26 Word of the day Bits & Bytes Space odyssey Do you know me? Philanthropy Given below are a few Philanthropy is the practice of helping those in need, especially by giving 1. I am an icy giant with two sets of thin, dark rings around me. money. It is an act performed keeping human welfare in mind, and involves terms with something in I take 84 Earth years for one trip around the Sun. giving money for a cause that benets people who one might not necessarily common. Guess what it is. know. Most people set up their own philanthropic organisation in the form of 2. Like Jupiter, I too have a storm swirling in the southern foundations. Though it mainly involves giving money, it can manifest itself in the Cupcake form of property, work opportunity to the needy, or endowment of learning atmosphere. It’s called the Great Dark Spot and is roughly the size institutions or hospitals. Ice Cream Sandwich of Earth. Jelly Bean Origin Donut The word originated in the 17th Century from the Greek concept of philanthropia, 3. If a star passes too close to me, it would tear apart and if you and the word philanthropos, where philein means ‘to love’, and anthropos means Gingerbread fall into me, gravity would stretch you out like spaghetti. ‘human being’. Example 4. I am a small celestial body that orbits the Sun. Since I am XYZ corporation has used its corporate philanthropy to help millions of students composed primarily of frozen ammonia, methane or water, across India access technology. scientists call me a "dirty snowball."
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Every morning, Jenny, a white mare leaves her stable Fun facts to stroll through her Frankfurt neighbourhood. The freeroaming horse is brightening the novel 1. First Indian in space HOTO AFP
P coronavirus COVID19 lockdown for many. Write a Rakesh Sharma was the rst Indian to reach outer space in April caption that can sum up the picture in just a few 1984. A former IAF pilot, he ew aboard the Soviet rocket Soyuz T11 as words. Be creative! part of a joint programme between the ISRO and the Interkosmos. During a joint television news conference from space, when the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked Sharma about how India looked from outer space, he said "Sare Jahan Se Achcha" (the best in the world). Q: Find out who trained along with Rakesh Sharma to go to space. ______
2. First creatures in space Did you know a host of creatures paved the way for human spaceight? Fruit ies were the rst to be sent up in 1947 and This or that? recovered alive. A couple of years later, a rhesus monkey named Albert II made it to a height of 134 km, but a Some words can be confusing due to the similarities in their pronunciation. problem with the parachute led to his end on landing. Following Albert II, a number of Choose the right word in the following sentences monkeys were sent up but none survived. Their sacrices helped scientists study 1. My feet are soar / sore after the eects of weightlessness and the long hours of walk. radiation on living beings. The ______rst monkeys to survive the ight into space to a height of 2. The airport sta asked them over 550 km were Able and to stand next to the poll / pole. Baker in 1959. ______Q. Where does space start? ______
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an be said to jump over another. Even
about matches, you might have c Ahhh! Same old hot and congested classrooms....I really want to
s the only move in chess where a piece
encountered the word “castling”. Are you i make a change in these classrooms.These are the three things I want to
ame move. Apart from knight’s moves, it
aware of what castling in chess means? s add. Computers, of course. And then better bookshelves with storybooks
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Do you think you can guess the answer? m and reference books..It would make the classrooms more constructive.
ove in chess that allows a player to
Fill in the space provided and check it m And nally, MORE SPACE. Yes, some classrooms do not have enough
he original rooks. In fact, it is the only
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1. Hamlet 2. Macbeth 3. Shylock 4. Cassius nswers: A Rashi Goyal, ______VIIIC, Mahatma School, K.K. Nagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
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