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Ameteorite-like object falling fromthe sky in Rajasthan's Sanchoretown has left the locals bemused.

According to officials, an object weigh-ing around 2.78 kg, fell from the sky onFriday morning, resulting in a one-footdeep crater in the earth. A huge explo-sion kind of sound created by its fallechoed in around two-kilometre stretch.According to experts, the piece has

metallic properties of Germanium, Pla-tinium, Nickel and Iron.

AMISH TRIPATHI'S NEW BOOK ON LEGENDOF KING SUHELDEV HITS STANDS

M ythological-fiction writerAmish Tripathi haslaunched his new book —

a story about the adventures of thewarrior king Suheldev, WestlandPublications has announced. Titled,'Legend of Suheldev: TheKing who Saved India', thebook is set in 11th centu-ry India, when Mahmud of Ghazniand his Turkic army invaded thecountry and destroyed the Somnathtemple, only to be met with a "fierceresistance" from king Suheldev.

In an interesting study, ProfJean-Marc Salotti, an expertat The Bordeaux Institute

National Polytechnique, hascalculated that just 110 humanswould be needed to set up a newcivilisation on Mars. The min-imum population would beneeded to help make tools andcommodities before suppliesrun out, he said. They wouldhave to live in an oxygen-filleddome, if we were to set foot andlive on the Red planet, headded.Agriculture and indus-try would also have to be set up.

JUST 110 HUMANS WOULD BE NEEDEDTO START A NEW CIVILISATION ONMARS: STUDY

A sia’s richest man has entered a newleague of wealth. The net worth ofMukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance

Industries Ltd, has jumped to $64.5 billion, mak-ing him the only Asian tycoon in the exclusive

club of the world’s top 10 richest people, ac-cording to the Bloomberg Billionaires

Index.

IN THE NEWS➤ Ambani overtook LarryEllison of Oracle Corp andFrance’s Francoise BettencourtMeyers, the wealthiest woman,

to reach the No 9 spot➤ Ambani, who owns 42% ofReliance, has benefited from aflurry of investment into the com-pany’s digital unit, Jio PlatformsLtd. The shares of the oil-to-tele-com conglomerate have doubled

from a low in March, just as otherbillionaires on the list, have been hitby the pandemic

'ROBERT PATTINSON LOOKS AMAZING AS BATMAN'

A ctor Peter Sarsgaard says,Robert Pattinson is an in-teresting performer and that

makes him a perfect choice for Bat-man.In Matt Reeves-directed, 'TheBatman', Pattinson stars as the DCsuperhero, while Sarsgaard plays GilColson, a Gotham City district at-torney.. 'He looks amazing. I have tosay, he really, really does. The workhe was doing was really cool. I real-ly dug his Batman, and I can't waitto see it (on-screen), he adds.

➤ 'The Batman', also featur-ing Andy Serkis, Zoe Kravitz,Colin Farrell, Paul Dano andJeffrey Wright, is scheduledto hit the theatres onOctober 1, 2021

MUKESH AMBANI JOINS THE CLUB OFWORLD’S 10 RICHEST

O scar-winning actor Jamie Foxx has confirmed that he willplay Mike Tyson in an upcoming biopic based on the life ofthe American former heavyweight boxer. The actor shared

pictures of his new look on Instagram and wrote,“The transformation begins...'FINDING MIKE'.Foxx also revealed a gruelling exercise regimein preparation for the role,consisting of 60 pull-ups, 60 dips, and 100push-ups every oth-er day. His weightat filming, he said,would start at 216pounds and in-crease to 230pounds.

‘Legend of Suheldev' isthe story of a king, who united men and womenof the nation, irrespective of their religion, caste,

region, or status in society. An epic adventure, and aninspiring tale of unity, the message of King Suheldevechoes across the chasm of time: when weIndians are united, we are unbeatableAmish Tripathi

METEORITE-LIKE OBJECT FALLS FROM SKYIN RAJASTHAN

NEWSIN

TOO MANYOPTIONS MAKE

ONE WEAK:KAPIL DEV

In sport there is no plan B, itmakes you a weak person,believes former Indian cricketcaptain Kapil Dev. “When you

are drowning in the sea, do you have aplan B? There is onlyone plan to survive.When you give your-self too manyoptions, youbecome weak,” saidthe 61-year-old, dur-ing an event inMumbai, a few months ago.Kapil, who had led India to its first-ever cricket World Cup in 1983, added,“We used to say this is the only timewe have. There is no plan B— Only PlanA, win and party”.

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CELEB TALK

WHAT: While some potential vaccines haveemerged in the global race to find a wayto stop the spread of Covid-19, many re-searchers believe that antibody-basedtherapies hold great promise for treatingpeople already infected with the disease.

WHY: An antibody, also known as an im-munoglobulin, is a large Y-shaped pro-tein produced mainly by plasma cellsthat is used by the immune system toneutralise pathogens, such as patho-genic bacteria and viruses . Plasma isa component of blood.

HOW: These therapies use antibodiesgenerated by infected humans or ani-

mals to fight off the disease inpatients. For Covid-19 treat-ment, researchers are study-ing the use of convalescent plas-ma and other treatments made

with blood from recently-recoveredpatients. More recently, scien-

tists have developed treat-ments called monoclonalantibodies — antibodiesthat can be isolated andmanufactured in large

quantities to treat diseases,like Ebola or cancer.

HOW ARE THEYDIFFERENT FROMVACCINES? In general, the goalof a vaccine is togenerate an immuneresponse that canprevent someone fromgetting ill with a dis-ease, whereas anti-body-derived productsare generallydesigned to treat thedisease

Difference between LAC & LoCWHATT h e

A r m yh a s

said that there is no connection be-tween the Pakistan-initiated ceasefireviolations along the Line of Con-trol(LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, andthe situation on the Line of ActualControl(LAC) with China in theLadakh region.

WHERELAC: The LAC is the demarcation be-tween India and China that came intoexistence officially after a bilateralagreement in 1993.Before 1993, it ex-isted as an informal ceasefire line be-tween India and China. It separates

Indian-controlled territory from Chi-nese-controlled territory. India con-siders the LAC to be 3,488- km-long,

while the Chinese consider it to be onlyaround 2,000 km. It is divided into threesectors: the eastern sector, which spans

Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, themiddle sector in Uttarakhand and Hi-machal Pradesh, and the western sec-tor in Ladakh.LOC is a live line, which is clearly de-marcated by the militaries. It denotesa kind of boundary separating partsof Indian UT i.e. Jammu & Kashmir;controlled by India and illegally-oc-cupied by Pakistan. The length of LOCis around 776 kilometres.

HOWWhile the LoCis clearly de-marcated by

the militaries; LAC is actually a bigempty region. Nearly 50-100 km dis-tance at LAC is maintained betweenthe Indian and Chinese armies.

(Source: defensenews/agencies)

Antibody therapydates back to thelate 19th century. It wasused when researchersused a serum derived from theblood of infected animals totreat Diphtheria

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JAMIE FOXX TO PLAY MIKE TYSON IN BIOPIC

A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object,such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid that originatesin outer space and survives its passage through theatmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or moon

With novaccinefor then o v e l

coronavirus yet, thebest way to stay safeis by being very cau-tious about your hy-

giene. According tothe US Center for Dis-

ease Control and Pre-vention, there are three

things which you must notforget to carry with you

when you go outside, be it fortaking an exam, grocery shopping

and so on. Here is the list...

FACE MASKWearing a face mask is thebest bet to protect yourselffrom infected people. If themarket purchased maskmakes you feelsuffocated,you can optfor a home-made fabricmask, whichcan also bereused after

washing

HAND SANITISERA good quality sanitiser is amust in your bag as youleave your home. Healthexperts recommend using ahand sanitiser with at least60 per cent alcohol.However, skip thesanitiser in placeswhere there is handwashing facilitywith handwash/soapand water, as excessiveuse of sanitiser lead to dry-ness of hands

TISSUESTissue paper can be usedfor various purpose. Forexample, if you want toopen a door but do notwant to touch the knob,you can use a tissue toclean it, or if you wish toscratch your face with-out touching it with yourdirty hands, you can usea tissue. Tissues come in

handy at all times —to clean, wipe anddisinfect — more soduring this ongoing

pandemic. Carrysome in your bag,

whenever you leave yourhome. TNN

3things you should always carryWHEN GOING OUT

STAY SAFE

W O R D

ENVISAGE:Means toview or

regard in a certain way; to have amental picture of, especially inadvance of realisation. Envisage hasbeen part of the English language,since the 17th century. It was some-times used with the sense of "tomeet squarely" or "to confront"(visage means "face" so the wordsuggests face-to-face encounters)

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SPOTLIGHT

Real education barely demands any-thing but your dedicated hours andceaseless efforts. Being a true be-liever of this fact, Adamas Inter-

national School has already launched a Dig-ital Learning Programme to empower thestudents and make them evolve as learners.We are using every single opportunity to bet-ter ourselves by substantially designing thelessons on Google Classroom. The method-ology aims at a perfect amalgamation of ef-fective educational videos, hands-on assign-

ments with text, video lectures and spurts ofeffective discussion in collaboration. At pres-ent a mouse click has become mightier thana pen and so regular assessments also can-not take a back seat.

This newly-devised system has alsobridged the gap between the guardians andthe school through regular parent-teachermeetings; the active involvement of the teach-ers and the parents is perfectly correlatedwith the academic pursuit and performanceof the students. Hence, by incorporating allpossible emerging technologies, we try to en-sure computational thinking and digital re-sponsibility in our children. We are sure thatthe traditional learning pattern will meta-morphose into a digitally responsible stu-dent-led learning pattern.

Sangeeta Basu, Assistant Teacher, English,

Adamas International School

The lockdown that followed the outbreak ofthe pandemic ha severely affected the livesof the students. Adapting to online classes

and staying away from their favourite football andbasketball ground has indeed been trying and test-ing for them. Yet, it was these trials and tests fromwhich emerged students who realised theirstrength, found their voice and stood up on the on-line platform provided by the school, to campaignfor the Student Council Elections for the session2020-21.

It began with filling e-nomination forms for theposts of head boy, head girl, deputy head boy, deputyhead girl, captains of the four houses - Grishma, Var-sha, Vasant and Shishir and the sports captain. It was

followed by campaigning videos prepared by the can-didates, who then finally met for a virtual face-off.

In the virtual face-off all the candidates, dressedin proper school uniform came together in a videoconference on the Microsoft Teams app and pre-sented their agenda in front of the principal, head-mistresses, coordinators and the sports in-chargeof the school. The speech by the candidates wasfollowed by questions put forward by the schoolheads, which all the candidates answered with con-viction and confidence. The face-off showed a sideof the students never seen before, with their in-sights about the importance of a leader in suchcritical times and the need to be together in timesof crisis. Some even came up with commendable

ideas to deal with such situation. Their speecheswere discerning.

The face-off and campaigning videos of thecandidates were then shared with the teachers andall the students to ensure that they choose wisely.

The process ended with the most important partof the elections: casting of votes. The IT departmentof the school designed an online portal for this pur-pose. The link was shared with teachers as well asthe students and everyone could cast their votes with-out any trouble. The entire process was smooth andeffective. While the results of the elections are await-ed, there’s no denying the fact that neither the schoolnor the students will ever give up on their duties andwill always do what is right!

DPS Howrah holds online student council election

Aryaman Dutta, Class XI, Adamas World School Mouli Sarkar, Class V, Adamas World School

DESIGNING NEW HORIZONS

Adamas International School has al-ways been unique and a step aheadof its time. Leaving all difficultiesand hardships behind, online class-

es were initiated from April.Though there is a stark difference be-

tween classroom teaching and online teach-ing, teachers have been able to master thisnew platform with ease. Classes conductedon Zoom are based on innovative activitiesand motivational interactions. Children areencouraged to complete their application-

based assignments after watching enrichingvideos and powerpoint presentations madeby their mentors in Google Classrooms.Doubt-clearing sessions are also conductedto rectify common errors. Quiz contests basedon variety of subjects are being held to alle-viate any feelings of boredom.

Heart-warming celebrations like Moth-ers’ Day and Rabindra Jayanti were also heldonscreen. Adamas also reached out to par-ents by initiating its first-ever online parent-teacher meeting, which got a huge positiveresponse. Children and their parents havetaken quite well to this novel adjustment andthey are enjoying it thoroughly. Though thisis a trying time, Adamas has proved yet againthat united, we can survive anything, forchange is the only constant.

Sritama Paul, Teacher, Adamas International

School

Satadrupa Saha, Class VI, Adamas World School

P A I N T E R S ’ G A L L E R Y

02 “Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.”

GÉRARD DE NERVAL, FRENCH WRITER AND POET

1. A) Hydrogen 2. B) nucleus 3. C) Nitrogen 4. A) Au 5. B) Potassium

Q.1) What is the firstelement on the periodictable?A. Hydrogen B. Oxygen

C. Silver D. Gold

Q.2) What is the centreof an atom called?A. proton B. nucleus

C. neutron D. electron

Q.3) What is the maingas found in the air

we breathe? A. Helium

B. Oxygen

C. Nitrogen D. CO2

Q.4) What is the chem-ical symbol for gold?A. Au B. Go C. Ld D. Old

Q.5) K is the chemical symbol for which ele-ment?A. Kerosene B. Potassium

C. Ketone D. Karium

A N S W E R S

Quiz timeCOMMON GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES m

itsakes

SORE/SOAR

THE RULES:

HOW NOT TO DO IT:

n ’Sore’ means suffering bodily pain from

wounds, bruises, etc.

n ’Soar’ means to rise very quickly to a high

level.

n He is soar because of all that exercise.

n The inflation continues to sore.

1.

HOW TO DO IT PROPERLY:

n He is sore because of all that exercise.

n The inflation continues to soar.n Now that is a sore spot.

n Property prices, eventually do soar.

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CHEMISTRY Precipitous: (adj) of the nature ofor characterised by precipices.Extremely or impassably steep.Done in a hurry.

Synonymous words: abrupt,craggy, dizzying, arduous, dizzy,high, sheer, etc

Examples: n The fanatics blamedbad publicity for the precipitousdrop in followers.

n This sort of precipitous dropcan reflect inflection in the priceof fuel.

n Part of the reason for thisprecipitous decline is likelyclimate change.

n It is a precipitous fall from theheights of fame, at which he was.

WORD WISE

Little Egret It is a white bird

with a slender black

beak, long black legs

and, in the western

race, yellow feet. As

an aquatic bird,

Little Egret lives in

shallow water and on

land, consuming a vari-

ety of small creatures. It

breeds colonially, often

with other

species of

water birds,

making a

horizontal

nest of

sticks in a

tree, bush or

reed bed.

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CONCEPT OF THE DAYä ‘GUT FEELING’Meaning: A personal intuition you get, especial-ly when feeling something may not be right.

Q1: Which is the closestplanet to the Sun?

A: Venus q

B: Mercury q

C: Neptune q

D: Earth q

Q2: Name the 2ndbiggest planet in

our solar system?A: Venus q

B: Saturn q

C: Earth q

D: Jupiter q

Q3: Which planet isfamous for its big

red spot?A: Mercury q

B: Neptune q

C: Jupiter q

D: Mars q

Q4: Humans canbreathe nor-

mally in space likethey do on Earth.A: True q

B: False q

Q5: The Sun is a plan-et.

A: True q

B: False q

Q6: In which galaxy isEarth

located?A: Sombrero q

B: Andromeda q

C: Milky Way q

D: Pinwheel q

Q7: What is the nameof Saturn’s largest

moon?A: Atlas q

B: Titan q

C: Hyperion q

D: Phoebe q

Q8: Neptune is largerthan Earth.

A: True q

B: False q

ANSWERS: 1. B, 2. B, 3. C, 4. B, 5. B, 6. C, 7. B, 8. A

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FUN-ZONE

Coffee with TEENDO’S

n CONNECTION: Use family mealtimes

as an opportunity to connect with your

adolescents.

n CHANGE WITH TIME: Be open-minded.

Understand the world of social media.

n TALK & LISTEN: Listen and discuss

issues with your teen. Give your point of

view in a way that is mutually beneficial.

n ENCOURAGE: Praise them – it really

matters to them

SCHOOL

HOMESCIENCE

Theme: Space

Lockdown Diary

DO’Sn Accept and Acknowledge

their little efforts

n Be patient with them

nCultivate Empathy

DON’Tn Stop Grading them

n Stop Assumption and don’t

judge them

n Stop Criticising and advis-

ing all time

DON’TnOVER REGULATION:Don’t be a helicopter

parent

nCONTROL YOURRESPONSE: Try to con-

trol your reaction or

response when a teen is

trying to provoke you.

nDON’T BE SHOCKED:Be open-minded.

Nothing should shock

you otherwise how can

a teen seek help during

a crisis.

nDON’T TRY TOCHANGE THEM.By Smita Ghosh, counselor,Anand Niketan, Ahmedabad