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llNATION l CITY LIGHTS llWORLD l Release Class 12 evaluation criteria in Netanyahu hits back 2 weeks: Supreme Court to CBSE, CISCE City’s 487 Covid-19 cases at deal by opponents NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on lowest in over 2.5 months to unseat him Thursday set a two-week deadline for JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister the Centre to release a “well defined NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded 487 fresh Covid Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday objective criteria” for assessment of cases, the lowest in over two-and-a-half fought back against an agreement by Class 12 students of the Central Bureau months and 45 fatalities on Thursday, while his political opponents for a govern- of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the positivity rate slumped to 0.61%, according ment of left-wing, centrist and right- Council for Indian School Certificate to data shared by the health department here. wing parties aimed at unseating him. Examination (CISCE) following can- This is the first time the daily death count has Netanyahu, facing the prospect of an cellation of examinations this year. gone below the 50-mark since April 11 when end to his 12-year run as premier, said While adjourning the matter to the tally was 48. According to the latest health on Twitter “all legislators elected by June 17, the top court did indicate that The government had scrapped the bulletin, these new fatalities pushed the death votes from the right must oppose this it was mindful of the interest of stu- CBSE Class 12 exams on June 1 due toll from Covid-19 in Delhi to 24,447. On March dangerous left-wing government”, dents studying in state boards and will to the Covid-19 pandemic PTI FILE 16, Delhi had recorded 425 cases and on March and he targeted historic Arab partici- be addressing their concerns after the 17, the daily tally was 536, according to official pation in the coalition. The right-wing objective assessment for CBSE and and said they should never feel data. On Thursday, 487 fresh cases were leader mounted the social media CISCE is settled. The order came on a stressed about any examination. Join- recorded with a positivity rate of 0.61%, accord- attack the day after centrist politician petition filed by advocate Mamta ing the online interaction organised ing to the latest bulletin. The infection rate, A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 Yair Lapid’s announcement that he Sharma who sought cancellation of by the education ministry, Modi asked which had reached 36 per cent in the last week vaccine at a drive-in centre in the Moolchand had succeeded in forming a governing CBSE and CISCE exams and an objec- them how they are feeling following of April, has come down to below 1% now. PTI Hospital in New Delhi on Thursday ANI coalition. REUTERS tive assessment scheme to be devised the cancellation of the board exams in within a specified time frame. view of the pandemic and what are they planning to do now. The prime Black fungus: 1,044 cases, DU: Registration process Over 2bn Covid shots PM interacts with students minister asked the students which In a surprise interaction with Class 12 leading sports events would they 89 deaths recorded likely to begin by July 15 administered globally students and their parents, Prime watch. He also advised them to NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded 1,044 cases of NEW DELHI: Delhi University (DU) is likely to PARIS: More than two billion Covid-19 Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday always remember the mantra of mucormycosis or black fungus and 89 deaths start its registration process for admissions to vaccines have been given across the asked them to utilise their time in a ‘health is wealth’ and enquired about due to the infection till Wednesday, health min- undergraduate courses on July 15, anticipating world, according to an AFP tally on productive and creative manner fol- the activities they are engaging in to ister Satyendar Jain said. He said 92 patients the fact that all school boards would have Thursday drawn from official sources. lowing the cancellation of their exams stay physically fit. AGENCIES have recovered till now, while pointing out that declared results by then, a senior varsity offi- The milestone comes six months after there is a shortage of medicines to treat the cial said on Thursday. Following the cancella- the first vaccination campaigns infection. The high court on Wednesday said if tion of Class 12 board examinations by the against Covid-19 began. At least the city government could not ensure that peo- CBSE and the CISCE, officials said discussions 2,109,696,022 shots have been given in Southwest Monsoon SDG Index: Kerala ple get both doses of Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin will be held with the admission committee and 215 countries and territories, accord- arrives in Kerala within the stipulated time, it should not have the academic council of the university to final- ing to an AFP database. Israel, which retains top position; started so many vaccination centres with ise the process of admission to undergraduate has led the race from the start, is still albeit late, says IMD HP, TN joint second “much pomp and splendour”. “The vaccination courses. “The varsity is likely to commence the out in front, with nearly six in 10 peo- programme was prepared according to the registration process by July 15. We anticipate ple there fully vaccinated. A Covid-19 NEW DELHI: The monsoon arrived in NEW DELHI: Kerala has retained the top schedule given by the Centre. But they changed that by that time most of the boards will not variant that Vietnamese authorities Kerala on Thursday two days behind rank in Niti Aayog’s SDG India Index the schedule. If the Covaxin supply would have only decide what they are going to do but will had thought was a combination of the schedule and advanced into parts of 2020-21, while Bihar has been been coming, we would have administered the also declare their results,” said Rajeev Gupta, variants found in India and the UK, is the south Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep, adjudged as the worst performer, second doses to people,” Jain said. PTI chairman, Admissions, DU. PTI not a new hybrid but part of the exist- Tamil Nadu, southwest Bay of Bengal, according to a report released on ing strain detected in India, Kidong and remaining areas of the Comorin- Thursday. The Index for Sustainable Park, the WHO representative in Viet- Maldives area, the India Meteorologi- Development Goals (SDGs) evaluates llSCHOOL EVENT l WORD POWER nam, told Nikkei newspaper. AGENCIES cal Department said in a statement. progress of states and union territo- The arrival of monsoon, crucial to ries on social, economic and environ- VSPK INT’L SCHOOL, ROHINI, the country’s farm-dependent econ- mental parameters. CELEBRATES MOTHER’S DAY Bill Gates’ advanced omy, is announced based on factors Kerala retained its rank as the top Viable The students of VSPK International School, such as wind speed, consistency of state with a score of 75. Both Hima- Vahy-uh-buhl nuclear reactor to be chal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu took the Sector 13, Rohini, participated in the virtual rainfall, intensity, and cloud cover. It celebrations of Mother’s Day. The entire Adjective built in Wyoming arrives in Kerala first before covering second spot with a score of 74. Bihar, event was the rest of India by July. Jharkhand and Assam were the worst organised Meaning: Capable of working successfully; WASHINGTON: Billionaire Bill Gates’ feasible. Capable of living, growing and IMD said over 60% of Kerala’s 14 performing states in this year’s India under the advanced nuclear reactor company developing; Capable of existence and develop- key rainfall monitoring stations index. guidance of the ment as an independent unit TerraPower LLC and PacifiCorp have reported 2.5 mm or more rainfall over The third rendition of India’s SDG school manage- selected Wyoming to launch the first the last two days. It said the spatial Index was launched by Niti Aayog ment, chairman Origin: Early 19th century from French, from Natrium reactor project on the site of SK Gupta, rain distribution in Kerala remained Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on vie ‘life’, from Latin vita. a retiring coal plant, the state’s gover- Thursday. Further, Chandigarh main- manager fairly widespread during the same Pramila Gupta Synonyms: achievable, attainable, workable nor said on Wednesday. TerraPower, time. IMD said the westerly winds tained its top spot among the UTs with founded by Gates about 15 years ago, and principal Dr Shipra Kumar. Directors Kapil Antonyms: hopeless, impossible, infeasible have strengthened in the lower levels a score of 79, followed by Delhi (68). Gupta and Pankaj Gupta provided required and power company PacifiCorp, with speeds up to 20 knots. It added Mizoram, Haryana and Uttara- assistance to the teachers to make the event Usage: I looked at the Dem candidates and owned by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire satellite imagery and coastal Doppler khand are the top gainers in 2020-21 in a great success. More on p2 realized there is no viable alternative for me. Hathaway, said the exact site of the Weather Radars in the region sug- terms of improvement in score from Natrium reactor demonstration plant gested persistent convection (cloudi- 2019, with an increase of 12, 10 and 8 is expected to be announced by the ness). HTC points, respectively. PTI end of the year. 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llSCHOOL REPORTS l llCOVID SAMARITANS l All three branches of DPSG Society come ‘I gave food, gloves and masks to needy people’ forward to help people amid Covid-19 crisis Staying positive, spreading positive vibes, and helping people heal in Delhi Public School Ghaziabad (DPSG) Society, with over 41 years experience in nurturing country’s these challenging Covid-19 times -- all these are the basic necessities and young minds and producing bright students in many domains, is now championing the fight against duties these days. Covid-19, opening its doors to boost the healthcare structure. Society’s all three branches located at Many people and their relatives and loved ones lost their lives due to Palam Vihar, Vasundhara and Meerut Road respectively have come forward to help the needy people. the deadly virus. So all of us should protect ourselves by following all the guidelines. DPSG, Palam Vihar, But right now, helping the unedu- premise converted cated people is more important as the I also gave the PPE kits to all the virus is now airborne. Covid warriors and to those who need into a vaccination New guidelines have been issued it, writes Hanya Khanna, Class 6, DPS, and informing them about those Sector 45, Gurugram DPSG, Palam Vihar, has partnered rules is very important. So, as a with Columbia Asia Hospital, Palam responsible citizen of my country, I deadly disease. I was aware about it Vihar, Gurgaon. and converted its also did my bit. I followed all the pro- so I informed them about how coro- premises into a vaccination centre. tocols such as wearing a two-layer navirus enters our body, what does it From Day 1, this facility has been face mask, gloves and a protective do in the lungs and many facts about catering to a large number of people shield. I gave them self-made masks, it too. In between, they got scared. I and we hope to continue serving gloves and food I made with the help told them not to worry and just boost greater numbers in the days to come. of mom. After they ate the food, I their immunity and follow the proto- People can book slots for vaccina- started talking to them about the new cols. tion on CoWin. Covid strain and protocols. I also gave the PPE kits to all the It is available at a cost of ₹850. I was surprised to find that they Covid warriors and to those who Within 4 days of its opening, this knew about it and were eager to need it. I was very happy to lend a facility served more than 600 benefi- know in-depth information on this helping hand to them. ciaries and is expected to receive high footfalls in the coming days Managed by DPSG Society, this school has a highly-qualified teach- ‘We provided food grains to ing staff and it provides various kinds of educational and extracurricular facilities to its students. all employees of my father’ It has been consistently producing top-performing students in diverse Donation is a familiar word for all of fields. . A large number of people visited the Covid-19 vaccinated centre at DPSG, Palam Vihar us. It is not just about helping or sav- ing a person’s life once, it is also about changing a person’s life. Oxygen first aid and isolation centres opened at DPSG, Vasundhara Donation doesn’t mean just giving money, it also means uplifting people In an endeavour to empower the stu- The school felt the sense of satis- round-the-clock services of nurses by educating them. It is all about dents to with empathy and equity, faction after it saw the general public and attendants. making efforts to change the world to DPSG, Vasundhara, started an oxy- coming over to DPSGV facility to get Now, since the number of the Cov- make it a better place for each one of gen first aid and isolation centres to the interim oxygen aid and going id-19 cases has come down and many us. The second wave of Covid-19 has Helping the needy people gave me a help the humanity. back with their oxygen saturation patients who visited here have recov- hit India. People are sitting at home sense of satisfaction, writes Raima During this challenging time, reaching 95 and above. ered, we are now getting our school in Delhi as the government has Goel, Class 7, Bhatnagar International under the guidance of DPSG founder Similarly the isolation centre converted into a vaccination centre to declared lockdown once again. School, Paschim Vihar and chairman Om Pathak, this school helped some people who did not have help the district administration in Many people are facing many stood up to the cause of humanity by home quarantine facility due to small providing vaccination facility to the problems. The daily wage labourers, parents assured them that they could starting these oxygen first aid and size of their flats and more members people. work. rickshaw pullers, and many other call in case of an emergency. isolation centres when there were no in the family. The oxygen first aid Almost 70 patients benefitted people are struggling to feed their A day after we contributed our beds available to the masses in the facility at the school could cater for from the isolation centre at DPSGV families. So, my father and I decided share, I got to know that our neigh- hospitals. upto 5 to 6 such patients who needed and now we intend to help the people to contribute what we could afford to bours too have started planning to The school started this initiative oxygen support till they got a bed in get vaccinated in a secured environ- help such people. We gave basic food help the needy. This was the best with just 10 beds and six oxygen cyl- hospitals. ment at this school where we have grains to all the employees of my thing I did in this pandemic. It gave inders in collaboration with Sewa Sewa Bharti and DPSGV gave only arranged the social distancing circles father and our domestic help . We me a sense of satisfaction. Let us try Many people benefitted from the two facilities Bharti and the doctors from Max gave free food, medicines and oxygen along with other protocols to be told them not to worry and take care to ease the situation by helping the opened at DPSG, Vasundhara Hospital, Patparganj. support to the people but also the adhered to while visiting here. of themselves in this pandemic. My ones who are suffering.

MIND GAME DPSG, Meerut Road, declared vax centre DPSG, Meerut Road, has been id-19 continues as we move forward SUDOKU MATHDOKU declared a Covid-19 vaccination cen- towards a better tomorrow. On Day 2, ter by the government. around 388 people turned up there to Place numbers into Prathamic Swasthya Kendra, Sec- get vaccinated. the puzzle cells so tor 23, Rajnagar, has been shifted to Ghaziabad district magistrate Dr that each row and this school. On the very first day after Ajay Shankar Pandey and chief medi- column contains each of the digits from 1 to being declared a vaccination centre, cal officer Dr. N K Gupta visited the 5. No number is to be this school saw a footfall of around school to see the arrangements made repeated in any row or 700 people.Our fight against the Cov- by the school authorities. On its huge column. Each bold-out campus and spacious rooms, the vac- lined cells contain a hint - cination process went smoothly, of a number and one of stringently following all covid safety the mathematical sym- bols + x - /. The number protocols. is the result of the The school strongly commits to operation represent- extend its assistance by sharing the ed by the symbol to the facilities and resources to help con- digits contained. trol the Covid-19 pandemic. DPSG Society has offered its schools in Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Faridabad SPREADING AWARENESS and Dehradun to the states. The DPSG Society is also ready to provide whatever resources required Ghaziabad district magistrate Dr Ajay Shankar to help the Covid-19 patients under Pandey, left, and chief medical officer Dr NK Gupta the guidance of the district adminis- visited the school to see the arrangements tration. SCRAMBLE

Solve the four VSPK Int’l School, Rohini, anagrams and  * * move one letter to each  * *

square to form celebrates Mother’s Day * four ordinary  * The students of VSPK International great success. Academic coordinator words School, Sector 13, Rohini, participated Priti Pasricha and wing in-charge  * in the virtual celebrations of Mother’s Anuradha Arora gave the wonderful Now arrange the letters marked with an asterisk (*) to form the answer to the Day. ideas for the activities to be con- riddle or to fill in the missing words as indicated. A social worker dressed as a clown interacts with the children while The entire event was organised ducted with an aim to make these A weed is but an ___ flower.- Ella Wheeler Wilcox (7) sanitising a football and spreading awareness to follow the coronavirus

under the guidance of the school Supermoms have a beautiful after- flower.- Ella Wheeler Wilcox Wheeler Ella flower.- an but is weed A :

unloved Answer safety protocols at a slum in Mumbai on Wednesday AFP management, chairman SK Gupta, noon. manager Pramila Gupta and princi- The purest bond in this entire uni- Solutions pal Dr Shipra Kumar. verse is that of a mother and a child. WILD SEARCH Directors Kapil Gupta and Pankaj A mother is the one who fills the Gupta provided required assistance child’s heart with love and affection. The names of 7 creatures are hidden horizontally in to the teachers to make the event a She is the emotional backbone of the this grid. Fill in the grey squares with the appropri- entire house. That is why it is rightly ate letters, using each letter only once. Rearrange said -- “Home is where Mom is”. There were lots of fun and engag- the letters in the grey squares to form the name of ing sessions for the moms and the a large seabird. children to revive and enjoy the essence of their bond.        

The event began with an activity titled Love’s Creation in which the             SOLUTIONS SUDOKU child and the mother made beautiful            photo frame together, followed by a Musical Housie for the mothers in            order to test their memory and con-           nect the songs played with the movies written on their tickets.         The mothers then enjoyed with         their children during the dance class and relaxed themselves with their

children in the yoga class.

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thoroughly enjoyed this celebration RAC A, L KOA LOPE, E ANT LLA, I GOR E, P -A

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The children along with their mothers took part in teachers for such a beautiful initia- Amrita Bharati Features Words: Solution SCRAMBLE the event with enthusiasm tive to make them feel special. NEW DELHI FRIDAY Kaleidoscope 03 JUNE 04, 2021

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Veda, and a friendship with a unique boy, Mateo. l Hot glue gun JOURNAL OF MEMORIES l Scissors THORNLIGHT AUTHOR: Shamika Chaves OTHER WORDS FOR HOME INSTRUCTIONS AUTHOR: Claire Legrand Use scissors to separate to attach antannaes to This is a journal of memories for AUTHOR: Jasmine Warga Centuries ago, the vale was split you to store your memories so egg carton cups, trim pom pom head. craft glue and let dry in two in a war between that you do not forget anything. A gorgeously written, hopeful the edges. Use the handle end of a completely, making witches. Ever since, an evil It is an illustrated journal with middle grade novel in verse Paint egg cartons in paintbrush to paint black sure eyes are facing darkness has been climbing of activities aimed at preserving about a young girl who must desired colours and let dots on the ladybug’s out and are where you the break, infecting everything and collecting memories. Each leave Syria to move to the dry. back. 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And it to your family and friends! The book is filled with fun live in Cincinnati. At school she gets label of ’Middle to side of egg cup with antannae. Use hot glue young queen Celestyna Hightower is determined to be illustrations that cover almost every aspect of your life. All Eastern,’ an identity she has never known but she also mender of the break. you need is a pen and a couple of pictures. experiences new friends, family, and a school musical. PIPE llWHAT’S COOKING l CLEANER MATAR PURI MANGO POPSICLES SPIDERS INGREDIENTS SUPPLIES INGREDIENTS Mango (cubes) - 1 cup; Water - l 4 black pipe cleaners 2 cups whole wheat flour; 1 cup green ½ cup; Sugar - 1 tbsp; l A pair of googly eyes peas (matar) , boiled; 1 teaspoon red Other ingredients: l Hot glue chilli; owder; 1/2 teaspoon turmeric Coconut milk - ¾ cup; Sugar - 1 powder (haldi); 1 teaspoon coriander tbsp; Grapes (chopped) – 10 l Scissors powder (dhania); 1 teaspoon cumin powder (jeera); Salt , to taste; Oil or ghee, for frying METHOD In a blender take 1 cup mango layer sets slightly. cubes and 1 tbsp sugar. INSTRUCTIONS METHOD smooth and soft dough. Prepare coconut milk layer by Add ½ cup water and blend. taking ¾ cup coconut milk in Cut two of the pipe each leg by bending Heat oil in a pan or kadhai to First prepare the dough. Pour the mango juice to a bowl. cleaners in half to make twice and fan out the fry the kachori. puff up. Flip them to make Mash the boiled green peas popsicle mould filling ¾ of Add 1 tbsp sugar, stir and four smaller lengths, and legs a little. them golden brown on both lightly with your hands, in a Take a lime sized ball of dough the mould. dissolve sugar. bunch them together. the sides. Glue on a pair of googly mixing bowl. and roll it out into a circle Cover and freeze for 30 Once the mango layer is set Wrap the other two full eyes onto the spider’s Add flour, chili powder, which is two and a half inch in Remove with a slotted spoon, minutes or until it thickens slightly, pour in coconut milk. pipe cleaners around the body. Wait till they dry. turmeric powder, coriander diameter. Roll out the remain- drain excess oil on kitchen slightly. Cover and freeze for 8 hours. centre of the bunch to powder, cumin powder and ing dough into similar shapes. paper. Now add a tsp of grapes slices Now to unmould, dip in warm make the spider’s body. That’s it! Really quick, salt to it. When the oil is hot, slip the Serve hot with some aloo in each mould. water for 3 seconds and pull super simple and no Knead together with little puri balls one by one while sabzi, or chutney of your Cover and freeze for 30 more out the popsicle. You should now have a mess piper cleaner water at a time to form a pressing down gently so they choice. minutes or until the mango Enjoy your mango popsicles. ‘body’ and four straight spiders! ‘legs’ either side. Shape

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llS ASIAN COOPERATION THE KEY: WB l Peace Doves, an art installation by sculptor and artist Peter Walker, at the Liverpool Cathedral in England ART CAPTURES Black carbon deposits are accelerating glaciers, snow MAN’S QUEST melt in Himalayan ranges FOR PEACE Press Trust of India the sometimes-disastrous effects of cli- A huge art installation named Peace mate change and the dangers we have WASHINGTON: Black carbon deposits to protect against,” said Schafer. Doves, created by renowned sculptor due to human activities are accelerat- “As glaciers shrink, the lives and and artist Peter Walker, is on display at ing glaciers and snow melt in the frag- livelihoods of many people down- the Liverpool Cathedral in England. ile Himalayan ranges and are changing stream are affected by changes in the Before the lockdown, visitors to the temperatures and precipitation pat- water supply. We can slow glacier melt Cathedral, schoolchildren and commu- terns, the World Bank said in a major by collectively acting to curb the black study published on Thursday. carbon deposits that are speeding the nity groups, were invited to write mes- Recent evidence suggests that in thinning of the ice. Regional coopera- sages of peace, hope and love onto an addition to changing temperatures and tion to protect these resources will pay estimated 18,000 paper doves suspend- precipitation patterns, anthropogenic important dividends for the health and ed on ribbon measuring 24 km. The black carbon (BC) deposits — soot — well-being of the people in the region,” exciting installation spreads the mes- are further accelerating glacier and he said. snow melt in these mountain ranges. It In the report, the World Bank says sage of peace, hope and love to all. AFP is generated by human activity both that business-as-usual practices would inside and outside South Asia. It is part further speed glacier melt, with harm- A close view of the paper doves of a larger basket of aerosols that ful implications for the health and impact climate change directly and well-being of people in the region. indirectly, according to Hartwig Scha- Countries in South Asia must work fer, vice president, South Asia Region, together to manage hydropower the World Bank. resources, an important source for the The study titled Glaciers of the Him- region’s clean energy needs and a gen- alayas provides new evidence on the erator of energy trade and security. extent to which black carbon reduction Unstable water flow from glacier melt policies by South Asian countries have and more variable precipitation under- an impact on glacier formation and score the need to stabilise availability melt in the Himalaya, Karakoram, and over the longer term to make hydro- Hindu Kush mountain ranges within power more viable, it said. the context of the changing global cli- “Water resource management poli- mate. It also examines the extent of cies must evolve because the trends we water resources and the potential are observing point to a different and The stunning ongoing installation was originally scheduled to be unveiled in spring last year but was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic impact of this loss of glaciation on more challenging future,” said Muthu- downstream river basins. The study kumara Mani, lead economist in the running into nearly 140 pages presents World Bank’s South Asia region and a scenarios through to 2040 to align with lead author of the report. “Success will a reasonable policy-making time hori- require an active and agile cooperation zon, Schafer said. between researchers and policymakers “Recent devastating flash floods so both groups can continue to learn attributed to a collapsing glacier in the about the problems at hand,” Mani Himalayas were a sobering reminder of said Drought ravages California’s reservoirs ahead of hot summer

Associated Press voirs and the sparse Sierra Nevada snowpack that feeds them. The OROVILLE, CALIF. : Each year Lake Oro- state’s more than 1,500 reservoirs are ville helps water a quarter of the 50% lower than they should be this nation’s crops, sustain endangered time of year, according to Jay Lund, salmon beneath its massive earthen co-director of the Center for Water- dam and anchor the tourism econ- shed Sciences at the University of omy of a Northern California county California-Davis. IN THE LIMELIGHT that must rebuild seemingly every Over Memorial Day weekend, doz- year after unrelenting wildfires. ens of houseboats sat on cinder- But now the mighty lake — a linch- blocks at Lake Oroville because there Covid lab leak theory Chelsea win CL Naomi Osaka pin in a system of aqueducts and res- wasn’t enough water to hold them. Chelsea won World No. 2 women’s tennis star ervoirs in the arid US West that Blackened trees lined the reservoir’s A year and a half into the pandemic, their second Naomi Osaka, pulled out of French makes California possible — is steep, parched banks. the world still does not know where C h a m p i o n s Open tournament on Monday in the shrinking with surprising speed In nearby Folsom Lake, normally the SARS-CoV-2 virus, that causes League title on wake of a row sparked by her earlier amid a severe drought, with state bustling boat docks rested on dry Covid-19, came from. One view states Saturday, beat- decision not to address press confer- officials predicting it will reach a land, their buoys warning phantom that it could have “spilled over” from ing Premier ences during the Grand Slam event. record low later this summer. boats to slow down. Campers occu- Class 12 exams off bats into humans, but there have been League champi- Osaka’s decision to skip media int- While droughts are common in pied dusty riverbanks farther north The Union government on Tuesday demands to investigate the possibility ons Manchester teractions which, she said, was California, this year’s is much hotter at Shasta Lake. But the impacts of cancelled the CBSE Class 12 examina- that it emerged from a lab in Wuhan, City in an all-English final at the Estadio prompted by her need for and drier than others, evaporating dwindling reservoirs go beyond lux- tions to ward off the threat of corona- China, where Covid first appeared at Do Dragao in Porto. Chelsea’s Kai Hav- privacy to sort out mental water more quickly from the reser- ury yachts and weekend anglers. virus infections, ending months of the end of 2019. Beijing has rejected ertz scored the only goal in the final as health issues she was expe- Salmon need cold water from the uncertainty for roughly 1.4 million such calls. In a significant step last Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, the riencing, attracted a bottom of the reservoirs to spawn. students who were to appear for the week, U.S. President Joe Biden gave favourites ahead of the final, were $15,000 fine from the The San Francisco Bay needs fresh tests. The decision was taken at a intelligence agencies 90 days to get denied their first-ever win in Europe’s organisers. The issue water from the reservoirs to keep out meeting chaired by Prime Minister closer to a definitive conclusion on the major cup competition. For Chelsea’s highlighted the the salt water that harms freshwater Narendra Modi in which it was origin of the coronavirus. German manager Thomas Tuchel, it mental health chal- fish. Farmers need the water to irri- decided that the CBSE will compile was a significant victory as he had been lenges and the gate their crops. Businesses need res- the results of Class 12 students as per sacked by Paris Saint-Germain after glare of media ervoirs full so people will come play a well-defined objective criteria in a they lost the last year’s final to Bayern coverage faced by in them and spend money. time-bound manner. Within hours of Munich. Tuchel joined Chelsea in Janu- sports stars. Many And everyone needs the water to the scrapping of the CBSE Class 12 ary this year and scripted a remarkable leading lights praised A home destroyed above Lake Oroville, in run hydroelectric power plants that exams, the CISCE also took a similar turnaround after Chelsea struggled and backed Osaka’s Oroville, California, on Sunday AFP supply much of the state’s energy. step of cancelling the ISC exams. under Frank Lampard. forthright stand.

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Name the Indian chess India to nominate 10 genius who was dubbed Governors of States? the “Lightning Kid”. A. 1947 B. 1949 - A. Parimarjan Negi C. 1952 D. 1956 B. Viswanathan Anand C. Koneru Humpy On which day in 1953 D. Dibyendu Barua 12 was Queen Elizabeth II crowned? In which year did the A. April 10 B. June 2 11 Constituent Assembly adopt a provision empow- C. August 21 ering the President of D. December 31

In which year did Operation How old was Acharya 4 Vijay begin? 7 Vinoba Bhave when he A. 1994 B. 1996 started his three-day - Answers of the quiz #28052021 - C. 1999 D. 2002 self-purification fast in 7. At least 19 1956? 1. 318 runs When was Goa conferred A. 62 B. 64 8. 1995 5 statehood? 2. K. M. Munshi C. 67 D. 70 A. August 15, 1970 9. May 24

B. January 31, 1972 The second fast undertak- 3. 1950 10. At least 160 C. May 30, 1987 8 en by Acharya Vinoba 4. Delhi D. September 10, 1990 Bhave was his three-day 11. 157 runs self-purification fast in 5. 7 On June 1, 1996, a 21-mem- 1956. In which year did he 12. May 26 6 ber Council of Ministers, undertake the first fast? 6. 282 In which year did Sherpa B. Switzerland headed by Janata Dal leader A. 1947 B. 1948 Mr H. D. Deve Gowda, was 1 Tensingh and E. P. Hillary C. New Zealand C. 1950 D. 1952 sworn in by President Dr climb the Mount Everest to C. Australia mark man's victory over the Shankar Dayal Sharma. Who was the first Chief     world's highest peak? Name the first Governor of Name the leader who was 9 Minister of Goa after this A. 1953 B. 1956 3 Goa after it was conferred not the Cabinet Minister in UT was conferred state- Send in your answers separated by commas to statehood. that team. [email protected] C. 1961 D. 1964 hood ? A. Dr Gopal Singh A. Mulayam Singh Yadav A. Luis Proto Barbosa (For example: 1-A, 2-C, 3-D … and so on) Subject Line: Answers for Quiz #04062021 B. I H Latif B. P. Chidambaram Which country is moun- B. Wilfred de Souza Send in your entry by June 9, 2021. Remember: Earlier you respond, better your chances to C. Bhanu Prakash Singh C. Murasoli Maran 2 taineer E. P. Hillary from? C. Ravi S Naik win. The quiz is open only to school students. A. Norway D. Khurshed Alam Khan D. Biju Patnaik D. Pratap Singh Rane NEW DELHI FRIDAY The Science Of It 05 JUNE 04, 2021

llPLANTS ARE GOING EXTINCT AT AN ALARMING RATE l llNASA’S NEW INITIATIVES l Venus missions to probe Last resort: The seeds kept safe divergent fate of Earth’s in a South Korean mountain hothouse sister planet Reuters

The Baekdudaegan National LOS ANGELES: Nasa announced plans on Wednesday to launch a pair of Arboretum Seed Vault Centre missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030 –– its first in decades –– to study preserves nearly 100,000 the atmosphere and geologic features seeds from 4,751 different of Earth’s so-called sister planet and better understand why the two wild plant species to ensure emerged so differently. The U.S. space agency said it was they are not lost to awarding about $500 million each to “apocalyptic events”, says develop the two missions, dubbed DAVINCI+ (short for Deep Atmos- A Nasa picture shows the planet Venus obtained its head Lee Sang-yong. phere Venus Investigation of Noble with data obtained from the Magellan spacecraft (Left) A researcher checks seed Gases, Chemistry and Imaging) and and the Pioneer Venus Orbiter AP Agence France-Presse stored in a long-term storage room at VERITAS (an acronym for Venus the Baekdudaegan National Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, tially suitable for life, before BONGHWA, SOUTH KOREA: Hidden in a Arboretum Seed Vault Centre in Topography and Spectroscopy). unknown forces triggered its South Korean mountain tunnel South Korea’s Bonghwa county; DAVINCI+ will measure the com- extreme greenhouse effect, vaporis- designed to withstand a nuclear (Above) A member of the staff position of the dense, hothouse ing its oceans. blast, the seeds of nearly 5,000 wild inspects trial plantations at the atmosphere of Venus to further “Venus is a ‘Rosetta stone’ for read- plant species are stored for safekeep- Centre’s wild plant seeds research understand how it evolved, while ing the record books of climate ing against climate change, natural division. AFP VERITAS will map the planet’s sur- change, the evolution of habitability disaster and war. face from orbit to help determine its and what happens when a planet Plant extinction is progressing at tunnel, where two heavy steel doors said. “And we paved a 46 metre-deep depends... is declining faster than at geologic history, Nasa said. loses a long period of surface an alarming rate, researchers warn, guard the storage room and its hand- underground tunnel to ensure it’s any time in human history.” DAVINCI+, consisting of a fly-by oceans,” James Garvin, chief scientist driven by increasing human popula- cranked shelving racks, kept at safe from war and nuclear threats.” Wild plants hold promise as future spacecraft and an atmospheric for Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Cen- tion, pollution and deforestation, minus 20 degrees Celsius to preserve medicines, fuels and food, said the descent probe, is also expected to ter in Maryland, said in a statement. even before many species are cata- the seeds and 40% humidity to keep Race against time Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in a return the first high-resolution Venus has lately received less sci- logued. them viable. The world’s biggest and best-known report last year, but around two- images of unique geological charac- entific attention than Mars, Earth’s The Baekdudaegan National Arbo- The vault’s samples are largely of seed vault is buried deep inside a fifths of them are threatened with teristics on Venus called “tesserae.” next-closest planetary neighbour, retum Seed Vault Centre flora from the Korean peninsula, but former coal mine on Svalbard, a extinction, largely due to habitat Scientists believe those features may where Nasa’s roving astrobiology lab (BNASVC) preserves nearly 100,000 with a capacity of two million seeds, remote Arctic Norwegian archipel- destruction and climate change. be comparable to Earth’s continents Perseverance landed in February. seeds from 4,751 different wild plant the South makes its space available to ago around 1,300 km from the North It was a race against time to iden- and suggest that Venus has plate tec- Nasa’s last dedicated mission to species to ensure they are not lost to other countries, with Kazakhstan and Pole. tify them before they disappeared, it tonics, according to Nasa’s Venus, the Magellan spacecraft, “apocalyptic events”, says its head Tajikistan among those to have taken Dubbed the Noah’s Ark of food added. announcement. reached the planet in 1990. After four Lee Sang-yong. up the offer. Depositors retain own- crops, the Global Seed Vault focuses Research on wild plant seeds is Earth’s closest planetary cousin years in orbit making the first global It is one of only two such facilities ership of their samples and control on agricultural and related plants, “lacking tremendously”, said Na and the second planet from the Sun, map of the Venusian surface and in the world, he said: unlike more over withdrawals. storing more than one million seed Chae-sun, a senior researcher at the Venus is similar in structure but charting its gravity field, Magellan commonplace seed banks, where But Lee pointed out: “The seed samples from nearly every country Baekdudaegan National Arboretum. slightly smaller than Earth and much was sent plunging to the surface to samples are stored and regularly vault stores seeds to prevent their on the planet. She and her team collect samples hotter. Above its forbidding land- gather atmospheric data before ceas- withdrawn for various purposes, extinction, so the best scenario would But researchers say preserving the and carry out a meticulous and scape lies a thick, toxic atmosphere ing operations. deposits in seed vaults are meant to be that the seeds never have to be seeds of wild plants –– the original extensive process including X-ray consisting primarily of carbon diox- The DAVINCI+ probe will ulti- be permanent, with use intended taken out.” source of the crops we eat today –– tests and trial plantations before ide, with clouds of sulphuric acid mately meet a similar fate. only as a last resort to prevent extinc- Despite its doomsday-defying role, should not be overlooked. seeds are catalogued and stored in droplets. After two fly-by passes to capture tion. it was built by a country that in 1950 Many crop relatives in the wild the seed vault. The consequence is a runaway time-lapse imagery of Venus’ clouds, The vault is designated as a secu- was invaded by the neighbouring that could provide genetic diversity to “One might ask why is that wild greenhouse effect that scorches the DAVINCI+ will release its spherical rity installation by South Korea’s North, and Pyongyang has since devel- help long-term food security “lack flower on the kerbside important?” surface of Venus at temperatures as probe for an hour-long descent to a National Intelligence Service, sur- oped a nuclear and missile arsenal. effective protection”, according to a she said. high as 471° Celsius, hot enough to vast mountainous region. rounded by wire fences and dozens of The facility was built in the “safest recent UN report. “Our job is to identify these one by melt lead. The “air” on Venus is so Slowed first by a parachute, then cameras, with restrictions on filming spot” in South Korea, Lee said, It warned that farming was likely one and letting people know how dense and pressurised that it behaves by aerial friction, the probe will sam- in place and police patrolling on a designed to withstand a 6.9-magni- to be less resilient against climate important they are,” she went on. more like a fluid than a gas near the ple atmospheric chemistry, pressure regular basis. tude earthquake and even an atomic change, pests and pathogens as a “The crops that we eat today may surface. and temperature all the way down, Inside, a lift leads about eight strike. result, adding: “The biosphere, upon have come from that nameless flower Scientists believe Venus may once and take high-resolution images as it floors down to a cavernous concrete “It’s geographically very safe,” Lee which humanity as a whole on the kerbside.” have harboured seas of water poten- nears the surface.

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llFOOTBALL l llFRENCH OPEN l Benzema misses penalty on France return NICE: Karim Benzema missed a pen- mann and Ousmane Dembele were on alty as he made his first France the scoresheet for the World Cup win- appearance in almost six years in ners against the Euro 2016 semi-final- Wednesday’s 3-0 Euro 2020 friendly ists, who had Neco Williams sent off win over Wales in Nice. Benzema had for handling the ball in his area. been left out of Didier Deschamps’ Deschamps handed goalkeeper squad since October 2015 due to his Hugo Lloris his 100th start as captain alleged role in a blackmail plot. but midfielder N’Golo Kante was Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griez- rested after winning the Champions League with Chelsea on Saturday. Benzema, who had scored twice against Armenia at the Allianz Riviera on his last international appearance, forced a save from Danny Ward after four minutes. His 82nd cap took a turn for the worse after 22 minutes despite his shot that resulted in Neco Williams’ red card and a penalty. The Real Madrid forward stepped up but Ward saved the spot-kick superbly low to his right. Les Bleus stepped up the pressure with an extra man and broke the deadlock 10 minutes before the break. Adrien Rabiot’s shot from outside the box was pushed away by Ward but Mbappe poked home the volley for the opener. Griezmann doubled the lead three minutes into the second half with a curled effort past a fully- stretched Ward. Dembele claimed his side’s third goal with 11 minutes left after Ben- Karim Benzema. AFP zema’s shot fired back off the post.

Australia's Ashleigh Barty leaves the court after an injury during her women's singles second round match against Poland's Magda Linette in Paris on Thursday. AFP llCRICKET l

Conway hits double Want to play many ton as NZ post 378 Tests: Harmanpreet ‘Heartbroken’ world number LONDON: Devon Conway was run out NEW DELHI: Indian women’s team T20 for 200 on his Test debut as New Zea- captain Harmanpreet Kaur wants to land was dismissed for 378 midway play as many Test matches as possi- through Day 2 of the first Test against ble because games in traditional for- England at Lord’s on Thursday. Con- mat has been a rarity in past few way reached his double-century with years. Indian women will be playing one Barty retires injured a pull for six and was out without fac- a Test match after a gap of seven ing another ball, coming up just short years when they take on hosts The Australian, who “It’s heartbreaking,” admitted the That leaves world number four Sab- Open into this year’s draw. But he is as he sprinted back to the non- England in a one-off game in Bristol 25-year-old, who said she suffered the alenka as the top remaining player in 2-0 in Week 1 this time so far. striker’s end for second run. The from June 16. won the title on her “new” injury in practice last weekend. the draw, despite the Belarusian never The runner-up to Rafael Nadal at South African-born opener was given “It is a great feeling. Playing a Test “We have had such a brilliant clay- having reached a Grand Slam quarter- the 2019 US Open and to Novak Djok- a standing ovation at the home of match is a dream. I want to play last visit to Roland court season, and to kind of get a little final. The world’s top three will not be ovic at the Australian Open this Feb- cricket, having made the highest score many Test matches in my life and I Garros in 2019, quit at bit unlucky with timing more than the only notable absentees from the ruary next plays big-serving American by a batsman on test debut in hope we will continue (doing) this,” anything -- to have something kind of third round, with injury-plagued Reilly Opelka, who is seeded 32nd. England. He broke a 125-year-old Harmanpreet told teammate Jem- 2-2 in the second set acute happen over the weekend and former US Open champion Bianca Opelka will also be in the French Open record held by former England player imah Rodrigues in a video posted on just kind of run out of time against the Andreescu having fallen at the first third round for the first time. He K.S. Ranjitsinhji, who scored 154 in BCCI’s website. “Playing in England after losing the first clock is disappointing. hurdle. The draw has opened up for advanced Wednesday with a 6-3, 6-2, Manchester in 1896. Conway is the with red ball is challenging and we “It won’t take away the brilliant the likes of reigning champion Iga 3-6, 7-5 victory over Jaume Munar. second New Zealand batsman to score all are very excited about this,” Har- Agencies three months that we have had, as Swiatek and history-chasing Serena double hundred on Test debut. New manpreet, who has so far repre- [email protected] much as it hurts right now.” Williams. The 39-year-old Williams, Men’s doubles team removed Zealand had resumed on its overnight sented India in two Tests, added. The It is Barty’s earliest exit from a still looking to equal Margaret Court’s French Open organisers said Wednes- score of 246-3, with Conway on 136, flamboyant right-handed batter will PARIS: Top seed Ashleigh Barty said it Grand Slam tournament since a sec- all-time record of 24 Slam titles, is the day that a men’s doubles team had and the dismissal of Henry Nicholls be one of the team’s key figures dur- was “heartbreaking” to retire injured ond-round loss at Roland Garros in second-highest seeded player left in tested positive for Covid-19 and been for 61 triggered the Black Caps’ col- ing its tour of England, where it is midway through the second set of her 2018. Barty will now turn her atten- her half of the draw behind Sabalenka. removed from the tournament. The lapse from 288-3. Ollie Robinson, also scheduled to play three ODIs and as French Open second-round match tions to getting fit in time for Wimble- two players were not named by orga- making his Test debut, had England’s many T2O Internationals besides the against Poland’s Magda Linette on don, which starts on June 28. Medvedev wins nisers. “The Roland Garros tourna- best bowling figures of 4-75. Test match. Thursday. The Australian, who won Unseeded Linette will face Tunisian Daniil Medvedev is no longer a push- ment organisers confirm that two the title on her last visit to Roland Gar- 25th seed Ons Jabeur in the last 32. over at the French Open. players from the men’s doubles draw, ros in 2019, left the court for medical Barty’s withdrawal leaves the tour- The two-time finalist at hard-court on the same team, have tested positive treatment after losing the first set 6-1. nament already without the world’s Grand Slam tournaments is finally for Covid-19,” a statement said late llFOOTBALL l She had struggled with a hip prob- top three-ranked women’s players. making some headway on the red clay Wednesday. lem during her first-round win over World number two Naomi Osaka of Roland Garros. He reached the “In line with the tournament’s pub- Inter name Simone Bernarda Pera on Tuesday and called stunned the sport by pulling out fol- third round in Paris for the first time lic health and safety protocol, the pair it quits at 2-2 in the second set on lowing a media boycott, saying she by coming back from a poor start to have been removed from the draw Inzaghi as new boss Court Philippe Chatrier on Thursday. has suffered “bouts of depression” for eliminate Tommy Paul of the U.S. by a and the two players placed in quaran- ROME: Serie A champions Inter Milan Barty also retired injured from the three years. Third-ranked Simona 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 score Wednesday tine. have named Simone Inzaghi as their Italian Open during her quarter-final Halep, the 2018 French Open winner, night. The No. 2-seeded Medvedev “They will be replaced by the first new coach following the departure of against Coco Gauff last month. withdrew before the event with injury. carried an 0-4 record at the French team on the alternate list.” Antonio Conte, the club announced on Thursday. Former Lazio boss and Italy international Inzaghi, 45, has signed a two-year deal at the San Siro. llOLYMPICS l INDIA LIKELY TO Eight of the clubs that finished in Simone Inzaghi. AP the top 10 of Serie A have changed SEND 190-STRONG coach since the end of the season. following clashes with the club’s Inzaghi, the younger brother of cash-strapped Chinese owners. Can’t postpone again: Tokyo CONTINGENT TO former Juventus and AC Milan The ex-Juventus and Chelsea striker Filippo, left Lazio last week coach refused Suning’s planned cost- OLYMPICS: BATRA after a five-year spell in charge, turn- cutting which would have prevented 2020 boss amid Covid gloom Press Trust of India ing down an offer of a contract exten- him building the team he wanted to sion to instead take up the challenge challenge at home and in Europe. Reuters [email protected] at Inter. It ended a 22-year associa- Conte led Inter to their 19th Italian [email protected] tion with Lazio for Inzaghi, who league title, and first since Jose NEW DELHI: The Indian contingent steered the club to a sixth-place fin- Mourinho’s treble-winning side in TOKYO: The head of Japan’s Olympics for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics is ish in Serie A last term. He also won 2010. Inzaghi will reportedly earn organising committee ruled out on expected to be around 190, including the Coppa Italia and two Italian four million euros ($4.9 million) Thursday another suspension of the over 100 athletes, IOA president Nar- Super Cups as coach. As a player, he annually, almost three times less Games, despite deep disquiet at the inder Batra said on Thursday as was part of the Lazio team that won than Conte. However he could see prospect of thousands of athletes and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju unveiled the Scudetto in 1999-2000. versatile Morocco star Achraf Hak- officials arriving during a fourth wave the official kits for the country’s par- Conte walked away from Inter last imi depart this summer along with of Covid-19 infections. ticipants. month with a year still left on his deal Argentine striker Lautaro Martinez. Already postponed from last year at So far, 100 athletes have qualified the cost of an extra $3.5 billion, a for the Tokyo Games, including 56 scaled-down version of the Games, men and 44 women. The Indian with no foreign spectators, is set to Olympic Association (IOA) expects llCYCLING l start on July 23. another 25 to 35 to make the cut for But with a slow vaccine rollout, the Games, which open on July 23. Tokyo and nine other regions under a The Olympic rings are seen at the Odaiba waterfront in Tokyo on Thursday. The “...we are estimating to touch 125 state of emergency, and rising num- Games are scheduled to start from July 23. AFP to 135 (qualified athletes) by the next bers of severe coronavirus cases, most two to three weeks when the qualifi- Japanese oppose hosting the Olym- will do this,” she added. “One thing the where safe to practice at home and cation process is over,” Batra said pics. Most of the capital’s city council, organising committee commits and was worried about health risks at the during the online ceremony which the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, promises to all the athletes out there is event in Mexico. also marked 50 days to the Games. agree, the Tokyo Shimbun paper that we will defend and protect their Even so, Taiwan still hopes its ath- “This means the Indian contin- reported on Thursday. health.” Prime Minister Yoshihide letes will have a chance to compete, gent, including officials and support Illustrating the public anxiety, resi- Suga also appeared confident of pull- Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told staff, is likely to be around 190,” he dents in one training venue, Ota City, ing off a successful Olympics and Par- reporters, saying efforts by Japan and added. were furious over a decision to give alympics as he plans a snap vote after- international Olympic officials to put He requested Rijiju to ensure that preferential vaccinations to staff wards, the Asahi newspaper said. on the event were highly appreciated. all the Indian athletes are fully vacci- attending to visiting Australian soft- Authorities have not decided Though avoiding the rates of some nated before they head to Tokyo. ball players, media also said. whether Japanese spectators will be other nations, serious cases of Cov- “The IOC will issue a Playbook However, organising committee allowed to attend Olympics events. id-19 are rising in Japan, where the (latest version) this month but there president Seiko Hashimoto countered There are fears that shouting, hugging infection tally stands at nearly will be only minor changes (from the gloom, telling the Nikkan Sports and high-fiving could promote conta- 750,000, with more than 13,000 earlier version). We have to follow newspaper: “We cannot postpone gion. In the latest upsets in the run-up deaths. The nation’s most senior med- all the health and safety protocols in again.” Hashimoto, who competed in to the Olympics, Kurume City pulled ical adviser said on Thursday that view of the pandemic.” Unveiling the seven summer and winter Olympics out of hosting Kenya’s training camp, public health guidance, including his, official kits of the Indian contingent, as a cyclist and skater, also told the while a player on Ghana’s Under-24 was not reaching the International Rijiju said the whole country is BBC that while Japanese were under- team tested positive after arriving for Olympic Committee (IOC) in charge of behind the athletes. standably worried, they should be a friendly match. the event. “We are now considering “Olympics is the platform where The pack rides during the fifth stage of the 73rd edition of the Criterium du reassured that a “bubble situation” Taiwan’s baseball team, which is where we should give our advice,” Shi- the best in the world will compete. I Dauphine cycling race, a 175km road between Saint-Chamond and Saint- was being carefully constructed. ranked fourth in the world, pulled out geru Omi told lawmakers. “If they hope our athletes will make their Vallier, France, on Thursday. AFP “I believe that the possibility of of the final qualifying tournament for want to hold (the Games), it’s our job best effort and make the country these Games going on is 100% that we the Olympics as it could not find any- to tell them what the risks are.” proud by winning medals,” he said.