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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

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STUDENT ADOPTS ATIGER AT HYD ZOO

A 12-year-old student has adopted atiger at the Nehru Zoological Park(NZP) in Hyderabad for three

months by spending his birthday budget.CChhiinnmmaayy SSiiddddhhaarrtthh SShhaahh, a class VII studentof a city school, adopted a Royal Bengal Tiger,named ‘Sankalp’, by paying a cheque of`25,000 to the deputy curator of the zoo, ANagamani, towards the adoption of the tigerfor a period of three months. Five other chil-dren, Havisha Jain, Vihaan, Atul Shah,Preksha, Priyal, Dhwani and Bhakti Nagda,also presented a cheque of `5,000 each toadopt nocturnal animals and small birds.

From actress DeepikaPadukone to musicmaestro AR Rahmanand industrialist Ratan

Tata, a slew of renowned celebri-ties will be seen sharing theirlife experiences on the secondseason of ‘Mega Icons’. Theupcoming National Geographicseries will bring viewers closerto these personalities throughexclusive and intimate inter-views, featuring them and theirclose ones. The life story of lateIndian-American astronautKalpana Chawla will also featurein the show.

FOR A CAUSE

Jeffrey Archer pens three booksfor young readers

Author Jeffrey Archer will come out with threebooks of fun-filled and action-packed storiesfor young readers, which he actually wrote

when his children were young. 'By Royal Appoint-ment', 'Willy Visits the Square World' and 'Willy andthe Killer Kipper' are for children in the age groupof five to nine years, and will be available in book-

stores from October 21, publishersPan Macmillan India said.

Being on 'Into The Wild withGrylls' has been one of my

wildest experiences: Akshay

Sharing a brief video of his feature onthe Discovery channel's 'Into The WildWith Bear Grylls,' actor Akshay Kumar

said, being on the show was one of his"wildest experiences". The 'Sooryavanshi' ac-tor took to Twitter to share a glimpse of theintriguing episode with the British adven-turer, Bear Grylls, and shared how much heis excited for all his fans to watch the show."Being on Into The Wild with @BearGryllshas been one of the wildest experiences forme,” the 53-year-old actor tweeted. Theepisode was aired on September 14 on Dis-covery channel.

Brazilian woman surfs'largest-wave ever'

Brazilian dare-devil MayaGabeira has

improved her ownworld record for thebiggest wave surfedby a woman, riding a73.5-foot- giant at Por-tugal's Nazare andovershadowing thetop male surfers inthe process. Previ-ously in 2018, shehad made a worldrecord of surfing 68-foot-wave, which wasaround 20.72 metres. Gabeira had broken therecord back in February this year during aWorld Surf League (WSL) Big Wave competi-tion but it came in news only recently.

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➤ Shot at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve,'Into The Wild with Bear Grylls andAkshay Kumar', followed all the military-style drills, with the former British mili-tary personnel Grylls taking chargealong with a fit and agile Kumar, son of amilitary officer, and somebody, who hasdonned multiple hats, including that ofan actor, producer and martial artiste ➤ The actor also raised an awarenessabout 'Bharat Ke Veer', a fund-raisinginitiative by the ministry of home affairs,Government of India, through theepisode

Phone calls create stronger bonds than just text messages!

WhatsApp users, readon. People too oftenprefer to send email or

text messages in order to savetime but a phone call, even abrief one, is more likely to pro-duce the feeling of connected-ness, say researchers. The teamfound that when people com-municated by talking overphone, they felt significantlymore connected than by typing.

ENTERTAINMENT

GENDER-BASED AWARDS SHOULD BESCRAPPED: AYUSHMANN KHURRANA

Gender divisions aretoo deep-rooted and

the film industry can reallydo their bit to champion the

change. Gendered awards aretotally outdated and

should be scrapped. I seriously hope allthe award functions in Indiatake a step in the

right direction anddo the most obvious

thing: Towards having amore progressive society. For me,good performances are good per-formances, and they should beseen without the gender lensAYUSHMANN KHURRANA, actor

The world-renownedBerlin Film Festival had

last month decided that itsperformance awards will begender-neutral for the next

year's edition

The festival said thatinstead of bestowing thebest male actor and the

best female actor, they willbestow the best leading

performer

STUDENTSREACT

If awards are made gen-der-neutral and the awardgets skewed towardseither sex, I am sure therewill be cries against bias,seeking adequate repre-sentation of both the gen-ders, and we will be backto square one again. ARAV GUPTA, class X, HiranandaniFoundation School, Powai

Definitely, an award cer-emony should be gender-neutral, because awardsbased on a person’s sexpromote a division andcreates a barrier in a pro-gressive society. Moreover,an awardee should beaddressed as an actor, irrespective ofhis/her gender.RISHITA SATWANI, class XI, GIIS, Ahmd

Gender-based awards areoutdated and regressive,and it applies to every field;the film industry is noexception. Neutral awardsbased on one’s performancewill lead to a healthy compe-tition, and ultimately human empower-ment, rather than the empowerment ofa particular gender. Let the best win!RUPAM SHUKLA, class XII, SunriseEnglish Medium School, Kolkata

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In July this year, Tollywood actor RamCharan's wife and actor K Chiranjeevi'sdaughter-in-law, Upasana Kamineni Konidela,had adopted an elephant for a year

A businessman has also adopted a RoyalBengal tiger for a year

Spread over 300 acres, the zoo is hometo nearly 181 indigenous and exotic species,including 1,716 animals, birds, and reptiles

Known as one of the best zoos in Asia, itattracts around 30 lakh visitors every yearon an average

Archer, whose novelsand short stories,

include 'The CliftonChronicles', 'Kaneand Abel' and 'CatO'Nine Tales', has

topped the bestsellerlists around the

world, with sales ofover 275 million

copiesBOOK

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Interestingly, thewinner of the men'sbiggest wave forthe year, Hawaii'sKai Lenny, rode a70-foot-wave atNazare. The men'sworld record standsat 80 feet

The researchers claimedthat when people were askedto interact with others, theychose to type, as theybelieved a phone call would bemore awkward, but they werewrong. They found it wasn'tawkward to hear other’s voice

DIDYOUKNOW

In the episode featuringDeepika, fans will also get

to see Ranveer Singh talk-ing about his wife. "She

was going through somekind of emotional turmoil

that she was not evenaware of, and it keptevolving the performerin her. It started com-ing out in her perform-ances," Ranveer says inthe teaser of 'MegaIcons'

Deepika Padukone, AR Rahman, RatanTata share life experiences on TV

CELEB TALK

Actor Ayushmann Khurrana has lauded the Berlin Film Festival's decision to keep its performanceawards gender-neutral from next year. "I, wholeheartedly, laud the Berlin Film Festival's decision to

award gender-neutral recognitions, and I hope all the film festivals across the world, and India followssuit. We are all actors at the end of the day; gender divisions only highlight the long prevalent

divisive nature of societies," he said

TIME TO GO FOR GENDER-NEUTRAL AWARDS?

Separated by plastic shields installed in front oftheir benches, members of Lok Sabha attendedthe first day of the Monsoon session, which isbeing held amid the Covid-19 pandemic. While

nearly 200 members were present in the Lok Sabhachamber, a little over 30 were seated in the visitors'gallery, located above the main chamber. Glass-likeplastic shields of varied sizes were installed in front ofthe benches to protect the members from coron-avirus. The shield also covered part of the members'sides. All members were seen wearing masks. Somewere also seen wearing face shields. The House metfor nearly 20 minutes in the morning, and was thenadjourned for an hour, after paying tributes to the for-

mer president Pranab Mukherjee, a sitting MP and 13former members, who died in the recent past.

Masks, plastic shields, maintaining physicaldistance... MPs attend House amid pandemic

THE NEW NORMAL

PREMIER LEAGUE’SBACK! WHAT’S NEW?

F ormula One champion LewisHamilton kept his cool amid themayhem caused by an unpre-

dictable circuit, winning a crash-marredTuscan Grand Prix on Sunday for the 90thwin to move one behind MichaelSchumacher’s record. But Hamilton’s focuswas elsewhere as he stood on the podiumwearing a T-shirt, featuring the words,“Arrest the cops, who killed BreonnaTaylor.” Taylor was a Black emergency med-ical worker, who was shot by police at herhome on March 13.

FROM THE WORLD OF SPORTS

Dominic Thiem winsmaiden Grand Slam

with US Open triumph

D ominic Thiem produced ahistoric comeback to beatAlexander Zverev in a nervy

five-setter, and win the US Open onSunday for his first Grand Slam title.The second seeded Austrian beat thefifth seed, 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(8/6) in 4 hours 2 minutes, inside anear-empty Arthur Ashe Stadium.

It marked the first time in theUS Open's history that a playerhad recovered from losing theopening two sets to win the title It was also the first time thefinal had been settled by a tie-break Thiem is also the firstGrand Slam champion other thanNovak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal orRoger Federer, sinceSwitzerland's Stan Wawrinka wonthe third of his majors at the2016 US Open

NEW SCHEDULE: If 2020-21 was a nor-mal season, the Premier League wouldhave already played four matches by now.But the 38-game season has been con-densed by nearly a month.NEW TEAMS: Leeds United, West Bromand Fulham, after respective top flightabsences of sixteen years, two years andone year.

F1: Lewis Hamiltonwins Tuscan GP

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

READ.PLAY.LEARN

CORIANDER: This easy-to-grow herb is a must have forany home garden not only forits culinary benefits but alsofor its medicinal val-ues. It providesantimicrobial,antioxidantand anti-can-cer proper-ties, among others.

MINT:Mint isknown forits carmina-tive and antiseptic qualities. It’seasy to grow in a home kitchen.

GINGER: This amazing herbhas been used in ancientmedicinal systems for the

treatment of numerous ail-ments, such as colds, nausea,

arthritis,migraine,and hyper-tension.

TULSI: Tulsi is sci-entifically proven to fightagainst chemical stress due topollution, along with other ben-efits. This is a perfect herb tobe used during monsoon withchai, food, and also on yourskin in anti-acne masks.

MULETHI: It improves immu-nity, heart function, controlscholesterol levels, etc.

Roses are Roses are RedRed,Violets are Violets are BlueBlue,

ME & YOU!LET’S START A CAMPAIGN

WHAT YOU CAN DO

SOME HARD-HITTING ‘CAUSETOONS‛ THAT WE PICKED FOR YOU

The #smashpatriarchyis gaining ground as aglobal campaign. We,at Times NIE would liketo hear from youabout a campaignthat you would liketo start in asimilar format.Go on, Create

1 Complete the following

Roses are red, Violets are blue.... TWO LINES HERE

2 The lines couldaddress any prevailing

issue. This IS NOT restrict-ed to gender equality.

Some examples of topics:

a) Climate change b) Pollution c) The pandemic d) School education e) Body shaming f) Bullying at school g) OF YOUR CHOICE

3Make sure you startand end your cam-

paign in these 4 lines (refer to point 1)

4 Send them to timesnie175@gmail.com

5Best entries will befeatured here on

September 30!

Most Powerful Comics From UN’sCompetition On Gender EqualityThe United Nations Women, that works to promotegender equality and empowerment, ran a contestshowcasing the works of young European artists, professional and amateur in 2015. Through comics andcartoons they made an imagery of what gender equality and women’s rights meant to them. A varietyof sketches made by young students echo many of ourconcerns that dominate any discussion on the highlyvolatile subject. The entries were judged by estab-lished gender rights activists, professional cartoonistsand communications experts.

DAVID IBÁÑEZ BORDALLO, SPAINThis cartoon is an audacious alternative ending to‘Little Red Riding Hood’. SSeeeenn hheerree iinn ssuuppeerrhheerroo ggeeaarr,,ffllaasshhiinngg vviiccttoorryy ssiiggnnss hhaavviinngg mmoouunntteedd tthhee bbiigg bbaadd wwoollff,,

iitt uurrggeessuuss ttoorreewwrriitteeoouurr oowwnnssttoorriieesswwhheerree wweenneeeedd nnoottbbee rreess-ccuueedd bbyy aammaann..

AGATA HOP, POLANDThis comic strip makes a strongcase for a woman that has toclimb the ladder of success with burden that a man refuses to share, like childcare, housekeeping, etc.

SAMUEL AKINFENWA ONWUSA, SPAINThis comic strip portrays themanhandling of women in theclassical workplace. A womanfacing rejection in a job interviewsubsequently gets accepted whenshe turns up in a man’s garb.Unequal gender reality in themarket is successfully shownhere. We face such gender discrimination in our societywhere gender defines job roles.Do you agree with this?

EMILIO MORALES RUIZ, SPAINThis winning entry portrays the desperate accountabilityfor identity felt by an average woman in a male dominated society. A girl walking past two gender-balloons is trying to keep the ‘female’ balloon afloat.This works well in trying to establish what a woman’sgeneral reaction to gender equality is.

AITOR LÓPEZ GARCÍA, SPAIN The next entry is an amusing artwork testifyingfor men and where they figure in the genderidentity equation. IItt sshhoowwss tthhee ddiilleemmmmaa ooff aammaann ccaarrrryyiinngg aa cchhiilldd iinn aa ssoocciieettyy tthhaatt mmaakkeesscchhiilldd-rreeaarriinngg aa wwoommaann ssppeecciiffiicc rroollee..

JOANNA GROCHULSKA,POLANDThis entry shows a rather beaten andoverplayed idea where a fist ofempowerment with a spanner andsome nail paint is trying to fix theworld. Did she? Has she been able tosmash patriarchy?

LET’S TEST FRENCH THE ADVERB...

ACTIVITY OF THE DAY

History Mystery ACROSS4. Another name for LordVamana with reference to onewho took three giant steps.6. What is the state bird ofUttar Pradesh?7. One of the four majorMathas established by Adi

Shankara is in this city...8. The real name of king Poruswho fought against Alexandre.10. The ‘S’ in ‘AYUSH’ ministrystands for?

DOWN1. The Lion Capital at Sarnathbelonged to the king...

2. A famous play by Kalidasa3. The original name ofMahabharat...5. Indian classical dance inwhich dancers do not wearanklets...9. An ancient drink mentioned in the Vedas...

ANSWERS1. Ashoka, 2. Shakuntalam

3. Jaya, 4. Trivikrama

5. Manipuri, 6. Saras

7. Puri, 8. Purushotama

9. Soma, 10. Siddha

10 SPLENDIFEROUS WORDSinvented by Roald Dahl

1. GiganticusSomething that is grand andspectacular.

2. ScrumdiddlyumptiousIt is used for describing foodthat is too delicious.

3. GobblefunkTo play around with wordsand create new ones.

4. HuggybeeA term of endearment whichmeans as warm as a hugand as sweet as honey.

5 ChurgleWhen someone is chucklingand gurgling both at thesame time while laughing

6. HorrigustIs a blend of the words –horrible and disgusting.

7. Darksome Darksome is made byblending the words – darkand murk.

8. Bish To ruin something.

9. GloriumptiousThis is made up by blendingtogether two words – glori-ous and scrumptious. Itmeans pure marvellousness.

10. ZozimusThe word means – the stuffthat dreams are made of.

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