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THE ONE AND ONLYBOB by KatherineApplegate. Illustratedby Patricia Castelao. In this sequel to 'TheOne and Only Ivan',Bob sets out on a dan-gerous journey in search of hislong-lost sister.

WONDER by R JPalacioA boy with a facialdeformity starts aschool

DIARY OF AN AWE-SOME FRIENDLY KIDby Jeff KinneyGreg’s best friendRowley Jeffersonwrites his own diary

WINGS OF FIRE: LEG-ENDS: DRAGONSLAY-ER, by Tui TSutherland Ivy, Leaf and Wrenfight for the survivalof the human raceagainst the dragons

A TALE OF MAGIC...,by Chris ColferIn a world, wheremagic is outlawed andwomen are forbiddento read, BrystalEvergreen defies theodds

AVATAR, THE LASTAIRBENDER: THESHADOW OF KYOSHIby FC YeeKyoshi must stop amysterious threat thatemerges from theSpirit World

HAWK by JamesPattersonTen years afterMaximum Ride, a newhero emerges in apost-apocalyptic NewYork City

CHAIN OF GOLD byCassandra ClareCordelia battlesdemons in a quaran-tined London, unlikethings, she’s encoun-tered before

CLAP WHEN YOULAND by ElizabethAcevedoUnknown to eachother, two sistersmeet, when theirfather dies in aplane crash

SPLASHDOWNLANDINGWHAT

The NASA andSpaceX’s jointendeavour — the

Crew Dragon, returned to the Earth onAugust 2, 2020 via a ssppllaasshhddoowwnn at sea

HOWThe astronauts, Robert Behnken(Bob) and Douglas Hurley (Doug),made a splashdown landing in the

Gulf of Mexico. Splashdown is a method of landing aspacecraft by parachute in a water body

1Previous NASA space vehicles havereturned to the Earth via airstrip landing,this was the first splashdown at the sea in

45 years

2The return trip is an important part of theCrew Dragon’s first flight

3After the launch, the re-entry through theEarth’s atmosphere is the second most dan-gerous phase of a spaceflight. The friction

of air rushing past, heats the bottom ofthe capsule to about 3,500 degreesFahrenheit

4A successful conclusion to the tripopens the door to more people flying tospace. Some companies have already

announced plans to use Crew Dragons to liftwealthy tourists to space

WHY IS IT SIGNIFICANT

Earlier, the NASA spacevehicle launches wouldculminate into landing at

the Space Shuttle LandingFacility (SLF) at Cape

Canaveral Spaceport. The spacecoast site has a 15,000-footrunway, a veteran of more than130 Space Shuttle landings

Is it safer to land on waterthan on land?A spacecraft can return to theEarth safely in either environ-ment. During the 1960s and 1970s,NASA’s Mercury, Gemini and Apollocapsules all splashed down in theocean, while Soviet capsules

ended their trips on land. Russia’scurrent Soyuz capsules continueto make ground landings, as doChina’s astronaut-carryingShenzhou capsules. The last waterlanding by NASA astronautsoccurred in July 1975 at the end ofthe Apollo-Soyuz mission

What do astronauts experi-ence during a water landing?Returning from the free-fall envi-ronment of the space orbit to thenormal forces of gravity on theEarth is often disorienting for theastronauts. A water landing addsthe possibility of sea-sickness.

Want to become anISRO astronaut? Here'swhat is required One of the most important

factors to become an astronaut ishow well you are versed with the subjectof astrophysics and other fields of sci-ences related to space If you have a bachelor's degree, youcan appear for an entrance exam, which isheld by the NASA and ISRO

You should be at least 21 years ofage, while applying

To be an astronaut, the eyesight of6 by 6 is not enough. Your near andfar vision must be 20 by 20 for eacheye

The height requirement varies fromaeronautical administrations to admin-istrations, though an average heightrequired is from 5'2" to 6'2"

(Source: ISRO, NASA)

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1926: GertrudeEderle from

NewYork, at the age of 19,became the first woman to swimthe English Channel, breakingthe men's record by nearly twohours

1945: The UnitedStates

dropped an atomic bomb onHiroshima, Japan—the blastkilled more than 70,000 peopleand destroyed most of the city—in an effort to hasten the end ofthe World War II

1962: After 300years of the

British rule, Jamaica became anindependent country within theCommonwealth of Nations.

1990: The UNSecurity

Council imposed economic sanc-tions on Iraq, ruled by SaddamHussein, for its invasion ofKuwait, four days earlier.

2012: NASA's roboticvehicle

Curiosity (also called Mars ScienceLaboratory) landed on Mars, andsoon began transmitting images ofthe planet's surface

Students tie rakhis on trees with'Save Environment' messages

S tudents inMoradabad celebrated

Rakshabandhan in a uniqueway by tying rakhis ontrees with messages like'Save Environment' and'Save Trees, Save Life'.This was done by the stu-dents in an attempt to raise awareness about the environment.Shilpi Saini, a student said, "Taking this opportunity to spreadawareness about the environment, we are tying rakhi on the trees.With the messages, 'Save Environment' and 'Save Trees, Save Life,'we want to tell everyone about the benefits of the trees for themankind." "With the rise in population, the trees are being choppeddown. It is our responsibility to protect these trees; it helps ourenvironment," said another student, Pushpanjali Singh

Agroup of researchers from IIT, Kharagpur has beenconferred the 'Gandhian Young Technological In-novation Awards 2020' for developing a mechanism

for generating electricity from wet clothes left under thesunlight to dry, a spokesperson of the institute said. An-other team from the institute was separately granted thesame award for addressing the problem of energy con-servation and thermal management in wearable and flex-ible electronic devices.

The device has been tested in a remote vil-lage, where around 50 wet clothes were left fordrying by the washer men. These clothes wereconnected to a commercial super capacitor,which discharged electricity of around 10 volt.This stored energy is enough to glow a white LEDbulb for more than an hour ”The clothes we wear are made from cellulose-based textile, which has a network of nano-chan-nels. Ions in saline water can move through thisinterlace fibrous nano-scale network by capillaryaction, inducing an electric potential in theprocess," explained the researchers from thedepartment of mechanical engineering

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A massive explosion rocked downtown Beiruton Tuesday, flattening much of the port,

damaging buildings and blowing out windowsand doors as a giant mushroom cloud roseabove the capital. The cause of the blast wasnot immediately known. It was shocking evenfor a city that has been shaken by civil war, sui-cide bombings and bombardment by Israel.

Huge explosion rocks Beirut

Wait over, finally! Modi laysthe first brick of Ram MandirPM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the much-awaitedRam Mandir in Ayodhya on Wednesday

Ram Mandir willbecome the mod-

ern symbol of our tradi-tions. It'll become a sym-bol of our devotion, ournational sentiment. Thistemple will also symbolisethe power of the collec-tive resolution of crores ofpeople. It will keep inspir-ing the future gen-erationsNARENDRA MODI,Prime Minister

➤ The temple will be 161- foot- tall, and almost double thesize of what was originally planned, according to its archi-tect.➤The design was modified after the SC verdict inNovember on the 2.77 acre site claimed by both Hindusand Muslims, where the 16th century Babri mosque stood.The SC said the site would be handed over for a Ram tem-ple and an alternative five-acre site would be given toMuslims.➤Architect Chandrakant Sompura, who comesfrom a family of temple architects, was asked around 30years ago to design the Ram temple. (PTI)

T H E P R O P O S E D T E M P L E

IIT, KGP researchers awarded for generating power from wet clothes

02 “Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.”GÉRARD DE NERVAL, FRENCH WRITER AND POET SCHOOL IS COOL

Shine bright on OTT A

t a time when big-ticket feature filmsare vying for online releases, a 28-minute short film, ‘Sahir’ (Direct-ed by Anirudh Duggal, Producer &

Main Lead - Shreyansh Pratihar, Music byRaghav Chadda, Dialogues and supportingactor Shivang Mishra, Other supporting ac-

tors - Aryan Singh Bisht, Shubh Soni)made by students and alumni of DLF Pub-lic School, Ghaziabad under the mentor-

ship of their Theatre teacher DevashishTandon, ‘Sahir’ is creating waves at Dis-

ney+ Hotstar.“The Machinist, the popular psychologi-

cal thriller has been the inspiration behind

the film. This film highlights how men-tal illness can affect the way a personthinks, acts, expresses emotions, per-ceives reality, and relates to others.”,says Shreyansh.‘At DLF, there is some-thing for every child. We want to helpour students discover their passionand find a career that they can enjoy.Performances and success of theseDelfites at such a huge platform giveus another reason to celebrate. My bestwishes are always with these risingstars for their present and upcomingsuccesses’, shared Executive Directorof the School, Dr Mrignaini.

Bosco Public School, PaschimVihar, celebrated Pi Approx-imation Day virtually by or-ganizing a virtual interschoolcompetition. Although the

schools were closed for an uncertain pe-riod due to the Coronavirus pandemicbut still the educators put incessant ef-forts to make the teach-ing-learning process ef-fective and engrossingthrough virtual class-es, online interactionsand competitions. Theschool organised aplethora of activitiesto make the childrenunderstand the impor-tance and significance of (Pi) on this spe-cial day. Various activities like Recitalof value of Pi, Maths Olympiad relatedto Pi, Pi Crafting (Best Out of Waste), PiSymposium, Pi Cuisine Culture, Pi Fash-ion Facio were conducted virtually forclasses III to XII. Various schools of Del-hi participated in this interschool com-petition.

The students of various schools par-ticipated in this Inter-School Competi-

tion by usingm o b i l ephones, lap-tops, desktopsand tabs. Theyshowed their spectacular performancesthrough video conferencing, presenta-tions, videos, photographs, graphics etc.

Their activities wereassessed by the judgesthrough online invigi-lation, video confer-encing and the entriesreceived through e-mails.

All the positionholders of the Inter-School Competition

were conferred with e-certificates ofmerit and their pictures were publishedon the school Facebook Page. Partici-pation e-certificates were awarded to allthe participants. Visionary School HeadRajiv Duggal and Dynamic Vice Princi-pal, Priya Handa congratulated the par-ticipants and Bosco team for their ef-forts and hard work. The Virtual Pi Fest– “Spectrum 2020” gave a new learningexperience to the students.

Students of Red Roses Public School, Saketparticipated in a poster making compe-tition organized by the Action

Committee of Unaided Public Schools onthe theme -’Corona is a big challenge butwe will overcome it’.Debosmit Sarkar, IX did Red Roses proud bywinning the top position in the senior catego-ry. Pradyun Biswal IX, Yuvika Rajoria VII, and

Aarohi Gupta bagged the consolation prizes in the Senior,Junior and Sub-Junior categories respectively. All the

participants were awarded e- certificates by theAction Committee.

Red Roses Artists bring laurels

Suncity School, sec 37 Gurgaondecided to make the best of thevirtual platform. Class V stu-dents along with the faculty en-

joyed the informative virtual trip tothe MacKerricher State Park, Califor-

nia. Katherine Gabrielson, a mem-ber of the US Marine Corpsand an interpreter,took teachers andstudents through thetour explaining thehabitat and adaptationsof the Harbor Seals. Thevirtual tour was a part ofthe Marine MammalsAdaptations Ports Pro-gramme. Katherine workspassionately to protect theHarbor Seals in their natu-ral habitat and Suncitizenssurely enjoyed their ren-dezvous with them.

DAV Public School,Sector-14, Faridabadorganised an onlineworkshop in associationwith DAV University,

Jalandhar on - ‘Digital Marketing’for the outgoing batch of class XII(2019-20), under the able guidanceof the Principal Anita Gautam. Theworkshop was conducted by DrSandeep Vij, Professor inDepartment of Commerce andBusiness Management at DAVUniversity, Jalandhar and Dr GirishTaneja who is a Professor inMarketing Management atDepartment of Commerce at DAVUniversity, Jalandhar

Girish Taneja elucidated on thefact that just like while opening astore, location matters a lot, simi-larly using the digital marketingplatform a business could roll upglobally and bring customers at itsdoorstep because digital marketingknows no geographical boundaries.

He also added that digital market-ing has grown multi-folds sinceIndia has been hit by corona aspeople want everything to be deliv-ered at their doorstep. It is noweasy to market a business digitallythan traditional methods. He madeus think about advertising on You-tube instead of television, on blogsinstead of magazine, on socialmedia instead of flyers and pod-

casts instead of radio. He also gavea demonstration to the studentsabout advertising products on ama-zon and being at the top of thesearch engine which would inadver-tently help in increasing sales.Dr.Sandeep Vij generously answeredthe queries of the students andguided the students about variouscourses offered by D.A.V.University,Jalandhar.

‘DIGITAL MARKETINGTHE NEED OF THE HOUR’

Environment Week CelebrationSSttuuddeennttss ooff RRyyaannIInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall SScchhooooll NNooiiddaacceelleebbrraatteedd eennvviirroonnmmeennttwweeeekk.. A weeklong celebrationinvolved students of allage groups opening up tonew vistas for ensuring aclean, virtuous and pru-dent environment. Sloganwriting, bag making withold papers, planting a

sapling, recitation of self-composed poem and postermaking were incorporated in this green celebration. The Principal of the school Sumita Mukherjee pins her

hope that Ryanites will be the messengers who willspread the message of reducing pollution.

They will embellish Mother Earth witha green and clean environ-ment and give her a newlease of life.

Virtual Pi Fest

“Spectrum

2020”POEM WELL SOONThe nights were lonelynow the days are too.

Humans have been capturedlike animals were in zoo.

Birds are flyingbut children are crying.Oh dear god, why every-thing is dying.

I pray to you that It will bewell sooneverything be normal andwe can walk again at noon.

Take away the mask, let usbe freeI promise to be good and beas giving as a tree.

ANVI, De Indian Public SchoolRohini

PIHU DHEER, Modern EraConvent, Janakpuri

Students participatedin this Inter-School

Competition by usingmobile phones, laptops,

desktops and tabs.

Yogic way of life

Sh SN Sidheshwar Sr Sec School, Sector 9A, Gurgaon observed In-ternational Yoga Day with the themebased on the campaign started byThe Ministry of Aayush - ‘Yoga at

home, Yoga with family’. Due to the spread ofcontagious Covid -19, students and par-ents were encouraged to practiseyoga at their homes. Some teachersconnected themselves with the stu-dents and their families and demon-strated Asanas and Pranayam throughonline sessions.

Majority of the students and teachersparticipated in the yoga session which wasbroadcasted on television. Huge partici-pation of the Sidheshwar students wasalso observed during the live session or-ganized by Fit India Mission. Sangita Sabar-wal, the school principal expressed thatpandemic has shown the importance of

Teleporting in the age of pandemic

As the nation adjusts to the new realityof life under self-quarantine in the midstof the coronavirus pandemic, Delhi CitySchool, Rohini (in association with Ab-hinav group of schools) orgnised a vir-tual musical evening to share some mu-sical joy. The event was addressed byschool chairperson Dr KK Bansal, Di-rector Dr Vijayshri Mittal and Princi-pal Dr Neeta Kohli inspiringthe students to becomemotivated learnersand recognise theirpotential.

The programstarted by seek-ing the bless-ings of Lord

Ganesha. The show pro-ceeded with spectacular danceperformances showing up dif-ferent elements of western andfolk culture.

A little wonder chef refreshedthe virtual audience with a refreshingdrink ‘Mint mojito’ recipe. Awarenessabout the pandemic coronavirus wasspread through this virtual platform bythe help of poetry. Further to enlightenthe mood of the audience song was sungby a student of the hobby class. Every-one complimented the students on theirhard work and dedication, they enjoyed,

laughed and were amazedby the incredible tal-

ent on display.

VirtualMusicalEvening