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The World Health Organisationhas warned of a “new and dan-gerous phase” of the coron-

avirus pandemic, with people tiringof lockdowns, despite the disease's ac-celerating spread. The warning cameas it emerged that the virus was pres-ent in Italy in December, months be-fore its first confirmed cases, aboutthe same time when the disease wasfirst reported in China.

TWITTER LAUNCHES ‘PROMPT’ TO HELPPEOPLE COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

T witter has launched a dedicated search ‘prompt’ for Indi-an users that will direct people looking for domestic vio-lence-related keywords towards relevant information from

the ministry of women and child development and national com-mission for women. The search prompt will be available on iOS,Android and on mobile in English and Hindi languages.

Nobel Prize-winning author KazuoIshiguro is all set to come out withhis new novel, ‘Klara and the Sun’,

next March. The book isthe story of Klara, an

“Artificial Friend” with “outstandingobservational qualities”, who watch-es browsers from her place in a shop,hopeful that one will eventuallychoose her.

KAZUO ISHIGURO TO COME OUT WITHNEW NOVEL 'KLARA ANDTHE SUN' NEXT YEAR

N obel laureateIndian econo-mist Amartya

Sen has won the presti-gious Peace Prize of theGerman Book Trade forhis decades-long workon “questions of globaljustice”. Börsenverein,the German Publishersand Booksellers Asso-ciation, chose the 86-year-old economist andphilosopher as the re-cipient of the body’s2020 Peace Prize for hispioneering work ad-dressing issues of glob-

al justice, social inequality in education and healthcare.

THE STONEHENGE MYSTERY UNRAVELS:Scientists find huge ring of ancient shaftsnear the monument

A rchaeologists havediscovered a majorpre-historic monu-

ment under the earth nearStonehenge that could shednew light on the origins ofthe mystical stone circle insouthwestern England. Ex-perts say the site consists ofat least 20 huge shafts, more than 32- feet in diameter and 16- feet- deep,forming a circle more than 2-kilometres in diameter. The new find isat Durrington Walls, the site of a Neolithic village about 2 kilometresfrom Stonehenge. Researchers say the shafts appear to have been dugaround 4,500 years ago, and could mark the boundary of a sacred areaaround a circular monument, known as the Durrington Walls henge.

➤Stonehenge, a huge monument built between 3,000 B C and1,600 B C, is one of Britain's most popular tourist attractions. ➤It's also a spiritual home for thousands of druids and mystics,who visit at the summer and winter solstices

"Every time someone (inIndia) searches for certainkeywords associated with theissue of domestic violence, aprompt will direct them to therelevant information andsources of help available onTwitter," the company said This is an expansion of Twitter's #ThereIsHelp prompt,which was specifically put in place for the public to findclear, credible information on critical issues Some of these terms, include crime against women,domestic violence, dowry, dowry death, gender violence,gender-based violence, lockdown violence, marital rapeand POSH (prevention of sexual harassment)

WORLD IN A 'NEW AND DANGEROUSPHASE' OF PANDEMIC: WHO

NEWSIN

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The virus, which has now killed more than 454,000 peopleand infected 8.4 million people worldwide, is surging in theAmericas and parts of Asia, even as Europe starts to easerestrictive measuresLockdowns have caused economic dam-age, but the WHO said the pandemic still posed a major threat

FUN GAMES FORVIRTUAL PARTY

Immigrationhas con-tributedimmensely toAmerica'seconomicsuccess,making it a global leader intech, and also Google, thecompany, it is today. I am dis-appointed by the proclama-tion. We'll continue to standwith immigrants, and work toexpand opportunity for all Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, onthe suspension of visas, by theTrump administration

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BINGOIt doesn't get any easier than Bingo.You can use a website like, My FreeBingo Cards to play a traditionalgame with a virtual caller, or you canplay a custom Bingo game thatrevolves around a movie or TV showthat your group plans to watch.

SCATTERGORIES Scattergories is a fun game to playwith Zoomers of all ages. To play,head to this free game generatorand send each person a link to thegame. The rules are simple: there isone letter and five categories(things like "school supplies,""book title," and "girl's name").You have 60 seconds to come upwith a word that fits in each cate-gory and start with the chosen let-ter. The more unique your answer iscompared to your friends' answers,the more points you get.

NAME, PLACE, ANIMAL This popular game works well onvirtual platforms. To play, pick aletter. Each player has to list afamous person's name, a place, ananimal, and a thing that begins withthat letter. The first person to typethem into the chatbox wins.

PSYCHTo play, participants make up fakeanswers to real trivia questions;one player must choose the realanswer among the fakes. There'seven an "And the Truth ComesOut" deck that allows you to dothe same thing with personal ques-tions about each other.

THIS DAY THAT YEAR JUNE 25, 1983

Yes, it was the day when Indiancricket came of age; a match thatchanged the course of the game's

future. The venue was Lord's, the Mecca ofcricket, where a packed house witnessed

one of sport's biggest upsets— West Indieswere set for a third straight title. Clive Llyod's

side had superstars, who, on their day,could just blow away the challenge ofchasing 184. But it wasn't their day. West

Indies were bowled out for140. Their World Cup-winning streakwas broken.

Cricket had itsnew world cham-

pions! Kapil’sDevils won it in style.

A supercomputer developed byJapan's state-backed Rikenresearch institute has

emerged as TTHHEE WWOORRLLDD''SS FFAASSTTEESSTTFFOORR CCOOMMPPUUTTIINNGG SSPPEEEEDD, according toa twice-yearly ranking by the US-European TOP500 project. It is thefirst time in nine years that aJapanese supercomputer has capturedthe top position. The supercomputer,named FFuuggaakkuu,, after Mt Fuji, alsotook the top spot in three other cate-gories that measured performance incomputational methods for industrialuse, artificial intelligence applicationsand big data analytics.

The Japanese supercomputer,jointly developed with Fujitsu Ltd,forms a key foundation for power-ful simulations used in scientificresearch and the development ofindustrial and military technolo-gies. Another supercomputerdeveloped by the US ranked No 3,while China held both the fourthand fifth spots. Currently beingoperated on a trial basis forresearch on potential medicines tofight corona, Fugaku is expected tobe fully operational in April 2021.

A supercomputer is a computer with a high level ofperformance as compared to a general-purposecomputer. The performance of a supercomputer iscommonly measured in floating-point operationsper second (FLOPS) instead of million instructionsper second (MIPS)

Japanese supercomputer is crownedWORLD’S SPEEDIEST

Pluto has a vast ocean beneath its frozen crust!

Alatest study has revealed that Pluto harboursa vast ocean beneath its frozen crust, whichhas been there for 4.5 billion years-500 million

years, longer than Earth's seas According to scien-tists, though Pluto is known today as a ball of frozenice and rock orbiting the sun at a distance of 3.7 bil-lion miles, it may have been hot when it first formed,allowing liquid water to form on its surface, and po-tentially provided the conditions needed to supportalien life. The new study differs from the traditionalview that Pluto originated as a ball of frozen ice androck, which gradually melted enough to form a sub-surface ocean, due to heat released by the decay ofradioactive elements in the rock.

The scientists compared thermal model simulations of the evolution ofits interior to pictures of its surface taken by NASA's New Horizons’

spacecraft. They identified ridges and troughs morethan a mile deep on the dwarf planet, suggesting stressesfrom movements inside its shell caused by water expand-

ing, when it freezes. The study suggests other planetsand dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt — like Haumea andMake— may have also once been warm, and capable of har-

bouring alien life.

DIDYOUKNOW

NOBEL LAUREATE AMARTYA SEN WINS2020 PEACE PRIZE OF THE GERMANBOOK TRADE

AWARD

This is the first novel byIshiguro since he wasawarded the Nobel Prize inLiterature, and will bepublished by Faber & Faberin the UK, Alfred A Knopfin the US and Knopf inCanada on March 2, 2021.

UNRAVELLED

AFTER OSCARS, GOLDEN GLOBESDELAYED TO FEBRUARY 2021

The Golden Globes is refusing to let the pandemic get in theway of its party. The ceremony will now be held on February 28,2021, in Beverly Hills, with previously announced hosts— TinaFey and Amy Poehler, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association

said. The date, as with that ofother awards, had been delayedamid the coronavirus disruption.The Golden Globe Awards recog-nise excellence in film, bothAmerican and International, andAmerican television

TECH BUZZ

REMARKABLE MOVIES SET IN A SINGLE LOCATIONWith the coronavirus pan-demic halting the shoot-ing of films that aredependent on outdoorshoots, here are somemovies that were shot ina single location. Thesefilms demonstrate howfilmmakers can think out-side the box, an experi-ment that can be tried inthese lockdown times...

7500The location: A plane’s cockpitTHE PROBLEM: When terrorists hijack aBerlin-to-Paris flight, it’s up to a youngAmerican co-pilot, Tobias (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), to direct the aircraft to safety, andin the process, make some distressing split-second decisions.THE RESULTS: For his debut feature, directorPatrick Vollrath creates a close-quarters nail-biter that keeps you exactly where he wants you: in the pilot’s seat.To experience the film from Tobias’ point of view, Vollrath makesclever use of a surveillance monitor in the locked cockpit. Thescreen displays impersonal glimpses of passengers as the flight at-tendants pass through the service curtain. Hostages held in thecabin are also only visible on the screen. (Where to watch: Stream on Amazon Prime Video)

GRAVITYThe location: 600 km above EarthTHE PROBLEM: A medical engineer, Dr RyanStone (Sandra Bullock) is faced with find-ing a way back to Earth, after her spaceshuttle is damaged by debris from a de-stroyed satellite.THE RESULTS: This 2013 science-fiction drama isso utterly immersive that it makes you feel likeStone. We are centered in the action, even pulledinside her astronaut’s helmet; we can sense the panic of free-fallinginto an ocean of emptiness alone.Rather than relying on flashbacks toillustrate her back story, the screenwriters, Alfonso Cuarón (who alsodirected) and his son Jonás reveal Stone’s grief through her achinglytragic soliloquy, delivered in space as she floats against a backdrop ofstar-speckled darkness. (Where to watch: Rent on YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, iTunesand other platforms)

BURIEDThe location: A wooden coffinTHE PROBLEM: An Iraq-based Americancivilian truck driver, Paul Conroy (RyanReynolds), is buried alive. His air supply isdiminishing, and he has nothing but a fewtools to help him escape.THE RESULTS: Ninety-five minutes is a long timeto be stuffed in a coffin. But director Rodri-go Cortés’ 2010 thriller makes a bone-chill-ing case for setting an entire movie in a big box with a single on-screen character. The film’s use of frantic camerawork and close-ups, paired with Reynolds’ strong, desperate-to-escape performanceestablish an environment that is so wincingly claustrophobic, youmight try to look for a way out too.

(Where to watch: Rent on YouTube, Amazon Prime Video,iTunes and other platforms)

WHEN INDIACONQUERED THE WORLD!

ENTERTAINMENT

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

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immaculate: (adj) free from spotor stain; spotlessly clean. Freefrom moral blemish or impurity;pure; undefiled. Free from fault orflaw; free from errors.

Synonymous words: flawless,impeccable, neat, spotless, clean,errorless, faultless, pure, spruce,trim, unsoiled, etc

Examples: The bride waslooking like a dream coming downthe church aisle dressed inimmaculate white. The farmhouse set in themidst of the immaculate gardenlooked splendid.

Sarah’s house was immaculatewith not a single speck of dustanywhere.

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Teacup Poodles Known for their intelligence, ener-gy, and sweet personality, TeacupPoodles make amazing family dogs.

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CONCEPT OF THE DAY➤ GET OVER ITMMeeaanniinngg:: To move beyond something that is bothering you.

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How much istoo much By SMITA GHOSH,

counselor,ANAND NIKETAN,Ahmedabad

1. ‘LET’S TALK’ – STAYAWAYParents: You think ‘Let’s Talk’ is anatural way to begin a conversation.Teens: Alarm bell goes off in theirbrains and shutters come down. Theend of the conversation before it be-gins.Solution: Spend some non-demand-ing time with them like reading abook in their room or working in thekitchen with your child before youbegin the conversation.

2. STOP PREACHING

Parents: Throughout the day we areonly ‘Telling’ (preaching) our teens.Teens:When you tell them to do some-thing they will usually ‘Push Back’.Solution:Instead of ‘you need to study’ask ‘how is preparation for your ex-ams going?’Instead of telling, ask them in a calmand curious way.

3. KEEP CALMParents: Don’t get shocked orreact and show your anxiety.Teens: They will think twice

thrice before telling you anything.Solution:What your teen needs is theneed for you to empathise, empathisewith your heart. When you em-pathise, they will not feel shamed orjudged and they might open to you.Try: I can understand ‘This is diffi-cult for you; this isn’t easy for you?

4. FOLLOWING YOU-I-WEAPPROACHThe family should have You-I-We ap-proach to avoid any sort of conflicts:➤ I Listen to YOU (Even if I don’tagree)➤I share my views (Even if you don’tagree)➤ WE solve this out together

5. LEARN TO SAY SORRY

As parents, we can make mistakes,especially with teens. Simply apolo-gise and say ‘I am sorry for messingup. What can I do to make it better?Believe it teens are far more forgiv-ing when you are upfront with them. 1. A) UP 2. B) India-Japan 3. D) M S Dhoni 4. A) 50 lakh mark

Q.1) Which stategovernment organisedKHON Ramlila?

A. UP B. Punjab

C. Delhi D. Tamil Nadu

Q.2) 'Shinyuu Maitri' is ajoint military exercisebetween which countries?A. India-Nepal B. India-Japan

C. India-China D. India-Korea

Q.3) To boost digital pay-ments in India, which play-er along with Master Card

has launched'Team Cashless India'? A. Sachin Tendulkar B. Virat Kohli

C. Rohit Sharma D. M S Dhoni

Q.4) Ayushman BharatPradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PM-JAY), hascrossed which of the fol-lowing milestones? A. 50 lakh mark

B. 30 lakh mark

C. 44 lakh mark

D. 100 lakh mark

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Quiz time

FROM THE COUNSELOR’S DESK

Q1: There were manydogs in the park.

One dog was ___ Dalmatian.A: A ❑B: An ❑C: Nothing ❑

Q2: Pandas and ___tigers are both

endangered animals.A: A ❑B: An ❑C: Nothing ❑

Q3: She is wearing ___blue dress with

red earringsA: A ❑ B: An ❑C: Nothing ❑

Q4: Hawaii is ___island in the

Pacific Ocean.A: A ❑B: An ❑C: Nothing ❑

Q5: Christmas comesonce ___ year.

A: A ❑B: An ❑C: Nothing ❑

Q6: ___ ant is __insect.

A: A, An ❑ B: An, An ❑C: Nothing ❑

Q7: The Nile is ___river.

A: A ❑B: An ❑C: Nothing ❑

Q8: I went to the shopto get ___ bread.

A: A ❑ B: An ❑C: Nothing ❑

Q9: He broke ___ glasswhen he was

washing dishes.

A: A ❑ B: An ❑C: Nothing ❑

Q10: You should take___ umbrella.

A: A ❑ B: An ❑C: Nothing ❑

GRAMMARA, An or (Nothing)

CURRENT AFFAIRSCOMMON GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES m

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HEALTHFUL/HEALTHYTHE RULES:

HOW NOT TO DO IT:

■”Healthful” describes something that willcreate good health. ■”Healthy” describes someone fit, etc.

■Choosing the most healthy foods for yourfamily is no easy task.

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HOW TO DO IT PROPERLY: ✔

Learning andexploringplatforms inquarantine

S ri VenkateshwarInternationalSchool Sector 18,Dwarka STEM and

Business Club studentsorganised the QuarantechEvent hosting 42 schoolsfrom the length andbreadth of India andalso Canada andCincinnati, US. Theonline event was heldfor 2 days and hadmore than 400 entries.Prof Srikrishna DevaRao, vice chancellor,NLU Odisha, Prem ChandPalety CEO C fore andDeepti Sawhney, interna-tional trained trainer andhead, Mahattattava werethe chief guests.

Sailander Solanki, schoolchairman and principal NitaArora felt that this pandemichas led to students gaining inde-pendence and confidence to be theleaders we always want to be. Thestudents of organising team wereArjun Garg, Shriansh Bahugana, KartikKumar, Nilabjo Mukherjee, ViditKhandelwal, Kapeesh Gupta, AyushBhatnagar, Riju Marwah.

Exceptionaldisplay oftalent bystudents

T he students ofBlue Bells

Model School,Gurgaon com-

peted in Goonj-anOnline Cultural Fest byDPS, Sector 45. It wasa proud moment when

the school team ofRappers lifted the

Winners Trophy in RipRap Competition

wherein, they paidtheir tribute to thedivinity of God, ourbeloved Mothers all

across the globe. Thesecond presentation in

Nritya Abhinaya – theschool team securedthe First Runners Up

Position among the topcontestants . The students

showcased the case ofdomestic violence and howthe girl child emerged as a

winner combating all the chal-lenges. The event was cross-

nations organised at theInternational Level and saw an

overwhelming participation fromFrance , Poland, Germany and renowned

schools of India.

MY CUP OF TEAI desire to change the society as many people discriminatebetween boys and girls. They also tend to treat the transgender

differently and use “stay away from them” kind of stereo-types. But we must not indulge in such acts as they are also

human beings and have equal human rights. Additionally, whosoever indulges in harassment of girls in

any way and the people who force children/people forbegging by making them disabled must be put behind

bars and given severe punishment. By this way, thesociety will become biasfree and the world will

be a safer place to live for all.SANIYA, VIII, Prince Public School, Budh Vihar

Ryan InternationalSchool, Sector 31,Gurgaon celebrat-ed World Environ-ment Day. Ryanites

participated in various activitiesto showcase their love for the en-vironment. The theme for thisyear’s World EnvironmentDay is “Time for Nature.”

The tiny tots participatedin a Fancy dress competitionusing leaves, flowers and twigs.Students from classes IV andV participated in activitiessuch as making Birds feederfrom watermelons skin or or-ange skin or any other waste andmaking compost from vegetablesand fruits waste generated at home insmall pot respectively. Ryanites from

the middle wing participated inPoster making and picture de-scription to celebrate this day.

They also participated in arti-cle writing on the topic “My re-sponsibilities towards envi-ronment”. The senior wing stu-

dents celebrated the day bywriting poems on the topic

“Time for Nature”. Apartfrom the above activitiesTechno savvy students fromclasses V to X also made an-

imated story on the topic “En-vironment.”

School Head N GeetaSrinivasa extended her grati-

tude towards the mentors whohad given the students the vision of

protecting the environment in the bestpossible ways.

‘The Earth is whatwe all have in common’

PRACHI, Class IX,Shree Ram WorldSchool, Dwarka

S T U D E N T C O R N E R

1) If twice the area of asmaller square is subtracted

from the area of a largersquare, the result is 14 cm2.

However, if twice the area of thelarger square is added to three

times the area of the smallersquare, the result is 203 cm2. Determinethe sides of the two squares. A. 5 cm, 8 cm B. 6 cm, 8cm, C. 3 cm, 7 cm D. 5 cm, 9cm2) Three consecutive natural numbers aresuch that the square of the middle numberexceeds the difference of the squares ofthe other two by 60. Find the three num-bers. A. 9, 10, 11, B. 5, 6, 7, C. 13, 14, 15, D. Noneof the above

ANSWER: 1. 5 cm, 8 cm, 2. 9, 10, 11

CHECK YOUR APTITUDE

CURRICULUM EXERCISES

Q1. What is the object of caulking in a

riveted joint?

Q2. Fill in the blanks:

A. Strain energy is the ___________________.

B. The neutral axis of the cross-section of

a beam is that

axis at which the

bending stress is

__________________.

Q3. Identify thefollowing place ofinterest.

Answer: (1) It makes the joint leak-proof. (2) A) energystored in a body when strained within elastic limits B) zero (3) Hofburg palace

■Choosing the most healthful foods for yourfamily is no easy task.■Healthy forests are built to withstand severenatural disturbances.