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IN A SCHOOLMAGAZINE

Choose a topic you’recomfortable with

1 You’ll most likely producehigh quality magazine arti-cles, if you choose topics

that are included in your areas ofexpertise and areas of interest.List down all the things that youfeel you’re very good at. Then,choose those ones that you caneasily write for your magazine.

Choose interesting angles

2 You have better chances ofgetting your articles pub-lished, if they’re very inter-

esting. Study your chosen topiccarefully and figure out the anglesthat were not yet discussedbefore, and those that will grabyour target audience

Research

3 Even if you think that youknow your chosen topicinside out, it wouldn’t hurt

if you conduct a research. This willsurely allow you to get more use-ful and fresh information that canmake your articles more informa-tive and more valuable to the eyesof your target audience. Read rel-evant resources, and if needed,interview experts.

Create an outline

4 Next step is to create astructure that you can fol-low when writing your arti-

cles. This must contain the ideasthat you’re going to discuss onyour introduction, article body,and conclusion. Decide if you’regoing to add images, testimonials,and graphics.

Write your articles

5 Unlike when writing newsarticles, you’re not requiredto follow a specific struc-

ture or format, while writing formagazine articles. You can be ascreative as you want to be.

Check out the style sheet

6 Every magazine has its ownlist of instructions about thesubjects, approach, and tone

that you need to use. Follow themSOURCE: FREELANCE WRITING.

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The biggest-ever 3-D MAP OF THEUNIVERSE

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Four million galaxies and quasars, more than two decades of collaboration,five years of continuous observations, hundreds of scientists from 30institutions. And voila! We have the largest-ever 3-D map of the Universe!The map provides an accurate look at the scale and expansion of theUniverse, from after the Big Bang onwards...

1The map relied on the latestobservations of the Sloan DigitalSky Survey (SDSS), with data col-lected from an optical telescope

in New Mexico over six years

2The map also revealed that theUniverse’s expansion began toaccelerate at some point, andhas since continuing

3The researchers said that thisseems to be due to the pres-ence of dark energy, an invisi-ble element that fits into

Albert Einstein's general theory of rela-tivity, but whose origin is not yetunderstood

WHAT IS A GALAXY?A galaxy is a huge collection of gas,dust and billions of stars and their solarsystems, all held together by gravity. Astudy in 2016 estimated that theobservable Universe contains two tril-lion galaxies

TYPES OF GALAXIESSome galaxies are spiral-shaped.They have curved arms that make itlook like a pinwheel. Other galaxiesare smooth and oval-shaped. They’recalled elliptical galaxies. There are

also galaxies that aren’t spi-

rals or ovals. Theyhave irregular shapesand look like blobs. Thelight that we see from each of thesegalaxies come from the stars inside it

ORIGIN OF THE GALAXIESAstronomers believe that nearly allthe galaxies—with possible excep-tions—are embedded in huge halos ofdark matter

WHAT ARE QUASARSQuasars are super-bright galaxies lit upby material falling onto a central super-massive black hole

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TIM E S NI E

1)The word "galaxy" comesfrom the Greek word for milk.a) True b) False

2)Our galaxy is a_____ galaxya) Irregular b) Spiral c) Twirl

3)The galaxy where few newstars are formed because oflack of free gas is......a) An irregular galaxyb) A spiral galaxyc) An elliptical galaxy

ANSWERS: 1) B 2) B 3) C

WHAT IS GENERAL RELATIVITY?Coined by Albert Einstein, it’s essentially a theory of gravity.According to it, gravity is a curving or warping of space. Themore massive an object, the more it warps the space around it.For example, the sun is massive enough to warp space acrossour solar system — a bit like the way, a heavy ball resting on arubber sheet warps the sheet. As a result, the Earth and theother planets move in curved paths (orbits) around it(SOURCE: NASA, NGC)

Climate change isstarving polar bearsinto extinction, ac-cording to a re-

search that predicts that theapex carnivores could all butdisappear within the span ofa human lifetime. In some re-gions, they are alreadycaught in a vicious down-ward spiral, with shrinkingsea ice cutting short the timethe bears have for huntingseals, scientists have report-ed. Their dwindling bodyweight undermines theirchances of surviving Arcticwinters without food, theyadded.

On the current trends,the study concluded that thepolar bears, in 12 of 13 sub-populations analysed, will bedecimated within 80 years bythe galloping pace of changein the Arctic, which is warm-ing twice as fast as the plan-et as a whole.

Class X and XII students can now avail post-result tele-counselling fa-cility till July 27, the CBSE has said. The CBSE Board has opened thewindow of helpline numbers for results-related issues, common psy-

chological and general queries of students and parents. The Board has alsoput up frequently-asked questions about results and compartment relatedqueries on the website, which can be beneficial for the students.

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Only one application per candidate foreach step will be accepted in the onlineprocess

Any incomplete or offlineapplications will be rejectedwithout any correspondencewith the candidate

The prestigiousBallon d'Orwill not be

awarded this yearbecause the coro-navirus pan-demic has dis-rupted the foot-ball season. "It'ssuch a strangeyear that we could-n't treat it as an or-dinary one. Let's saythat we started talking about

(making the deci-sion) at least two

months ago,"France Foot-ball editor Pas-cal Ferrésaid. Becausethe game'srules have

been modifiedduring the pan-

demic, the awarditself was impacted,

he added.

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CBSE tele-counselling windowopen for students till July 27

By 2100, new births will be severely com-promised or impossible everywhere, exceptperhaps in the Queen Elizabeth Island sub-population in Canada's Arctic Archipelago,scientists have warned

That scenario foresees Earth's averagesurface temperature rising 3.3 degreesCelsius above the pre-industrial benchmark,they added

One degree of warming so far has trig-gered a crescendo of heatwaves, droughtsand superstorms

But even if humanity were able to capglobal warming at 2.4C -- about half-a-degree above the Paris Agreement targets,but hugely ambitious all the same -- itwould probably only delay the polar bears'collapse

Half of the Earth's land-based megafaunaare classified as threatened with extinction,but only polar bears are endangered prima-rily by climate change, researchers claimed

Climate change indicates polarbear wipeout by 2100

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Don't let social media play withyour mind: Shilpa Shetty

Actress Shilpa Shetty hasshared tips on how to dealwith social media and posts that might affect us.

Sharing her post on Instagram, the actress said, “there'sso much on social media that is shared purely as a façadeto cover the lives we lead. The hardships, the struggles,the low days, the heartbreaks, the insecurities, and muchmore, are easily concealed behind a mask of filters... onethat we've been wearing since time immemorial.” Main-taining positivity, while on social media, is necessary forour mental health, she added.

Always remember, nobody's lifeis perfect. Most are dealingwith their own issues… So,don't let social media trickyou into believing what yousee, and don't allow it toplay with your mind andemotions

Life isn't a bed ofroses for any of us, butwe're all in this togeth-er. Let's try and makethis medium a positiveone with constructivecriticism and care, tomake us a healthiercommunity, less nega-tive and more positive'grams' on this 'gram'

Stay strong, myinstafam, let's makea happy and healthycommunity, andreassure ourselvesthat..... This tooshall pass

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Lionel Messi fin-ished as the topscorer in La

Liga for a record sev-enth time as dethronedchampions Barcelonaended their disappoint-ing campaign on a highwith a resounding 5-0win at Alaves recently.Barca finished the sea-son with the second po-sition in the standingson 82 points, five pointsbehind the newly-crowned champions,Real Madrid

Hussain Zaidi pens newnovel 'The Endgame'

Crime writer S Hussain Zaidi hascome out with a new novel, whichtalks of politics, betrayal and

unimaginable terror. 'The ‘Endgame’ givesthe readers a close-up of complex politicalmachinery at work, including state secu-rity, defence services and intelligence agen-cies . The novel explores the challenges thatthe security of a country faces from with-in and without at the same time.

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It takes the mentor-protege team of Shahwaz Ali Mirzaand Vikrant Singh onwards from their earlier mission, andplaces them in a situation, where the stakes are evenhigher than before. Apart from a threat looming over thenation, they must also contend with the enemies fromwithin, as well as a conflict between themselves. "It is,essentially, a story of the human beings behind the uni-forms, with all their strengths and flaws, showing howthey are required to make sacrifices at a personal level,because the job demands it," says the former journalist,whose several books have been adapted into films

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For the recordMessi has top-scoredin: 2019-20, 2018-19,2017-18, 2016-17,2012-13, 2011-12, and2009-10. That’s seventimes in 12 seasons!He has scored 444goals in the league,since his debut as a 16-year-old in the2003-04 season. Cristiano Ronaldo,now with Juventus, with 311 goals,ranks second

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MESSI TOPS SEASON FOR THE RECORDSEVENTH TIME

Ballon d'Or will not be awarded thisyear due to Covid-19 pandemic

ICC announces postponementof 2020 T20 World Cup

Having dilly-dallied over the last cou-ple of months, the International Crick-et Council (ICC) has finally announced

that the 2020 edition of the T20 World Cup tobe held in Australia, has been postponed dueto the coronavirus pandemic.

Awarded by the France Football magazine, the Ballond'Or has been given out every year, since StanleyMatthews won the first one in 1956. Lionel Messi haswon it a record six times — one more than longtimerival, Cristiano Ronaldo

The windows for the Men'sevents are: ICC Men's T20World Cup 2021 will now beheld in October– November2021, with the final onNovember 14, 2021. ICC Men'sT20 World Cup 2022 will be held in October –November 2022, with the final on November 13,2022. ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 will beheld in India in October – November 2023, withthe final on November26, 2023 (Agencies)

SPORTS Neil Gaiman shares update on his'The Sandman' series at Netflix

Author Neil Gaimanhas said that the pro-duction on the much-

awaited Netflix series on hiscritically-acclaimed novel,‘The Sandman’ will start in2021. Netflix has struck a hugefinancial deal with WarnerBros Television to adapt thebestseller into a live-action TV series. In an interviewwith Digital Spy, Gaiman said the series was sched-uled to start production in May this year, but got pusheddue to the coronavirus pandemic.

'The Sandman' follows a tale of horror, darkfantasy, and mythology—Morpheus, the Lord ofDreams and the Endless, the powerful group ofsiblings that include destiny, death, destruc-tion, despair, desire and delirium (as well asdream). Gaiman said the Netflix series would beset in 2021

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