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Actor Kangana Ranaut has showcased her po-etic skills with a new poem titled, 'Aasmaan',which she released with an artistically- shot

video. The poem penned by the 'Queen' actor, usesthe sky as an analogy to express one's thoughtsand feelings. The video of the poem was sharedby team Kangana Ranaut on their official Insta-gram account.

An Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Madras-incu-bated startup, Muse Wearables, is developing a wrist-based tracker.With skin temperature, heart rate and

SpO2 (blood oxygen saturation) sensing, it can con-tinuously track these body vitals remotely that

will help in early diagnosis of COVID-19symptoms. The tracker is Bluetooth-en-abled and can be connected to the mobilephone via an app, called the ‘Muse HealthApp’. Priced at around ̀ 3,500, the wear-able can track and get notifications from

the Aarogya Setu App, and raise an alertto the user when he enters a COVID con-

tainment zone.

Xiaomi-backed startupHuami, best known for itsAmazfit brand of devices,

plans to bring a mask that canclean itself. When connected toa power supply through a USBport, the built-in ultravioletlights in the plastic mask candisinfect filters within a span of10 minutes.Called Aeri, the maskis designed to come up with aN95-like filtration capacity. Oneof the major advantages of this mask is facial recognition.Wearing this see-through mask would allow people to unlocktheir phone without removing it.

Oscar-winning director TaikaWaititi is all set to head a star-studded retelling session of

Roald Dahl's iconic novel,'James andthe Giant Peach', aimed to combat theprevailing COVID-19 situation. The 'JojoRabbit' director will host stars like CateBlanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch,Chris Hemsworth, and others.

KANGANA RANAUT SHARES NEW SELF-WRITTEN POEM TITLED, 'AASMAAN'

WHO BOWS TO CALLS FROMCOUNTRIES FOR INDEPEND-ENT VIRUS PROBE

The Anil Kumble-led ICC cricket committee has recommendedbanning the use of saliva to shine the ball, owing to theCOVID-19 pandemic. During a video conference meeting,

the committee also pushed for bringing back two non-neutral um-pires for all international matches. The recommendations will beplaced before the ICC Board for ratification.

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”We are living throughextraordinary times. The recom-mendations made by the com-mittee are interim measures toenable us to safely resume crick-et in a way that preserves theessence of our game," Kumblesaid. The use of saliva to shinethe cricket ball, especially in the red-ball format, is prima-rily meant for swing bowling, but it is now being seen as ahealth riskFast bowing greats, such as Michael Holding and WaqarYounis, have expressed their aversion to the idea

Taika Waititi to host retelling of RoaldDahl's 'James and the Giant Peach'

HRD MINISTERUNVEILS ‘NATIONALTEST ABHYAAS’ APP

FOR JEE MAIN &NEET ASPIRANTS

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HERE FORMOREHUAMI PLANS TRANSPARENT MASK

THAT CAN CLEAN ITSELF

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IIT, MADRAS STARTUP DEVELOPING WEAR-ABLE TRACKER TO FAST DETECT COVID-19

Capturing the beauty of the moun-tains, trees and the sky, the one-minute and 38-second- longvideo, features the 'Gangster'actor, walking around the placebarefoot as she is all smiles Theactor recites the poem, which runsas the background score throughout thevideo

The World Health Organisationhas agreed to launch an inde-pendent probe into how it man-

aged the international response to thecoronavirus. US and China have beenaccusing each other over the COVID-

19 pandemic that has killed over 300,000 people, and levelled theglobal economy.

ICC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS BAN ON SALIVADUE TO CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

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➤ The “comprehensive evaluation,” sought by a coalitionof African, European and other countries, is intended toreview "lessons learned'' from WHO's coordination of theglobal response to COVID-19, but would stop short of look-ing into the contentious issues, such as the origins ofCOVID-19

CELEB TALK

WORLD'Dark Knight' trilogy set to re-release inHong Kong for a limited period Warner Bros Pictures will re-release ChristopherNolan's iconic, 'The Dark Knight' trilogy in Hong Kongtheatres for a limited time period, the studio hasannounced. The development comes as the regionreopened cinema halls on May 8, after lifting the coro-navirus pandemic-induced lockdown. The trilogy will bescreened in select Hong Kong cinemas, including IMAX.

ENTERTAINMENT

The reading of thefamous novel will beavailable on the offi-cial YouTube Channelof Roald Dahl in 10installmentsFunds raisedthrough the bookreading will be usedfor a non-profitorganisation byDahl's daughter,Ophelia Dahl

There is no significantevidence to prove thatCovid-19 can spreadthrough fruits andvegetables. However,to be on the saferside, cleanliness isalways a good deal.

BAKING POWDER + VINEGAR SO-LUTION: Make a solution with

equal parts of baking powder andvinegar in a large utensil, filledwith hot water. Stir well and im-merse your fruits and vegetablesin it for 30 minutes. Wash them af-ter soaking. This will kill most ofthe germs present on your food.

SALT + TURMERIC + VINE-GAR SOLUTION: Take equalquantities of salt, turmericand vinegar; mix them in hotwater. Add this solution in alarge utensil and soak yourfruits and vegetables in it for30 minutes. You can also addjuice of half a lemon in it.Once done, wash them withnormal water; dry and usethem accordingly.

SCRUB WASH: For roughsurface vegetables like car-rots, cucumber and potatoes,you can use a scrubber toclean away stuck dirt fromthe skin. Then soak them incool water for few minutes;dry them and they are readyfor use

Wash your fruits and veggies before use WHATThe sun is said to have

gone into a state calledthe ‘solar minimum’,

and is about to enter the deepest period of‘sunshine recession’ as sunspots are virtual-ly not visibly at all. NASA had predicted thesun entering ‘solar minimum’, back in 2017.

WHY The sun has a cycle thatlasts for an average of11 years.Right now, ac-

cording to scientists, we are at the peak ofthat cycle. Every 11 years or so, sunspotsfade away, bringing a period of relative calm.This is called the solar minimum. It’s a reg-ular part of the sunspot cycle. While intenseactivities, such as sunspots and solar flaressubside during solar minimum, it doesn’tmean that the sun becomes dull. During so-lar minimum, we can see the developmentof long-lived coronal holes(a large regionin the corona, which is less dense).

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SOLAR MINIMUM

WILL THIS AFFECT US?This may cause health risks toastronauts travelling through spaceas the sun’s magnetic field weakensand provides less shielding fromthese cosmic rays. But, there isnothing to worry as such

Simply a pageturner! Thisfictional book,featuring all-time favouritedetectiveHerculePoirot, takesyou onboard the Orient Express,where an enigmatic crime has beencommitted. As the story unfolds,each incident confuses the readerand suspicions get deeper. The cli-max and the identity of the suspectwill make your jaw drop. A grippingthriller, ‘Murder on the OrientExpress’, is a must read and recom-mended for readers of all ages,especially mystery-loversBhagyashree Prabhutendolkar, classX, Thakur Vidya Mandir School &Jr.College, Kandival, Mumbai

‘Murder on theOrient Express’ by

Agatha Christie

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IS USING DETERGENTFOR CLEANING FRUITS/VEGGIES OK?

NO.Detergents have chemi-cals in them; though peopletry to rub off the detergent,some residue might getstuck to these perish-able goods as theyhave thin porous skin.Ingesting chemicalresidue can result ingastrointestinal distressand other serious long-termimplications. To make surethe produce you get is com-pletely cleaned, try thesehome-made cleaning meth-ods...

WASH IN WARM WATERHelp your mom in washing yourfruits and vegetables in runningwater for 3-5 minutes. Next, take alarge container and add lukewarm

water in it. Soak washed fruitsand vegetables in the con-

tainer for 15 minutes; dry andstore them in refrigerator.

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SUPER CYCLONE AMPHAN

Heavy rains and gusts of wind were witnessed in parts of Odisha and West Bengal, courtesy supercyclone Amphan that made a landfall between Digha in West Bengal and Hatiya island in

Bangladesh. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been deployed in West Bengal andOdisha for rescue operations. Here's all you want to know about cyclones and the role of NDRF

WHATCyclones are low-pressure systems thatform over warm tropi-cal waters, with galeforce winds near thecentre. The winds canextend hundreds ofkilometres from theeye of the storm.Sucking up vast quanti-ties of water, theyoften lead to torrentialrains and flooding,resulting in major lossof life and propertydamage.

OTHER NAMES Cyclones are also known as hurricanes or typhoons, depending onwhere they originate in the world. Hurricanes are tropical stormsthat form over the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific.Cyclones are formed over the South Pacific and Indian Ocean.Typhoons are formed over the Northwest Pacific Ocean

IMPACT OF CYCLONES Cyclones can unleash catastrophic ‘storm surges’ —tsunami-like flooding — when they make landfall. They canbe the deadliest part of a cyclone, and are only partiallyaffected by wind speeds. The term ‘storm surge’ refers torising seas caused by a storm, creating a wall of water,several metres higher than the normal tide level. The largeswells move faster than the cyclone and are sometimesspotted up to 1,000 kilometres, ahead of a major storm.

WHEN DO THEY OCCUR The tropical cyclone season in the Bay of Bengal andneighbouring Arabian Sea has two peaks — around Mayand November. The cyclones can form in the westernPacific Ocean and travel in a northwest direction,before arriving in the Bay of Bengal.

Difference between super-cyclone and severe cycloneA cyclone with wind speed of over220 kmph is categorised as a‘super cyclonic storm’; those withwind speed of 160 to 220 kmph aretermed as an extremely ‘severecyclonic storm’

Some of thedeadlieststorms in historyhave formed in the Bayof Bengal, including onein 1970 that killed half amillion people, in whatis modern-dayBangladesh

NDRFThe National Disaster ResponseForce (NDRF) is a specialised forceconstituted for the purpose of spe-cialist response to a threateningdisaster situation or disaster.Constituted under the DisasterManagement Act, 2005, the NDRFhas shown its valour on severaloccasions, including rescuing thou-sands from the flood-affected areasin Tamil Nadu and Kerala in 2018.The national disaster team alsorushed to Nepal in 2015, during anearthquake in late April

Human resource developmentminister Ramesh Pokhriyal hasunveiled the ‘National Test Abhyaas’app for aspirants willing to appearfor JEE Main 2020 and NEET 2020examination. The newly-launchedapp is now available on Android, andthe iOS version would be comingsoon.Each day one full question paperfor 3 hours would be available onthis app for both JEE Main and NEET.Students who are willing to appearfor these exams can take the testanytime as per their convenience.The app would generate immediatescores, correct answers with expla-nations, and analyse the time spenton different sections.

Fresh chance for students toapply for JEE-MAINS Students, whose plans to studyabroad have been affected due toCOVID-19, will get a fresh chanceto apply for JEE-Mains— theentrance exam for engineeringcolleges, the HRD ministerannounced on Tuesday. The appli-cation window for Joint EntranceExam (JEE-Mains), which openedon Tuesday, will have to be com-pleted by May 24.

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