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llNATION l CITY LIGHTS llWORLD l Cyclone Yaas ravages Bengal and Odisha; US Senate, House 4 people dead, over 20 lakh evacuated Sputnik V-makers will committees probing NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR /KOLKATA: supply shots to Delhi: CM origin of Covid-19 Cyclone Yaas, packing winds of up to 130-145 kmph whiplashed the coun- NEW DELHI: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on WASHINGTON: The US Senate and try’s eastern coasts on Wednesday, Wednesday said the manufacturers of Sputnik House of Representatives intelligence dumping heavy rain, damaging V have agreed to supply the Russian anti- committees are conducting their own houses and farmlands, and leaving at Covid vaccine to Delhi but its quantity is yet to investigations into the origins of the least four persons dead -- three in Odi- be decided. He also said that there were Covid-19 virus and how the US govern- sha and one in Bengal -- officials said. around 620 cases of black fungus or mucor- ment responded to the crisis, two Con- Thick sheets of rain blurred the vast mycosis in the city, but there is a shortage of gressional officials said. US intelli- coastline, as the cyclone made landfall Amphotericin-B injections used in its treat- gence agencies are examining reports around 9 am near Dhamra port in Residents remove the bamboo rooftop ment. “Talks with the makers of Sputnik V are that researchers at a laboratory in Odisha, with surging waters swamp- of a stall damaged by heavy winds on. They will give us vaccine, but the quantity Wuhan, China, were seriously ill in ing the mud-and-thatch houses in the ahead of Cyclone Yaas in Odisha’s is yet to be decided,” the CM told reporters. 2019 a month before the first Covid-19 low-lying areas, where a massive Balasore district on Wednesday REUTERS Speaking at the launch of Delhi’s first drive- cases were reported, US government evacuation drive has been undertaken through vaccination centre at Vegas Mall in sources have told Reuters. A Congres- sional official told Reuters the Senate to move more than 2 million people to death and destruction. Seawater inun- Dwarka, he also said that vaccines made by Intelligence Committee, led by Demo- safety. However, Yaas weakened into dated several villages in Bahanaga and Moderna and Pfizer are both suitable for chil- crat Mark Warner, has asked the spy a severe cyclonic storm in the after- Remuna blocks in the Balasore dis- dren and the Central government should pro- Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal visits a drive-through agencies about various issues, includ- noon. It was earlier classified as a very trict, and Dhamra and Basudevpur in cure these jabs to vaccinate kids. PTI vaccination centre in Dwarka on Wednesday PTI ing whether it could have been started severe cyclonic storm, leaving the the Bhadrak district, Odisha’s special in a laboratory accident or originated coastal states on edge. relief commissioner PK Jena said. with animals. REUTERS The West Bengal government Odisha has shifted 580,000 people Farmers’ stir: Black day Mercury crosses 40°C; claimed that at least 10 million people to safer places, and West Bengal 1.5 have been affected by the calamity million, ahead of the cyclone, amid marks 6 months of protest heat wave unlikely: IMD thus far, as it hollered on its destruc- concerns over spread of Covid-19 NEW DELHI: Farmers agitating at three Delhi NEW DELHI: The mercury breached the WHO: Indian Covid tive path towards Jharkhand. infection at the temporary shelters, border points raised black flags, shouted anti- 40°Celsius-mark in parts of Delhi on variant found in at Yaas is the second cyclonic storm to given the fact that the country is bat- government slogans, burnt effigies and took Wednesday, even as the India Meteorologi- hit India within a week after ‘Tauktae’ tling the raging second wave of the out protest marches as they observed ‘black cal Department (IMD) said a heat wave is least 53 territories tore into its western coast, causing pandemic. HTC/AGENCIES day’ on Wednesday to mark the completion of unlikely in the national capital in the next GENEVA: six months of their stir against the three Cen- four to five days. The IMD’s Safdarjung The coronavirus variant first tral agri laws. A brief ruckus was also Observatory, considered the official marker detected in India has now been offi- reported from the Ghazipur protest site where for the city, recorded a high of 39.5°C. The cially recorded in 53 territories, a WhatsApp moves India reports 2.08L farmers burnt an effigy of the central govern- minimum temperature settled at 22.6°C, World Health Organization report Delhi HC against the Covid cases, conducts ment amid heavy police deployment. As part four notches below normal. Palam, Jafarpur, showed on Wednesday. Additionally, of their ‘black day’ protest, the farmers put up Mungeshpur, Najafgarh and Pitampura the WHO has received information govt on new IT rules highest daily tests black flags and burnt effigies of government recorded a maximum of 40.6°C, 40.9°C, from unofficial sources that the B.1.617 leaders at the three border points – Singhu, 41.2°C, 41.8°C and 42.1°C, respectively. The variant has been found in seven other NEW DELHI: Citing “dangerous inva- NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday Ghazipur and Tikri – to register their protest maximum temperature is likely to remain territories, figures in the UN health sion of privacy” and threats to free reported 2,08,921 Covid-19 infections, against the three laws as well as the Centre. below 40°C till June 1, the IMD said, which agency’s weekly epidemiological speech of its 400 million users in pushing the overall tally of cases to The Delhi Police has urged people not to hold means no heat wave is predicted in the city update showed, taking the total to 60. 2,71,57,795, as the country conducted The report said B.1.617 had shown India, WhatsApp has moved the Delhi gatherings due to the Covid-19 situation. PTI in this period. PTI high court for getting quashed a rule 22,17,320 coronavirus tests, its high- increased transmissibility, while dis- framed by the Union government that est-ever in a day, according to Union ease severity and risk of infection obligates social media intermediaries Health Ministry data. llSCHOOL EVENT l WORD POWER were under investigation. AFP to identify the first originator of a mes- The death toll also climbed to sage upon an order by a competent 3,11,388 with 4,157 fatalities reported THE MANTHAN SCHOOL, court or executive authority. in a 24-hour period, the data updated GREATER NOIDA, LAUNCHES Japanese newspaper The petition filed in the high court at 8 am showed. DIGITAL LIBRARY Pivotal A total of 22,17,320 tests, the highest Piv-uh-tl sponsoring Olympics claims that enforcement of rule 4(2) of To inculcate reading habits among children, in a day, were conducted on Tuesday the Information Technology (Interme- The Manthan School (TMS), Greater Noida, Adjective calls for cancellation diary Guidelines and Digital Media taking the cumulative number so far launched its digital Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 will break in the country to 33,48,11,496, while library. The inaugura- Meaning: Of crucial importance in relation to TOKYO: Japan’s Asahi Shimbun news- the development or success of something else. WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption the daily positivity declined to 9.42%, tion of the digital paper, an official Tokyo Olympics Fixed on or as if on a pivot. and the privacy principles underlying the ministry said. library was commem- sponsor, called for the Games to be it, besides impermissibly infringing This is the second day in a row that orated with the Origin: First recorded in 1835–45; pivot + -al cancelled on Wednesday, in the latest the case positivity rate has remained inspiring words by sign of opposition less than two upon users’ fundamental rights to pri- Synonyms: critical, crucial, key, vital, decisive, below 10%, the ministry said. The TMS director Divya months before the opening ceremony. vacy and freedom of speech. Jain. The honourary essential The Facebook owned company, weekly positivity rate has also The call comes with public opinion in guests for the event were Sanjiv Jaiswal, a Antonyms: inessential, minor, secondary, WhatsApp, has requested the high declined to 11.45%. The updated data Japan firmly against holding the renowned name in the literary world and trivial, uncritical, unimportant, unsubstantial court to ensure no criminal liability is showed that the number of active recipient of the Bharatendu Harishchandra Games this summer, and after promi- imposed on it for not complying with cases have further come down to Award, and Vineet Panchhi, founder of Word Usage: In this situation the role of the Com- nent business leaders voiced their the provision, which, it contends is, 24,95,591, with a net decline of 91,191 of Mouth Media. More on p2 munist Party has become pivotal. concern. Organisers insist however “unconstitutional, illegal” and beyond in a span of 24 hours. that the Games are on, saying an the purview of the Information Tech- The active cases now constituting extensive rulebook will keep athletes nology Act. HTC 9.19% of the total infections. PTI and the public safe. (More on p6) AFP NEW DELHI 02 Beyond Books THURSDAY MAY 27, 2021

llSCHOOL REPORTS l llCOVID SAMARITANS l DPSGV ORGANISES ‘I DISTRIBUTED The Manthan School, E-PEER EDUCATORS ‘Saved my pocket money MASKS & SANITIZER Greater Noida, launches PROGRAMME to help the needy people’ AMONG THE POOR’ Delhi Public School, Ghaziabad, Vas- The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has We all are living in uncertain and undhara (DPSGV) organised its 15th affected the rich and the poor alike, challenging times due to the ongoing its digital library E-Peer Educators Programme in col- leaving millions of people sick, Covid-19 pandemic which has has laboration with Expressions India. unemployed and struggling for their taken so many lives and caused mas- Three-hundred 300 students from survival. Even affluent people and sive disruption to families and socie- over 30 schools across the country those who are powerful failed to ties all over the world. took part in it. The theme for this arrange for hospital beds, lifesaving I can feel that pain as I lost a mem- year was ‘Creating Compassion’. medicines, oxygen cylinders etc. ber of my family due to this deadly Expressions India works under the All the members of our family disease. I was very close to that mem- aegis of Manodarpan, an initiative of were moved by the plight of people. I ber of my family. ministry of education for psychologi- wanted to help our drivers, security People have lost their jobs and are cal support of students, teachers and staff, domestic help, plumbers, elec- dying because of scarcity of food. In families for their mental health and tricians and other people of my soci- Through video calls, I demonstrated these challenging times, our Covid emotional wellbeing. ety. With the help of my father, who how to use masks and wash hands, warriors like doctors, policemen, DPSGV is the Zonal Centre for Ado- is a doctor, and his friends, who are writes Swarnali Dutta Choudhury housekeeping staff and army men are lescent Education Orientation Pro- involved in the battle against the Cov- Class 8J, Mayoor School, Noida working very hard. I also decided to gramme and has been consistently id-19, I arranged vitamin tablets, help the poor so that they can sur- working for the enrichment of ado- masks, sanitizers and other medici- with my parents tried to allay those vive. I gave food and fruits to the lescents for the last 14 years. nes for the prevention and treatment unfounded fears. I also prepared needy people. The guests of honour for the event of the Covid patients. handwritten leaflets on Covid-19 do’s I gave food and was Dr Jitendra Nagpal, a senior con- Some of the medicines and masks and don’ts in vernacular languages water to the street sultant psychiatrist at Moolchand were not available in stores so we like Hindi and Bengali under the gui- animals also. With Medcity; Aprajita, a consultant child booked those from online stores. I dance of my parents and asked our the help of my par- and adolescent psychologist, family saved my pocket money to contribute drivers and domestic help to distrib- ents I even distrib- counsellor and academic coordinator to this great cause. I also helped our ute them in their areas to spread uted masks and at Expressions India; and Dr. Rajiv support staff book vaccine slots. awareness about the disease. sanitizers among Word of Mouth Media founder Vineet Panchhi, who was the honorary guest at Nandy, one of the pioneers in the field There were fears among these peo- Through video calls, I demonstrated the poor people. I the event, encouraged the young children to read more to develop literary skills of child and adolescent psychology . ple regarding vaccination and I along how to use masks and wash hands helped them as Also present were Dr. Chand Tre- well as took all the To inculcate reading habits among TMS PRINCIPAL han, a freelance psychologist,and precautions while children, The Manthan School (TMS), POONAM KUMAR CBSE secretary Anurag Tripathi. stepping out of the I felt really happy when I Greater Noida, launched its digital This year DPSGV had the joy of ‘My mother and I assisted house. Being saw smiles on those people’s library. MENDIRATTA URGED hosting Srishti, a school for the chil- indoors and taking faces., writes Aarushi Garg, The inauguration of the digital THE STUDENTS TO READ dren with special needs, and Robin migrant labourers, children’ all the precautions Class 8, Delhi Public School, library was commemorated with the AS IT ALLOWS ONE TO Hood Academy, which empowers during this period Sector 45, Gurugram inspiring words by TMS director THINK, CREATE, over 7,000 street children with basic After the Covid-19 pandemic broke is itself a very big Divya Jain. primary education. out last year, people panicked when help to the nation. The honorary guests for the event ANALYSE, AND Life skills of psycho-social think- there was a sudden increase in the While helping the people, I felt were Sanjiv Jaiswal, a renowned PROSPECT AND ing, sensitive yet sensible feeling, number of infected people. There- really happy when I saw smiles on name in the literary world and recipi- FLOURISH. informed decision making, collabora- after due to the sudden lockdown, a their faces. I even helped the old poor ent of the Bharatendu Harishchandra tion, coordination, co-operation, and large number of migrant labourers people and was really happy while Award, and Vineet Panchhi, founder the overall growth of a child but due commitment with the community and domestic helps lost their jobs and receiving their blessings. of Word of Mouth Media. to the unavailability of space and were displayed by the children to started travelling back to their villa- I did this when the lockdown Panchhi hailed the school’s initia- time, gradually it has started taking a solve the issues such as ‘The E- ges without any food and transport. wasn’t there but as the lockdown has tive and encouraged the young read- backseat. The school is happy and world’, ‘Integrated self’, ‘Beyond me’, Many of these migrant workers been enforced so I can’t go out but I ers to read more and develop literary proud to break that barrier and has ‘Purposeful living’, ‘Resisting Influen- moved with small children on foot to still keep biscuits for the dogs. I and skills to become the future leaders. brought the best of the books by the ces’ and ‘Holistic Health’. cover thousands of kilometers with- I bought foodgrains and other things my parents even made a donation to TMS principal Poonam Kumar best of the authors for its digital Tripathi talked about the acquisi- out any money. for those who had lost livelihood, the PM CARES Fund. We helped our Mendiratta urged the students to library platform, a learning space tion of the 21st century skills and We saw many people walking on writes Gauri Gautam, Class: 10 , Delhi housekeeper who needed medicines read as it allows one to think, create, where reading, inquiry, research, competencies in the realm of educa- roads with small luggage on their Public School, Vasant Kunj but couldn’t afford to buy them. analyze, and prospect and flourish. thinking, imagination, and creativity tion. DPSGV principal Trilok Singh heads and kids in their laps. My To be honest, I love helping the Reading is an essential habit for are central to all. Bist said that in the awakening and mom, Dr Rita Gautam, who is also lost their livelihood due to lockdown. people as it gives me happiness from strengthening of a child’s latent associated with an NGO called NeeV, I helped my mother make food inside. I will be really glad if I can potential he saw the most important could not see the plight of those peo- packages. We prepared a list of the bring smiles on the faces of the peo- task of the school. He added that that ple and their children who are study- needy people and asked them to ple and help them in these difficult Former CES president in making school an exciting and ing at NeeV. We decided to collect come to a specific spot to receive the times. If we follow all the Covid pro- enjoyable experience, it is imperative money from donations and help packets. My friend, Amartya Mal- tocols, I am sure we can fight against to inculcate among the young them. I bought foodgrains and other hotra, also helped me in this work. this virus. I am sure soon everything LR Channa was a learners other competencies like crit- things like flour, rice, sugar, biscuits It was really a satisfying experience will be fine soon. We all should pray ical thinking. etc from big stores for those who had for me to feed the needy people. that things get better soon.

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Former BBPS chairman LR Channa believed that all the children must be engaged in sports and games throughout their school years

LR Channa, former president of Child A KEEN SPORTSPERSON, Education Society (CES) and Bal SCRAMBLE Bharati Public School (BBPS), GRH CHANNA WAS A RANJI Marg, is remembered for providing TROPHY PLAYER. Solve the four able guidance to the students and anagrams and  * * * THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, teachers. Set up in 1944, the CES is move one HE CONTINUED TO BE A letter to each  * * * the apex body of Bal Bharati Public PASSIONATE square to form Schools and educational institutions. four ordinary   * * * Affable with an ever-radiant smile, PROPONENT OF words Channa was a man with a stellar SPORTS BECAUSE OF ITS   * * vision and the head of an enriching VALUES IN PROMOTING Now arrange the letters marked with an asterisk (*) to form the answer to the legacy of 27 well-established educa- PHYSICAL FITNESS AND riddle or to fill in the missing words as indicated. tional institutions in India, renowned INCULCATING LIFE Meditation is the soul’s ___ glass. – Owen Feltham (11) Surrounded by lemurs, an 11-year-old boy plays a keyboard for animals amid

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centric holistic quality education, in SKILLS IN THE Answer aesthetically pleasing, safe, modern, STUDENTS. Solutions and IT-enabled campuses. FACE VALUE Always a keen sportsperson, Channa was a Ranji trophy player. cially set up Bal Bharati Activity Cen- The faces of Throughout his life, he continued to tres at Solan or Pitampura, initiating these characters be a passionate proponent of sports All India inter-unit Bal Bharati Sports are mixed up. because of its values in promoting Meet, or replacing the leather shoes Can you match physical fitness and inculcating life with sports shoes for learners, the right faces skills. He believed that all children Channa was the brain behind it all. together? must be engaged in sports and games He believed in the importance of throughout their school years to sports and in his sheer enthusiasm to ensure a healthy lifestyle even as an engage all youngsters in these activi-

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rising the adventure activities at spe- was truly an icon worth emulating. NEW DELHI THURSDAY Breaking It Down 03 MAY 27, 2021    19    While the second wave of Covid-19 shows signs of easing up a bit, are there times when you feel at odds and ends about frequently used terms like black fungus, remdesivir, mRNA vaccine, mutation or strain? Here’s a ready reckoner to help you make sense of these and other such words.        .1.617  This is a condition in which fluid builds up     ICU in the air sacs of the lungs. The fluid prohibits This virus variant that has been   An inanimate object that can be the An intensive care unit (ICU) is a the lungs from getting enough air, leading to spreading rapidly in India, known as B.1.617, A complication caused by Covid-19 vehicle for transmission of an infectious Research experiments on human special department in a hospital that a deprivation of oxygen in the bloodstream. has been termed by the World Health infection in the lungs, in which air sacs fill up agent (e.g., bedding, towels, or surgical participants designed to answer provides intensive care and medicine. It The condition is often fatal. Organization (WHO) as a variant of concern. with fluid/pus. It could lead to hypoxemia (low instruments). There is evidence that questions about new treatments; in the caters to patients with severe illnesses/injuries It is, however, not yet clear as to how much blood oxygen levels), causing organs to coronavirus spreads via fomites although, case of Covid-19 and coronaviruses, as that require constant care, close supervision with has B.1.617 been responsible for spurt of malfunction and interfere with brain/heart this is a less common route of well as the safety and efficacy of life support equipment or medication. ICUs play Covid-19 cases in our country. functioning. It’s possible to have advanced transmission. potential vaccine/s. a crucial role in Covid cases which require pneumonia without experiencing difficulty oxygen, life-support systems and constant virus.   attention from specialised physicans.    India has ordered tighter surveillance of this rare A geographical zone with limited  access in or out in an effort to fungal disease that has affected a section of Covid-19 Pulse oximetry is a non-invasive (sans contain an outbreak. mRNA    patients. Known as black fungus or mucormycosis, it causes the need to introduce instruments into the Messenger-RNA (mRNA) vaccines use A mutation is a change in the blackening or discolouration over the nose, blurred body) method for monitoring a person's specific parts of the infectious agent like its genome or genetic sequence of a or double vision, chest pain, breathing difficulties and oxygen saturation. In the wake of the Covid-19 protein, sugar or coating to give a message to virus which results in a new coughing blood. It affects those with weakened   pandemic, the use of pulse oximeters and our cells to make a protein or even just a piece strain of the virus. immunity such as in cancer or thermometers have been an integral part of This is an investigational antiviral of a protein that are like the SARS-CoV-2 virus. HIV/AIDS patients, besides in the basic treatment tools across the drug that is administered The protein triggers an immune response inside those suffering from Covid. globe. intravenously and inhibits viral our bodies, which produces antibodies to replication. It is a promising drug for protect us from infection if the real virus the treatment of Covid-19 disease enters our bodies.    and was first developed to treat   Ebola. Memory cells are a group of cells that  A sudden spurt in Covid-19 during the help the body fight a disease by remembering      first week of May led to shortage in the a prior exposure to a same disease/disease-caus- supply of medical oxygen in many states and the A type of diagnostic test that It is a device that concentrates the oxygen ing virus. T-cells and B-cells are called memory cells death of scores of patients. People rushed to refill involves taking sample from the back from a gas supply (typically ambient air) by and they can retain the memory of infection for life; oxygen cylinders for the treatment of their kin and of your nasal cavity so it can be selectively removing nitrogen to supply an even after antibodies have faded. However, in the sparked spats between the Centre and some  analysed in a lab to see if it contains oxygen-enriched product gas stream. A portable case of the Covid-19, how long these cells retain opposition-ruled states. The issue reached the apex the virus. Also called a viral test. oxygen concentrator (POC) is a device used to The Centers of Disease Control (CDC) memory is yet to be known.   court which told the Centre to ensure a daily provide oxygen therapy to people who require defines strain as a specific version of an supply of 700MT of oxygen to Delhi. This is the practice of repositioning a greater oxygen concentrations than the levels organism. Many diseases, including HIV/AIDS patient in their hospital bed so they’re of ambient air. and hepatitis, have multiple strains. In the lying on their stomach or on their side rather case of Covid-19, strains of SARS-CoV-2 that than on their back. Doctors have discovered that have been reported include those from for patients with Covid-19, redistributing body U.K., South Africa and India (B.1. 617).  weight this way can improve oxygen saturation   levels by “opening up” parts of the lung, in A highly contagious individual who many cases reducing the need for a Steroids, or drugs that are similar to can spread an infectious disease to a ventilator. cortisol, a hormone produced by the adrenal large number of uninfected people glands, their role in the treating the inflammation through a network of contacts. in many cases of severe Covid-19, has been the subject of intense discussion among experts. While they have in treating serious Covid cases, experts have advised against useing these in milder cases that don’t require oxygen support.

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llTACKLING PANDEMIC l Brasilia, Brazil: The Moon partially covered by buildings at the start of a total lunar eclipse in the wee hours of Wednesday Over half of American adults vaccinated as Covid-19 cases ebb

Reuters “I remain cautious but hopeful they will continue to trend downward,” WASHINGTON: More than half of all Walensky said, adding that people adults in the United States have been who are not yet vaccinated should fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the still follow federal guidance on social White House said on Tuesday, distancing and mask wearing during roughly six weeks before US Presi- the Memorial Day weekend. dent Joe Biden’s July 4 goal of 70% of The seven-day average of new the adult population receiving at least infections at 22,877 on Sunday was one shot. the lowest since June and less than The halfway mark comes as fed- one-tenth of its peak of more than eral, state and local leaders press 250,000 following the Christmas and ahead with delivering Covid-19 shots New Year holidays, according to CDC to people who have not yet received People as young as 12 can now them, while also battling vaccine hes- receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 itancy, fears and misinformation. shot, while Moderna said on Tuesday “Now, with another week left in its vaccine was also effective in ado- May, half of all US adults are fully vac- lescents, opening the door to a likely cinated,” White House senior Cov- second US-authorised vaccine for id-19 adviser Andy Slavitt tweeted. youths later this year. New infections nationwide have set- A growing number of localities tled into a sustained decline as more have announced further reopening people become vaccinated. efforts as the United States heads into US Centers for Disease Control and its unofficial summer kick-off with Manila: The lunar eclipse as seen from the Philippines capital Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle the Memorial Day holiday this week- LUNAR SHOWS LIGHT UP SKY Walensky said on Tuesday the seven- end. US travel is on the rise and, while day average case count in the United masks are still required for interstate States is now below 23,000 per day, public transportation, many local This year’s biggest full Moon rose over the Pacific Rim between Australia and down about 25% from the prior week. mandates have been lifted. the central United States on Wednesday evening. It is referred to as the Super Flower Moon since it took place in May, when the spring flowers are abloom. In an unusual coincidence, the supermoon was accompanied by the first total US schools try pep-rally tactics lunar eclipse in more than two years. It was observed in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Southeast Asia on Wednesday evening while in western North to get students vaccinated America, southern Chile and Argentina it took place in the early morning. AGENCIES Santa Monica: An aircraft with the full Moon as its backdrop viewed in California, United States Associated Press tion. Among 7.5 million teens ages 16 and 17, that number goes up to 34%, SAN DIEGO: A growing number of pub- and about 22% have had both shots, lic schools are using mascots, food according to the latest figures released trucks and prize giveaways to create a Monday. The doses are scheduled pep-rally atmosphere aimed at about three weeks apart. encouraging students to get vacci- nated against the coronavirus before There are many challenges summer vacation. Depending on the state and even Districts from California to Michi- county, minors may be required to gan are offering free prom tickets and have a parent present to get the shot. deploying mobile vaccination teams to Some parents may not be able to get schools to inoculate students 12 and away from work to do that. Others are up so everyone can return to class- unsure about allowing their kids to rooms in the fall. They are also enlist- get a vaccine that only was approved ing students who have gotten shots to for emergency use. press their friends to do the same. Protests have popped up outside Officials are concerned that once schools offering the vaccine, discour- school lets out, it will be even tougher aging kids who may already be nerv- to get enough teens vaccinated in time ous. Mission Bay High School in San to guarantee immunity on campuses. Diego provides an example of the The massive effort has just gotten mixed reaction among students. underway because it was only two “I’m not getting it,” said Tatum Bangkok: The supermoon being eclipsed as observed from Thailand’s capital Sydney: The year’s biggest full Moon spotted above the Opera House on Wednesday evening weeks ago that federal regulators Merrill, 14. “It was developed too fast authorized the Pfizer vaccine for chil- and is kind of sketchy.” Her friend dren 12 to 15. Moderna said Tuesday Brandon Cheeks, 15, said he wants the that its Covid-19 vaccine strongly pro- vaccine, but his mother is unsure. In tects kids as young as 12. the meantime, another 15-year-old, So far, about 14% of the nation’s 15 Laura Pilger, said she feels safer being million kids ages 12 to 15 have received back in school knowing that she and their first shot, according to the Cen- everyone she knows is vaccinated. ters for Disease Control and Preven- While colleges across the country are requiring students to have proof of vaccination to return to campus, it’s unlikely that K-12 public schools will do the same this fall. It’s unclear whether schools can legally require a vaccine approved under an emergen- cy-use authorization to immediately address the pandemic. Instead, public schools are trying to entice students to get the shots by making the experience festive while Oliver Barr, 13, receives his vaccine dose in Los sending flyers home to families to Angeles on Monday AFP address the vaccine’s safety.

HT CHRONICLE May 27 >> from the archives of the Hindustan Times His time starts now New Delhi –India crowned Narendra Modi its Prime Minister on Monday at a glittering event attended by leaders from neighbor- ing countries, top politi- cians and holy men, and Air strikes to flush out infiltrators begin replete with symbolism and grandeur. New Delhi – Indian Air Force the region in terms of escalated the officials said, The 63-year-old Modi, combat jets and helicopters militancy. "that they are being neatly attired in a beige struck at dawn today against the "The supply lines of the ordered by their Nehru jacket, was sworn in Pakistan- backed intruders in infiltrators, who are holed up in masters across the by President Pranab the Kargil sector of Jammu and the Drass sub-sector, have been Line of Control (LoC) Mukherjee 10 days after Kashmir. Raining down missiles cut off. "The infiltrators are to abandon these leading the National Demo- and bombs, they killed at finding it difficult to tend to critically injured cratic Alliance to a least 160 infiltrators includ- 1999 those injured or bury their persons. In fact, the landslide win in the ing Pakistan Army regulars. dead," military officials intruders are unable to world’s biggest election. Sources said that the decision to said. The situation was becom- give a proper burial to The former RSS pracha- strike at the infiltrators was ing increasingly desperate and their dead and are rak, who sold tea at a railway underlining the rock-star status taken in the Capital last evening untenable for the intruders as a being forced to cover station as a young boy, showed that he has achieved over the after it appeared that prolonged large number of their wounded these bodies with stones no signs of emotion or past few months. ground battles with insurgents were without any medical aid. or leave them lying nerves as he read out the “Together we will script would cause more problems in "Intelligence inputs reveal," around." oath of secrecy and signed 2014 a glorious future for India,” the register, though there Modi said in a message on the appeared to be genuine warmth PMO website that popped up in the greetings he exchanged minutes after he was sworn in. Champs Lanka savaged by Ganguly and Dravid with the President. Forty-five other members of Taunton – One Day cricket runs for the second wicket in partnership, Ganguly eclipsed He had strode in as PM-desig- the council of ministers were records tumbled in an India's score of 373 for six after Kapil Dev's long-standing record nate at 6pm to a roar of “Modi, also sworn in, led by Rajnath avalanche and submerged world 50 overs. (175 not out. against Zimbabwe Modi”, incongruous to the Singh, Sushma Swaraj — once a champions Sri Lanka at the Set to score at the rate of in 1983) for the highest solemnity of the occasion but Modi rival — and Arun Jaitley. Somerset County Cricket nearly 7.5 runs an over, Sri individual score by an ground here today. Lanka crumbled and left 1999 Indian in ODIs. The Indian The Lankans' tormentors India winners by 157 runs. Robin team score improved upon the WATCH OUT THIS SPACE FOR QUIZ were, for a welcome change, not Singh claimed five wickets, the record 329 scored against Kenya ON FRIDAYS Sachin Tendulkar but Saurav first such haul in this edition of on Sunday, apart from being Ganguly (183) and Rahul Dravid the World Cup. second on to Lanka's 397 for The quiz will be based on HT archives. Send in your answers at (145), who between them Apart from being the co-au- eight against Kenya in Kandy in [email protected] contributed a staggering 318 thor of a new world record the 1996 World Cup. NEW DELHI THURSDAY The Science Of It 05 MAY 27, 2021

ll‘ASTRONAUT IS NOT A COPYRIGHTED WORD’ l GALAPAGOS TORTOISE, THOUGHT TO BE EXTINCT, Who’s an astronaut as private FOUND IN ECUADOR spaceflights pick up speed? Agence France-Presse QUITO: Officials in Ecuador said Tues- day that genetic tests had confirmed It’s already a complicated issue and about to get more so as the wealthy snap that a turtle found in 2019 on the Galapagos island of Fernandina is a up spacecraft seats and even entire flights for themselves and their entourages. member a species thought to have gone extinct a century ago. Associated Press nessmen to the space station in Janu- “It was believed to have gone ary, flying SpaceX. His $55 million-a- extinct more than 100 years ago!” CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA.: As more com- seat clients plan to conduct research environment minister Gustavo Mar- panies start selling tickets to space, a up there, he stressed, and do not con- ique said in a statement. question looms: Who gets to call sider themselves space tourists. “We have reconfirmed its exis- themselves an astronaut? On Tuesday, Axiom Space tence. The tortoise of the species It’s already a complicated issue and announced a second flight for next Chelonoidis phantasticus was found about to get more so as the wealthy year that will be led by the company’s in #Galapagos”, he said. snap up spacecraft seats and even Peggy Whitson, a retired Nasa astro- Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin is already calling its future clients ‘astronauts.’ Geneticists from Yale University in entire flights for themselves and their naut who’s spent 665 days in space, It’s auctioning off one seat on its first space flight with people on board, targeted the United States compared DNA entourages. more than any other American. Her for July. Nasa even has a new acronym: PAM for Private Astronaut Mission. AP from the female turtle found two Astronauts? Amateur astronauts? No. 2 will be businessman-turned- years ago with a sample extracted Space tourists? Space sightseers? race car driver John Shoffner, of fly to the space station in October? Or Challenger schoolteacher Christa from a male of the species in 1906. Rocket riders? Or as the Russians Knoxville, Tennessee, who’s also pay- Japan’s moonstruck billionaire who McAuliffe and the test pilot killed in a The specimen, which is kept in a have said for decades, spaceflight par- California millionaire Dennis Tito sits ing around $55 million. “I’ve asked will follow them from Kazakhstan in 2014 Virgin Galactic crash. Also on museum, had been collected during ticipants? inside the cockpit of the Soyuz Peggy to throw the book at me in December with his production assist- the Space Mirror Memorial at Nasa’s an expedition by the California Acad- Nasa’s new boss Bill Nelson doesn’t spaceship at the Baikonur training. Make me an astronaut,” he ant tagging along to document every- Kennedy Space Center: X-15 and F-104 emy of Sciences. consider himself an astronaut even cosmodrome in Kazakstan AP FILE said. thing? In each case, a professional Air Force pilots who were part of a The Chelonoidis phantasticus, typ- though he spent six days orbiting There’s something enchanting cosmonaut will be in charge of the military space program that never got ical of Fernandina Island, is one of Earth in 1986 aboard space shuttle with the Russians — hates the space about the word: Astronaut comes Soyuz capsule. off the ground. the 15 species of giant tortoises native Columbia — as a congressman. tourist label. “I am an astronaut,” he from the Greek words for star and SpaceX’s high tech capsules are The astronaut debate has been to the Galapagos archipelago. “I reserve that term for my profes- declared in an email, explaining that he sailor. And swashbuckling images of completely automated, as are Blue around since the 1960s, according to The Chelonoidis species of Santa sional colleagues,” Nelson recently trained for two years for the mission. The Right Stuff and Nasa’s original Origin’s. So should rich riders and Garriott. His late father, Owen Gar- Fe Island and the Abingdonii species told The Associated Press. “If you go to space, you’re an astro- Mercury 7 astronauts make for great their guests be called astronauts even riott, was among the first so-called of Pinta island have disappeared. Computer game developer Richard naut,” said Axiom Space’s Michael marketing. if they learn the ropes in case they scientist-astronauts hired by Nasa; “This discovery undoubtedly Garriott — who paid his way to the Lopez-Alegria, a former Nasa astro- Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue need to intervene in an emergency? the test pilots in the office resented renews our hope for the recovery of International Space Station in 2008 naut who will accompany three busi- Origin, is already calling its future cli- Perhaps even more important, sharing the job title. this species, in order to avoid a fate ents “astronauts.” It’s auctioning off where does space begin? It might be necessary to retire the similar to that of Lonesome George,” one seat on its first spaceflight with The Federal Aviation Administra- term altogether once hundreds if not said Danny Rueda, director of the people on board, targeted for July. tion limits its commercial astronaut thousands reach space, noted Ford- Galapagos National Park, in a state- Nasa even has a new acronym: PAM wings to flight crews. The minimum ham University history professor Asif ments released by the environment for Private Astronaut Mission. altitude is 80 kms. It’s awarded seven Siddiqi, the author of several space ministry. Retired Nasa astronaut Mike Mul- so far; recipients include the two books. “Are we going to call each and Lonesome George, a member of lane didn’t consider himself an astro- pilots for Richard Branson’s Virgin every one of them astronauts?” the species Chelonoidis abingdonii, naut until his first space shuttle flight Galactic who made another test flight Mullane, the three-time space shut- died in 2012 without offspring after in 1984, six years after his selection by of the company’s rocket ship Satur- tle flier, suggests using astronaut first refusing to mate in captivity with Nasa. day. class, second class, third class, females of related subspecies. “It doesn’t matter if you buy a ride Others define space as beginning at “depending on what your involve- or you’re assigned to a ride,” said an even 100 kms above sea level. ment is, whether you pull out a wallet Mullane, whose 2006 autobiography Blue Origin’s capsules are designed and write a check.” is titled Riding Rockets. Until you to reach that threshold and provide a While a military-style pecking strap into a rocket and reach a certain few minutes of weightlessness before order might work, former Nasa histo- altitude, “you’re not an astronaut.” returning to Earth, By contrast, it rian Roger Launius warned: “This It remains a coveted assignment. takes 1 1/2 hours to circle the world. gets really complicated really More than 12,000 applied for Nasa’s The Association of Space Explorers quickly.” upcoming class of astronauts; a lucky requires at least one orbit of Earth — In the end, Mullane noted, “Astro- dozen or so will be selected in Decem- in a spacecraft — for membership. naut is not a copyrighted word. So ber. The Astronauts Memorial Founda- anybody who wants to call them- Marine Lt. Col. John Glenn inside a Mercury capsule in Langley Field, Va. Retired Nasa But what about passengers who are tion honors all those who sacrificed selves an astronaut can call them- astronaut Mike Mullane suggests using astronaut first class, second class, third class, along for the ride, like the Russian their lives for the U.S. space program selves an astronaut, whether they’ve A tortoise at Galapagos National Park in “depending on what your involvement is, whether you pull out a wallet and write a check.” AP actress and movie director who will even if they never reached space, like been in space or not.” Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island. AFP

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llCRICKET l llTOKYO OLYMPICS l Archer has elbow surgery, review in a month LONDON: England fast bowler Jofra Archer has undergone surgery on his right elbow to address a long-stand- ing injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Wednes- day, without specifying any time- frame on his return to action. The 26-year-old Archer, who had made a come back before IPL, had undergone a hand surgery in March and returned to first-class cricket ear- lier this month when his right elbow injury flared up. “England and Sussex seam bowler Jofra Archer had surgery to address his long-standing elbow issues on Friday,” the ECB said in a statement. “Archer will now commence an intensive rehabilitation period work- Jofra Archer. GETTY IMAGES ing with the ECB and Sussex medical teams. His progress will be reviewed The elbow issue had been a recur- by his consultant in approximately ring one for Archer, who has been four weeks at which point further trying to manage it over a year. It had guidance will be provided as to when led to him missing a number of he can return to bowling.” England matches on tours to South Africa in will hope that Archer is able to make 2020 and India earlier this year. a full and swift recovery to play a key The decision to have surgery came role in both the T20 World Cup and after he aggravated the problem on the Ashes series in Australia later his return to county cricket with this year. Sussex last week.

“It’s a remarkable place to be able to test yourself against the best in the world. All of the best athletes in the world come together in one place, The logo of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic, is seen at Metropolitan Government Office building. REUTERS which is quite special. And I think the experience will be spine tin- gling.” Barty was not even 5-years- old when Cathy Freeman, wearing a green, white and gold bodysuit, won the 400m gold medal at the 2000 Daily sponsoring Olympics Ashleigh Barty. GETTY IMAGES Sydney Olympics but the indigenous track star made a lasting impression on her. Barty excited for “I remember her outfit ... and, not Olympics debut really knowing a lot (else) of what was happening being such a young- joins cancellation chorus LONDON: Winning a Grand Slam is ster,” said Barty, who is the first the ultimate goal for most tennis indigenous Australian since Evonne When asked last week if the Games “If you think about what people But the government faces criticism Agencies players but Ash Barty says there is no Goolagong Cawley to top the world could be held even during a virus state have to put up with, we might have a for a comparatively slow vaccine roll- greater honour than representing rankings. [email protected] of emergency, Coates said “the answer lot more to lose” if the Games go out, with no date yet set for expanding your country and the world number “And I think every time you see is absolutely yes”. ahead, he added. And earlier this jabs beyond medical workers and the one sees the Olympic Games as the that outfit now in Australia it’s iconic TOKYO: Japan’s Asahi Shimbun news- Tokyo and other parts of Japan are month Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO of elderly. An exception will be made for pinnacle of sport. and everyone knows exactly the pur- paper, an official Tokyo Olympics currently under a state of emergency, e-commerce giant Rakuten, called the Japan’s Olympic athletes and some Barty, the 2019 French Open cham- pose of it. It’s a really, really special sponsor, called for the Games to be which is expected to be extended this Games “a suicide mission”. “The risk staff who will get early jabs courtesy pion, cannot wait to pull on Austra- memory to be etched in my brain.” cancelled on Wednesday, in the latest week until June 20. “Saying ‘yes’ with- is too big and... I’m against having the of doses donated by Pfizer. lia’s green and gold colours when the Barty had an opportunity to talk to sign of opposition less than two out demonstrating any clear grounds Tokyo Olympics this year,” he told Those vaccinations will start from Tokyo Games begin in July after the Freeman after exiting the semi-finals months before the opening ceremony. for it once again drove home the self- CNN. Tokyo 2020 chief Seiko Hashi- June 1, with doses going to around 600 event was postponed by a year due to at her home Grand Slam in Melb- The call comes with public opinion righteous image of the IOC,” the Asahi moto acknowledged organisers face athletes and 1,000 coaches, training the COVID-19 pandemic. ourne in 2020. “She’s been an idol for in Japan firmly against holding the editorial said. “considerable” opposition. “There are partners and other members of staff, Tennis is normally an individual me growing up,” Barty added. “She’s Games this summer, and after promi- Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said a considerable number of Japanese according to Japan’s Olympic Com- sport though women players also been an idol and an icon for so many nent business leaders voiced their it was “natural” that “different media people who are concerned,” she told mittee. IOC chief Thomas Bach said have the opportunity to represent young indigenous girls and boys all concern in recent weeks. organisations have different views”, an executive board meeting. last week that most athletes and team their country at the annual Billie across Australia. Organisers insist however that the but acknowledged that people are She reiterated that the number of members staying at the Olympic vil- Jean King Cup. “To be able to connect with her Games are on, saying an extensive “anxious”. “The national and local overseas participants would be lage would be vaccinated by the time “The green and gold for me is and actually have a relationship with rulebook will keep athletes and the governments have put stringent capped and they would face tough the Games begin. But earlier this always the pinnacle,” Barty told her personally has been amazing. I Japanese public safe. measures in place to contain the restrictions while in Japan, and that week, with less than two months to go Olympics.com. “I’ve had a very small think everyone knows and remem- The Asahi daily’s editorial urged spread of infections, and we believe the Games would not place extra before the opening ceremony, the US taste of it, but I think the Olympics is bers where they were when she won Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to the situation will improve as a result,” stress on overstretched local medical State Department issued a travel the pinnacle of every sport. that incredible final.” “make a calm, objective assessment of he said. Muto added that executive system. Muto said the number of med- warning for Japan over virus risks. the situation and make the decision to board members had discussed cancel- ical staff required for the event would The White House said Tuesday that cancel this summer’s Olympics”. lation and postponement, but none be reduced by around 30 percent of it supported plans to hold the Games, The paper said it “cannot accept the had “explicitly called” for it. the original figure. Japan has seen a with press secretary Jen Psaki saying ll l FOOTBALL gamble” of holding the event, despite Two prominent figures in Japanese comparatively small outbreak of the “our position has not changed on the organisers’ assurances it will be safe. business have also voiced opposition virus, with fewer than 12,500 deaths, Olympics”. It also accused International Olym- to the Games in recent weeks. and has avoided the harsh lockdowns “There are very specific entry and Disciplinary cases pic Committee leaders, including vice- Masayoshi Son, head of tech invest- seen in some places. The current virus movement rules and procedures president John Coates, of being “self- ment behemoth SoftBank Group, emergency mostly limits the sale of which the organisers have laid out in against ESL rebels righteous” and “clearly out of step” tweeted on Sunday: “Do the IOC have alcohol in restaurants and bars, and order to ensure the protection of GENEVA: UEFA has opened disciplin- with the Japanese public. the right to decide if it’s held or not?” forces them to close early. everyone involved,” she added. ary cases against Super League rebels Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus that could lead to bans from the Champions League. Proceedings are TIGER WOODS SEEN now active for “a potential violation Arsenal fans protest against the Dutch look to make up for lost of UEFA’s legal framework,” UEFA European Super League and Owner WITHOUT WALKING said Tuesday. The European soccer Stan Kroenke outside the stadium. BOOT IN FLORIDA body’s statutes include a section on GETTY IMAGES “prohibited groupings” of clubs or time in Euro, need consistency leagues forming without UEFA’s per- merit for the Champions League next Agencies [email protected] mission or outside its control. season. Any bans for the clubs — and Agencies The three clubs now being prose- elevation of other Spanish and Italian [email protected] cuted by UEFA are the remaining teams to replace them — would likely LOS ANGELES: Tiger Woods popped up holdouts among 12 founders of the lead to appeals at the Court of Arbi- LONDON: The Netherlands missed out on Instagram on Monday as a Florida failed Super League project who tration for Sport and pressure to on the last two major tournaments so girl who is fighting cancer posted a refused to renounce it. UEFA presi- resolve the cases before next season’s they will be looking to make up for photo of herself with the golf super- dent Aleksander Ceferin warned the European competitions. The Champi- lost ground at Euro 2020 but with a star after meeting him at a soccer clubs last month that “if they say we ons League group-stage draw is on side who still have an air of inconsist- park. Woods, who suffered severe leg are a Super League, then they don’t Aug. 26 and matches start on Sept. 14. ency about them. injuries in a one-car crash in Califor- play Champions League, of course.” The nine clubs who settled with Failing to qualify for Euro 2016 in nia in February, was on crutches with UEFA gave no timetable for the UEFA are: AC Milan, Inter, Atlético, France and the World Cup in Russia a compression stocking but no walk- expected disciplinary cases against Arsenal, Liverpool, Man United, two years later was a blow for a coun- ing boot on his right leg. the three which have all qualified on Spurs, Chelsea and Man City. try who were near the top of world The photo was posted by 10-year- football as runners-up at the 2010 old Luna Perrone, who calls herself in World Cup and third in Brazil four her Instagram profile “One tough girl years later. They bounced back by fin- battling Ewing’s Sarcoma (rare bone llTENNIS l ishing second in the inaugural cancer)” and a “soccer legend.” “I got Nations League in mid-2019 and lost to have a quick chat with @tiger- only one game in the Euro 2020 quali- woods this weekend when I bumped fiers. into him at the soccer fields!” Perrone But performances have been up and wrote. “He told me to ‘stay strong’ down -- they have beaten England, Dutch national football team players attend a training session at the KNVB which has always been my goal! Stay France and Germany in the last three Campus in Zeist. AFP strong physically and mentally and years but just months ago lost 4-2 in “But it is a long route to the title – Klaassen, who has had a strong sea- inspire others to do the same! No mat- Turkey after a poor showing. seven matches and a lot of good for- son for club and country after rejoin- ter what you are going through YOU Five coaches over the last seven tune,” he said in a recent interview. ing Ajax Amsterdam and helping GOT THIS!!!” years attests to the turmoil, while the The Dutch are top seeds in Group C them to the league and cup double. The 15-time major champion had team has struggled to find replace- where they also have home advantage Memphis Depay, who has 23 goals indicated in an Instagram post in ments for the likes of match-winners in their matches against Ukraine in 62 internationals, leads an attack April that his recovery was coming like Arjen Robben and Robin van Per- (June 13), Austria (June 17) and North that sometimes adds Luuk de Jong in along, but slowly. He’d offered no fur- sie. However, a new group of young- Macedonia (June 21). Even without the a classic target man role, or prefers ther information since then -- sters including Frenkie de Jong and reassuring defensive presence of cap- wider forwards like Quincy Promes although he did tweet congratulations Matthijs de Ligt have the potential to tain Virgil van Dijk, who has not and Steven Berghuis. Van Dijk’s to old rival Phil Mickelson on his PGA ignite another golden period for the recovered in time from his horror absence in defence is a blow while Championship victory on Sunday. team under Frank de Boer. knee injury, they are fancied to Daley Blind is not sure of playing Woods, who police said was driving The tenure of the new coach started advance to the knockout phase. either after ankle surgery in March. nearly twice the legal speed limit badly, underlining the sceptism Dutch sides thrive on confidence That leaves the defensive burden of when his SUV went out of control and around his appointment after mana- and, with a little momentum, there is responsibility on the 21-year-old De rolled several times, underwent hours gerial flops in Italy and England. then a potential path to glory. Ligt, who has had injury problems of of surgery to repair a shattered lower De Boer has nonetheless steadied “We are not far off the favourites, his own, and Stefan de Vrij of Inter right leg and ankle and was hospital- the ship somewhat and feels they have we are in form and have the ability to Milan. ized for weeks before returning home every chance of winning the tourna- beat any team,” added De Boer. “There is pressure on us but we are to Florida in March. US Ryder Cup Mats Moraing of Germany gestures during his Belgrade Open match ment, emulating the Ruud Gullit and Much will depend on the midfield not running away from it. We think captain Steve Stricker said that he against Novak Djokovic, in Belgrade, Serbia. AP Marco van Basten-inspired team of form of De Jong, stand-in skipper we can use it to energise our perform- hoped Woods would well enough to 1988. Georginio Wijnaldum and Davy ances,” said De Boer. serve as an assistant captain.