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Times NIE Web Ed Jun 02 BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | NEW DELHI CLICK HERE: WWW.TOISTUDENT.COM STUDENT EDITION TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2020 Newspaper in PM MODI LAUNCHES VIDEO BLOGGING EDUCATION ALERT Schools, colleges, CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK: INDIA Education CONTEST 'MY LIFE, MY YOGA' Prime Minister educational/training/coaching institutions will be BECOMES 7TH WORST-HIT COUNTRY Narendra Modi has launched a video blogging competi- opened after consultation with States and UTs dur- India has now become the world's seventh worst- WEB EDITION tion, and has invited citizens to participate in it. 'My ing Phase II of #Unlock1. Based on the feedback hit country in terms of coronavirus cases with its Life, My Yoga'(Jeevan Yoga) that focuses on the trans- from parents, teachers and other stakeholders, a tally of 1,82,143, according to the World Health formative impact of yoga on the lives of individuals, decision on the re-opening of these institutions Organisation's COVID-19 tracker. According to the comes as one of the activities related to the observation will be taken in the month of July WHO tracker, a total of 59,34,936 cases have been FREE CELEBRITY of the sixth International Day of Yoga on June 21 Ministry of Home Affairs recorded globally WEBCASTS TO NOT LEADERSHIP LESSONS MISS DURING Trump calls G7 outdated, wants LOCKDOWN Adaptability is one of the key leadership India, others to join the group qualities: Sourav Ganguly S President Donald Trump VIEWPOINT ormer Indian cap- on the natural talent to mer opener, who shared his U has postponed tain and Board of bring the best out of any experiences with the learn- the “outdated” Group G7 is a forum of the Control for Cricket player. One cannot expect ers on the Unacademy app of Seven summit that seven countries with the F in India (BCCI)chief Rahul Dravid type of player recently, also stressed on he planned to hold in world's largest and most Sourav Ganguly has assert- to play like Yuvraj Singh and adaptability as one of the key June at the White ed that a leader should focus vice versa, he said. The for- leadership qualities. House, seeking inclu- advanced economies— sion of India and some France, Germany, Italy, intentions are right, everything else other countries to the Japan, US, UK and DADA’S MANTRAS ON grouping of world’s top Canada. Heads of States will fall into place. You should learn economies. Trump LEADERSHIP from your own mistakes, and said he is “postponing of these countries meet The only way to handle pressure leave them behind to be a better it until September” and annually on international, economic and monetary version of yourself. plans to invite Russia, issues. The US holds the presidency of the G7 this elebrities like Norfolk- 1is to live with pressure. The more South Korea, Australia pressure you handle, the better you Don't let your losses get you and India. “I don't feel year. During the summit, G7 president normally born pianist Myleene become at what you do. You should 4down; that's a part of grow- that as a G7, it proper- invites Heads of States of one or two countries to C Klass are helping keep always steer your fears away to get ing up. Learning from failures ly represents what's go- attend the meeting as a special invitee. Last year, families fit, healthy and enter- ing on in the world. It's French President Emanuel Macron had invited PM the best results. will lead you to success a very outdated group tained as we grabble with home The only way to get better is by of countries," he added. Narendra Modi to the G7 Summit. schooling during coronavirus 2learning from your own mistakes. What sets a leader apart from lockdown. Here are some of the The greatest of the leaders make commoners? Share your views best celebrity webcasts to keep at [email protected] Does Trump's plan to invite India to the next G7 summit reflects 3mistakes, but as long as the Q New Delhi's growing international stature? Share your views at boredom at bay... [email protected]/[email protected] MYLEENE KLASS: The Gorleston-born classical CLICK pianist, model and pop star is NEWS HERE FOR providing both music lessons and 10-DIGIT NUMBERS TO CONTINUE: TRAI IN BRIEF MORE WORLD TEAMTENNIS PLANS TO ALLOW UP lullabies for parents and children he Telecom regulatory authority of India( TRAI) has re- TO 500 FANS TO ITS MATCHES during the lockdown period. futed claims of shifting to an 11-digit mobile numbering SPORTS Apart from hosting an interac- T plan, saying that it has only suggested prefixing ‘0’, when tive class where kids can play mobile numbers are called from landlines. Introduction of a di- alling prefix for a particular type of call “is not akin to increas- along with a pan and wooden ing the number of digits in the telephone number”, it stated. spoon; she also plays a Disney- themed lullaby for babies, and ➤ In its report, TRAI said, the migra- TELECOM presents Music Klass. tion to a unified or single numbering scheme for fixed WHERE TO ACCESS: Join line and mobile services is not required for now; suffi- Myleene’s Music Klass on YouTube cient numbering space can be created by various meth- ods, including prefixing '0' for all fixed to mobile calls BEAR GRYLLS: Bear Grylls has teamed up with It has also recommended an early, GOOGLE LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAMME the Scouts to produce a Great revised, and a new National Indoor Adventure. Together they All Numbering Plan (NNP) TO STOP COVID-19 SCAMMERS orld TeamTennis(WTT) plans to have dreamed up 100 indoor tennis events The total number of telephone sub- Google has launched a new programme called Scam Spotter to spot allow up to 500 spectators at each activities to ward off boredom, of its outdoor matches during sanctioned by the ATP, scribers in India, currently stands at and stop scammers who are exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic with W while kids are stuck in lockdown the season-from July 12 to August 2 at a 1177.02 million, with a tele- alarming speed, and taking advantage of fear and uncertainty WTA and International resort in West Virginia. “In accordance Tennis Federation are on for most of the day. Bear has density of 87.45% at the with state health guidelines, WTT will created a weekly live video feed The programme simplifies expert’s advice with TECH BUZZ hold till at least July end of Jan 2020 allow up to 500 fans (20% capacity) to at- called, ‘The Great Indoors’ which three rules, when you receive a suspicious phone call or mes- tend its outdoor matches. Ticket pricing due to the Covid-19 includes making lolly-stick cata- sage to figure out if it's a scam. The three rules are: "Slow it and access points will be announced at a crisis later date,” a statement on the official web- pults, origami and designing and down, spot check and stop! Don't send." site of WTT, wtt.com read.The likes of 2020 Aus- making hot-air balloons; all tralian Open champion and World No. 4 Sofia Kenin and US Open Manipur youth creates 'Iron Man' According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), people reported champ and 2018 French Open finalist Sloane Stephens will take activities can be done in the replica out of electronic waste $1.9 billion ‘lost to scams’ in 2019. Every minute, more than $3,600 dis- part in the three-week meet. house or garden. appeared from wallets and bank accounts, in response to made-up sto- WHERE TO ACCESS: The Great nthralled by Holly- ries of urgently overdue tax payments, bogus contest winnings, or a Indoors activities can be wood super hero ROGER FEDERER PIPS MESSI TO BECOME Emovies, a 20-year- smooth-talking online suitor, who suddenly needs some gift cards. accessed on the Scouts web old youth from Manipur While people aged 25-40 are most likely to be scammed, research WORLD’S HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETE page has created a replica of shows it's seniors who stand to lose the most, with their median losses wiss marvel and tennis icon Marvel’s iconic charac- more than double the average. Roger Federer has managed ter, 'Iron Man', out of elec- Sto topple the likes of Cristiano OTI MABUSE: tronic waste. Ningom- Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to be- Strictly Come Dancing star Oti bam Prem, who hails come the world’s highest-paid ath- Mabuse hosts free online dance from Heirok Part-2 vil- WORLD'S DEEPEST OCTOPUS NAMED NAMESAKE lete. Federer has topped the 2020 lage in Thoubal district, Forbes magazine list of highest- classes for children and adults said that he created the INNOVATOR 'DUMBO' AFTER DISNEY ELEPHANT CHARACTER paid global athletes for the first alike, to make sure people suit using discarded In an interesting discovery, scientists have filmed the world's deepest- time, with massive pre-tax earnings remain fit and healthy, and enjoy scrap materials, emergency lamps, electronic toys, syringes, sighted octopus at almost 4.3 miles down in the Indian Ocean. of $106.3 million. a quick twirl across the living speaker frames and even IV-fluid tubes.“I always wanted to create a robot since my childhood days. But the craze for Believed to be a new species of Grimpoteuthis, a genus of deep-sea room despite being in lockdown. Iron Man costume started around 2015,” he said. Prem had umbrella octopuses, it has been named 'Dumbo octopus', as its fins Indian skipper Virat Kohli is the only Indian WHERE TO ACCESS:You access earlier created demo model of other robotic items, such as resemble the ears of a Disney elephant character.
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