more than 30%-50% students attendschool at one time with a graded format, and possibly double shifts
➤ Those in class I to V may attend school twice a week, while class-es VI to VIII may attend 2-4 times a week and classes IX to XII mayattend 4-5 times a week
➤ A weekly time-table system is advised, with the typical 46-minuteperiod truncated to a 30-minute one. A separate hour-long inte-grated lesson may be planned for some subjects
➤ Flexibility in attendance and sick leave formats, and even allowingstudents — with consent of their parents — to study from homewith proper learning protocols are proposed
ASSESSMENTThe HRD ministry is likely to discourage pen and paper-based assess-ments, and pitch for ‘non-stressful assessment’ formats— from role play,quizzes, presentations in class, project work and portfolios at home
FROM A DISTANCE, WITH A MASK➤ Open air/temporary outdoor classes with physical distancing
where possible. Six-feet distance in class, staff rooms and recep-tion. Schools to decide SOPs for lab and playground usage
➤ Separate lanes for entry and exit to school, multiple exit areas andstaggered entry and exit timings
➤ School transport to be sanitised twice daily; one seat, one childpolicy; no curtains in bus; pick and drop by parents for primaryschool goers; car pooling to be discouraged
SCHOOL YEAR 2020-21: THE LIKELY MODEL
MAPPING A NEW CHART
In Tibetan lan-guage, MountEverest is known as'Mount Qomolangma'
CHINA, NEPAL AND MOUNT EVEREST'S HEIGHT!
'LETTERS TO MOTHER' WRITTEN BY PM MODI,WHEN HE WAS YOUNG TO BE PUBLISHED
BOOK
PARTON SINGS LOCKDOWN-INSPIREDSONG, 'WHEN LIFE IS GOOD AGAIN'
MUSIC
TECH BUZZMEET SHERLOC, THE DETECTIVEABOARD PERSEVERANCE ROVER
M ars is a long wayars is far away from 221B Bak-
er Street, but one of fic-tion's best-known detec-tives, Sherlock Holmes,will be represented on theRed Planet after NASA'sPerseverance rover touches down on Feb 18, 2021. SHER-LOC, an instrument at the end of the rover's robotic arm,will hunt for sand-grain-sized clues in Martian rocks
while working in tandem with WATSON, a camerathat will take close-up pictures of rock textures.
Together, they will study rock surfaces, map-ping out the presence of certain miner-
als , which are the carbon-basedbuilding blocks of life on
Earth.
SPACE
➤The galaxy, located at a distance of over 161 million-light years,is part of Ursa Major. (For the uninitiated, one light year is equalto the distance covered by light in one year, or 6 million miles)
➤ It was discovered by German-born British astronomer WilliamHerschel on March 18, 1790
➤The galaxy has a diameter of approximately 45,000 light years
SPACE
3 DON'T MISS ON ANDROID UP-DATES: Updating apps mightseem to be a cumbersome task,
but it actually helps in improving theoverall smartphone performance andbattery life. This is because develop-ers keep updating apps to improveon battery and memory optimisation.So, make sure your smartphone hasthe latest version of apps installed.
4TURN ON AIRPLANE MODE: This isnot an everyday solution, but canhelp you cut battery usage. Turn-
ing on airplane mode will not only cutyou off from the outside world, butwill also allow your smartphone to lastlonger for multimedia apps, such asvideos, music player or games thatdon't need any connectivity.
5 CHECK GPS, BLUETOOTH: If youare not using GPS or Bluetooth,switch them off. Ensure that the
Wi-Fi and mobile data are notswitched on simultaneously.
51 TURN OFF VIBRATION AND
HAPTIC FEEDBACK: Most of uslike the mild vibrations while
typing on our smartphone’s key-board. However, since they consumebattery, as we spend a lot of time ontyping throughout the day, it is bestto keep it on a switch-off mode. Be-sides, according to tech experts, it isalso advisable to turn off the ‘hapticfeedback’( technology that can cre-ate an experience of touch by ap-plying forces, vibrations, or motionsto the user), as it actually takes morebattery power to vibrate your phone,than it does to ring.
2 GO FOR BLACK-COLOUREDWALLPAPERS: If your smart-phone boasts of an AMOLED
display(a technology that describesa specific type of thin-film-display),then applying black- coloured wall-papers will help you save battery life.This is because pixels that make theAMOLED displays, utilise batterypower to illuminate light colours,and don't need any energy to showblack colour. In other words, the moredark or black pixels you have on yourAMOLED display, the less power itconsumes to illuminate them, thussaving the battery.
tips to improve your smartphone's battery life
VOCABULARY.COM Vocabulary.Com asks you a widerange of questions. It is activity-based and ensures that you under-stand the meanings and nuances ofevery word that you are learning.
WORDUP (APP) This neat app, an AI-powered vocabu-lary learning, has ranked all thewords in the English language inorder of how useful they are. It is amust for focused learning lessons!
7LITTLEWORDS.COM Try this if you enjoy brain-teasingcrossword puzzles, word finds, ana-grams or trivia quizzes. Each bite-size puzzle consists of 7 clues, 7mystery words, and 20 tiles withgroups of letters. Solve the cluesand unscramble the letter tiles tofind the puzzle answers.
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MODI'S MANNKI BAAT
P rime Minister Narendra Modi,on Sunday, addressed the65th edition of his monthly
radio programme, 'Mann Ki Baat',onthe final day of the fourth phase ofnationwide lockdown. Incidentally,the 'Mann Ki Baat' address comes aday after the one-year anniversaryof the second term of the Modi gov-ernment. Here’s what he said aboutthe economy and social distancing...“A major chunk of the economy isactive now. There should be no laxi-ty in maintaining six- feet distance(do gaj doori); wear masks and stayindoors as much as possible. Weneed to be more vigilant now. Dueto everyone's support, fight againstCovid-19 is being fought strongly”
BOOKS/VOCABBUILDERS FOR STUDENTS AND
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Decoded: Containment Zones
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YEEESSSS DUUUUUDE! TWITTER USERSSTRETCH WORDS TO MODIFY THEIR MEANING, STUDY SHOWS
