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➤ Runoff from glaciers providesdrinking water for millions ofpeople, but record loss of gla-cier mass is leading toincreased water scarcity

➤ Glacier runoff is expected tomax out globally by the end ofthe century and then decline,the report warned

➤ Warmer temperatures have led to the reductions in the world's glaciers and ice sheets, which threatens thesupply of fresh water

➤ More glacier mass was lostbetween 2016 and 2019 than inany other five-year periodsince 1950

THE CAUSE

In the Himalayas, glaciers havebeen losing 14 inches of massevery year since 2012Some areas, like the centralEurope and the Caucasus region,are already at the tipping pointMiddle East nations, like Kuwaitand Egypt, are the most exposedto water stress and drought risk

AREAS AT RISKAccording to the World Bank, somecountries' gross domestic productcould drop as much as six per centover the next 30 years due towater woesIn fact, water scarcity is becomingan increasingly important metricin determining a country's credit-worthiness, or sovereign rating,according to analysts

IMPACT ON ECONOMY

In the lastdecade, 1.9 billion peoplelived in placeswith insuffi-cient water

The number of people, who will face shortageof drinking water by 2050, according to a newUN report. Scientists have warned that whileglobal warming has led to rising tides, it's alsothreatening the water supply of people acrossthe world. According to the report, the num-ber of people living in places with insufficientwater will shoot up by almost 60 per cent inthe next 30 years

3.2 BILLION

FACT

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ENTERTAINMENT

A NEW REALITY SHOW WILLSEND THE WINNER TO SPACE FOR 10 DAYS

Yes, you heard it right. The winning con-testant from a show called 'Space Hero' willreceive "the greatest prize ever given out

on the Earth" — a 10-day stay on the InternationalSpace Station (ISS).The project, plannedto launch into orbitas soon as 2023, willprovide an opportu-nity for people irre-spective of theirbackground to be-come the first glob-ally-elected space ex-plorer to take part ina mission to the ISS,said the productioncompany behind theproposed series.

➤One would have to open WhatsApp on their smart-phones and scan their fingerprint to initiate the websession of their PC, the report said ➤It's not clearthough if Face Unlock support will also be added in thefuture for devices that support 3D Face Unlocks ➤The current method of authentication involves usingyour phone's camera to scan an on-screen QR code togain access to your account➤In addition, WhatsApp is reportedly bringing a fix fora bug that caused the removal of recently- used emojisafter the app is updated. The feature has been spottedin WhatsApp 2.20.200.10 beta for Android updates.

BUZZ

WHATSAPP ON WEB MAY SOONGET FINGERPRINT AUTHENTI-CATION FEATURE

WhatsApp is reportedly working onadding another layer of securityvia biometric scanning support

that will help users secure new sessionson the platform on the Web.

According to WABetainfo, a websitethat tracks WhatsApp in Beta, the mobilemessaging platform has dedicated a teamto work on making the entire browser serv-ice more secure.

BELGIUM TOPSFIRST FIFARANKINGS SINCE PANDEMICSHUTDOWN

The first FIFAmen’s world rank-ings for five

months were still led byBelgium on Thursday af-ter the shutdown of Eu-ropean teams during thecoronavirus pandemicended in September.

Belgium leads an un-changed top four nationsfrom 2018 World Cupwinner, France, Brazil— which is yet to play in2020 — and England.Portugal, the reigningEuropean and UEFA Na-tions League champion,rose two places to No 5.

TECH BUZZ

SPORTS

WHEN ANIMALS WERE USED AS SPIESR eportedly, the CIA had a plan to

turn cats into spying devices.,few years ago. The plan was namedOperation Acoustic Kitty. It waslater shelved when duringa trial, the spy cat, whichwas meant to capture a con-versation of two people,strayed into the streets,and got squashed by a taxi,reported history.com

OPERATION ACOUSTIC KITTY

I n 2010, Egypt claimed that a series of sharkattacks in the Red sea could have been a con-

spiracy of Israeli spy agency Mossad. In a2006 report, BBC had also said that the US isplanning to turn sharks into "stealth spies"capable of tracking vessels undetected, aBritish magazine had reported.

SHARKS

DOLPHINS

There ha-ve been

claims byIran in 2007 that

Israel had usedchameleons and

squirrels to find outits nuclear facilities. It

had also accused westerncountries of using cham-

eleons for the purpose.

In 2011, Saudi Arabia had ac-cused Israel of using grif-

fon vultures for spying. Re-portedly, Saudi officials foundGPS transmitters in the vul-ture. Similar claims havealso been made by Sudan.

VULTURES

CHAMELEONS AND SQUIRRELS TOO!

L ast year, there were reportsof Russian-trained Beluga

whales beingfound in Nor-way. The whalepurportedlyhad a specially-made harnesswith mountsfor GoPro cam-eras on each side of it.

➤The 17-year-old was nominat-ed by three Norwegian lawmak-ers and two Swedish parliamen-

tarians, and if she wins, shewould receive it at the same age

as Pakistan’s MalalaYousafzai, the youngest

Nobel laureate, so far.

➤The committee hasgiven the prize to envi-

ronmentalists before,starting with Kenya’s

WWaannggaarrii MMaaaatthhaaii in2004 for her cam-

paign to plant 30 mil-lion trees acrossAfrica, to AAll GGoorree

and theIInntteerrggoovveerrnnmmeennttaall

PPaanneell oonn CClliimmaatteeCChhaannggee in 2007

Climate crusaderGreta Thunbergtipped to win NobelPeace Prize?

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize could go togreen campaigner Greta Thunberg and theFridays for Future movement to highlight

the link between environ-mental damage and thethreat to peace and securi-ty, some experts say. The winner of the $1 millionprize, arguably the world’s top accolade, will beannounced in Oslo on Oct 9 from a field of 318

candidates.

HONOUR

MULTIPLEX ASSOCIATIONAPPEALS TO GOVT TO

REOPEN CINEMAS, SAYSJOBS ARE AT STAKE

Appealing to the government toallow theatres to reopen on anurgent basis, the Multiplex As-

sociation of India has said that themovie exhibition sector that providesemployment to lakhs of people havelost an estimated ` 9,000 crore in the

last six months. Describing movies asthe soft power of India and cinemasthe main form of entertainment formillions of Indians, the associationsaid close to 10,000 cinema screensacross the country have been shut forclose to six months. The movie exhi-bition sector has suffered financiallyand is now staring at job losses unlessthe government allows theatres to re-open, it said.

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More than 84 countries, includ-ing China, Korea, UK, France,Italy, Spain, UAE, and the US,have already opened cinemas tothe public, while maintaining thehighest degree of safety proto-cols, and have seen encouragingresponse, it said

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➥ Rankings after the Novemberinternational break will decideseedings, when FIFA draws theEuropean qualifying groups forthe 2022 World Cup in earlyDecember➥ The 10 highest-rankedEuropean teams will be top-seed-ed in groups, where only the win-

ner will advance directly to thefinals in Qatar. Three more teamswill qualify through playoffsscheduled in March 2022.➥ Currently, Germany is theninth-best European ranked No 14 and No 15 Switzerlandwould take the last top-seededplace in the draw

Space Hero, which isheaded by a formerNews Corp execu-tive named MartyPompadur, said it isworking with a Texas-based start-up Axiom Space tocoordinate the tripinto orbit

KING GETS A CUPT he International Tennis Federation has renamed the Fed

Cup, the women’s tennis team tournament, after BillieJean King, becoming one of the few major annual glob-

al team sports events to be named after a woman. The Uber Cup,the badminton team competition for women, is named

after Betty Uber, the 1935 All England champion.

King, 76, has 39 Grand Slam titlesagainst her name — 12 in singles, 16 indoubles and 11 in mixed doubles — andhas won the Fed Cup, seven times forthe United States. One of thefounders of the Women’s Tennis

Association (WTA), she is themoving force behind pay pari-

ty in sports, ‘forcing’ the USOpen to become the firstGrand Slam to offer equalprize money to men’s and

women’s champions

NAMESAKE

On August 31, a herd of yaks crossedover from the Chinese territory intoIndia. Experts claimed that Chinamay be using the yaks for spying.

The Indian Army returned the yaks to theirChinese owners but this is not the first timethat animals are being allegedly used as spies.Here's a look at some of the past incidents...

Chennai Super Kings' skipper MSDhoni announced his return to crick-et by rreeccoorrddiinngg 110000 wwiinnss ffoorr hhiiss ffrraann--cchhiissee oonn SSaattuurrddaayy. CSK defeatedMumbai Indians by five wickets onSaturday in the opening match of theIPL 2020. With this, Dhoni becamethe first skipper in IPL to record 100wins as the leader of a franchise.

100 WINS AS CSKSKIPPER: 'THALA'

DHONI STAGESWINNING RETURN

➤Dhoni returned to thecricket field after 437 days,as he last played a matchduring the 2019 World Cup. Hehad last played against NewZealand in the semi-finals ofthe 50-over tournament inJuly last year

➤The former India skipperhad announced his retirementfrom international cricket onAugust 15 this year.

➤CSK will next lock hornswith Rajasthan Royals onSeptember 22, while RohitSharma-led Mumbai will faceKolkata Knight Riders onSeptember 23

IPL2020

You share your

BIRTHDAY

with

SEPT 21STEPHEN KING

An American author ofhorror, supernatural fiction,suspense, crime, science-fic-tion and fantasy nov-els, Stephen King’sbooks have soldmore than 350 mil-lion copies. Manyhave been adaptedinto films, televisionseries, miniseriesand comic books. King has published 61 novels, including seven under thepen name, Richard Bachman, and fivenon-fiction books

Cambridge School, Noida or-ganised the eighth edition ofCSN MUN 2020-21. The digi-tal event began with a speechby the school principal,

Preeti Sangwan. The two-day event sawactive participation from variousschools across Delhi-NCR.

Keeping in mind the current as wellas past global concerns, CSNMUN, fo-

cussed on relevant agendas.The delegates participated infour committees with agen-das such as –‘Protection ofEthnic Minorities and Vul-nerable Groups from Covid 19’for United Nations General As-sembly, ‘State Surveillance and

The Right To Privacy’ forUnited Nations HumansRights Council, ‘Sino-Indi-an Border Disputes with aView to Devising an Effi-cient Roadmap for Peace’ for

United Nations Secu-

rity Council and ‘Protection of LabourRights During the Pandemic’ for the In-ternational Labour Organisation. Inaddition, students took on various rolesof an active international press, in-cluding reporters and caricaturists, tobring out CSNMUN’s engrossingnewsletter ‘Verve-Let’s Strive for a Bet-ter World’. The closing ceremony in-cluded a musical performance, addressby the school MUN co-ordinator MdJa-mal Ashraf andvote of thanks byvice principal, Nan-dita Sinha Roy. Thewinning dele-gates were fe-l i c i t a t e dw i t hawards ofexcellencein the prize-distributionceremony.

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

Delhi Public School, Sec45, Gurgaon organisedits Twelfth Intra-School MUN, UtopiaMUN ‘20, the first 2-

day virtual MUN Conference with10 committees. The ExecutiveBoard consisted of the experiencedSchool Alumni, while studentsfrom class VIII to XII participatedas Delegates, Secretariat and In-ternational Press Members.

The opening ceremony waspresided over by a video messagefrom school director-principal, Adi-ti Misra, followed by a speech fromthe secretary-general AaryaWasan.

The 2 days were full of debatesand once in a lifetime experiences,attributed to the fact that even asthe delegatesand the EBmembers werefar apart, theywere still unitedtogether throughthe online realmto work on theirconsensus build-ing. The event fi-nally capped offwith a closing cer-emony, highlight-ing various light-hearted moments and the works ofthe International Press from theConference, ranging from quotesto poems followed by the valedic-tory awards ceremony.

Utopia 2020 was declaredclosed on a note by school vice-principal, Santvana Thadani.

The MUN Secretariat of StMark’s Girls, Meera Baghcomprising of MehakSharma, Diya Anand and

PritikaThukral of class XII or-ganised a two day online MUN (Global Youth Parliament). 63 del-egates from different schoolsacross India participated in theconference making it one of thelargest E-Debating platforms.

Students utilised the opportunity offered bythis platform and transformed into delegates and caricaturist ,defending the national policies of countries through their re-search and by portraying the current situation of corona pan-demic through the political cartoons. This platform, apart fromgiving students an opportunity to debate with delegates fromvarious schools was also organised with a noble intent.The pro-ceeds from the event were donated to PM CARES as a contribu-tion towards the nation’s fight against COVID-19.

‘Yoga adds years to your life and life to your years’

Hamdard Pub-lic School,Sangam Vi-har had been

providing the studentswith yoga classes everymorning. It was beingconducted by Nitin Dhi-man and the other Phys-ical Education Depart-ment teachers. It em-phasises on being intouch with our innersouls and recognisingtension and conflictwithin ourselves. Itworks as a copingmechanism for men-tal illnesses, depres-sion, stress and fa-tigue. The studentshad been doing various asanas including Tadasana, Bhujangasana,Vrikshasana, Paschimottasana, Kapalbhati, Bhramri and especiallyPranayama to reduce hypertension, boost the immune system, andstrengthen the respiratory system as well as practice tranquility.

Saher MA Sayed, school principal, believes these yoga sessionshave helped a great deal in keeping the students in touch with theirminds and bodies, furthermore encouraging them to take propercare of their physical as well as mental health.

Up above the world so

bright, Earth shines

with green delight

ASN International School,Mayur Vihar organised a TreePlantation Programme. Theschool students shared their

pictures growing various saplings vizAloe Vera, Marigold, Money Plant, Toma-to, Brinjal and varieties of flowery plantstoo. Not only this, the students, alongwith the teachers, took an oath on a vir-tual platform to look after their self-plant-ed saplings and encourage others also toinitiate the same. They also shared theirexperiences and joy of new learning.School headmistress Shivani Khannaand coordinator Priyanka motivated thestudents and staff members to adopttrees for the 100% survival and healthygrowth of each sapling into full-fledged trees for creat-ing a purer envi-ronment.

The Cambridge wing of DAV Public School, Push-panjali Enclave, organised Virtual PTM. The deci-sion was supported by school principal Rashmi Raj

Biswal, who also made her point to be a part of the PTMs.The PTMs were held class wise where all parents

joined with the coordinator of Cambridge wing, JyotsnaKumar and all the subject teachers of theirward and talked to them in the smaller groups,in the teams’ rooms, that were visited by allthe subject teachers turn wise.

DPSG, Va-s u n d h a r ahosted the firstGhaziabad Sa-hodaya e-MUN.

Around 9 schools and 140 del-egates participated. The com-mittees were General Assembly(GA) - Agenda: Establishment ofa Nuclear free zone in Middle east,Human Rights Council (HRC)-Agenda: Forced displacement dueto pandemic, Security Council (SC)- Agenda: Prohibition of developmentof weapons of mass destruction, In-ternational Monetary Fund (IMF) -Agenda: Lockdown ushering econom-ic meltdown, All India Political PartyMeet (AIPPM) - Agenda: Indo-Chinaclash- Beijing’s belligerent behaviour.

School principal Trilok Singh Bist,had his conviction, trust and belief inthis idea. The chief guest for the open-ing ceremony was Dr Mala Kapoor,founder and director principal of a school.Secretary general, Vaishnavi Bhardwaj,expressed her concern on the current sit-uation. After the address of the gather-ing, she declared the conference openpost which the delegates headed towardstheir respective committee sessions.

The delegates were able to argue,deliberate, speak their minds on the ba-sis of the research they have done overa month and the EB came out with theRecommendation and Resolutions inthe presence of the chief guest for theClosing Ceremony Om Pathak, for-mer IAS officer and the chairmanof the Delhi Public School Ghazi-abad Society.

RITIKA, X, Adarsh World School, DwarkaKulnoor Kaur, X, Modern Era

Convent, Janakpuri

Preparing leaders totackle global challenges

Parentingtechniques

Greenway Modern School, DilshadGarden in collaboration with arenowned education servicescompany organised a webinar on

the topic Parenting in Challenging Times.Dr Geetanjali Kumar, a renowned psy-

chologist, was the speaker of the webinarwho provided the parents, students andteachers with many remedies to cope withthe prevailing situations. The challengesthat parents face these days with their chil-dren, how to encourage them and motivatethem to be an active part of householdchores, how to remove the communicationgap developed in between teachers and stu-dents, how to strengthen the bond sharedby parents and their children, etc, all thesewere answered by Dr Geetanjali Kumar inthe session.

Dr Geetanjali also focussed on how todeal with the examination stress and waysto deal any sort of stress, anxiety or de-pression and also gave various parentingtips to the parents and how to deal withteenagers. She also addressed the queriesof the parents dropped by the parents in thewebinar and answered all with a remedy.

FOSTERING A STRONG BOND BETWEENTHE PARENTS AND TEACHERS