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Let me be clear: vaccine national- ism will prolong the pandemic, The 2020 Indian Premier League not shorten it AIR POLLUTION (IPL) final will be played on Nov A day after Times 10 in Dubai, the country's cricket TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS, WHAT: NIE raised the is- THE PROPOSED LAW board (BCCI) confirmed on sue of rising menace of air pol- he Centre's proposal to come up Sunday. The playoff matches will director general, lution, the Centre informed the The new law would make it legally- binding for stakeholder with a stringent law against pol- be played from Nov 5 in Dubai World Health Supreme Court that it was draft- states to adhere to the decisions of the anti-pollution body. The ing a comprehensive legislation T lution is a welcome move. and Abu Dhabi. The top four body will have state representatives on board, and this, it is Organisation, to set up a statutory body em- However, it's important to implement teams qualify for the playoffs. powered to take steps to prevent believed, would help to ensure that the states implement meas- and monitor the law strictly. Moreover, on growing stubble burning in Punjab, ures as suggested by the body Defending champions Mumbai Haryana and UP and implement there should be a concerted effort to Since the Centre is looking to amend the Environment Indians, Delhi Capitals, Royal vaccine measures to reduce air pollu- create an awareness on the need to Challengers Bangalore and tion in the National Capital Ter- Protection Act, the Water Act and the Air Act, the new legisla- nationalism ritory (NCR) and adjoining ar- tion is expected to be in tune with the proposed amendments curb air pollution. The drive Kolkata Knight Riders occupy the eas. Stiffer penalties are expected to be imposed for violations. against pollution should top four spots with three rounds start right from left to play. "The comprehen- The highest fine is `1 lakh at the moment WHEN: sive legislative schools, as students step will create a permanent in four days," the Centre told the ordinance route to set up can be the biggest This year's IPL, which was body with adequate powers. In apex court. the permanent body, originally scheduled to begin the past, certain ad hoc steps which is expected to have changemakers in were taken. Now, a statutory With Parliament not representations from Del- creating a pollution- in March in India, is being body will be created. We will HOW: in session, the Union hi and three states — Punjab, free planet held in the United Arab come out with a draft legislation government is likely to take the Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh. 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The feature will al- as a biometric lock of the Earth, similarly, Io always stronomers have for the first time observed low users to join an ongoing group ➥ The negative fall of Foreign the direct effect of volcanic activity on the face Jupiter The gravitational call midway. As of now, the users WhatsApp already supports Face A atmosphere of Jupiter's moon, Io. pull of Jupiter's other moons cannot join a group call unless some- ID and Touch ID unlocking on iOS Direct Investment (FDI) from To distinguish between Europa and Ganymede cause one calls them again to enter the call. devices the different processes that SPACE WhatsApp users will get two options $202 billion to the European give rise to Io's atmosphere, tremendous amounts of internal — Ignore and Join. By clicking on Join, ➥Another feature includes ‘muting economies— for the first time a team of astronomers used Atacama Large Mil- friction and heat, giving rise to vol- the user can send a request to join an group always’ limeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observa- canoes, such as Loki Patera, which ongoing group call. ever, according to the United tory in Chile to make snapshots of the moon ,when it passed in and out of Jupiter's shadow. Based on spans more than 200 km across X-PLAINED Nations. Flows to the United the snapshots, they calculated that active volca- States fell by 61% to $51 bil- lion, the UN Conference for BECA Trade and Development (UNC- India and the US have finalised the land- TAD) said in a report. Global WHAT: mark defence pact, Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) for Geo-Spatial Co- FDI fell, as multinationals post- operation. The deal would help both the countries in sharing high-end military technology, geospatial maps poned investments to preserve and classified satellite data between their militaries. cash, it said. Industrialised According to experts, the complete data, backed by WIN-WIN DEAL FOR INDIA? highly-accurate US satellites, helps in navigation as countries, which normally well as targeting military assets. ➤According to experts, information received under BECA will be account for some 80% of Under BECA, the two countries can ex- useful for long-range navigation and missile-targeting with global transactions, were hard- WHY: change maps, nautical and aeronautical enhanced accuracy ➤In fact, according to them, it's a win-win CLUES charts, commercial and other unclassified imagery, deal for India, as it would get access to military-grade data that est hit, with flows falling to AFTER SHAKESPEARE TRILOGY, NOW geodetic, geophysical, geomagnetic and gravity data. Apart from the standard data, the agreement can help draw up target coordinates. For example, military-grade $98 billion — a level last seen VISHAL BHARDWAJ IS ADAPTING includes sharing of classified information as well, coordinates could help direct missiles of air-launched bombs to a in 1994, the report added with safeguards in place to ensure that it is not terror location in the neighbourhood with high accuracy AGATHA CHRISTIE FOR HINDI CINEMA shared with any other third party. ilmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj is set to adapt renowned British mystery writer Agatha Christie's works into Where did the F a film franchise for the Indian audiences. Christie's crime stories centred on fictional detectives, Hercule 30-minute special NEWS IN Surveyor 1, Poirot and Miss Marple, but Bhardwaj will be in- Hiten and troducing a new pair CLUES CLUES of lead investigators ENTERTAINMENT documentary on SMART-1 space taking inspiration missions head to? from one of the Queen of Crime's famous Justin Bieber to be stories. According to reports, the script is cur- rently in development, but details of which Christie novel is being adapted for the first released soon IN THE NEWS CLUE 1: Temperatures vary drastically, as there is no film has not been revealed yet. atmosphere — from -173°C in the night to 127°C in the ustin Bieber: Next Chapter', an exclusive look into the daytime Ja new documentary on the artiste's life since quarantine, CLUE 2: Most people think that it is round in Bhardwaj said he is excited to singer-songwriter, is in devel- his relationship with God and opment under production at how he set himself free of shape, but it’s actually shaped like an egg embark on this journey and YouTube Originals. The 30- the ties that come with be- CLUE 3: It is believed to have been created explore the turmoil and emotional CLUESminute special, which will re- ing an artiste of his when a rock the size of Mars slammed 1 lease on October 30, will provide popularity. into the Earth about 4.6 bn years ago chaos of Christie's characters ➤ The documentary, produced by Bieber Time The first film, scheduled to go on Films, SB ProjectsCLUES and OBB Pictures, is a CLUESANSWER: MOON. NASA has confirmed floors early next year, will intro- follow-up to YouTube docu-series, ‘Justin the presence of water on the Moon's duce a young heroine, who is Bieber: Seasons’ sunlit surface, a breakthrough that 2 suggests that the chemical compound thrown into solving a murder, and teams up ➤ 'Seasons' chronicled the making of Bieber's that is vital to life on the Earth could with an unlikely companion to unravel the latest album, 'Changes' that was released be distributed across more parts of the case.