Ipl Season #10

page 1_Layout 1 4/12/2017 8:06 PM Page 1 FIND OUT ALL ABOUT IPL SEASON #10 PAGES 4 & 5 Volume 5, Issue 1 >> Thursday, 13 April 2017 >> Subscribe www.childfriendlynews.com >> Email [email protected] WHY INDIAN FARMERS ARE ANGRY Earlier this week, farmers from Tamil Nadu began a dramatic protest in Delhi. After a month of quietly asking the government for help, the farmers took matters into their own hands. Unable to meet the Prime Minister to present their demands, the farmers began dramatic forms of protest, which included rolling on the road, demonstrating with dead rats and snakes in their mouths and even taking off their clothes to get attention for their problems. Why are they protesting? Last year during October to December, the north-east monsoon was a fail- ure, and as a result many farmers in Tamil Nadu lost their crops. Before that summer crops were affected as Karnataka refused to release River Cauvery’s water for Tamil Nadu’s farmers. With crops lost and no money, many farmers killed themselves. More than 100 farmers died between October and De- cember 2016. These farmers want the government to give them money to tide over the problem. They also want help in repaying loans they took for buying seeds and farm machinery. Without rain, the land has turned dry in some parts of Tamil Nadu. The Uttar Pradesh model Farmers in Tamil Nadu are looking to the government in Delhi for help be- has recently agreed to a ‘loan waiver’ in Uttar Pradesh (UP), a state that is cause the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which runs the central government, also run by the BJP. In UP, the government has promised to put aside loans taken by small farmers-this means the farmers won’t have to repay loans taken from government banks. The UP move is having an effect on other states as well. Farmers in Punjab and Maharashtra would also like the government to help them pay off loans. Is this a good idea? Experts say “No” Small farmers typically take money from local moneylenders and not banks. As a result, they won’t benefit from the UP government’s move, say experts. Plus it is going to cost the government a lot of money to pay back these loans, which is not good news. Experts say it would be a smarter idea to help farmers cultivate crops better by providing seeds and tools and earn more from their existing lands. Why are farm loans important to us? Farmers grow our food, so anything concerning farmers affects all of us. If farmers are in trouble, it could affect our food supply. Tamil Nadu farmers took to unique ways to show that they had lost all and had nothing else to eat ‘ page-2-3_Layout 1 4/12/2017 7:55 PM Page 1 The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind can- not stay in the cradle forever. Features —Konstantin Tsiolkovsky CHILD FRIENDLY NEWS 13 April 2017 2 www.childfriendlynews.com Fluorescent‘ frog discovered Have you played with glow-in-the-dark toys? Enjoyed the way they just seem to glow with a magical light of their own? This effect is called fluorescence. Did you know that many animals are also fluorescent and glow in the dark? In fact, the world’s first fluorescent frog-the Polka-dot Tree Frog-has been discovered in the South American country of Argentina. In normal light the frog appears to have a dull, mottled brown-green skin with red dots, but under ultraviolet (UV) light, it glows a bright fluorescent green. What’s fluorescence? Light travels in waves. Fluorescence is the ability to absorb light of short wavelengths and re-emit it in longer wavelengths. When light from an ul- traviolent lamp or torch falls on a fluorescent object, it bounces back almost immediately. During the bounce-back, some energy is lost-therefore, the light rays that are bounced back are longer than the original light waves that hit the object. This causes the object to glow, creating the fluorescent effect. Fluorescence is an effect seen in underwater creatures but not so often seen in animals that live on land. That is why the discovery of the Polka-dot Tree Frog in South America is important-this is in fact the first time that a fluorescent frog has been discovered. Up close with Jupiter Boy or girl, what is it? United States (US) space agency NASA’s craft ‘Juno’ has sent back some beautiful images of Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. The photos look as beautiful as oil paintings. In this photo, you can see a swirling mass of clouds that gathered during a storm on Jupiter. The image was shot by Juno as the craft flew 12,000 miles above Jupiter. Image courtesy: NASA courtesy: Image When it comes to baby sea turtles, the gender of the Record-breaking astronaut young one (whether they are born as a boy or girl), de- United States (US) astronaut Peggy Whit- pends on the temperature the egg experienced while son is a on a record breaking mission. the little one was developing within. Whitson, who has been on the Interna- Sea turtle mothers come ashore and lay eggs on sandy tional Space Station (ISS) since November beaches. The mothers then leave, leaving behind the 2016, will stay in orbit until September eggs buried in the sand. The young turtles develop in- 2017. By the time she lands back on Earth, side these eggs. Whether they hatch as male turtles or she would have spent more time in space female turtles depends on the temperature of the than any other US astronaut and the sand. Warmer sand temperatures produce more fe- most by a woman astronaut. Whitson is male sea turtles while cooler sands produce more also the first woman to command (be in male sea turtles. charge of) the ISS. This discovery comes at a time when temperatures on The ISS is a space craft that orbits (goes Earth are increasing. Warmer temperatures may lead around) the Earth in space. It belongs to to the birth of more female turtles. If the number of several countries, including the US. male turtles decreases, fewer turtle pairs will be Image courtesy: NASA courtesy: Image Whitson’s long stay on board the ISS will formed and this may lead to fewer eggs being laid help scientists study the effect that long term space travel has on the human body. This is im- next time around. Over years, the population of sea portant as humans will no doubt travel further and further away from earth as we explore our turtles may decrease. universe. One more effect of global warming that we should guard against! ‘ page-2-3_Layout 1 4/12/2017 7:55 PM Page 2 Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world. —Malala Yousafzai Features CHILD FRIENDLY NEWS 13 April 2017 www.childfriendlynews.com 3 ‘ NATURE MATTERS Dolphins are not only of the most beautiful animalsDOLPHIN-TALK in the sea but also one of the most intelligent. They are known to have a well-developed way of commu- nicating (talking) with each other. In fact, so efficient is their way of communication, that they are inspiring new human discoveries. Dolphins talk through clicks. While sound does travel through the water over long distances, the communication can be disturbed when sound waves vibrate against each other. Imagine how dif- ficult it is to hear someone over a telephone line ilar method to build a communication device that can send out mes- that is always crackling. Dolphins have addressed this problem by sages even from the depths of the ocean. using a variety of frequencies in each transmission. Why are such devices useful? What is frequency? Underwater devices are important for gathering data on wave move- When we speak the molecules of air vibrate (move). This vibration is ments. This data can be used to predict natural disasters such as passed from one molecule to another causing the sound to travel. tsunamis. Tsunamis are giant waves that can cause much destruction Sound travels in waves and the up and down movement is called an to areas along the coast. These waves start out in the deep ocean and ‘oscillation’. The speed at which the sound wave ‘oscillates’ is called its the presence of underwater devices can help alert people to the for- frequency. Each kind of sound has its own frequency. What dolphins mation of a tsunami. do is that they send out their clicks several frequencies. Therefore, one EvoLogics has developed a device that can send out alerts to buoys way or the other, they manage to send out their message. Dolphins floating on the surface which is turn can communicate with satellites are so efficient at communication that they can reach out to other in space to alert people of a tsunami in the ocean. Their system has dolphins 25 kilometres away! been installed at some places in the Indian Ocean as part of a tsunami Inspiring humans early warning system. The way dolphins talk by changing their frequencies has inspired a Indeed, there is much to thank the dolphins for! company in Germany called EvoLogics. This company has used a sim- THE BOOK NOOK A Summer Reading list for 7-11 year olds Last month we published the reading list for 11-14 year olds. Now it’s the turn of the younger lot.

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