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Published by Puffin Books, 'TheFinal Adventures of ProfessorShonku', is the last volume of

Professor Shonku’s escapades, featur-ing the classic sci-fi stories, along with the original artworksby Satyajit Ray himself. In this last vol-ume of Professor Shonku's escapades,the brilliant and benevolent scientisttravels around the world once more toface near death situations. Each experi-ence is beautifully recorded in his diary.Join the incredible Shonku on his manyexhilarating adventures, accompaniedby his two long-time friends, his felinecompanion, Newton, and his faithfulretainer, Prahlad. Presented in a bril-liant translation by Indrani Majumdarand the late author, this volume bringsalive the imaginative world of the weirdProfessor Shonku.

THE FINAL ADVENTURESOF PROFESSOR SHONKU

W O R D

ESTIVAL:

means of or relating to the summer

Estival and festivallook so much alikethat you might thinkthey're very closely relat-ed, but that isn't the case.Estival traces back to 'aes-tas', which is the Latinword for ‘summer’

W A T C H

The amount of ice, the Earth has lost since 1994,courtesy global warming. A latest study by scientistshave revealed that the sea level rise could reach a metreby the end of the century. The scientists analysed theglaciers, mountains and ice sheets between 1994 and2017 to measure the loss of ice coverage, and to identifythe impact of global warming.

28 trillion tons

THE IMPACT

1 Every centimetre of sea-level rise means abouta million people will be displaced from theirlow-lying homelands, scientists have warned

2 The melting of ice is reducing the planet’s abili-ty to reflect the solar radiation back into space,they added

3 Meanwhile, the cold water from the glaciers isdisrupting the biological health of Arctic andAntarctic waters significantly, while the loss

of the glaciers in the mountains is threatening thefresh water sources, on which many local communi-ties depend

FACTOID

SCIENTISTS SET NEW WORLDRECORD FOR INTERNET SPEEDScientists in the UK have claimed that they have achievedthe world's fastest internet data transmission rate, a speedwhich would make it possible to download the entire Netflixlibrary in less than a second...

The researchers from theUniversity College London(UCL) in the UK achieved a datatransmission rate of 117788 tteerr-aabbiittss aa sseeccoonndd,, ffiivvee ttiimmeessffaasstteerr tthhaann tthhee pprreevviioouuss rreeccoorrdd

The record is double thecapacity of any system current-ly deployed in the world

It was achieved by transmit-ting data through a much widerrange of colours of light, orwavelengths, than is typicallyused in optical fibre, theresearchers said

The new record,demonstrated in a lab,is a fifth faster thanthe previous world recordheld by a team in Japan. Atthis speed, it would take lessthan an hour to download the data that madeup the world's first image ofa black hole, they said. Thespeed is close to the theo-retical limit of data transmis-sion set out by Americanmathematician, ClaudeShannon, in 1949

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Filmmaker James Gunn who introduced his 'SuicideSquad' at a virtual event recently has said that the filmwill be different from any other superhero movie ever

made. The first inside look into the world of Gunn's, 'SuicideSquad', which is being described as a 1970s gritty war movie,was unveiled at the virtual DC Fandome.

Terming the new Warner Bros film as a "sequel" toJohn Ostrander's 1980s, 'Suicide Squad' comic-bookrun, Gunn said, his favourite character back thenwas Waller, who was "so different for the time interms of being a strong woman— an anti-hero, butwith both positive and negative attributes, and notphysically the same as everyone else portrayed inthe comic books”

ENTERTAINMENT

James Gunn introduces his 'Suicide Squad'

Apple is set to open its third outlet in Singapore; it will be theworld's first floating retail store at Marina Bay Sands. Accordingto reports, the new Apple store will be housed in a spherefloating on Marina Bay

WORLD'S FIRST FLOATING APPLESTORE TO OPEN IN SINGAPORE

NEW VENTURE

Metro train services may resume fromSept 1, reopening of schools unlikely

M etro train services may be allowed inthe 'Unlock 4' phase, beginning Sep-tember 1, but schools and colleges are

unlikely to reopen anytime soon, officials havesaid. The States, will, however, take the finalcall on reopening the rapid transport networks,depending on the coronavirus situation there.Moreover, deliberations are underway onwhether to allow reopening of higher educa-tional institutions, such as universities, IITsand IIMs. No decision has been taken on thematter yet, the officials added.

O scar-winning screenwriter John Ridley isset to write a new Batman comic series,in which the Dark Knight will not be

Bruce Wayne, but a completely different African-American character. He also hinted that thefocus of the comic series will be the family ofLucius Fox, head of the Wayne Enterprises.

Metro servic-es were sus-pended inlate March tocombat thespread ofthe novelcoronavirus

Fox's character has been essayed byHollywood veteran, Morgan Freeman, inChristopher Nolan's, ‘The Dark Knight’trilogy, and in the ‘Batman Begins’ videogame The comic book mini-series willrelease next year in January

John Ridley penning new Batman comic series

FROM BOOKS TO SCREEN THE WINDSOF WAR: 'The Winds ofWar and War andRemembrance' byHerman Woukwillsoon beadaptedinto a

limited series by actor-writer, Seth MacFarlane.'Winds of War' follows thestory of an American fami-ly's journey across the con-tinents during the turbulenttimes of World War-II

BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME: Ta-Nehisi Coates', 'Between theWorld and Me', featuring OprahWinfrey, Angela Bassett and AliciaGarza- founder of 'Black Lives

Matter', among others, isall set to be adapted intoa film. Written in theform of a letter to hisson, 'Between the Worldand Me', was published in2015. This non-fictionbook is a bold yet per-sonal literary work thatexplores America's racialhistory

THROTTLE: King of Horror,Stephen King's2009, novella,'Throttle' isbeingadaptedinto a fea-ture. Co-authoredby

Stephen King and Joe Hill,'Throttle', follows a father-sonduo who lead a biker gang thatis terrorised by a rig truckdriver in America

YOU BENEATH YOUR SKIN: This psychological thriller written byDamayanti Biswas will be adaptedinto a multi-part drama series. Set

in New Delhi, the book fol-lows Anjali Morgan, anIndian-American psychi-atrist, raising an autis-tic son, and Jatin Bhatt,an ambitious policecommissioner. When ahorrific crime spree hap-pens, both of them arecaught in it and have toface their past andunveil new secrets

H undreds of solid gold coins,stashed away in a clay vessel forover a thousand years, were

unearthed in central Isreal recently.According to the Israel Antiquities Authority,the treasure trovewas discovered onAugust 18 by a fewteenagers, who vol-unteered at an exca-vation site, where anew neighbourhood is being built. The iden-tity of the owner is still a mystery, but theinvestigation has revealed that the areawhere the clay vessel was found, oncehoused workshops. It is believed the person,who hid the coins, was hoping to retrievethem, as the vessel was secured with a nail.

As many as 425, 24-carat pure gold coins wereunearthed from the site. Most of them date tothe Abbasid period, around 1,000 yrs ago

WHATSAPP TO INTRODUCE RINGTONE FOR GROUP CALLS

WhatsApp is rolling out features, like a ringtone for groupcalls, new sticker animation, and user interface (UI) im-provements for calls with its latest Android beta update.

WhatsApp has also introduced a new type for animation stickers.The animation will play in a loop up to eight times and will havea lesser loop time.

The messaging app is also look-ing forward to improving UI forvoice calls. In the new UI, all thebuttons are moved to the bottomof the display Additionally, WhatsApp is saidto be working on revamping thecalling screen as well The Facebook-owned messaging app is mulling changes, suchas moving all the icons that are otherwise present in the middleof the screen to the bottom of the screen

UNEARTHED

TECH BUZZ

Schools in the post-Covid worldFrom PPE-adorned teacherschecking temperatures andrestrictions on the students,to classrooms armed withsanitisers and socialdistancing measures,schools across the worldhave opened up with almost‘military style’ checks andprecautionary care

Will this be the NEW NORMAL for Indianschools too? Are we prepared to handle thislevel of care in schools? Share your views at

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THE BIG Q

Hundreds of solid goldcoins discovered in Israel

St. Angel’s SchoolGurugram, Haryana

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

MY LIFE DURING CORONA PERIOD During corona life of mine As if problems are piercing mewith leaf of pine Fun, chatting and slumber hasgone Without friends I am trying toplay aloneGod save us from this technolo-gy We still have to study biologyWith parents bird eye,focusedon meIt seems , as if I am drowning inseaWith world wide spread of coro-na pandemicWe children are now starving fornon academic While papa is staying now athomeWe are buried under the tomeOur day starts with yoga atdawnThroughout the day we can’teven yawn

Our playfulness and happinessare all goneAt dusk we are still jogging inlawnwe understand now, the plightof caged birdDon’t know, why we are treatedlike nerds Mobile and Tv , are beingsnatched cartoon and gaming are alsolatchedOh don’t ask my how I feelEverything was now under sealWe learned now the truth of lifeAs if we are walking on theknifeMost important is to stay fitpreserve oneself from coronahitWith parents love we all willbloomBut, Life is only at app zoom SHRIYOGI, VIII, St Gregorios

School, Dwarka sector 11

AARISH KAPOOR, Bhatnagar International School,Paschim Vihar

SHUBHA KUMARI, IX, St. Thomas’chool, Dwarka

AASTIK KAUSHAL, Modern Public School, Shalimar Bagh

Hands-on learning and mastering lifeskillsA

s educators, we are de-termined to help all thestudents to attain theirfull potential. It is our

responsibility to prepare our youngminds for the unique demands of a21st Century world and it’s not asmall challenge. As you know fu-ture jobs are unpredictable and weare preparing our children for thejobs which do not exist so there is abig question mark on how our chil-dren are going to survive in the fu-ture?

As an instructional leader it ismy responsibility to share our com-mon vision with you that will pre-pare our young minds for college,work, and life with strong value.

We all believe that every childshould possess strong content mas-tery, as well as the “Four Cs”: Criti-

cal thinking, Communication, Col-laboration, and Creativity. We areworking on an idea “Connect- Ex-tend- Challenge” to develop founda-tional literacies in our students andhave adopted other pedagogies likeBlended Learning, ExperientialLearning and Integrated Learningetc, so that our children would beable to develop as self-directive learn-ers, and at the same time they shouldbe able to innovate and think out ofthe box. We encourage students towork in a group to develop adapt-ability and leadership skills.

Needless to say that they will beencouraged to use technology so thatthey should adopt ICT skills.

I would like to explain a littleabout Blended Learning, in whichchildren study their lessons on theirown and complete the assignmentswhile engaging in group discussionand other activities.

While school is starting to makea shift towards 21 st Centuries Skills,a lot of things can be done by the par-ents to enhance these four Cs andProblem Solving Skills at home.

➤ Involve child to solve small prob-lems

➤ Encourage the child to createsomething from waste material.

➤ Involve in household activities➤ Make sure that everyone in the

family should start their day withexercises and yoga

➤ Promote your child to indulge inresearch work/project work.

➤ Fix family reading time➤ Involve children in different dis-

cussions and decisions. ➤ Let the child be close to nature

and clear her queries.➤ Involve your child in making the

family budget.RENU SRIVASTAVA, Principal, St

Teresa School, Indirapuram

■ We all believe that everychild should possess strongcontent mastery, as well asthe “Four Cs”: Critical think-ing, Communication,Collaboration, and Creativity.

Positivityis the

need ofthe hour

Wisdom Valley Global School,Omaxe City, Palwal welcomedPaul Field, Pink Squid Positivity,United Kingdom, for a

“Positivity” Class for students of VIII andIX. Students were provided with differentWorkshops to face life in it’s real meaningand for their mental and physical well-being. It was a very close to home ses-sion related to these unwelcomed times

of a pandemic, the anxiety, uncertainty inthe hearts of students-parents-teachers.The school imbibes technology to estab-lish an effective ambience of positivityand learning.

School takes great pride in providingbest known resources for the students inraising awareness of today’s education,mental health and acumen for learning.Students have displayed participation indifferent programmes organised byschool and have brought home greatagility for performing on all state of theart learning portals.

‘Becomingnumber one iseasier thanremainingnumber one.’

Adarsh World School, Sec 12, Dwarka organisedmyriads of activities in Inter-School ‘SPARDA2020’ virtual competition. The competitions werea fusion of talent, imagination, creativity andalertness. Whether it was the melodious song

‘Swarangna, Budding Scientist, Let’s Explore the world, Funwith Geometrical Shapes, Technovation, Be Vocal Be Local

etc, the activities helped to bringout the uniqueness of eachstudent of Twenty Eightschools of West Delhiincluding a school fromSonipath.

In a message to all theparticipants, the Chairman PK Sehgal of Adarsh Group ofSchools applauded all the partici-pants for their efforts and participa-tion. Principal Savita Sharma, whose guidance and thought-fulness encouraged everyone to give their best to make thecompetition successful during this pandemic. Vice PrincipalShilpi Bhardwaj, alongwith a panel of incharges and judgesobserved each and every entry of different categories topronounce a fair judgment of the different events. Theschool announced the result virtually on their social mediapage by congratulating all the winners. The students weregiven merit as well as participation e-certificates.

PrincipalSavita Sharma’sguidance encour-

aged everyone to givetheir best to make thecompetition success-

ful during thispandemic.

M’ATHLETICS 2020M’ATHLETICS 2020D

istance or social dis-tancing does notdeter the spirit ofManaskriti School to

come forward and connectchildren from across thecountry through the virtualplatform with an online com-petition” M’athletics-2020”

This competition wasflagged off by school principalJyoti Bhalla. Almost 70schools and 500 children reg-istered for the competition.Children appeared for the firstround – the knockout round

one day 1 and the final roundswould be later in the month.

The knockout round had 5sets of questions which weredesigned to check the mathe-matical abilities, logicalthinking and analytical rea-soning of children.

As the event is calledM’athletics, the school islooking forward to find thebest athletes of maths.With round like the sprintround, 100 meter dash, hur-dles etc it would be a fun-filled quiz finale.

‘Cleanliness is next to godliness’

Students of St Mark’sSr Sec Public School,Janakpuri participat-ed in a webinar on

‘Awareness on Hazards of E-Waste and Plastic Waste”,organised as an initiative byClean To Green under theaegis of the Ministry ofElectronics & InformationTechnology.

Students of classes VIII,IX and XI were made aware ofvarious waste management

methods and approachestaken up in urban, rural andhilly areas. Wastes were clas-

sified as Urban, Industrial,Biomedical and E-waste. Thefocus was on the manage-

ment of these wastes at per-sonal and professional level.Our students displayedpledges on ‘Going Green’.Unwanted and unde-sirable materialswhich are gener-ated from discardedand defective elec-tronic gadgets arehazardous. Thus, theyneed to be recy-cled properly.

INCULCATING GOOD READINGHABITS AMONG STUDENTS

Suraj Bhan Dav School, Vas-ant Vihar organised a We-binar where the Panelistswere the alumni members

of the school, Avanti Sopory, an au-thor; Anindya Upadhyay, Formerjournalist and Sneha Bhattacharya,former journalist.

All the panelists motivated andencouraged the students to devel-op a passion for reading. Anindya

Upadhyay shared a presentation inwhich she explained the purposeof reading. Avanti Sopory then tookover and explained the importanceof reading, importance of disci-pline in life and also explained tothe students how to write a jour-nal, diary or anecdotes. Last butnot the least Sneha Bhattacharyawas also took up queries of the stu-dents, shared the joy of reading a

real book versus Kindle.She especially rrecom-mended two books – Gita forchildren by Rupa Pi and also Bi-ography of Michelle Obama. Shub-ham Sinha the Senior SupervisoryHead of the school emphasized onthe importance of reading variousBiographies which are in the schoollibrary and concluded the We-binar with a vote of thanks.

St. Angel’s SchoolGurugram, Haryana

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