BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | NEW DELHI ➤Music lessons are indeed ➤ How do you plan to ➤ Confusing captaincy STUDENT EDITION the best investment! spend your weekend calls of IPL 2020 TODAY’S ➤ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 ➤5 healthy habits for a ➤ What are you Take a quiz Newspaper in Education EDITION healthy you reviewing this week? on Ronaldo PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 WEB EDITION CLICK HERE: PAGE 1 AND 2 In September 2020, the extent of ice in the Arctic The sea ice in Besides, if greenhouse gas emissions are not controlled, Antarctica and Greenland's and melting ice cover could Ocean fell to 1.4 MILLION ACRES, setting a record the Arctic has NOKIA TO BUILD for the second-lowest summer ice cover since declined by 1 3 together contribute over 38 CENTIMETRES INCREASE 1 2 IN THE GLOBAL SEA LEVEL BY 2100. Melted ice from FIRST CELLULAR satellites started recording data 42 years ago, according MILLION ACRES since Greenland's ice sheets would alone contribute 8 to 27 cm to to National Snow and Ice Data Center data the 1980s, NASA NETWORK ON observations show sea level rise between 2000-2100 MOON okia has been selected by THE IMPACT to form towers of hot air. NASA to build the first cellular N net- Scientists say accel- Scientists believe that these work on the WHY ARCTIC ICE LOSS IS A erating ice loss in the changing weather patterns Moon, the caused by ice loss may lead to Finnish compa- Arctic is linked to ny said as the increased storminess more El Nino storms in the US space GLOBAL CLIMATE CONCERN? on the Eastcoast. It Pacific Ocean agency plans for a future, where humans return there would lead to weakening and establish lunar settlements. Nokia of the jetstream, result- LOSS OF NATURAL said, the first wireless broadband com- X-PLAINED ing in slower weather HABITAT munications system in the space would be built on the lunar surface in late patterns— events like Ice melting will also pose seri- 2022, before humans make it back heatwaves would last ous threats to the life of polar there. It will partner with a private longer, they warn bears, who have to swim and spacecraft design company, Intuitive Machines, to deliver the equipment to hunt between smaller the Moon on their lunar lander. MORE ELNINO chunks— they get tired, which STORMS in turn make them weak, warn The network will give the astro- scientists. A 2018 study, in nauts voice and video communica- According to reports, tions capabilities, and allow teleme- over the past 20 fact, found that polar bears in try and biometric data exchange as years, the Arctic the Arctic region have been well as the deployment and remote control of lunar rovers and other A new study shows that Scientists say ice cover fluctuates due to Ocean has warmed losing weight during late robotic devices, according to the the ice cover in Greenland seasonal factors, such as atmospheric rapidly, resulting in spring and summer, when they company The network will be would shrink more this pressure changes. However, climate change WHAT WHY the air over the should be gaining weight to designed to withstand the extreme century than ever, since Ice Age-end, around due to anthropogenic factors has dramatically increased the conditions of the launch and lunar 12,000 years ago. shrinking of Arctic ice in the last few decades sea's surface prepare for winter landing, and to operate in space NEWS CLICK Influencing 16 bowlers have HERE FOR MORE DURGA exceeded 150.7 kmph IN BRIEF world politics 100 times in IPL REIMAGINED... Apart from Nortje, the Parvinder Awana and Veer ixteen speedsters have bowled other 15 Pratap Singh The migrant crisis triggered by Covid WHO HAS MOST deliveries measuring between bowlers who Jofra Archer has been lockdown, coupled with Covid warriors, S150.7 kmph and 156.22 kmph qualify for leading the RR's impres- have emerged as the main themes for 100 times in the Indian Premier this list are: sive bowling performances the Durga puja pandals this year POWER IN ASIA? League (IPL) since its in- ception in 2008,(as on Oct Dale Steyn, that have not quite been 20), with Delhi Capitals' (DC) Kasigo matched up by their bats- Anrich Nortje bowling the Rabada, men this season fastest ball in the tournament Pat Archer has surpassed history against Rajasthan Royals (RR). According Cummins, 150 kmph 15 times this to the official IPL web- Shaun Tait, season alone, three more site, www.iplt20.com, Jofra Archer, Navdeep than what Nortje has man- South African Nortje Saini, Lasith Malinga, aged, so far exceeded 150 kmph mark four times in Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Saini and Yadav are the an over, with Yadav, Billy Stanlake, only two Indians to feature his fastest ball Ishant Sharma, Morne on the top 10 fastest being clocked Morkel, Mitchell Johnson, bowlers in the tournament at 156.2 kmph. SPORTS FACTOID hina is clos- of the daily income of Indians is spent on a ing in on the The US economy plate of food compared to 0.6% C US as the by a New Yorker, according most-powerful will recover to the country influencing pre-pandemic levels to the 'Cost of a Plate of the Asia-Pacific, as Food'3.5% report released by the UN's World Food by 2024, the insti- America’s handling Programme (WFP). The report said that a plate of food is of the Covid-19 pan- tute said. In con- demic tarnishes its trast, China’s econ- most expensive in South Sudan, where people on average reputation, a study omy has rebounded spend 186% of their daily salary on the basic ingredients. showed.While India stands at the 28th position on the list that features 36 countries America retained from the virus and its place as the re- across the globe. gion’s top super- is the only large power, its 10-point economy forecast lead on China two to recover in 2020. years ago has been PET CARE halved, according to This could give it an The statue will depict a scene, the Sydney-based advantage against 25 years of 'DDLJ' which was filmed in the heart of DO PETS NEED Lowy Institute’s its neighbours over Asia Power Index the bustling city. for 2020, which the next decade It will be the latest addition to SANITISERS? ranks 26 nations BRONZE STATUE and territories. the 'Scenes in the Square' anitisers kill OF SRK, KAJOL movie trail that include instal- bacteria, how- India, the fourth most-powerful to be unveiled at London's lations of Harry Potter, Laurel S ever, there are and Hardy, Gene Kelly from certain bacteria that are nation on the index after LEICESTER SQUARE 'Singin' in the ‘Rain’' and healthy for pets. If Japan, lost economic growth ‘Wonder Woman’ chemicals are used to clean them, it might potential in the pandemic, and 'DDLJ' is one of the lead to problems," says ctober20 marked 25 years of the is also ceding strategic ground longest-running veterinarian D Jeya cult-hit romantic comedy drama, 'Dilwale Bollywood films in the- Bharath, adding, "If the to Beijing. Lowy projects that Dulhania Le Jayenge'. The 1995 Shah Rukh atres. The film is considered a cult ingredients are natural Khan and Kajol- starrer film, performed India will reach 40% of China’s classic. In fact, during the 20 years celebration and organic, then it shouldn't be a problem." According Oexceedingly well at the box office and became a commer- of the film, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol had host- to the International Organisation for Animal Health, economic output by 2030, com- cial as well as critical success. On the occasion of the film ed an event at the Maratha Mandir theatre, though there have been few cases of animals being completing 25 years, the Heart of London Business pared with the 50% estimate where the film has been running for more than infected, "the pandemic is driven by human to human Alliance announced that a bronze statue of the lead pair last year two decades transmission," i.e there is little chance of you getting will be unveiled in London's Leicester Square. the disease from your pets. “Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.” READ. PLAY. LEARN RALPH WALDO EMERSON, POET 02 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 Music lessons are the best investment for kids TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STRUM, DEVELOPMENTAL BENEFITS OF MUSIC HIT OR BLOW SOMETHING MUSICAL. five-year study by the University of schools taught as part of their curricula. The Southern California published in 2016 children were hooked up to a machine that A found learning to play music from the age measures brain activity by detecting changes in Music is a chance to learn of six or seven boosted development in areas of blood flow, shown an abstract figure and played a universal language the brain that deal with reading skills, speech a melody, each lasting four seconds. They were To get youngsters started on stringed perception and language development. asked to focus on both, one or neither of the instruments, a ukulele is a great Exposure to music instruction, the study pair of stimuli, then asked to recall. While reac- choice. It’s small enough for tiny argued, produced a physiological change in the tion times were similar, the musicians did ‘sig- hands to get to grips with, and brain, increasing what’s called its neu- nificantly better’ on cheap enough that your buyer’s remorse won’t be too painful if roplasticity.