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BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | NEW DELHI CLICK HERE: WWW.TOISTUDENT.COM STUDENT EDITION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 Newspaper in Education WEB EDITION THE SCHEDULE The IPL 2020 is slated to be played from September 19-November 10 PRE-RECORDED CHEERS, 1 in the UAE across three venues — Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah NEWS IN Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings will be locking horns in 2 the opening match on September 19. Dubai will play host to 24 CLUES games, 20 matches will be hosted by Abu Dhabi, while Sharjah will FANS' REACTIONS TO hold 12 games. The opening match will be played in Sheikh Zayed Bridgetown is the Stadium in Abu Dhabi. capital of which For the first time in the history of the tournament, the finals will BOOST PLAYERS' SPIRIT 3 be played on a weekday, ie Tuesday. Both the afternoon and country? evening matches will be played half an he 13th edition of the Indian Premier League hour earlier than usual, this time around CLUE 1: Locals of this country (IPL) to be held in the UAE from September ■ Delhi Capitals (DC) 19 will be all about innovation, courtesy the THE TEAMS There will be a total of 10 doublehead- call themselves, “Bajans”. ■ Mumbai Indians (MI) coronavirus pandemic. With the Board of ■ CLUE 2: Popstar and Grammy Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ■ 4 ers (a set of two games played between Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) keeping Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) ■ award winner Rihanna was T Rajasthan Royals (RR) ■ the same teams on the same day) in this fans away due to the virus, the eight teams have Royal Challengers ■ edition of the tournament. The evening born in this country. decided to pre-record the reactions of Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Bangalore (RCB) cheerleaders and fans, which they will matches will be played at 7:30 pm IST, while CLUE 3: Its name translates ■ Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) play during the matches. An official CLUES the afternoon matches are due to start from the Portuguese/Spanish of one of the franchises said, the term meaning, ‘the eight teams have decided that the IPL at 3:30 pm IST best way to give the players a feel bearded ones’. closest to the presence of live audi- 2020 ence at the grounds is to pre-record cheers of fans and cheerleaders and then ANSWER: BARBADOS. The to play them on the giant screens. Caribbean island country has announced its intention to ➤ The short-form extravaganza normally remove Queen Elizabeth II as starts in March but along with other major its head of state and become international sporting events, it was post- a republic. It aims to com- poned, as countries went into virus lock- plete the process in time for downs. It was then moved to the UAE, as the 55th anniversary of its cases rose in India independence from Britain, in ➤ The games will be played behind closed November 2021. doors ➤ All the eight teams have been in strict, bio-secure 'bubbles' since landing in the UAE. ➤ There will be no gala opening ceremony for the world's richest T20 league CHEF VIKAS KHANNA ➤ Players will be ferried to and from HONOURED WITH the hotels under strict BCCI health ASIA GAME CHANGER safety protocols AWARD FOR FEEDING MILLIONS IN INDIA AMID COVID CRISIS NEWS CLICK FACTOID DEBUTANTE WRITER AVNI HERE FOR $460 BN IN BRIEF MORE ➥ According to scientists, influenza and DOSHI AMONG SIX AUTHORS ON several types of coronaviruses that cause ■ The revenue loss in the global tourism BOOKER PRIZE 2020 LIST SCIENTISTS PREDICT THAT COVID-19 the common cold are known to peak in sector, courtesy the coronavirus in the first WILL BECOME A SEASONAL VIRUS winter in temperate regions but circulate six months of 2020, as the number of peo- ubai-based Indian-origin author Avni year-round in tropical regions ple travelling plunged, the UN said. The rev- Doshi is among the six authors short- tar chef Vikas Khanna will be hon- listed for the 2020 Booker Prize for her ➥ enue lost between January and June D The virus survival in the air and on sur- Soured with the prestigious 2020 debut novel, ‘Burnt Sugar’. The shortlist was faces, people's susceptibility to infections amounted to "around five times the loss in unveiled virtually in London on Tuesday after Asia Game Changer Award for feeding international tourism receipts recorded in judges re-evaluated the 13 longlisted novels pub- and human behaviours, such as indoor millions across India amid the Covid-19 2009, amid the global economic and finan- lished in the UK or Ireland between October crowding, differ across the seasons due pandemic through a massive food dis- 2019 and September 2020. cial crisis," the Madrid-based World Tourism to the changes in temperature and humid- tribution drive that he coordinated Organisation said. International tourist ity, they explain from thousands of miles away in his ➤Doshi, born in the US and now living in Dubai, arrivals fell by 440 million(65 per cent) dur- ➥ Manhattan home. The Asia Game has previously spoken about the long journey to These factors influence the transmis- ing the period. The Asian continent saw the Changer Awards, launched by the Asia her first novel, which was released in India last sion of respiratory viruses at different steepest decline, it added. times of the year Society— a US-based non-profit organi- year as ‘Girl in White Cotton’ and for its UK sation —- in 2014, identify and honour CORONA UPDATE ➥ release in July However, in comparison to other respi- true leaders who make a positive con- ➥ While tourism is slowly returning to ➤ The rest of the shortlist, include Diane Cook e are all too familiar with the seasonal pat- ratory viruses, such as the flu, Covid-19 tribution to the future of Asia. some destinations, the UN body warned for ‘The New Wilderness’, Zimbabwean writer terns of some respiratory viruses, and has a higher rate of transmission (R0), at that "reduced travel demand and con- Tsitsi Dangarembga for her third W now scientists suggest that Covid-19 is like- least partly due to the circulation in a ly to follow suit and become seasonal in countries sumer confidence" would continue to novel in her trilogy, ‘This KHANNA IS THE ONLY with temperate climates, but only when herd im- largely immunologically naive population, INDIAN ON THE LIST hurt the sector for the rest of the year Mournable Body’, munity is attained. Until that time, Covid-19 will they warn ➥ It predicted that international tourist Maaza Mengiste for continue to circulate across the seasons, they add. NAMED BY THE LEADING arrivals will plunge by around 70 per ‘The Shadow King’ ORGANISATION cent in 2020, owing to the coronavirus and Douglas LEGO TO DITCH PLASTIC BAGS FOR ➥ Lego, as well As the Covid-19 pandemic hit India, ➥ International tourism arrivals rose by Stuart for PAPER ONES IN ITS BOXED SETS as other big Khanna, sitting thousands of miles four per cent in 2019 to 1.5 billion, with ‘Shuggie Bain’ brands, have been away in New York, launched a food dis- France as the world's most- visited ego has announced that it will stop us- looking for ways tribution drive that steadily reached country, followed by Spain and the US ing plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones. The Dan- to cut plastic use millions across the country. Since ➥ The last time international tourist L ish toymaker said it will start making the switch in order to please April, Khanna's #FeedIndia initiative arrivals posted an annual decline was in next year, and expects plastic bags to be com- customers, who has distributed 35 million meals, 2009, when the global economic crisis pletely phased out in the next five years. are increasingly including cooked and dry ration, as led to a four per cent drop FOR A CAUSE The bags are used to worried about how their purchases impact the well as 500,000 slippers, 3.5 million ➥ The UN body said, it expects it will hold loose bricks in boxed sets. Lego's colourful environment sanitary pads, two millions masks, and take two to four years for tourist bricks are also made of plastic, but the compa- ➥ Monopoly maker Hasbro, for example, has also arrivals to return to 2019 levels ny has had trouble finding another material other essential supplies across hun- BOOK that's as durable. announced plans to eliminate plastics from its packaging dreds of cities throughout India. ENJOY SWEET TREATS MINDFULLY Can you say NO TRY THE SPICE ROUTE: "Add GO FOR FRUITS: "Snacking on the sweetness," she suggests. natural spices, like honey, cin- seasonal fruits is the best way namon and vanilla extract to to enjoy sweet treats, as the SMART SWAP: Banana and your food, as they are natu- dates and other dry fruits like rally sweet and flavourful," walnuts and raisins are great to WHITE SUGAR? advises nutritionist Ritika replacements for sugar in bak- Samaddar. These spices ery items, like cakes, muffins, [email protected] also happen to be natural etc. So are dried fruits, like ugar is an integral part of WHY IS WHITE SUGAR BAD? and healthy alternatives blueberries and cranberries our diet. To wean away from ➤Health experts say that white sugar consump- to white sugar. its temptations is no joke, es- tion is a major cause of obesity and many chronic SMART SWAP: Instead of a OCCASIONAL SUGAR TREATS Specially in a world culture diseases, such as type- 2 diabetes. India has a high spoonful of sugar, add a ARE OKAY: Remember having an that shares any happiness with ➤ desserts—from cakes to gulab jamuns burden of diabetes It is predicted that by 2025, teaspoon of honey to your natural sugar found in fruits is occasional bite of something and milkshakes to colas.