3 MEDITATE: Dailymeditation helps togenerate happiness

from the inside out. Sit onthe floor or sofa, wherev-er you are comfortable,

and close your eyes.Make no effort to con-trol the breath; justbreathe naturally.

Focus on how the abdomenmoves with each inhalation andexhalation. Do this for 10 minutes.

5 TO BE HAPPY RIGHT NOW

forward to each week. Writing downthese positive thoughts will lead toincreased positivity.

1) A reduction in theprice of apples enablesa person to purchase 3apples for `1 instead of

`1.25. The percentreduction in price isA. 20% B. 5% C. 40% D. 20%

2) If a+b:b+c:c+a =6:7:8 and a+b+c = 14,then value of ‘c’ isA. 7 B. 6 C. 3 D. 4

3) If two numbers are in

the ratio of 5:8 and if 9is added to each, theratio becomes 8:11. Findthe sum of the numbers.

A. 24 B. 39 C. 45 D. 12

4) 35-(16)0.16

x (16)0.04

x(2)

0.2

is equal toA. 3 B. 2 C. 8 D. 5

CHECK YOUR APTITUDE ANSWER:

1. 20%

2. 6

3. 39

4. 2

WHAT YOU COULD DO

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REFUGEE, by Alan GratzThree children in three differentconflicts look for a safe haven. (Ages 9 to 12)

1PRACTICE TO A VIRTUALAUDIENCE WITH VIRTUALSPEECH: That’s what Virtual

Speech is offering. It stimulates aphoto-realistic environment withaudience and sound distractions!

HOW TO

Find If A WHATSAPPMessage Is REAL or FAKE?

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Quiz time

1. B) Tendon 2. A) Protein 3. B) Carbon dioxide 4. A) Isaac Newton 5. B) Atmosphere

Q.1) What tissue connectsmuscles to bones?

A. Skin B. TendonC. Blood vessels D. Fat

Q.2) Which nutrient plays anessential role in muscle-building?A. Protein B. CarbohydrateC. Iron D. Fat

Q.3) Plants need which gas toperform photosynthesis?A. HydrogenB. Carbon dioxide C. Carbon monoxideD. Oxygen

Q.4) Which scientist proposedthe three laws of motion?

A. Isaac Newton B. Thomas Alva EdisonC. Albert Einstein D. Stephen Hawking

Q.5) Earth is surrounded bylayers of gases collectivelycalled the _____.

A. HydrosphereB. AtmosphereC. StratosphereD. Ozone layer

SCIENCE

A N S W E R S

MindteasersENGLISHQUIZ

Q.1) One who is notsure about God’s exis-

tenceA. Theist B. Atheist C. Agnostic D. Follower

Q.2) A person who deliber-ately sets fire to a buildingA. Cook B. Extinguisher C. Fire D. Arsonist

Q.3) One who does a thingfor pleasure and not as

a professionA. Timepass B. Amateur C. Hobby D. Professional

Q.4) One who can useeither hand with easeA. Ambivalent B. Ambidextrous C. Deft D. Dextrous

Q.5) One who makes an official examination of accounts

A. Secretary B. Auditor C. Accountant D. Doctor

Q.6) A person who believesin or tries to bring about astate of lawlessnessA. Monarch B. Anarchist C. Metarchist D. Autocrat

Q.7) A person who haschanged his faithA. Apostate B. Convert C. Tolerate D. Intolerant

In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the onewhich can be substituted for the given word/sentence.

ANSWERS: (1) C) Agnostic (2) D) Arsonist (3) B) Amateur (4) B) Ambidextrous (5) B) Auditor (6) B) Anarchist (7) A) Apostate

ANSWERS: (1) In particle physics, a lepton is an elementary particle of half-inte-ger spin (spin 1/2) that does not undergo strong interactions; (2) A) methane,butane and propane B) bauxite; (3) Liver

Q3. Label the part which ismarked with ablack box.

CURRICULUM EXERCISESQ1. What is a Lepton?

Q2. Fill in the blanks:A. LPG consists of mainly____________.B. The most important ore of aluminium is ________.

ABC

ABC

TIPS TO MAKE OUT HOW

1 LOOK FOR THE ‘FORWARDED’ LA-BEL: 78% of forwards are

known to contain rumours andfalse information.

2 GOOGLE IT: Every time youhave a doubt, just look for info

online.

3 IS THE VIDEO OR IMAGE FAKE:Fake or hoax videos rely on

poor quality footage to hide im-perfections.

4 NEVER FALL FOR URL AND LINKS

5 MAKE USE OF FACT CHECKINGWEBSITES: There are many

good ones like Snopes.com,FactCheck.org, Hoax-Slayer.net,PolitiFact.com etc.

WHAT TO DO?

1 If you find that a WhatsAppforward sent to you is fake, flag

it. It may be annoying and awk-ward to tell the sender that theforward he/she sent was fake, butjust do it.

2 Never forward a WhatsAppmessage unless you’re certain

it’s true.

A large number of fake WhatsApp forwards are spreading likewildfire. Are you also sharing fake messages without knowing it?

WINGS OF FIRE: LEGENDS: DRAG-ONSLAYER, by Tui T Sutherland.Ivy, Leaf and Wren fight for the sur-vival of the human race againstdragons. (Ages 8 to 12)

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BOOKSTO READ

APPS TO MAKE YOU A BETTER

PUBLIC SPEAKER

APP-TITUDE

2 DON’T USE FILLER WORDS: LikeSo trains youto stop filler words. The app

records your speech and generatesa report on where you used yourfiller words and how many times.

3 DON’T GO TOO FAST:Metronome Beats (app)tracks your pace in real-time

to show when you’re speaking tooquickly. Practice your speeches with this app until you are a pro.

4 EXERCISE:Moving our bod-ies releases

endorphins, whichis one of the happi-ness chemicals.Try and exercisefor a minimum of20 minutesevery day.

5WRITE: Write down yourstream of consciousness firstthing in the morning or last

thing at night.

1Dance to your favouritetunes. Moving to upbeatmusic releases chemicals that

can boost your happiness levels.Stick the radio on, or one of yourfavourite albums, and get jiggywhile making your breakfast.

2 KEEP A GRATITUDE JOUR-NAL: Buy a new notebookand write a list of what you’re

grateful for, or what you're looking

Increase confidence of the FPIsDear Sir, as you may know, our countryis undergoing a crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is imperative to bring thesituation under control but it is equallyimportant to focus on the recession rateof our country. According to statisticalresearch, the economic situation may de-grade as low as that of the year 2008, ow-ing to the effect of demonetisation, rollout of GST and most importantly the glob-al slowdown. We could look at some im-mediate short-term measures like revok-ing the recent increase in taxes for highincome. This may also repair confidenceamong FPI’s in the Indian markets.

— ROHAN ANUP KRISHNAN, class VI, The

Asian School, Dehradun

Reducing SLR could workSir, here are a few measures: ➤ By taking back the idea that all listed

companies must have 35% publicshareholding.

➤ By reducing statutory liquidity ratio(SLR is the minimum percentage of

deposits that a commercial bank hasto maintain in the form of liquid cash,gold or other securities) and give di-rections to State Bank of India to lendinstead of buying more securities.

➤ By lowering bank reserve limits.➤ By open market operations.➤ By quantitative easing.

➤ By cutting tax rates.➤ Being flexbile with labours and em-

ployees provident fund (EPF) re-quirements for micro, small and medi-um enterprises (MSME’s).

— KRISHNA KAUSHAL, class IX B, De Indian

Public School, Delhi

Technical innovation is keyWe must start offering incentives to in-novative youth for designing somethingthat will offer utility to the nation tech-nically. The free time of abled minds mustbe utilised productively.

— SHREYA VASHISHT, class IX A, DC Model

School Panchkula

Lower CESS on petroleum A country level CESS on pe-troleum products should belowered which will reduce the costof transportation of goods. The govern-ment should plan for more and more em-ployment generating schemes so that peo-ple earn and have enough money to buyessential commodities.

—LEISHA TOTANI, Sacred Heart School,

Kalyan West

Focus on MSME is importantUNCTAD has recently released a reportstating that world economy will go in re-cession with likely exception of India and

China. Nonetheless, it is estimated that21-day lockdown will result in GDP lossof almost $98 billion. To save our econo-my, government could focus on increas-ing domestic consumption. In order to dothis the government should provide con-trolled and transparent financial boosterto MSME sector. It contributes around

33.4% of India’s output. MSME hasthe potential to grow.

— SHIVANGI class XII-J, DPS

FARIDABAD, Haryana

Indigenous manufacturing mustThis will solve unemployment prob-lem and also our precious foreignexchange balance. With a popula-tion of 1.5 billion, India is a big mar-ket which would generate enoughdemand for all products.

— MANAS, class XII, Pallavi Model

School, Hyderabad

Have an idea to share? Send us youremail at timesnie175@gmail.com

Article360 (Financial

Emergency) MUST be invoked.Salaries of government employees

be cut, triple MNREGA and PM-KISANaids to help the poor. Make in India bepushed aggressively and tax collec-

tion be paused.— ASISH SINGH class XII St.

Augustine's Day School,Barrackpore

LETTERS TO THE PM ON WAYS TO SOLVE

RECESSION CRISIS

TIMESNIEEXCLUSIVE

BY NITYA SHUKLA

An MP earns a salary of Rs 1lakh, along with allowance ofRs 70,000 and office expenseallowance of Rs 60,000 permonth. On days when the par-liament is in session, they getRs 2,000 per day. Former MPsget a pension of Rs 25,000 andRs 2,000 per month for everyadditional year served as MPover a 5-year term. The PM andhis cabinet earn the sameamount — with the addition of asumptuary allowance depend-ent on their rank. There areseveral other perks, such asfurniture allowance and travel-ling allowances. Excluding theperks, the government willsave over Rs 64.61 crore at thevery least in a year.

DOES IT HELP

HOW: Along with thepay cut of law-

makers, the President, VicePresident and the Gover-nors of the states have also

taken a pay cut to a sim-ilar extent. In the 2018

budget, the salariesof the President, Vice

President, state governorsand Lt governors were in-creased with retrospectiveeffect from February 2016.

WHAT: An ordi-nance was

passed by the Union cabinetto cut the salaries and al-lowances of MPs — plustheir pensions — by 30% fora period of one year start-ing April 1, 2020. Theamount will be depositedinto the Consolidated Fundof India and utilised to tack-le Covid-19. The pay cut willalso include the PM’s andhis cabinet's salary.

After months of insisting that masksaren’t necessary unless you’re unwell, health agenciesacross the globe are now encouraging mask-wearing foreveryone. And the move appears to be backed byresearch that suggests masks, even homemade facecovers, can be effective in protecting against Covid-19. BRUCE LEE

HOW MUCH WILL PREZ, PM

PAY CUT HELP?

Times NIE students

share their ideas to

resolve financial crisis

ANGEL

Canyou list 3 reasons why wearing a mask

could reduce chances of infection? Write to us at timesnie175@gmail.com

EXERCISE: COMMON MAN

MASKS ON STATUES