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➤ Runoff from glaciers providesdrinking water for millions ofpeople, but record loss of gla-cier mass is leading toincreased water scarcity

➤ Glacier runoff is expected tomax out globally by the end ofthe century and then decline,the report warned

➤ Warmer temperatures have led to the reductions in the world's glaciers and ice sheets, which threatens thesupply of fresh water

➤ More glacier mass was lostbetween 2016 and 2019 than inany other five-year periodsince 1950

THE CAUSE

In the Himalayas, glaciers havebeen losing 14 inches of massevery year since 2012Some areas, like the centralEurope and the Caucasus region,are already at the tipping pointMiddle East nations, like Kuwaitand Egypt, are the most exposedto water stress and drought risk

AREAS AT RISKAccording to the World Bank, somecountries' gross domestic productcould drop as much as six per centover the next 30 years due towater woesIn fact, water scarcity is becomingan increasingly important metricin determining a country's credit-worthiness, or sovereign rating,according to analysts

IMPACT ON ECONOMY

In the lastdecade, 1.9 billion peoplelived in placeswith insuffi-cient water

The number of people, who will face shortageof drinking water by 2050, according to a newUN report. Scientists have warned that whileglobal warming has led to rising tides, it's alsothreatening the water supply of people acrossthe world. According to the report, the num-ber of people living in places with insufficientwater will shoot up by almost 60 per cent inthe next 30 years

3.2 BILLION

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ENTERTAINMENT

A NEW REALITY SHOW WILLSEND THE WINNER TO SPACE FOR 10 DAYS

Yes, you heard it right. The winning con-testant from a show called 'Space Hero' willreceive "the greatest prize ever given out

on the Earth" — a 10-day stay on the InternationalSpace Station (ISS).The project, plannedto launch into orbitas soon as 2023, willprovide an opportu-nity for people irre-spective of theirbackground to be-come the first glob-ally-elected space ex-plorer to take part ina mission to the ISS,said the productioncompany behind theproposed series.

➤One would have to open WhatsApp on their smart-phones and scan their fingerprint to initiate the websession of their PC, the report said ➤It's not clearthough if Face Unlock support will also be added in thefuture for devices that support 3D Face Unlocks ➤The current method of authentication involves usingyour phone's camera to scan an on-screen QR code togain access to your account➤In addition, WhatsApp is reportedly bringing a fix fora bug that caused the removal of recently- used emojisafter the app is updated. The feature has been spottedin WhatsApp 2.20.200.10 beta for Android updates.

BUZZ

WHATSAPP ON WEB MAY SOONGET FINGERPRINT AUTHENTI-CATION FEATURE

WhatsApp is reportedly working onadding another layer of securityvia biometric scanning support

that will help users secure new sessionson the platform on the Web.

According to WABetainfo, a websitethat tracks WhatsApp in Beta, the mobilemessaging platform has dedicated a teamto work on making the entire browser serv-ice more secure.

BELGIUM TOPSFIRST FIFARANKINGS SINCE PANDEMICSHUTDOWN

The first FIFAmen’s world rank-ings for five

months were still led byBelgium on Thursday af-ter the shutdown of Eu-ropean teams during thecoronavirus pandemicended in September.

Belgium leads an un-changed top four nationsfrom 2018 World Cupwinner, France, Brazil— which is yet to play in2020 — and England.Portugal, the reigningEuropean and UEFA Na-tions League champion,rose two places to No 5.

TECH BUZZ

SPORTS

WHEN ANIMALS WERE USED AS SPIESR eportedly, the CIA had a plan to

turn cats into spying devices.,few years ago. The plan was namedOperation Acoustic Kitty. It waslater shelved when duringa trial, the spy cat, whichwas meant to capture a con-versation of two people,strayed into the streets,and got squashed by a taxi,reported history.com

OPERATION ACOUSTIC KITTY

I n 2010, Egypt claimed that a series of sharkattacks in the Red sea could have been a con-

spiracy of Israeli spy agency Mossad. In a2006 report, BBC had also said that the US isplanning to turn sharks into "stealth spies"capable of tracking vessels undetected, aBritish magazine had reported.

SHARKS

DOLPHINS

There ha-ve been

claims byIran in 2007 that

Israel had usedchameleons and

squirrels to find outits nuclear facilities. It

had also accused westerncountries of using cham-

eleons for the purpose.

In 2011, Saudi Arabia had ac-cused Israel of using grif-

fon vultures for spying. Re-portedly, Saudi officials foundGPS transmitters in the vul-ture. Similar claims havealso been made by Sudan.

VULTURES

CHAMELEONS AND SQUIRRELS TOO!

L ast year, there were reportsof Russian-trained Beluga

whales beingfound in Nor-way. The whalepurportedlyhad a specially-made harnesswith mountsfor GoPro cam-eras on each side of it.

➤The 17-year-old was nominat-ed by three Norwegian lawmak-ers and two Swedish parliamen-

tarians, and if she wins, shewould receive it at the same age

as Pakistan’s MalalaYousafzai, the youngest

Nobel laureate, so far.

➤The committee hasgiven the prize to envi-

ronmentalists before,starting with Kenya’s

WWaannggaarrii MMaaaatthhaaii in2004 for her cam-

paign to plant 30 mil-lion trees acrossAfrica, to AAll GGoorree

and theIInntteerrggoovveerrnnmmeennttaall

PPaanneell oonn CClliimmaatteeCChhaannggee in 2007

Climate crusaderGreta Thunbergtipped to win NobelPeace Prize?

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize could go togreen campaigner Greta Thunberg and theFridays for Future movement to highlight

the link between environ-mental damage and thethreat to peace and securi-ty, some experts say. The winner of the $1 millionprize, arguably the world’s top accolade, will beannounced in Oslo on Oct 9 from a field of 318

candidates.

HONOUR

MULTIPLEX ASSOCIATIONAPPEALS TO GOVT TO

REOPEN CINEMAS, SAYSJOBS ARE AT STAKE

Appealing to the government toallow theatres to reopen on anurgent basis, the Multiplex As-

sociation of India has said that themovie exhibition sector that providesemployment to lakhs of people havelost an estimated ` 9,000 crore in the

last six months. Describing movies asthe soft power of India and cinemasthe main form of entertainment formillions of Indians, the associationsaid close to 10,000 cinema screensacross the country have been shut forclose to six months. The movie exhi-bition sector has suffered financiallyand is now staring at job losses unlessthe government allows theatres to re-open, it said.

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More than 84 countries, includ-ing China, Korea, UK, France,Italy, Spain, UAE, and the US,have already opened cinemas tothe public, while maintaining thehighest degree of safety proto-cols, and have seen encouragingresponse, it said

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➥ Rankings after the Novemberinternational break will decideseedings, when FIFA draws theEuropean qualifying groups forthe 2022 World Cup in earlyDecember➥ The 10 highest-rankedEuropean teams will be top-seed-ed in groups, where only the win-

ner will advance directly to thefinals in Qatar. Three more teamswill qualify through playoffsscheduled in March 2022.➥ Currently, Germany is theninth-best European ranked No 14 and No 15 Switzerlandwould take the last top-seededplace in the draw

Space Hero, which isheaded by a formerNews Corp execu-tive named MartyPompadur, said it isworking with a Texas-based start-up Axiom Space tocoordinate the tripinto orbit

KING GETS A CUPT he International Tennis Federation has renamed the Fed

Cup, the women’s tennis team tournament, after BillieJean King, becoming one of the few major annual glob-

al team sports events to be named after a woman. The Uber Cup,the badminton team competition for women, is named

after Betty Uber, the 1935 All England champion.

King, 76, has 39 Grand Slam titlesagainst her name — 12 in singles, 16 indoubles and 11 in mixed doubles — andhas won the Fed Cup, seven times forthe United States. One of thefounders of the Women’s Tennis

Association (WTA), she is themoving force behind pay pari-

ty in sports, ‘forcing’ the USOpen to become the firstGrand Slam to offer equalprize money to men’s and

women’s champions

NAMESAKE

On August 31, a herd of yaks crossedover from the Chinese territory intoIndia. Experts claimed that Chinamay be using the yaks for spying.

The Indian Army returned the yaks to theirChinese owners but this is not the first timethat animals are being allegedly used as spies.Here's a look at some of the past incidents...

Chennai Super Kings' skipper MSDhoni announced his return to crick-et by rreeccoorrddiinngg 110000 wwiinnss ffoorr hhiiss ffrraann--cchhiissee oonn SSaattuurrddaayy. CSK defeatedMumbai Indians by five wickets onSaturday in the opening match of theIPL 2020. With this, Dhoni becamethe first skipper in IPL to record 100wins as the leader of a franchise.

100 WINS AS CSKSKIPPER: 'THALA'

DHONI STAGESWINNING RETURN

➤Dhoni returned to thecricket field after 437 days,as he last played a matchduring the 2019 World Cup. Hehad last played against NewZealand in the semi-finals ofthe 50-over tournament inJuly last year

➤The former India skipperhad announced his retirementfrom international cricket onAugust 15 this year.

➤CSK will next lock hornswith Rajasthan Royals onSeptember 22, while RohitSharma-led Mumbai will faceKolkata Knight Riders onSeptember 23

IPL2020

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RYAN INTERNATIONALSCHOOL, CHEMBUR

Ryan International School,Chembur celebrated Hindi Di-was through a digital Ex-pression due to Covid19 as to

mark the importance of the country'smost widely spoken language. A spe-cial assembly was held on 12th Sep-tember which marked the occasion.Students across from different gradeparticipated in the celebration.

The celebration started with theEternal Prayer followed by BibleReading. Welcome speech was deliv-ered in Hindi by grade 7 students.

Virtually children also performedQawwali, special note on Hindi Di-was, Kavi sammelan and a rap songby grade 9 students. It was an ener-getic performance by all the students.

Mustaque Khan the managing ed-itor of a reputed Hindi newspaperwas the guest.

He was overwhelmed with the stu-dents’ performances and their con-tribution towards 'Hindi Diwas'.

The programme ended with a voteof thanks followed by Ryan song andnational song.

NEW HORIZON SCHOLARS SCHOOL, KAVESAR THANE

In this country full of diversities, there is a phulwari of languages,among them the most beloved one is Hindi. 'Hindi Diwas is cele-brated on the 14th of September, to commemorate the adoption ofHindi in Devanagari script as one of the official languages in dif-

ferent Hindi speaking states of India.New Horizon Schol-

ars School, Thane tookthis opportunity toshowcase the skills andtalents of the studentson this special day withenthusiasm and inter-est.

The dance perform-ances each better thanthe other was a virtualvisual treat to the eyes.The melody in the songssung by the studentswas an exhilarating ex-perience. Speeches andtalks on the importanceof Hindi language andits importance was ex-tremely intriguing.

In the words of the Regional Director, "Hindi language is the Soulof Indian culture and the simplest source of expression of our Nation,Hindi is embellished with all those qualities, on whose strength it canjoin the next category of the world's literary language."

HOLY ANGEL SCHOOL,DOMBIVALI EAST

ANAGHA MURUKAN, CLASS IX

On 14th September, the studentsof standard9th A and9th B, had a

gorgeous online cel-ebration of 'HINDIDIWAS'' with theguidance of our re-spected teacher,Anita Ma’am.

Anagha Mu-rukan, of class 9th,welcomed the audi-ence for the jubi-lant celebration.The celebrationstarted with thename of GoddessSaraswati.

Komal Dhake of class 9th played awonderful song for Saraswati vandanon keyboard. It was followed by a beau-tiful inspirational speech by PrathamSuchak and Swarangi Savekar of class9th.Then two students Vibhavari Patil

and Diksha Suvarna gave an attractivespeech on the 'Importance of Hindi Di-was'. It was continued by mind blowingpoems by Anushree Khisti, Vedant De-sai, Riddhi Shetty, Nishit Rana andKapish Rawool.

The celebration ended with a moti-vational song 'SAARE JAHAN SE AC-CHA' and our honoured teacher, Ms. Ani-ta concluded the celebration.

It was an outstanding, memorable anda marvelous celebration of Hindi Diwasin Holy Angel’s School, Dombivali East.

HINDI DIWAS CELEBRATION

PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SSC & PODARINTERNATIONAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, SANTACRUZ

Podar International School SSC & Podar International HigherSecondary School organised Hindi Diwas to inculcate love andimportance for Hindi Language. The spirit of celebration washigh and this pandemic did not dampen the enthusiasm of stu-

dents. Students from Std 1-XII whole hearteadly participated in slo-gan,quiz, poem, shayari and speech. Students made sincere efforts to

use Hindi as a medium ofconversation for the day.

Principal Ophelia Bar-reto speaking on the occa-sion gave an insight and im-portance of Hindi Dohas inour daily life and urgedeveryone to feel proud ofthe National Language. Shegave a message that lan-guage and culture of anycountry plays an importantrole in making peopleto con-nect and helps in making astrong nation. Thus, the cel-ebration concluded on apositive note.

SHRI BALAJIINTERNATIONALSCHOOL, MALAD

The yearly fest onthe occasion ofHindi Diwas wascelebrated with

a different touch thisyear at SBIS, Malad.The online assemblybegan at 9 am with cus-tomary prayers fol-lowed by the teachersenlightening the stu-dents on the impor-tance of this day. Onthe event of the ac-ceptance of this wide-ly spoken language,students of class 5 to 10shared poems, stories,quotes, news and games, dressed in diverse costumes of our heritage. Theprogramme concluded with principal, Indira Aarons and vice - principal,Pooja Shringarpure who shared words of wisdom and encouragement withthe students to learn to speak in 'Shudh Hindi'.

JASUDBEN M L SCHOOL, KHAR WEST

Hindi Divas is celebrated in theHindi speaking states of ourcountry to acknowledge it as oneof the official languages of In-

dia. It is celebrated on 14th Septemberevery year.

This year too, thestudents of classes 1st to8th of Jasudben M LSchool, took part in com-memoration of the same.

They had preparedspeeches on the impor-tance of the Hindi lan-guage, recited poems anddohe, did a puppet show,conducted a radio eventand even displayed skitsthat they had pre-recorded and edited, asa video. They studentshad also created theirown artwork.

Some students of

Class 8 went one step ahead and createdan animated story while providing a livevoice over in class. This activity was tru-ly one of a kind.

The students and teachers under theguidance of the Hindi department head,Meena Sharma, have all shown their zealand enthusiasm in making this day spe-cial.

What we knowVS. What weshould know

Most of us follow different religions,by birth or by choice. But what wefail to understand is that we're allthe same, we believe in the same

thing. Some preachers call it Hinduism,some Islam, some Christianity, and so muchmore. We do not comprehend that we all fol-low the same preachings.

There is something knownas 'dharma' in Hinduism,which means purpose of life.Often, people interpretdhar-ma as something that is fated,or written for them. What theydo not understand is that, inthe journey of life, people

themselves build their purpose. They takecertain decisions that result in who theyare. Religions such as Hinduism are oftenmisunderstood for their preachings, andfor what's written in their holy books.

Certain people do not believe in the be-ing of god, but do not intend to questiontheir preachings. They only question thepresence of god, and how people believe inan imaginary being, which has not beenseen by them.

Different religions reflect god differ-ently .In Hinduism, there are believed to bethree main gods. In my opinion, avatars ex-ist to relate the preachings to a common hu-man. Thepreachings are conveyed in theform of stories and mythological epics, likeRamayana and Mahabharatha. In Islam, itis believed that god is beyond perceptionand is infinite, which means god is beyondthe imagination of a human brain. It is be-lieved that prophets are messengers of godand should not be worshiped. In Chris-tianity, Jesus Christ is believed to be theson of god as his preachings were power-ful and depicted a virtuous way of life forhumans.

If we dig deep and explore the differentreligions, we will understand that they allfollow the same preachings. Then how arethey unique from each other? They are dis-similar to each other due to their differenttraditions and customs. For example, Chris-tians go to the church on Sundays, Muslimspray every Friday, and Hindus visit the tem-ple on auspicious days. These different tra-ditions lead a path of life for a human be-ing. These traditions are what differenti-ate a Hindu and a Muslim, a Christian anda Buddhist. Though we have different bloodgroups, it is the basis of living. Similarly,though there are different religions, thepreachings are the basis of our way of life.

Bhavna Rao, class X,

NES International School, Mumbai

S T U D E N T S ' P E N

Diamond Jubilee High School,Mumbai (DJHSM), affiliated tothe ICSE Board and managed byAga Khan Education Service, In-

dia always endeavours to provide the besteducation to its students. It aims at theintegral development of the student fo-cusing on enlightened leadership, socialresponsibility and commitment to nationbuilding.

During this pandemic, DJHSM is fa-cilitating every possible opportunity forthe holistic development of its students.One such opportunity had students en-rolling with the Desh Apnayen ActizenClub. This is a formal group of studentsfrom Class 5 to 10,who, across the year,participate in many activities and com-petitions to foster Civic Sense and activeCitizenship. Developing Actizens (alert,informed and active citizens), was initi-ated by Desh Apnayen Sahayog Founda-tion, to proactively help create Democra-cy 2.0 - one in which citizens exert a senseof continuous ownership to make India agreat country, for every citizen.

On 15th August, the DJHSM studentsparticipated and proudly won the FirstRunner-Up position at the National 'MyCountry My Pride' Inter School Competi-tion. The competition was a tribute to ourmotherland on the auspicious occasion ofthe 74th Indian Independence Day. A team

of four students and one teacher, fromeach of the 40 competing schools acrossIndia participated in the Competition ona remote platform, which was later fea-tured on a YouTube channel for a largeraudience. Celebrating the victory, MasterTaha Lokhandwala echoed the sentimentsof his fellow students quoting - "This wasan inspiring experience educating us aboutthe great potential our motherland em-

braces and how we as future leaders cancollectively channelize our efforts towardsthe glory and success of India."

The DJHSM team comprised of fourGrade 10 students - Taha Lokhandwala,Ebrahim Sapatwala, Samruddhi Shelkeand Hatim Kapasi, under the guidance oftheir teacher Lee Krishnan. DJHSM wasone of the nine schools to qualify for theGrand Finale. DJHSM students selectedour neighbouring countries - Pakistanand China, for the Finale round, and show-cased a presentation on the parametersof 'The Freedom of the Press' and the 'Ju-dicial Systems' in these countries. TheDJHSM students ambitiously worked overthe tight timelines putting their heartsand souls into exploratory research, gath-ering information and preparing a pres-entation that explained the essence andelements of the selected subject. The em-inent chief guest, Padma Shri MohandasPai, was pleasantly surprised by the re-

search conducted and information pre-sented by the students.

"This competition taught the studentsthe three most essential skills of the21stcentury - leadership, time manage-ment and successful collaboration,stim-ulating their knowledge and intelligence.This indeed is a proud moment for theschool" said Nutan Iyer, principal atDJHSM.

An inspiring experience for all TREES AND CLIMATECHANGE: THE BONDRITU SARVAHI, PRINCIPAL,

TREE HOUSE HIGH SCHOOL, KALYAN

Very often we read about illeffects of Green house gas-es on Earth's Climate. TheGreen House Gases absorb

portion of solar radiation whichheats up our atmosphere causingdrastic alterations of weather.

Flooding of Coasts, Melting ofarcane Glaciers and Desertifica-tion of fertile land are few per-ceptible effects. Recently scientistsfrom Greenland confirmed thatGreenland is losing upto 500 Gi-gaTons of Ice every year and Evenif we stop Global Warming rightnow, this change will not stop.

The size of the problem has tobe seen with a perspective, thatGreenland is the second largestIce Cover on the planet.

This is a tremendous loss tothe earth Ecosystem, and a warn-ing sign of things to come.

The Bigger question is: Are weresponding correctly to the crisesor our response is merely sym-bolic? CO2 and CH4 are the mainGHG which are the mainly re-

sponsible for the heating up of ourplanet.

Global temperatures havebeen rising continuously sincemany years. We humans pump ahuge amount of CO2 due to ourday to day activities, Activities likeburning fossil fuels for cars, burn-ing Fossil fuels for cooking, Farm-ing, electricity production, ship-ping etc. All

these contribute to Increase of CO2in atmosphere.

The levels of CO2 in atmos-phere are at 415 ppm. This is thehighest in nearly a million years.

At present on an average a hu-man being produces 4.5 tons ofCO2 per day.

Developed nations like Amer-ica are highest contributors, withnearly 15 tons of CO2 per personper annum. While India produces1.6 tons per person per year.

Although we are not the high-est producer per person, rate of in-crease is extremely high for Indiaand China.

We often have this notion in

our mind that most effective wayto counter this enormous rise inCO2 is by planting trees. This isnot entirely true.

Trees help great deal in ab-sorbing carbon dioxide from en-vironment and giving us preciousoxygen but the rates of rise of CO2are so high and we have quicklyburnt so much fossil fuels that wewill never be able to become car-bon neutral merely by plantingtrees.

Trees have a limited life andthe carbon from the dying treesis released back in the at-

mosphere. We have to realisethat now, even if we plant bil-

lions of trees, it will onlyhelp to a extent only.

The real Ele-phant in the room isour reckless powerconsumption. We

have to reduce our car-bon foot print by actu-

ally burning less carbon.There is no other way out. Nowis the most urgent time to changeour wasteful ways and save our

home. Else our future is des-tined to suffer.

Bunts Sangha's S M Shetty HighSchool and Jr. College, Powai hasan open and accepting culture,where both the staffand students

always strive to improve and upgrade invarious areas, and outshine each time af-ter putting in their best efforts. Despite thecurrent uncertainties, the education de-partment worked diligently and was keenon conducting inter-school competitions.

As it was decided to conduct an onlinepatriotic solo singing competition for 'S'Ward Primary Section, and the school wasapproached for the same. The school read-

ily accepted to shoulder the responsibilityto be the host of this event.

The event lasted for 4 days, 18th Augustto 21st August 2020 and was conducted vir-tually - the first ever of its kind. It witnesseda surprisingly huge participation from the'S' Ward institutions, with a total of 29schools participating in the event. The ed-ucation officer, Mahesh Palkar, deputy ed-ucation officer Kirtivardhan Kiritkudave,superintendent private primary schoolKisan Kekare, 'S' ward, B O MadamVaishali Wavekar, school principal SeemaSabhlok, general manager Dr. Sandeep

Singh, vice principal Reshma Rao, head-mistress pre primary and primary sectionand daycare co-ordinator also graced theoccasion with their regular presence overthe four days.

The function started off in a traditionalway with lighting of the lamp, followed bya prayer. Guests were felicitated with vir-tual bouquets, after which the competitionstarted. The event was executed in aplanned manner, with a set time limit forevery student. All the students held theirspirit undented towards our nation bysinging patriotic songs on the virtual plat-form. The event was thus filled with a pa-triotic spirit and pride towards our nation.Dy. education officer Kirtivardhan Kir-itkudave expressed his gratitude to BuntsSangha's S M Shetty High School & Jr. Col-lege for conducting the competition.

The competition was judged by Sam-pada Gokhale, and Sameer Ambekar.The four day long competition end-ed with the results announcementby B.O. Madam Vaishali Wavekara positive note: A confident childwould never suppress himself fromlifting a mountain when he has a convic-tion to attain his purpose.

Bunts Sangha's S M Shetty High Schooland Jr. College proved yet again, that ifthere is a right direction, vision and drive,anything can be accomplished even in timesof crisis.

Trupti Giri, Bunts Sangha's S M Shetty HighSchool & Jr. College, Powai

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