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BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | NEW DELHI ➤Want to lead a happy and ➤Educators and students ➤ Match Preview: Battle of STUDENT EDITION healthy life? Our experts share share their views on various big-hitters on cards as TODAY’S tips on how to take care of your issues engulfing the country Rajasthan Royals takes on MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2021 Newspaper in EDITION mind, body and soul and the world Punjab Kings Education PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 WEB EDITION CLICK HERE: PAGE 1 AND 2 NASA TO LAND FIRST PERSON OF COLOUR ON MOON INDIA BATTLES A SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19 Modi's prescription: he National Aeronautics A 'WAR', A 'FESTIVAL' and Space Administration (NASA) will land the first T person of colour on the Moon as part of an international spaceflight programme called Artemis, according to the US space agency. Taking a giant step for AND A 'CURFEW' diversity, the Biden-Harris In an interaction with the chief ministers Administration seeks to land the first LET'S MAKE INDIA CORONA-FREE! woman and the next man on the lunar recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called South Pole by 2024. for a “vaccination festival” from April 11-14 to Join PM's Tika utsav campaign in creating awareness among your elders While the first cadre of step up the vaccination drive for the 45 years on the need to get vaccinated. Wear astronauts for the Artemis pro- and above age group. Calling for fighting the mask, maintain social distancing, gramme was announced in December, the first two crew rising surge of cases on a “war footing”, adhere to Covid-appropriate behaviour. members for Artemis III in 2024 Share your ideas at are yet to be announced Modi has also suggested renaming the ‘night The initial group of 18 curfew’ as “corona curfew”... [email protected] represents a diverse team of astronauts, including those new to NASA and veterans of spaceflight. PREVENTION Meanwhile, vaccine shortage looms large: India has The Artemis astronauts also To control the outbreak, higher vaccine stocks for 5.5 days, 1 more week’s in pipeline include Indian-American Raja Chari testing and tracing is required. Data collated from the Union health ministry shows that states have 1 The cases have been rising at a on average just over five days of vaccine stocks remaining at fast pace; the high positivity rate their current levels of vaccination, and an additional suggests a high infection rate week’s supply is in the pipeline. Nationally, at April’s rate of vaccination of almost 3.6 million doses a day, the total IPL QUIZ TREATMENT stock of about 19.6 million will last five and a half days. While the protocol is well-estab- There’s an additional 24.5 million in the pipeline – lished, there is a need to ensure enough for another week. But a step-up in the pace of 2 that it is readily-available. vaccination would deplete both existing stocks, and Who is the high- Adequate supply of key medicines such what’s coming much faster(ET) est run-scorer of as remdesivir needs to be ensured. all time in Availability of oxygen and hospital NO LOCKDOWN, PLEASE beds is paramount the IPL? With India in the middle of a second wave of WHAT SHOULD BE INDIA'S coronavirus, a second lockdown, if imposed, will be VACCINATION detrimental not only for the industry but for the economy APPROACH TO CONTAIN THE While India's daily vaccination as well. The manufacturing sector is still reeling under the effects numbers are among the of the last lockdown. The supply chain is still not recovered VIRAT KOHLI PANDEMIC highest in the world, in the 3 completely, and with the possibility of a second lockdown, we will Team India and RCB captain Virat context of the country's population, ndia is battling a resurgent Covid-19 pandemic have to wait for another 6-9 months, if not a year, for it to Kohli is the highest run-getter in the even faster roll-out is needed. and it seems, it is some time before this recover. Labourers are sceptical, and anticipating a second IPL, with 5,878 runs in 184 innings. Vaccine makers need to be provided I second wave peaks. According to experts, the lockdown, they have started planning their return jour- Kohli also holds the record for scor- country needs a three-pronged approach — with enough funds to ramp up the neys, as the memories of the last lockdown are still ing most runs in a single IPl season, prevention, treatment and vaccination — to quickly capacity. More vaccines need to be fresh in their minds. The sales for the first quarter of aggregating 973 runs in 16 innings in contain the pandemic, before it derails the approved, such as Sputnik, the the year are not looking good already due 2016. The 32-year-old has also economy. A look at what is needed... supply of which can come quickly to these factors scored the most-centuries by an Sharad Malhotra, president, Nippon Paint, India Indian(5) in the IPL history $3.25MILLION 125 years of modern Olympics Price of the comic book that introduced Superman to the world, which was sold at an auction recently. This month is the 125th anniversary of the first modern Olympics, held in The issue of Action Comics (hash)1, published in 1938, Athens, Greece. The 1896 Games were different from the worldwide sports told the readers about the origins of Superman, how spectacle of today. A look at some interesting facts... he came to the Earth from another planet and went by Clark Kent GAMES CALL FOR UNITY FRIENDSHIP MEDALS The Olympic rings express the activity of the In the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Japanese Olympic movement and represent the union pole vaulters Suhel Nisida and Sueo Oe WEB SERIES ON LEONARDO 1of the five continents. The six 4tied for the second place but refused colours, blue, yellow, black, green, red, and the to compete against each other. The duo DA VINCI IN INDIA white background, were chosen because every decided to cut the two medals in half and nation’s flag contains at least one of these colours fuse bronze with silver. The result: Medals of idan Turner, best-known Friendship in India as Kili in 'The THE TORCH A Hobbit' film series, will The Olympic torch is lit the old-fashioned WOMEN IN OLYMPICS play Leonardo Da Vinci in the web way in a ceremony at the temple of Hera, The London Olympics of 2012 was the series 'Leonardo'. The show is all 2in Greece. Actresses, wearing costumes first, wherein women competed in all The first official Olympic mascot was Waldi, the dachshund at the the sports, including boxing set to premiere in India on April of Greek priestesses, use a parabolic mirror 5 1972 Games in Munich 9, ahead of its release in the UK and sun rays to kindle the torch Only about 250 athletes from 14 and the US. STORY OF PARTICIPATION countries participated in the first From 1912-1948, artists participated in The eight-part series will focus Entertainment the Olympics: Painters, sculptors, Games, and most were from Greece on the life of Leonardo Da 3architects, writers, and musicians com- At the most recent 2016 Summer Vinci, one of the most-fascinat- peted for medals in their respective fields Olympics in Brazil, more than 11,000 ing figures in history. Da Vinci, primarily known as an artist athletes from 207 countries and painter, was also a distinguished inventor and authority Johnny Weissmuller, an athlete-turned- in subjects, such as anatomy, actor, who played Tarzan in 12 movies, won participated astronomy, botany, cartography, and paleontology five gold medals in swimming in the 1920s. “Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.” READ. PLAY. LEARN RALPH WALDO EMERSON, POET 02 MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2021 FEEL GOOD FACTOR ways to instil 6 Push the body Being physically active is part of Read books self-care in a self-care routine. Explain to Taking out time on healthy your kids how taking care of self-care to care for our their mind and body should always be their first priority. You habits mind and body is can make them join a team sport Children love being or simply take them for a walk in read to and they the essential the neighbourhood to keep often love being read them physically active. the same book again component of a happy young and again if they like it. Get them self-care books on sub- and healthy life. And it’s jects like brushing teeth, eating healthy and getting dressed. When important that we teach you read to children your child, ask the same to kids too him questions and respond to or the same, it’s crucial to instil self-care habits their curious queries. in children at a young age to help them cope bet- ter with the future and achieve their best while lowering their risk of developing mental health issues like depression and anxiety. Simple self- care habits can be started at any age. Here are F easy ways to include them in kids’ lives. Start with the funda- mentals Do you assist your Stick to a normal Develop their mind kid in brushing bedtime routine Explain to your kid why taking a his/her teeth and break from the screen or toys Downtime should be a A regular bedtime routine tells your is important. Let them be for bathing? Do you tell child’s body and mind that it’s time her to eat healthy priority some time where they do noth- A routine that has quiet and alone time is to wind down and prepare for sleep.