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BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | NEW DELHI CLICK HERE: WWW.TOISTUDENT.COM STUDENT EDITION THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2020 Newspaper in Education SHOCKING FACTS At least WEB EDITION GREENLAND ICE We have Studies have 300 million melting past 'tipping been con- shown that peo- tons of suming ple eat, drink plastic 3waste is produced Share your point': Study plastics and breathe a 1through our food, every year, as per 2minimum of 50,000 thoughts The melting of Greenland's ice cap has gone so far that it is water or even microplastic particles the data from now irreversible, with snowfall no longer able to compensate ‘Plastic Oceans’ with PM for the loss of ice, even if global warming were to end today, breathing in a year according to researchers. Modi Eighty-five per cent of the M Narendra Modi has surface of Greenland, an Now, microplastics found in island of two million square invited you to share kilometres, or four times the P your ideas on the top- size of France, is covered in ics, themes or issues you want ice. In the 1980s and 1990s, HUMAN ORGANS him to address on the 68th the ice cap lost around 450 episode of Mann Ki Baat. You billion tons of ice per year, which was compensated by THE IMPACT esearchers have now found tainly a cause of concern. Studies had may share your ideas at snowfall, the scientists said, after analysing 40 years of microplastic particles and established that the particles can be www.mygov.in ; or dial the data.But the ice melt has accelerated this century, climb- A latest study has shown that the ongoing even smaller nanoplastic ingested by humans and animals, such ing to 500 billion tons, and it is no longer sufficiently-replen- accumulation of toxins associated with toll-free number 1800-11- particles in human organs, as via drinking water, and pass through ished with snow. The Greenland ice sheet is losing mass at 7800 and record your mes- plastics poses a risk to our food safety and Rin the samples of lungs, spleen, liver the gastrointestinal tract. The latest sage for the Prime Minister in accelerated rates in the 21st century, making it the largest public health. However, the levels of plastics single contributor to the rising sea levels. and kidneys that were examined. findings, however, are the first to show either Hindi or English. You Though the exact impact microplastics that they can also ACCUMULATE WITH- and associated chemicals we are exposed to in can also give a missed call on have on the human body is not fully- IN HUMAN ORGANS, INCLUDING THE THE IMPACT our diet, compared with other everyday 1922, and follow the link understood, the new findings are cer- KIDNEYS, LIVER AND LUNGS. The melting ice actually causes more ice to melt, activities has not been assessed received in SMS to directly as the meltwater that collects on the ice sheet give your suggestions to the absorbs more of the sun's radiative force than snow Prime Minister. and ice do — snow and ice reflect sunlight back into Join the Think big to fight Microplastics are typically less than 0.2 inches (5 mm) the space. In addition, the loss of ice exposes the across, but the so-called nanoplastic particles can be as small The deadline to submit permafrost, or frozen soil, which campaign the small as a fiftieth of the width of a human hair views is August 29, 2020. when thawed, releases powerful Tell us how you can reduce your Microplastics are found in many products, including synthet- Mann Ki Baat airs on 11:00 greenhouse gases into the atmos- ic clothing, plastic and cosmetics. These products easily enter am on August 30, 2020 phere, trapping heat plastic use; Please share your Therefore, the melting ice is not views, posters, videos or any other ways the environment as waste, and add to the already existing plas- just a symptom of global warm- that can drive the campaign at tic pollution ing, it is also becoming a driver [email protected] WORD of global warming WA TCH CLICK BRAGGADOCIO: PRIYANKA CHOPRA ZTE TO LAUNCH THE WORLD'S NEWS HERE FOR BRIEF MORE Means empty boasting; a person THRILLED TO SEE PRINTED FIRST 5G SMARTPHONE IN 'Aquaman' sequel will have given to arrogant boasting; PAGES OF HER MEMOIR elements of horror, arrogant pretension TE Corporation has an- TECH BUZZ confirms director James Wan 'UNFINISHED' nounced that it will Z launch ZTE Axon 20 5G in China on Sep- The English poet tember 1, 2020. The device will be the world's FACTOID Edmund Spenser ctor Priyanka first mass-produced 5G smartphone, featur- FACTOID originally created ing under-display camera. The so-called 'under- Chopra has Braggadocio as a personifi- announced that display' camera is concealed entirely behind the A phone’s screen, with no need for any notches or cation of boasting in his epic her much-anticipated small round 'hole-punches'. The design increases poem, 'The Faerie Queene'. memoir, titled the amount of space on the smartphone display, 1.6 Crore As early as 1594, about four 'Unfinished', has been which is usually taken up by the black spot at the top that houses the camera. New debit cards have been issued by the years after the poem was printed, and will soon published, English speakers be released. 'The Sky banks between April and June of 2020, The new ZTE Axon 20 5G is began using the name as a is Pink' actor took to during the lockdown period. It is the sec- rumoured to run on Android general term for any blus- Twitter to share the ond-highest over a quarter, since banks tering blowhard. news and expressed her 10 and will come with a 6.92- initiated the replacement exercise in excitement after seeing inch (1,080x2,460 pixels) 2018, said a report citing an analysis of irector James Wan has said that pages from the memoir OLED display, according to a leak on a the RBI data over the last two years ‘Aquaman 2’, starring Jason printed on paper for the Chinese regulatory body, TENAA D Momoa, will feature a "little bit" BOOK LAUNCH first time. "Finished. of his love for horror. The 43-year-old What an amazing feel- filmmaker, who made his directorial WE THE PEOPLE ing seeing these pages debut with the horror film, ‘Saw’, fur- ESTABLISHING RIGHTS AND Death Valley hits 55 ther said, he will save the big scares for printed on paper for the DEEPENING DEMOCRACY by first time! #Unfinished... degrees celsius, one the DC film spin-off, ‘The Trench’. In an coming soon! @penguinran- interaction with his fans, ahead of his Nikhil Dey, Aruna Roy and appearance at the DC FanDome, Wan dom," Chopra tweeted. Rakshita Swamy of the highest said, "Just like the first movie had a Earlier, the 38-year-old had touch of my horror sensibility in it, for noted that every word from temperatures the ‘Trench’ sequence, I would say, We the People, it comes from a place of there will be a little bit of that in this the fourth volume "introspection and reflec- recorded on Earth one as well.“ in the Rethinking tion" into her life. India series, pub- BOOK In the popular imagination, Death Valley Death Valley is no stranger to heat. ➤ Introduced in 2018, ‘Aquaman, The lished by Penguin, in Southern California, is the hottest ‘Unfinished' will be a collection Sitting 282 feet below sea level in the Trench’ are aquatic abominations, who brings together a place on the Earth. On Aug 16, it lived tormented Aquaman and Mera (Amber collection of of personal essays, stories and Mojave Desert in the southeastern California, near the Nevada border, it is up to that reputation, when the temper- Heard) during one of the most intense essays that observations by the actor, pro- the lowest, driest and hottest location in ature at the aptly-named, Furnace Creek sequences in the film. Wan, also known explores the for ‘The Conjuring’ franchise, will produce ducer, singer, and UNICEF the United States. It is sparsely-populat- reached 131 degrees Fahrenheit (55 process of germi- ed, with just 576 residents, according to degrees C), according to the NOAA an animated ‘Aquaman’ mini-series for nation and growth of the undisputed HBO Max Goodwill Ambassador, Chopra the most recent census. weather prediction centre universal rights, enshrined in the Constitution of India. A PERMANENT SEAT FOR Aston Martin unveils 007 Editions of MS AT WANKHEDE? its Vantage and DBS Superleggera aking advantage of its close connection to the James Bond franchise, emember the towering six at the Wankhede Sta- Back in 1993, a seat at the Melbourne Aston Martin is set to launch two new limited edition cars to celebrate dium in the 2011 World Cup final by MS Dhoni, Cricket Ground(MCG), was painted yellow T the curtain raiser of the latest 007 movie later this year. According to Rwhich eventually made India the World Cham- to commemorate Simon O’Donnell’s 122- Daily Mail, Aston Martin's own 'Q' division, named after the famed gadget pions? Well, if reports are to go by, the seat where the famous sixer landed, is all set to be named after the man, metre six for Victoria over New South branch of Britain's secret service in the films, has created 007 Editions of the who created history. In a letter to the Mumbai Cricket Wales Vantage and DBS Superleggera to Association (MCA) apex council member, Ajinkya Naik In 2018, Ethihad Stadium in mark the release of ’No Time said, a permanent seat in the Wankhede stadium would seat red to To Die’ in November.