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1BIG B AND OVER 60 CELEBS IN NEWMOTIVATIONAL SONG GUZAR JAYEGA :

Over 60 celebrities, including actor Amitabh Bachchan,Sania Mirza, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, haverecorded a new track, 'Guzar Jayega', which aims atspreading positivity during the ongoing pandemic

2 'NATIONAL TREASURE' SERIES INWORKS AT DISNEY PLUS

A TV series, based on the ‘National Treasure’movies is in development at Disney Plus. Itwas revealed by Jerry Bruckheimer, the pro-ducer of the original ‘National Treasure’

3NEW POST ALERT: PODCAST BYOUR STUDENT

https://toistudent.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/top-news/new-post-alert-podcast-by-our-student/52654.html

Pop stars Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa,and Charlie Puth, have been

named the most-searched artisteson Spotify— while ‘Coldplay’ and‘Linkin Park’, tops the most-searched,on the global music app. The robustand rich content on the app inIndia, ranges from locally-cu-rated favourites—includingTop Hits Hindi and Pun-jabi 101 among others— toglobal playlists such as To-day's Top Hits and NewMusic Friday.

STAYING HYGIENIC CUTS RISK OF COM-MON INFECTIONS BY 50%: STUDY

The Central Board of Sec-ondary Education

(CBSE) has released a hand-book for students of class XIand XII on Applied Maths ,as it is a new subject intro-duced by the Board. Thehandbook contains the syl-labus as well as exercises forthe new course.

CBSE RELEASES DETAILED HANDBOOKFOR CLASSES XI & XII APPLIED MATHS

Meanwhile, the Board is yet to release any information onthe revised syllabus, for all the subjects, for the new aca-demic session. Recently, senior CBSE officials had con-firmed that the Board and NCERT are working on reducingthe syllabus for class X and XII. Schools have been permit-ted to reduce the syllabus for classes I to VIII. (TNN)

VIDEO EDITING APPS

Researchers have developed a noveltool that may prove helpful for indi-viduals who fear to talk in front of acrowd. A team of researchers atPenn State has developed a ppuubblliicc--ssppeeaakkiinngg ttuuttoorr oonn tthheeAAmmaazzoonn AAlleexxaa ppllaattffoorrmm.. Thetutor enablesusers toengage in cog-nitive restruc-turing exer-cise —a psy-chologicaltechnique thathelps anxiousindividualsrecognise andmodify nega-tive thinkingbehaviours.

A new tool to helpin public speaking

The World HealthO r g a n i s a t i o n(WHO) has re-leased a new guide

related to fighting stress,during the challengingtime of coronavirus. Themental health guide,summed up in illustra-tions, explains some ofthe common reactions,stress can bring out in

people —from withdraw-al, emotion rile -up, or feel-

ing lost and deprived. Theguide recommends simple

steps to deal with stressintimes of the ongoing pandemic

and even otherwise.

ARE YOUSTRESSED?HERE'S HOW TOFIGHT STRESS

➤ Find a way to stay connected with your friends/ family virtually

➤ Maintain a gratitude journal. Pen down what you feel

➤ Remain physically-active. Engaging in, even the simplest ofexercises, can make you fightstress or anxiety

➤ If you are working from home,try and destress, take out timefor yourself, maintain on- screentime, at the end of the day

➤ Spend time with your family. It can be a good bonding exercise

➤ It's possible that the newsyou watch can make you anx-ious. Consider taking a break and watch something entertaining

➤ Remember to take things at its own pace. Do things that make you happy, and do not do something to seek social media validation

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF?

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RECYCLE OLD NEWSPAPERS:Even if you change your bin bagtwice a day, a mysterious layer ofdirt still collects at the bottom.Use old newspapers to layer thebottom; they soak liquids and stopthe lingering stink .

USE BAKING SODA: Sprinklesome baking powder at the bot-

tom of your bin, be-fore you line it upwith a fresh trashbag.

GOT A CAT? We arenot kidding. Sprinkling

cat poopat the base of

the bin is a goodway to get rid of

rancid smells, as itabsorbs them (in

a flash). Butdon’t go hunt-

ing for cat poo out-doors during the

lockdown.

COFFEE BEANSAND LEMONSLICES: Placing

a small bowl ofcoffee beans, or

slices of lemon, at

the bottom of your binhelps, as both are effective odour neutralisers.

SEGREGATE YOURWASTE: Keep separatedustbins for dry, wet andtoxic waste. Get rid of wetwaste on a daily basis.

VINEGAR: Boil a full ket-tle of water, pour into thebin, add a dash of vinegar,close the lid and leave itfor 30 minutes. The vine-gar-infused steam helpsin removing the stubborndirt. Then pour out andwipe dry.

DON’T EXPOSE YOURBIN TO HEAT: Heat pro-motes the fermentationof waste, thereby spread-ing bacteria. Avoid keeping your bin nearthe gas.

Emptying your trash binevery day is not aguarantee that it won’tstink. Here are some easyways to get rid of thoseodours...

Singer and actress SelenaGomez is bringing a quar-

antine cooking show to HBOMax. The untitled series, star-ring and produced byGomez, will air 10 episodesof ‘Unapologetically Au-thentic’ cooking, alongside

a rotating cast of masterchefs, who will join re-motely. The unscripted se-

ries offers Gomez an op-portunity to realise herdream of being a chef.It comes on the heelsof the pop star’s latestalbum, January’s

‘Rare’.

SELENA GOMEZ TO HOST A QUARANTINE COOKING SHOW

ENTERTAINMENT

Dua Lipa's latest track,‘Don't Start Now’, infec-tious pop track, ‘DanceMonkey’ by Tones, and ‘IDon't Care’ by EdSheeran and JustinBieber, were among themost-streamed tracksfrom the label's catalogue

ED SHEERAN, DUA LIPA AMONGSPOTIFY'S MOST-STREAMED

Moon disappearedfor months in 1110!

... SCIENTISTSMAY HAVE

SOLVED THIS910-YEAR-OLD

MYSTERY

A lmost a millenniumago, the Moon disap-

peared from the Earth’s nightsky for months at a stretch, leaving

the planet without its much-needed lamp to illumi-nate the night’s darkness. More than 900 yearslater, scientists may now have found the reason

behind the Moon's strange disappearance, thanks toan earthly phenomenon. According to scientists, a com-

bination of volcanic ash, sulphur and cold weather, led to theMoon’s vanishing act.

DIDYOUKNOW

ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD LANDS ON FIRST-EVER VERT RAMP AT 1080 DEGREES

Eleven-year-old Brazilian, Gui Khuryhas made skateboarding history by

becoming the first person to land a 1080on a vertical ramp more than two decades,after Tony Hawk completed the first 900.Ina video posted on Facebook , Khury soarsinto the air; completes three full rotations(1080 degrees), before completing the trickwith finesse. He then kneels down, tosseshis helmet in the air, and falls onto hisback, in celebration. "1080!!!! have no wordsto explain what just happened," Khuryposted on Facebook.

➤The 1080 degree is askateboarding trick,performed on a verticalskateboard rampkate-boarding

➤Legend Hawk landedthe first 900 in 1999,nine years before Khurywas even born

Skateboarding isset to make itsOlympic debut atthe TokyoSummer Games,which have beenscheduled to2021 due toCOVID-19

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Facebook launched a video con-ferencing tool 'Messenger Rooms’,last month to take on Zoom and

other video platforms. A new report hasnow claimed that ‘Messenger Rooms’

shortcut will soon be avail-able on Facebook-ownedWhatsApp’s Web version.

It will enable users to connect with theirfriends and family via MessengerRooms, from their PCs and laptops.Theshortcut will appear under the Attachbutton, along with other options. How-ever, this new version hasn't been rolledout to all users yet in WhatsApp Weband Desktop update, as it is under de-

velopment.

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recommend you toattempt these activi-ties without adult

supervision

HELP YOUR MOM:STOP YOUR KITCHEN BIN FROMSMELLING YUCKY

WhatsApp for web to integratewith Messenger Rooms

➤ Last month, FB hadannounced the launch ofMessenger Rooms, which allowgroup video calls ofup to 50 people, withno time limit➤People can create a roomfrom Messenger or FB, and inviteanyone to join the video call,even if they don't have a FBaccount ➤In FacebookMessenger Rooms, the users canpost links in their news feed

LOCKDOWN CHORES

TECH BUZZ

FACTOIDFACTOID$910 BILLION - $1.2 TRILLION

That’s the estimated revenueloss in international tourism— around 60-80 per cent in2020— due to the COVID-19pandemic, claims the WorldTourism Organisation(UNWTO). The pandemic hascaused a 22 per cent fall ininternational tourist arrivals,during the first quarter of2020, in comparison to 2019.Tourism has been hit hard,with millions of jobs at risk,in one of the most labour-intensive sectors of the economy

THE PHOTOS APP ONWINDOWS 10: The Photos Appdoesn’t offer the tools that arenecessary to edit a full featurefilm, but you can utilise thisWindows 10-native app to performbasic video editing actions

iMOVIE: On Mac, iPhone & iPad:Each video recorded with youriPhones and iPads can be editedwith an iOS version of iMovie, forfree. Moreover, you can utiliseiMovie to edit videos from Maccomputers, and upload them direct-ly to the YouTube channels

FILMORA9: Starting a new projectin Filmora9, cutting video clips, or cre-ating soundtracks for your videos,requires a basic video editing experi-ence. If you are posting your videos toYouTube, then Wondershare Filmora9video editor enables them to exportvideos directly to their channels

POWTOON: This web-based videoediting platform is aimed at busi-nesses that want to edit theirvideos online, and share them onpopular social media platforms

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Researchers have found that im-proved hygiene habits, such as

hand-washing, reduces the risk of com-mon infections by up to 50 per cent.It reduces the need for antibioticsby up to 30 per cent, they added.With hand-washing becomingan essential part of everyone'sdaily routine during COVID-19, experts have urged thepolicymakers to recognisethe role of community hy-giene, to minimise thespread of infections. Theinitiative will help in reduc-ing the consumption of an-tibiotics, and help the fightagainst antimicrobial resist-ance, they stressed.

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The fear of public speakingis calledGlossophobia

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