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English County C'ship tobegin from Aug 1

T he England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has given itsapproval for the professional men's county cricket season tobegin from August 1. The ECB release said formats to be

played during the delayed men's county season are due to be agreedby the 18 first-class counties in early July, with a new fixture sched-ule to be published thereafter. A commitment to play women'sdomestic cricket in 2020 has also been made but may differ fromthe planned rollout of the new women's elite domestic structure.

A fter rolling outdark mode forits desktop web-

site, Facebook has con-firmed that it is testingdark mode for mobile. Thefeature has been madeavailable to a small groupof users globally.

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FRUIT andVEGETABLES

MICROPLASTICS are contaminating the

we eat

The presence of microplastics are nolonger confined to oceans, they havebeen discovered in apples, carrots,pears, broccoli and lettuce, claims a newstudy .According to scientists, root veg-

etables, including radishes, turnips and parsnipscould also be contaminated with the man-madewaste, prompting fears over the health impact. Mi-croplastics have previously been identified in meatsincluding, chicken, canned fish and shellfish.

1 Scientists believe thatthe tiny pollutants getsucked into plants’

roots with water, and thentravel up the stem into theleaves and fruits

2 Apples are the mostcontaminated fruitswith microplastics,

while carrots top as the mostcontaminated vegetable

3 Most microplastics areemitted either directlyor via degradation of

plastics to the terrestrialenvironment and accumulatein large amounts in soils, thusrepresenting a potentialthreat to terrestrial ecosys-tems, the researchers said

HOW DO THEYCONTAMINATEFRUITS & VEGGIES

Approximately 330 million tons of plasticwere produced across the globe in 2015alone, with large amounts likely ending up inthe oceans and the world's water systems

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X-PLAINED B LACKLISTING

WhatT h ea p e xc o u r t

on Monday heard the pleas offoreigners, who were ‘black-listed’ for attending a religiouscongregation at Delhi’s Niza-muddin area.

Why A black-list is acompila-

tion of the names of all the In-dian and foreign citizens againstwhom there’s a ‘look out circu-lar’ (LOC). Issued by the ministryof home affairs (MHA), the listis prepared by the foreigners di-vision of the MHA, and is sharedwith all the Indian diplomaticmissions as also with all the im-migration check-points withinIndia. It is done to stop the exitor entry of certain individuals,which could either be in theirpersonal capacity or because theyare associated with an organi-sation.

HowIS IT ISSUED:To place aperson or

an organisation in the black-list, an LOC needs to be issued.This can be done only througha written request by the in-vestigating officer or an agencyaddressed to an officer notifiedby the MHA, such as thedeputy secretary or the aboverank in the Centre, joint sec-retary or the above rank at thestate level and other equiva-lent ranks in law enforcementand intelligence agencies. AnLOC can only be issued againstoffences under the Indian Pe-nal Code (IPC).There’s no fixedperiod to determine the lengthof the blacklist period.

Who’sIN IT:Well,

that’s the interesting part —the blacklist is not in the pub-lic domain, so until and un-less a person tries to enter orleave the country, he/she willnot know if he/she is in theblacklist. Currently, there areabout 30,000 people in theMHA blacklist, down from38,000 in 2016.

GENDER STEREOTYPES

Women under- represented in schooltextbooks: UNESCO

Women and girls are under-represented in schooltextbooks or when included are depicted in tra-ditional roles in many countries across the globe,

according to the Global Education Monitoring Report bythe UNESCO. The report provides an in-depth analysisof key factors for exclusion of learners in education sys-tems worldwide, including background, identity and abil-ity, gender, age, location, poverty, disability, ethnicity, in-digeneity, language, religion, migration or displacementstatus, sexual orientation or gender identity expression,incarceration, beliefs and attitudes.

1 The annual report pointsout that not

only the number ofimages of femalecharacters included inthe textbooks is veryless in comparison toimages of males, women are also represented in "lessprestigious" occupations, and as introverts and passive

2 Showing men as doctors and women as nurses;portraying women in subjects pertaining tofood, fashion or entertainment; featuring

women in voluntary roles and men in paid jobs, areamong the gender stereotypes pointed out in thereport. The report also takes note of attempts by fewcountries to revise the textbook images to reflectmore gender balance.

S cientists have discovered aplanet about as large asNeptune that circles a near-

by star, which is still surrounded bya disk of debris left over from itsformation. Using data from NASA'sTransiting Exoplanet SurveySatellite (TESS) and retired SpitzerSpace Telescope, the discoverymakes the system a touchstone ffoorruunnddeerrssttaannddiinngg hhooww ssttaarrss aanndd ppllaann-eettss ffoorrmm aanndd eevvoollvvee..

Known as AU Mic for short, theplanet is a cool red dwarf starwith an age estimated at 20 mil-lion to 30 million years, making ita stellar infant compared to oursun, which is at least 150 timesolderThe star is so young that it pri-marily shines from the heat gen-erated, as its own gravity pulls it

inward and compresses it.Less than 10 per cent ofthe star’s energy comesfrom the fusion of hydrogeninto helium in its core, theprocess that powers starslike our sun. The system islocated 31.9 light years awayin the southern constella-tion Microscopium

SCIENTISTS SPOT RARE NEPTUNE-LIKE PLANET

SPACE

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ENTERTAINMENT

Charles Randolph to makedirectorial debut with movie

on Covid-19 pandemic

Oscar-winning scribe Charles Randolph is set to write, directand produce a feature on the early stages of the coronaviruspandemic in China's Wuhan city. According to reports, SK

Global will finance and produce the project. The film will examine "thedramatic weeks in China as the heroic medicalcommunity confronts a mysterious virus, soonto become a global pandemic." The writer,who penned Fox News drama, 'Bombshell',and won an Academy Award with AdamMcKay for adapted screenplay for 'The BigShort', will be making his directorial debutwith the yet-untitled Covid-19movie. The project will be filmed inChina, and other internationallocations with local crews.

The mobile version will cut down on glare, particularly, in low-light settings. This will be helpful for users staring at theirscreens well past midnight, scroll through the news feed as theystruggle to fall asleep. Facebook did not mention a timeline forwhen it will roll out dark mode for all its users The benefits ofdark mode are two-fold. By letting users change the backgroundcolour of an app to black, it becomes easier to view and moreaesthetically pleasing. Secondly, dark mode means that a largenumber of pixels on the screen will be off at any given point intime, thereby helping to preserve battery life

A ctor Anupam Kher is confident that the world will survivethe deadly coronavirus pandemic, and says all one needs toget through it is hope. The actor shared

eight black and whitepictures from 1918—the year when theworld was battlingthe deadly SpanishFlu, also known asthe 1918 flu

pandemic. The 102-year-old pictures showmen and women wearing face masks, faceshields, and even gas masks, while in publicplaces. Some are seen greeting each other,while maintaining social distancing."Everything is the same, including the peo-ple, minus the wifi. But the world survived. So, this too shall pass. Hope literally sustains life," he added.

Hope literally sustains life:Anupam Kher

A merican fashion brand Fossil has launched a new breedof eco-friendly sustainable watch called Solar Watch.The Solar Watch is globally available in a limited edi-

tion of 1,754 pieces. The watch will be priced at `9,995. Theall-new watch will be available for purchase on Fossil.in and atselect Fossil retail stores.

A SOLAR WATCH UNVEILED

The outer ring of the watch case acts as a solar panel, cap-turing light and converting it to energy, using a solar cellbeneath the dial. It then stores the energy in a rechargeablebattery that powers the movement of the watch

In addition to opting for a more sustainable,solar-powered movement, the Solar Watch comesequipped with five pull-through straps, which aremade with yarn spun from approximately 16 plas-tic bottles—that is 16 fewer bottles in a landfill, oran ocean or a national park, and one step closerto a greener future

Once fully-charged, the SolarWatch is expectedto run for aroundfour months,before a user willneed to charge itagain

Art is a verbThis art book forchildren recentlywon the bronzemedal in the‘InteractiveChildren’s BookCategory’ at the 2020 IPPY awards.The book aims to redefine visualart education in India through acombination of art and language-based activities to engage youngreaders

A TRENDING ONEThe Ballad of Songbirdsand Snakes by SuzanneCollinsThis dystopianaction-adventurenovel is a prequelto ‘The HungerGames’ trilogy.The novel focuses on the adven-tures of a teenage, CoriolanusSnow, who would become the dicta-torial president of Panem by theevents of the original trilogy

AN NYT BEST SELLER ONECIRCE byMadelineMiller In this book, Zeus,the protagonist, ban-ishes Helios’ daughter to an island,where she must choose between liv-ing with gods or mortals.

A POP-SCIENCE ONETHE MOSQUITO: A HumanHistory of Our DeadliestPredator by Timothy CWinegardOne of those“eye-openingbooks that perma-nently shift yourworldview”, saidTimes reviewer Sam Kean about thisbook. It talks about how mosquitoeshave “upended” history, includingtheir “decisive” role in winning theAmerican independence by decimat-ing non-immune European troops

A CREATIVE ONESteal Like an Artist: 10Things Nobody Told YouAbout Being Creative byAustin KleonThe book hastons of interest-ing activities toget your creativejuices going

NEWLAUNCH

In the month of March 2020, while thestudent community was busy prepar-ing for their annual examination and

the teachers were all on the road to thecompletion of their curriculum, all ofa sudden the most colossal lockdown inglobal history was announced whichwas unanimously expected, being awarethat we are all in the clutches of thepandemic of Covid 19.

At Shri Shakuntala K I Jain HighSchool, the principal of theinstitution, Roma Das andher team of teachers, de-cided to connect onlinewith the students imme-diately after the country-wide lockdown was im-posed through Telegramapp, providing the studentseager to get in touch withtheir teachers, assignmentsand projects to keep themconstructively busy. In thistime of global crisis, it wasnecessary to provide com-fort to the students rather

than merely focussing on academics.In the latter part of the Month of

April, the teachers of our school beganpreparing and uploading videos of thecurricular lessons and thus commencedonline teaching of academic subjectsthrough Telegram app and Zoom app.There are certain pre requisites for on-line sessions to be successful which ourteachers strictly adhered to, whilepreparing their respective videos. They

ensured that the digital classrooms are'smart-classrooms' well equipped withseveral digital learning aids.

Our teachers imparted lessons tothe students across multiple locationsin a bidirectional mode with the stu-dents being able to address their ques-tions to the teachers and clarify theirdoubts over the app.

The teaching was also based oncourse material accessible over the web,or through DVDs on a wide variety ofsubjects. With full high-definition tech-nology, using advanced cell phones andlaptops the teachers interacted withthe students successfully. The latencyor time lag in both video and audio was

made so low by our ad-vanced computer staff thatone was left to wonder if theteachers and students werereally interacting with eachother from truly so far. Itsurely gave the experienceof speaking and interactingwith students across thetable. Online teaching learn-ing process is being suc-cessfully carried out in ourschool and the students areacquiring sufficient learn-ing and enjoying each andevery session as well.

S T U D E N T S ' P E N

RICHA KAMATH, CLASS IX, B.K.BIRLA

PUBLIC SCHOOL, KALYAN

In the modern era, there are dif-ferent varieties of people withdifferent views of the world.Some tend to find it as a worldwhere you can do anything

and your wishes will cometrue and see the world as itcould be. On the other hand,some see the world as a crueland indifferent place. Such peo-ple are realists and often seethe world as it is and face thetrue reality. There is actually areason as to why these opinionsdiffer. It may be due to the songswe hear. The type of music youlisten to affects the way you per-ceive the world. A study con-

ducted at the University of Gronin-gen in Netherlands indicates that mu-sic cannot only affect your mood andpresent state of mind, but the songsyou listen to can also change your per-sonality and the way you perceive

emotions and the world around you.We all know that music impacts ourmood during the day. For example, lis-tening to upbeat music can get youinto an energetic mood or listening tosad music can make you depressed.Even if there is nothing to see, peoplesometimes see happy faces when they

are listening to happy musicand sad faces when they arelistening to sad music. It alsochanges the way we act. If weare sad ourselves we gener-ally don't want people to feelthe same, therefore we tendto make others happy. Evencomedians and funny peopleare actually more depressedthan others. In this way, mu-sic is a way to change theworld around you.Music is a small thing thatmoves you and others to-

wards happiness.

MUSIC CHANGES PERCEPTIONS

ASHU MAMOTRA,

CLASS X,

CHANDRESH LODHA

MEMORIAL SCHOOL,

DOMBIVLI

Feminism is acontroversial topicthese days. How do

men and women differ? Dothey actually differ?

Though both the sexesare different they have gotequal rights. Feminism isthat women should haveequal rights to that of men.Feminist movement fightsfor equal rights and equalopportunities for women.Feminist movement cam-paign works for reforms onissues such as reproductiverights, violence maternity

leave, equal pay for bothmen and women, women's

suffrage, sexual ha-rassment and sexu-al violence. Even in21st century acrossthe globe men andwomen do not enjoyequal privileges.Also women are ex-ploited on capital-ism.

Certainly, women havecontributed significantly tothe welfare of the societyand country subsequently.Women are indeed makingthe world turn heads to-wards them. The participa-tion of women is the mosteffective way to lift com-munities, companies andcountries. In addition theparticipation of women'smake peace agreementsstronger, societies morestrong and economies moredynamic.

Feminism Relevance of the greatest Indianepic 'Ramayan' in today's timesSURABHI RAUT, CLASS IX, NES NATIONAL

PUBLIC SCHOOL, MUMBAI

Today, in this restless world, we haveforgotten our roots. The world isfilled with greed, arrogance and ha-

tred. Our Indian epic Ramayanhas givenus many moral lessons that have great relevance withtoday's times.

In Ramayana, after the tyrant Ravana starts oppress-ing people all over, Lord Vishnu takes the form of Ram,his 7thincarnation who is destined to restore peace onceagain. Lord Ram vanquishes Raavana later.

Today, a Raavana lies within everyone, present in theform of hate and dishonesty. But like the epic, there is aLord Ram for every Raavan out there.

Raavana was arrogant and power-hungry while LordRam was an obedient, honest, and humble person. The badqualities of Raavana ultimately led to his end.

Similarly, we have both good and bad qualities in us.The one we feed will grow and suppress the other quality.It is up to us to choose the path that we want depending onthe quality that we select.

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True: In accordance with factor reality.

Synonymous words: Genuine,reliable, factual, accurate,precise, correct, valid, real,exact, reality, devoted, actual,bonafide, sincere, loyal

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modern periodic table?A: Dmitri Mendeleev q

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compounds that make upliving organisms. All organicmolecules contain:A: Carbon only q

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Q.1) A, B and C can do apiece of work in 20, 30and 60 days respective-ly. In how many days canA do the work if he is

assisted by B and C onevery third day?

A. 16 days B. 15 days C. 18 days D. 36

days

Q.2) A is thrice as good as aworkman as B and therefore isable to finish a job in 60 daysless than B. Working together,they can do it in:

A. 22.5 days B. 25.5 days C. 22 days D.12.5 days

Q.3) A alone can do a piece ofwork in 6 days and B alone in 8days. A and B undertook to do itfor Rs. 3200. With the help of C,they completed the work in 3

days. How much is to be paid toC?

A. Rs. 100 B. Rs. 200 C. Rs. 400 D. Rs.

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Q.4) If 6 men and 8 boys can doa piece of work in 10 days while26 men and 48 boys can do thesame in 2 days, the time takenby 15 men and 20 boys in doingthe same type of work will be:

A. 10 days B. 14 days C. 2 days D. 4

days

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hours; B and C together can do it

in 3 hours, while A and C together

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BARE/BEARTHE RULES:

HOW NOT TO DO IT:

n”Bare” means without covering or clothing.

n”Bear” is to carry something. It is also

an animal.

n In our textbooks, there are photos of physi-

cians a century ago performing autopsies with

their bear hands.

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HOW TO DO IT PROPERLY:

n In our textbooks, there are photos of physi-

cians a century ago performing autopsies with

their bare hands.

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