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Children aged 12and over shouldwear masks likeadults: WHO

Two Indian Institute of Technolo-gy(IIT), Bombay students, KunalDeshmukh and Kritti Sharma, who

were working on a research project, havebeen credited with finding the closestknown SUV-sized asteroid to fly past theEarth. The big space rock, named 2020 QG,passed by the Earth on August 16. The stu-dents discovered the space rock just hourslater, using data from the robotic Zwicky Transient Facil-ity, (ZTF), California.

JEE, NEET exams 2020 tobe held as per schedule,

NTA releases clarification

Amit Khare, secretary, ministry ofeducation, has confirmed that theentrance examinations of JEE and

NEET cannot be postponed. Referring tothe Supreme Court order, Khare statedthat the SC was very clear in its order instating that the examinations cannot bepostponed. The National TestingAgency(NTA) has also released a clarifi-cation confirming the same. The NTA hasalso clarified that the examination cen-tres for the students have been changedas per their request, and further requestsare also being catered to. Apart from this,elaborate precautions have also been tak-en for the safety of the students.

The World Health Organisation(WHO) has said that children aged12 and over should wear masks to

help tackle the Covid-19 pandemic underthe same conditions as adults, while chil-dren between six and 11, should wear themon a risk-based ap-proach. Childrenaged 12 and over,should particular-ly wear a maskwhen a one-metredistance from oth-ers cannot be guar-anteed, and thereis a widespreadtransmissionin the area, theWHO and theUNICEF said.

➤ Studies suggest that older childrenpotentially play a more active role inthe transmission of the new coron-avirus than the younger children.➤ The WHO and the UNICEF haveadded that more data is needed tobetter understand the role of childrenand adolescents in the transmission ofthe virus, which causes Covid-19➤ The WHO first advised people towear masks in public on June 5 to helpreduce the spread of the disease, buthad previously not issued specificguidance for children

Actor Dwayne Johnson, on Friday, gavehis followers a glimpse of his superherocharacter look from the much-antici-

pated movie, 'Black Adam'.The 48-year-old starshared on Instagram a teaser video, where heis seen dressed in a powerful black suit with acape and lit eyes.

EDUCATION

WhatsApp on Android may soonget ‘camera’ icon back, and more

➤ As per the schedule, JEE and NEETwould be conducted next month

➤ JEE Main exam will be conductedonline from September 1 to September 6,2020, across the country

➤ NEET exam will be conducted offlineon September 13, across 161 exam cen-tres in India ➤ Every year around 1.5million students register for the NEETexams, out of which only 50,000 get theseats

Android usersmay soon get re-designed icons

on WhatsApp. Accordingto reports, WhatsApphas submitted a newGoogle Beta Programmethat brings the versionup to 2.20.198.9. The re-vamped location icon canbe seen in the attach section of the app. Besides this,the camera icon too is back. This icon was report-edly removed and placed with a shortcut for rooms,the recently-launched video conferring platformfrom the company.

ENTERTAINMENT

The global behemoths across the world havevowed to reduce their carbon foot-print and GGOO GGRREEEENN to protectthe environment. Some of the

world’s biggest companies, like tech giant,Microsoft; leading coffee-chain MNC, Starbucks;the world-famous sports brand, Nike; the FMCGbehemoth, Unilever; automaker, Mercedes; cargo-fleet Maersk; packaged-food producer, Danone; organic per-sonal care product-maker, Natura & Co (the parent of TheBody Shop) and the Indian IT services leader, Wipro, haveformed a corporate CCLLIIMMAATTEE AALLLLIIAANNCCEE ttoo ggoo nneett ccaarrbboonn zzeerroobbyy 22002255.. The alliance will collaborate on research, guid-ance, and roadmaps to help bbuussiinneesssseess ssllaasshhtthheeiirr ccaarrbboonn eemmiissssiioonnss,, iinn lliinnee wwiitthh tthhee 11..55-ddeeggrreeee CCeellssiiuuss gglloobbaall wwaarrmmiinngg ttrraajjeeccttoo-rryy.. Here are some of the global com-panies, which have taken the car-bon-neutral pledge...

CLIMATE WARRIORSAROUND THE WORLD

PLEDGE TO

‘Go Green’!

APPLEThe world’s most valuablecompany has vowed to become100% carbon-neutral for itssupply chain and products by2030. Apple is already car-bon-neutral when it comes toglobal operations, and accord-ing to the new commitment,the tech giant seeks to go netcarbon zero, 20 years earlierthan the IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change(IPCC) target

SHELL Global energy and petrochemical group, Shell,has mapped an ambitious netcarbon footprint plan to save

the environmentfrom carbon poison-ing. Shell’s medium-termtarget is to reduce thenet carbon footprint of ener-gy products by 30% by 2035,65% by 2050, and become a100% net-zero emissionsbusiness by 2060

NESTLE Nestle has signed the ‘busi-ness ambition’ for 1.5 degreesCelsius pledge, and has vowedto achieve zero greenhousegas emissions by 2050, in linewith the Paris Agreement tar-get. To achieve its target, thecompany will speed up thetransformations of its prod-ucts to meet environment-

friendlyregulations,scale-up agricul-ture initiatives,and use 100%renewable energy

ROLLS ROYCE The luxury carmaker joinedthe UN race to zerocampaign earlier thisyear. The company will slashits carbon footprint by 2030,and aim to go 100% net car-bon zero by 2050

According tothe Inter-national EnergyExchange andCarbon DioxideInformation AnalysisCentre, the global car-bon dioxide emissionprediction is around 35billion tons in 2020, ifnot arrested at theright time

MAHINDRA GROUP Mahindra Group has announcedits commitment to go carbonneutral by 2040. Apart fromreducing the carbon footprint,Mahindra’s green revenueportfolio is worth half a billiondollars, and include EVs, auto-motive recycling, solar energy,waste-to-energy, biogas, greenbuildings, and micro-irrigation

DALMIA BHARATCement-maker Dalmia Bharathas signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) with theUK-based carbon clean solu-tions to become carbon nega-tive by 2040. The companywill build a large carbon-cap-turing facility in its TamilNadu cement plant andexplore multiple environment-friendly utilisation streams

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES Reliance Industries chairmanMukesh Ambani has vowed thathis company would become net-carbon zero by 2035. Accordingto reports, the company is all setto use carbon as a raw material,rather than a toxic waste. Herecently shared the company’s15-year vision at the annualReliance Board meeting.

INDIA INC, NOT FAR BEHIND

T he Centre is planningto conduct the CommonEligibility Test (CET)

not only in Hindi and English,but also in 10 other Indian lan-guages, providing equal oppor-tunities to the youth seekingjobs in banking, Staff SelectionCommission (SSC) andRailways. There is also a planto gradually expand the CET'sscope to other languages of the8th schedule, officials privy tothe developments in the min-istry of personnel, said.

Common Eligibility Testwill be conducted in 12 languages

There are 22 languages inthe 8th Schedule of theIndian Constitution. Asper the information, theCET exams will initiallybegin with 12 languages,and then include otherlanguages as part of itsexamination process

Earlier this month, WhatsApp also added supportfor advanced search mode to the Android betaapp with update version 2.20.197.7. For thoseunaware, this feature will allow users to univer-sally search all types of content, such as photos,videos, links, GIFs, audio and documents throughthe main search toolbar

The Rock first announced this superheromovie last year in an Instagram post withan illustration of the character, and alsoan emotional caption describing what therole meant to him The forthcoming flick is a spinoff ofWarner Bros and New Line's, 'Shazam!',which premiered in 2019

TECH BUZZ

The space rock 2020 QG is said to be between 10 and20 feet across, or roughly the size of an SUV, andcould have burnt up in the Earth's atmosphere

Before the 2020 QG, the previously- known record-hold-ing asteroid 2011 CQ1, discovered by the Catalina SkySurvey in 2011, had passed above the Earth about

2,500 km higher than the 2020 QGDISCOVERY

IIT, Bombay students discover asteroid that flew past Earth

That's the mood OF 2020:

NETIZENSAustrian-German sculptor,

Franz XaverMesserschmidt's statue,

named, 'Childish Weeping',which showcases a little boy

with absolute disgust— theperfect 'ugly crying' face,has made its way on thelist of perfect photos ofvideos that describe theultimate 'mood of 2020'

WARNER BROSANNOUNCES NEW

BATMAN VIDEO GAME

W arner Bros InteractiveEntertainment hasannounced the much-

anticipated, ‘Gotham Knights’, thefirst new Batman game in five years.The game will be out in 2021. Duringthe event, the developers showed thefootage of Batman and other super-heroes fighting through Gotham.Warner Bros had been teasing GothamKnights for nearly a year throughTwitter posts and video clips.

No, it's not India.Surprised? Well, it'sIndonesia, the largestMuslim-populated country.Yes, a picture of LordGanesha is inscribed onthe 20,000 rupiah note ofIndonesia.

Which country has apicture of Lord Ganeshaon its currency note?

The picture of Lord Ganeshais engraved on the note.Apart from Ganesha, thecurrency also depicts aninscription of Ki HajarDewantara, a celebratedIndonesian independenceactivist

1 About 87 per centof the people InIndonesia are

Muslims and 1.7 per centare Hindus, but beforeIslam came to Indonesia,Hinduism was a verypopular religion. Till

date, there are severalancient temples locatedall across the country

2 Certain aspectsof Hinduism con-tinue to impact

the Indonesian cultureeven today

The most recent releasestarring the iconic hero wasBatman: Arkham Knight,which came out in June,2015. The game was devel-oped at a Warner Bros-owned studio in Montreal

DwayneJohnsongives hisfirst-look

sneak-peekfrom DC's

'Black Adam'

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GEOGRAPHY TEST

C hipped and brittlenails making yourhands lookungroomed? Blame

the 20-minute hand wash rou-tine that you take up so often inlockdown life. Worry not and fol-low these tips for healthy nails. TRIM REGULARLY: Trimmingyour nails every fortnight is asimportant as trimming yourhair every one and a halfmonths. Also, don’tforget to clip andgently file them. Forboth your finger-nails and toenails,trim them right afteryour shower – whenthey are softer. Make

sure you cut them straightacross. Also, file the corners in round shape.PUSH CUTICLES: Trying

to cut your cuticles is a bigmistake. They prevent germs

from entering and infecting

nails. No matter how outgrown theyare, just push them back with a blunt-edged nail file.MOISTURISE WELL: Once done withthe cleaning and shaping part, makeit a point to moisturise your hands,especially the nails, properly. TNN

SOME QUOTES THAT TEACH YOU TO BE POSITIVE

Take care of your nailsGROOMING GYAN

Trimmingyour nails

every fortnight is asimportant as trimming

your hair every oneand a half months

Learning something new is a great way tobuild up brain function. Put the acronymFASTER into action. It stands for...

FORGET: The key to learning is to re-move the things that are distracting you.So forget what you know, what’s not ur-gent and what you see as your limitations. ACTIVE: Learning is not a spectatorsport — try to be more active in yourlearning. STATE: Your state of being is influencedby your thoughts and your body. Make aconscious decision to be joyful or curious.TEACH: If you want to deepen your learn-ing, approach it with the intention ofteaching what you learn to someone else. ENTER: If it’s not on your calendar,there’s a chance it’s not getting done. Soenter a block of time each day to invest in

brain training, even if just for 10 minutes. REVIEW: You will retain informationbetter if you go over what you’ve learned.

DAY 1: LEARN FASTER DAY 5: FIND YOUR PURPOSE

DAY 4: UNDERSTAND YOUR DREAM

DAY 8: LEARN TO LISTEN

DAY 2: KILLYOUR ANTS

DAY 3: QUESTIONYOUR DOUBTS

DAY 9:REMEMBER MOM

Identify the voices in your head thatfocus on what you can’t do — those au-tomatic negative thoughts (ANTs) —and start talking back to them. Whenyou find yourself thinking, “I alwaysmess up this sort of thing”, counterit with, “Just because I haven’t alwaysbeen good at this in the past doesn’tmean I can’t be great at it now”.

DAY 6: START AGOOD HABIT

DAY 7: FEEDYOUR BRAIN

Create a healthyhabit that willlead you to suc-cess. It could besomething like ex-

ercising every dayor quitting snacking.

And break it down intosmall, simple steps.

Reflect on the power ofdominant questions –those negative thingsyou ask yourself sub-consciously each day. Iden-tify the questions and thinkabout how you can managethem to change your behaviour. Soinstead of asking yourself, “Why can Inever do this?”, make the question morepositive and empowering. For example,“How can I make this better?”

Take a moment towrite down all thedisadvantages ofnot training yourbrain. Next, writedown the advan-tages you will havewhen your brain istrained, such as,“I’ll be able to learnwith confidence”.

What is your pur-pose? What do youwant to share withthe world? This iswhat should moti-vate you. Rememberwho’s counting onyou to be limitless inyour thinking. Itcould be your familyor friends. And thinkabout how yourbrain training willimprove their lives.

What you eat matters, so,nourish your brain by eating ahealthy diet. Ask yourself ifthe food you eat is energisingor depleting you. Then findrecipes using brain-boostingfoods such as eggs, greenleafy vegetables, salmon,almonds and walnuts.

The HEAR method stands for Halt,Empathy, Anticipate, Review, andyou can use it when listening to atalk or a speaker you want to learnfrom. Halt any distractions such asmusic or your phone buzzing withtext alerts. Empathise by imagin-ing yourself in the speaker’s shoes.

MOM (motivation, observation andmethods) will boost your memory.

If you meet someone new, what isyour motive for remembering their nameand what do you observe about them?

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