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DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION Dhruv’s Times Our motto: “If you read, you will succeed!” Vol. 52 29/06/20 From the Hey guys, welcome to this edition of your favorite kids’ newspaper, DT! Guys, today I went to my school to get all my supplies for the term, and Editor’s believe me, I got a little nostalgic when I entered the gates of the school. I even went to my class because my mother thought that there desk would be something left in my locker from my previous grade. And boy, what nostalgia! The attendance space were teacher used to write our class strength, the whiteboard, the lockers, the drawers, you name it, everything! I was so happy that after 3 months, I was back to my class again, for a brief moment. There were teachers in the school too. There was the Vice-principal, Ms. Priyadarshini, and a bunch of other people too, but not many that I recognized. Okay, enough about this. Let’s start this paper! Guys, I want to tell you something serious – would you like to be a boxer? Because I just saw this interesting movie – Creed 2, and it’s all about the boxer Adonis “Donnie” Creed, who fights with Viktor Drago, whose father killed Donnie’s father in 1985. So he gets revenge when he challenges Viktor to a Boxing match, and that match turned out to be a really painful one. If you ask me though, I’d rather not take a risk. I seriously don’t want to lose blood while playing a sport and believe me, if I die because some maniac punched me to death, like Apollo Creed, Donnie’s father, then my life would suddenly screech to a halt, and I seriously don’t want that to happen. So guys, feel free to give out an opinion as to if you want to be a boxer or not. You can share them with me via writing a mail. My email ID, of course, is [email protected] Happy reading! 50th edition! 1 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION The editor’s music pick: My current favorite song is ‘Despacito’ by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee. You might want me to tell you that both of them are PUERTO RICAN, not Spanish. At first I thought that they were Spanish but now I realize that they’re Puerto Rican. So anyway, Despacito is Spanish, but I like it because I know mostly what they’re saying through the song. And the starting scene is so nice - I want to go to the place where the video begins! Next steps? Nothing. Just listen to the song and feel the calm! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk The editor’s movie pick: My current favorite movie is ‘Minions’, starring Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm and Michael Keaton. Minions who have survived for thousands and thousands of years decide to get a new boss. Kevin, Stuart and Bob begin their quest and they find a new boss who is not very convincing to them but they’re sure that she can teach them new things… about villains! See that movie now! 2 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION Meet Pratyush and Mihir, India's two supercomputers among the world’s best Every year the list of fastest supercomputers comes out. Published by TOP500, the list this year features two supercomputers from India once again. Pratyush and Mihir, the two supercomputers of India, ranked in at 67th and 120th spot on the list. These rankings were announced on June 22 at the ongoing virtual event ISC (International Supercomputing Conference) High Performance 2020 Digital. The two Indian supercomputers’ rankings, however, has fallen down compared to last year. According to the 2019 rankings, Pratyush supercomputer was in 57th spot whereas Mihir supercomputer’s ranking was 100. The TOP500 list is a project that regularly ranks and evaluates the top 500 fastest supercomputer systems in the world. Pratyush is India’s fastest supercomputer with 3.7 petaflops high performance. The supercomputer is at the Indian Institute of Meteorology, Pune. For the uninitiated, a petaflop is the measure of a computer’s processing speed. A petaflop is equal to a quadrillion or a thousand trillion calculations per second. 3 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION News clippings from TOI & HT 4 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION 5 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION Memes 6 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION Joke Time What time is it when a ball goes through the window? Time to get a new window Why can’t your hand be 12 inches long? Because then it would be a foot If you take your watch to be fixed, make sure you don’t pay up front. Wait until the time is right What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear What did the traffic light say to the car? Don’t look. I’m about to change 7 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION Quiz Time Who are these footballers? If you get them right, you’re a genius! If wrong, better luck next time! Email the answers to me at [email protected] 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 8 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION Fun Facts Standing around burns calories. On average, a 150 pound person burns 114 calories per hour while standing and doing nothing. (This is even better than walking man!) The color red doesn’t really make bulls angry; they are color-blind. (Beware of the bull everyone!) Since 1955, 50% of the population of Niger is consistently under 16 years old. The total current population is 21,600,000. (Is it just me, or is the world getting full of children now?) The quietest room in Minnesota is measured in negative decibels – so quiet that you can hear your own heartbeat and your bones moving. (Can we also hear our stomach grumbling from there?) 9 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION Guest Column Hey guys, welcome to Guest Column, where I get to showcase other people’s talent, like drawing, coloring, or even stunts! Today, I am going to showcase the talent of the very talented Raghav Narnolia. He features today in the interview column as well! He is 11 years old and he studies in my school, Vibgyor High. He is a brilliant sketcher! If you don’t know him yet, here is his photo for your reference: And here are his drawings! 10 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION So that was Raghav Narnolia for you, guys! See you next Monday for another super-dooper Guest! 11 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION Languages U can learn Our word for today is ‘limit’. We will translate it in 9 languages: Korean, Italian, German, Russian, Croatian, Catalan, Kyrgyz, Ukrainian and Belarusian No.1- Limit in Korean is 한도- (hando, pronounced as han-do) No.2- Limit in Italian is limite (li-mi-te) No.3- Limit in German is Grenze (Gren-ze) No.4- Limit in Russian is а предел- (predel, pronounced as pre-del) No.5- Limit in Croatian is ograničiti – (og-ra-ni-chi- ti) No.6- Limit in Catalan is límit – (li-mit) No.7- Limit in Kyrgyz is чек – (sek) No.8- Limit in Ukrainian is ліміт (limit, pronounced as li-mit) No.9- Limit in Belarusian is мяжа (miaza, pronounced as mi-a-za) 12 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION DT puzzle Unscramble Unscramble these letters! 1. lolHwo 2. elaR 3. eRle 4. fSae 5. Bcak F.I.T.B Fill in the blanks 1. The capital of Malaysia is ________________ 2. The capital of Indonesia is _______________ 3. The winner of the Euro 2004 was _______________ 4. The capital of Haiti is _____________________ 5. The capital of China is __________________ 5/5- Nice Work! 4/5- Very Good! 3/5- Good! 2/5- Average! 1/5- Can do better! 13 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION Riddles What starts with "P", ends with "E", and has over 30 letters? What kind of cup doesn't hold water? People need me, but they always give me away. What am I? What falls often but never gets hurt? I always run but never walk, Have a mouth but never talk. What am I? Answers on the back page 14 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION Interview time! This is Interview Time, where the editor (that’s me) gets to interview my friends, family and even my relatives! Recently, I interviewed Raghav Narnolia, who is in my Grade (6th) and in my school, Vibgyor. I asked him 6 questions. Here were his answers: D: What’s your favorite book? R: My favorite book is ‘Tom Gates – Spectacular School Trip’ by Liz Pichon. 15 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION D: If you had the freedom to go anywhere in this world, where would you go? R: I would like to go to Texas because my favorite YouTuber, Unspeakable Plays is from there. D: What’s your favorite sport? R: My favorite sport is Football because I like playing as a goalkeeper 16 DHRUV TIMES 29.06.20 ALL INDIA EDITION D: What is one thing that scares you the most? R: I’m afraid of the Myth of Herobrine because there’s a friend of mine who plays Minecraft which has many spotting’s of Herobrine.