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Child stars Ruhaanika, Riva and Akriti rally for a green cause

TECH BUZZ

Indian skipper Virat Kohli's popularityknows no bounds, and once again it hasbeen reaffirmed by a study, which has

revealed that the 31-year-old is the mostpopular cricketer in the world. Mean-while, 'The Men in Blue' also topped thechart as far as the most popular crick-et team in the world is concerned.

Covid-19 most disruptive event inmodern history: Mukesh Ambani

T he coronavirus is the most disruptive event inthe modern history and a 'cooperative andcollaborative' effort is needed at the global

level in the fight against the pandemic, RelianceIndustries chairman Mukesh Ambani said during thelaunch of a book on Covid- 19. Ambani and his wife,Nita, e-launched the book , 'The CoronaVirus: WhatYou Need to Know About the Global Pandemic' bythree medical experts.

Facebook likely to mergeInstagram & Messenger chats

F acebook Inc is all set to merge the chatfunction of its Instagram and Messen-ger services, the Verge reported. The

changes are likely to come with an update ofthe company’s apps on Apple Inc’s devices aswell as Android devices, said the Verge, citingreports from the users.

Once updated, the Instagram app willembed Messenger functionality, and addmore emojis and features, such as swipe toreply and the ability to chat with friends,who use Facebook This could be the lateststep in FB’s efforts to bring individual prod-ucts and apps closer together. In the pasttwo years, it rebranded Instagram andWhatsApp to increase users’ awareness thatthe apps are owned by FB

ContemptOF COURTWHAT

The Supreme Court has heldthat two tweets by lawyerPrashant Bhusan that he had

tweeted against the apex court, amount to the contemptof court. Bhushan, had on June 27, accused the SC ofplaying a part in the "destruction of India's democracy" inthe last six years. According to The Contempt of CourtsAct 1971, a criminal contempt means the publication(whether by words, spoken or written, or by signs, or byvisible representation, or otherwise) "scandalises" or"tends to scandalise" any court.

WHOCAN FILE FOR THE CONTEMPTOF COURT: The contempt pro-ceedings can be initiated by an

individual either by filing an application, or by thecourt itself suo moto. In both the cases, the contemptproceedings must be initiated within one year from thedate on which the contempt is alleged to have beencommitted.

What does the Moon smell like?

H e may never have pulled on a space-suit or flown in a shuttle but that hasnot stopped Frenchman Michael

Moisseeff from reaching for the stars. Af-ter years of exploring and reconstructingthe scents of planet Earth, the 66-year-old‘aroma sculptor’ has set himself a new goal—capturing the smell of the Moon.

THE MAN WITH A MISSION In his lab, Moisseeff tries to dissect themysteries of smell by producing all kinds ofscents, fragrances and emanations fromthe molecules Since, he hasn't been tothe Moon, he read the descriptions madeby various astronauts who walked on theMoon, in particular Neil Armstrong, the firstman ever to do so in 1969Due to the lackof oxygen on the Moon, he (Armstrong)obviously couldn't smell anything, but onceback in the module, the smell of the dustclinging to his spacesuit reminded him ofthe burnt black powder of an old six-shoot-er," he says. In order to reproduce thatsmell, Moisseeff chose to detonate blackpowder in his own saucepans. After severalfailed attempts, he finally succeeded in"capturing" a burnt deposit. A blend ofmetallic, carbon and sulphur notes com-bined to titillate the nostrils and the imagi-nation. He is still working on it

THE PUNISHMENT: The Act provides for“simple imprisonment for a term, which mayextend up to six months, or with a fine thatmay extend up to `2,000, or with both”. Italso says that should a person apologise,and if the court is satisfied with the apology,even if “it is qualified or conditional”, nopunishment needs to be meted out

X-PLAINED

Our Milky Way has aDISTANT COUSIN!

Astronomers have found a galaxy far, faraway that looks like the Milky Way

The galaxy, calledSPT0418-47, is so far away

that it took billions of years forits light to reach the Earth, said

the European SouthernObservatory (ESO), which was

involved in the discovery

It's lurking 12.4 billion lightyears away

Although it lacks the characteristiccurving arms of a spiral galaxy,SPT0418-47 does consist of a flat,rotating disc. It has a similar masslike that of the Milky Way

More stunningly, it has a galacticbulge, the tightly-packed concentra-

tion of stars, found in the middle ofmost spiral galaxies.

SPT0418-47 is relatively cool andfaint. It was picked up by the pow-erful Alma radio telescope inChile, using a technique calledgravitational lensing, where anearby galaxy acts as a powerfulmagnifying glass

The BIG Q: Will SPT0418-47evolve into another Milky Way?

Astronomers don’t think so. Theyexpect it to evolve into a galaxyvery different from our Milky Way,and join the class of ellipticalgalaxies, which lack spiral arms

Our galaxy is, on an average, a hun-dred thousand light years across, butonly a thousand light years thick.Within this flattened disc, the sun andits planets are embedded in a curvingarm of gas and dust, putting the solarsystem about 26,000 light years awayfrom the galaxy’s turbulent core

It has a huge black hole. CalledSagittarius A*, the supermassive blackhole weighs more than four milliontimes the mass of the sun

The Milky Way eats galaxies thatcome too close. Over the years, scien-tists have detected some two dozenfaint streamers of stars (Source: NGC)

1 Who was thefirst

astronomer to determine thatthe “milky” band of light wasmade up of many individualstars?A. Nicolaus CopernicusB. Albert EinsteinC. Galileo GalileiAns: C Galileo Galilei pointedhis first rudimentary tele-scope at the Milky Way in1610.

2 How manyplanets are

there in theMilky Way?

A. Nine B. Eight

C. More than100 billionAns: C. Our galaxy is loadedwith planets, with the newones being discovered all thetime.

3 PSR B1620-26 b is believed to

be the Milky Way’s oldestplanet. What is its nickname?A. Methuselah B. LazarusC. NibiruAns: A Astronomers believeMethuselah is about 12.7 bil-lion years old, which means ithas been around, nearly aslong as the Universe. (Source: Inside the perimeter)

HOWWELL DO

YOU KNOWOUR MILKY

WAY?

APPS THAT WILL LETYOU KNOW INDIAN

HISTORY BETTERINDIAN HISTORY INENGLISHThis book is subdivided into dif-ferent historical events in chrono-logical orders for the ease ofreading. The application will pro-vide you detailed informationabout the great rulers of India,historical battles, dynasties, free-dom movements, etc. WHERE TO ACCESS: DOWNLOAD:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whiture.apps.en.india.history

INDIAN HISTORY, BOOK &QUIZThis mobile application includesthe complete information onIndian history, from pre-Vedic erato recent years. In addition, youwill get 450+ competitive quizzesabout the history of India. Theapp provides you detailed infor-mation about the great rulers ofIndia, historical battles, man-made marvels, Indian dynasties,India's freedom movements, andmuch more, at a single place.WHERE TO ACCESS: DOWNLOAD:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hrithriddhi.indquiz&hl=en

INDIAN HISTORYIts major focus is on India andthe world, history, events, dynas-ties, freedom movement and gen-eral history. With this app, youcan also prepare for all the com-petitive exams.WHERE TO ACCESS: DOWNLOAD:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sanaedutech.indiahistory&hl=en

INDIA AND WORLDHISTORY HINDIThis app provides a comprehensiveapproach to the various aspects ofIndian history, like ancient,medieval and modern history andthe world history in Hindi, and isuseful for various competitiveexaminations. The app also pro-vides more than 1,500+ MCQ oneach section of history in Hindi.Internet connectivity is notrequired at all to use this app

WHERE TO ACCESS: DOWNLOAD:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hstre.hndie

According to a SEMrush study, Kohliwas searched online on an average of16.2 lakh per month, from January toJune this year, while the Indian cricketteam was searched on an average of 2.4lakh times per month in the same timeperiod

Other cricketers among the top 10,included Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni,George Mackay, Josh Richards, HardikPandya, Sachin Tendulkar, ChrisMatthews and Shreyas Iyer

With respect to the cricket teams,India led the chart, followed by England,Australia, West Indies, Pakistan, SouthAfrica, Bangladesh, New Zealand, SriLanka, Ireland, Afghanistan, andZimbabwe

Cricket followers across the globe werealso captivated by women cricketers

ODDLY-ENOUGH

H ighlighting the importance of clean water anda greener environment, actor RuhaanikaDhawan has urged her friends to take action

against the climate change. "I have been trying differ-ent ways to reuse plastic milk covers, plant pots, anduse the water that drains out from the air condition-er, she says. And she is not alone. Another child actress,Riva Arora too has been encouraging her friends andfamily to “take steps to protect the nature, like usingcloth bags instead of plastic, and turning off the tapwhen not using, among other things." Meanwhile, ‘Kull-fi Kumarr' child star, Aakriti Sharma has “switched tocloth or jute bags instead of one-time-use plastic bags”.

Ruhaanika, Aakriti and Riva have united forNickelodeon's #SochKaroUpgrade initiative, whichthrows light on the climate change, the ways tocome through it safely, and with resilience

FOR A CAUSE

The book writtenby internal medicinespecialist, DrSwapneil Parikh,clinical psychologistMaherra Desai andneuropsychiatrist DrRajesh M Parikh, ispublished by Ebury Press, an imprint of PenguinRandom House. It addresses the history, evo-lution, facts and myths around the pandemic.

5 TIPS TO AVOID ONLINE FRAUD

From Whatsapp to creditcard frauds, here’s howMHA's twitter handle, Cyber Dost is helping thenetizens...

LOGGED IN NO MORE

1 Avoid using the 'Keep melogged in' or 'Remember

me' options on the web-sites, especially, on public com-puters

COVID-19 SCARE

2 Due to the apprehensions associat-ed with Covid-19, cyber criminals areplaying various tricks, like using

promotional code and coronavirus maps,etc for hacking. Be vigilant and attentive

SOCIAL MEDIA VIGILANCE

3 Be careful while posting yourpersonal details on the cus-tomer care handles of social

media platforms. Personal informationmay be misused by unscrupulous peo-ple for conducting financial frauds

ESCAPING FRAUD

4 Do not respond to any messagesassuring credit of money intoyour bank account, with a

request to share your personal details.It may be an attempt to fraud you.

AVOIDING THE +92 NUMBERS

5 Avoid receiving normal/what-sapp calls from numbers start-ing with +92. These may be used

for soliciting sensitive information

Author of 'The Martian', Andy Weiris writing a new astronaut thriller

Ballantine Books has officially announced Andy Weir’s next novel,‘Project Hail Mary’, which will hit the stores on May 4, 2021

The book follows an astronaut, who wakes upalone in a spaceship with all his crewmates dead.He's deep in space, and his memory is missing,but he needs to complete a missionto save the Earth from an upcomingdisaster. The film rights to the novelhas already been sold. Bought byMGM, filmmakers, Phil Lord andChris Miller, are set to direct themovie, while Ryan Gosling is likely tostar in it

BOOK

DIDYOUKNOW

3 FACTS ON MILKY WAY

KOHLI, ROHIT, DHONImost popular cricketers

globally: Study

“Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.”GÉRARD DE NERVAL, FRENCH WRITER AND POET READ.PLAY.LEARN02

Making Math fun is essential to engage students in even learning the basics. Wesee the difference in achievement when students are engaged and

participating. So making learning fun is a big part of our goal!

MATH

STARRING

MAHI on taking risks:During the final of the 2011 ICCWorld Cup, when India lost earlywickets against Sri Lanka, MSDhoni himself came to bat insteadof sending Yuvraj Singh. Heplayed till the end and India wonthat edition of the World Cup. Thiswas a major decision which couldhave gone either way. In other instances, he has backed IshantSharma in the Champions Trophy2013 and Joginder Sharma inWorld T20 2007, and this has paidoff well. One of the lessons thatwe can draw out is that leadersmust be willing to take risksand try out something new instead of sticking to patterns.

What You Could Do: Try an activity called HeliumHula, which helps teams breaktheir patterns and come up withinsights to think afresh.

Mahi led the way to becom-ing world Class:

Dhoni is a believer in experientiallearning. Here’s what he said ongetting better, “I don’t studycricket too much. Whatev-er I have learned or experi-enced is through cricket, I’veplayed on the field, andwhatever little I havewatched.” The point is learningby doing is the best way to fastenthe learning process. When you dosomething, you observe and form

a model (or process) of it in yourmind. Once the model is there inyour mind, you further apply it inreal life situations and thereby learnmore and more.

What You Could Do: It is all aboutrefining yourself day in day outwith every passing experience.

On Developing Champions:Dhoni has been criticised by peo-ple for supporting players whowere out of form. When otherssaw an out-of-form player,Dhoni saw something unique

and believed in the individ-ual. It was this belief thattransformed several players,including the incoming cap-tain and arguably the bestbatsman in the world, ViratKohli. Here’s what Kohli has tosay about Dhoni – “He (Dhoni) wasalways the person who guided meinitially and gave me opportuni-ties. He gave me ample time andspace to grow as a cricketer, savedme from getting dropped from theteam many a times.”

Being cool!“Captain Cool” is the title givento him for the calmness shown byhim during tough times. When histeam wasn’t doing well in the IPLmatches (and the team’s man-agement was stuck in controver-sy of match-fixing) he maintainedhis cool and performed well. Hehas maintained his demeanouron the field and has managed hisemotions well when the team wasnot doing well. Leaders who main-tain a sense of balance in toughand successful times can thinkthrough objectively.

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DHONIMAHENDRA SINGH

What is the leader-ship lesson you

learnt from MS? Tell us in 100

words at timesnie175@gmail.com

Dhoni has proved that leadership isn’t easy, and you must be willing to take risks and stretch yourself to win as a team

CONTEST ALERT From the imagination of Wimpy Kid’s RowleyJefferson comes an adventure of epic proportions!And wwhile yyou ffind mmore aabout tthis aadven-ture, wwe llook fforward tto hhearing ffrom yyouabout your iimaginary aawesome aadventure.Don’t take this lightly for there is a copy of the brandnew book ‘Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid’ to bewon! So, wwhat aare yyou wwaiting ffor yyoung aadventurers,pick uup yyour ppen aand wwhip uup aan aadventure sstory!

Tell us at timesnie175@gmail.com

What are we reading? See our #bookfieOn Book Lovers Day (celebrated on August 9), we asked students to sharetheir #Bookfie. A book they loved reading and why it should interest you!Have a bookfie to share? Send at timesnie175@gmail.com

N AASHRITHAA, class V,

JSS Public School, HBR

Layout, Bangalore

YOHANKHANNA,prep,SpringdalesDhaulaKuan, Delhi

NITYA HAPANI,

class V, TGES Wadi,

Rajkot

HANISHA D , class X, PSBBLearning Leadership Academy ACHINT DOSHI,

class IV, VidyaValley School, Pune

AARYA BHANUSHALI,class X, SVDD Englishmedium High School,Mumbai

INAYAT KAPOOR, classXII, Bhavan Vidyalaya

RIJUL MATHUR, classVI, St Kabir School,Ahmedabad

AYESHA KHAN, class VI, Spring DalesCollege Indira NagarCity, Lucknow

BHAGYASHREEPRABHUTENDOLKAR,class X, Thakur VidyaMandir, Mumbai

SHARANYA UDAYANVERMA, class V, GlobalIndian InternationalSchool, Noida

MANYA BHARDWAJ, class VII,Yadavindra Public School, Mohali

ABHIMANYU SINGH, class VI, Central Academy

Indira Nagar, Lucknow

RISHI SINGH, class VIII,K V Meg and Centre,

Bengaluru

LAKSHYA ARORA,class VIII, ScindiaSchool, Gwalior

Three keys to writing anadventure story

1. Adventure stories are journeys from the expected to the unexpected.

2. Adventure stories contain an element of risk.

3. In adventure stories, the risk changes and oftenescalates during the story and in response to thecharacter’s actions.

WHAT YOU

GET?LUCKYWINNERGETS ACOPY OFTHE BOOK.

HURRY!