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Times NIE Web Ed Sep 25 BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | NEW DELHI CLICK HERE: FOR PAGE 1 AND 2 STUDENT EDITION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 Newspaper in Education 4 PAGE, SCHOOL IS COOL SPECIAL PAGES SPORTLIGHT WEB EDITION Coming up 6 DAYS A WEEK: TOI Student will be Special sports cov- this Saturday TOI Student now presents a four-page online facilitating schools of erage on every day The Weekend Launching newspaper through weekdays. Watch this each city to highlight of the week. From Newspaper: Read more RIP DEAN JONES ■ space for Life skills such as leadership, their special initia- IPL to other events, about feature-packed TODAY career planning etc. ■ Scientific thinking FORMER CRICKETER DEAN JONES, 59, tives and activities... if it’s sports; IT’S issue ON PAGE 2 through science, tech, exploria pages. HERE! TODAY! PASSES AWAY AFTER CARDIAC ARREST ■ Logical reasoning and language building. Cool, isn’t it? Former Australian batsman and well- known commen- IN TODAY’S ON PAGE 2: Environment books ON PAGE 3: Educators and students ON PAGE 4: Has MSD disappointed his tator Dean Jones by experts on the topic. For you and from across India suggest ways to make fans for not 'showing intent'? Plus: Take passed away on your parents. Plus: How to make ragi ladoos the most of online education our Landforms vocabulary Quiz! Thursday after- EDITION noon after a car- diac arrest. Jones was in Mumbai as part of the Indian Premier At the 75th United Nations General League (IPL) broadcast set-up, and was learnt to be absolutely Telling COVID's story: At UN, Assembly, world leaders came up with fine before he suffered a sudden solutions ‘virtually’ to combat Covid-19; collapse. Jones was 59. His family, back UN retorted, “go-it-alone approach in Australia, has been informed. TNN leaders spin virus storylines won’t help, collaborations would.” THE SUBJECT: CORONAVIRUS. THE STATUS: URGENT. THE SOLUTIONS: AS DIVERSE AS THE NATIONS THEY LEAD. PRIME MINISTER NAREN- ‘WE ARE SENDING DRA MODI: We cannot fight ith the 75th an- to depict the pandemic from today’s challenges with NATURAL WORLD nual UN Gener- the vantage points of their outdated structures. With- al Assembly re- nations and themselves — out comprehensive re- INTO A DECLINE’ W duced to record- and present their visions of forms, the UN faces a “cri- ed speeches because of the efforts to fight the virus and sis of confidence”. pandemic, leaders are using advocate what they believe remarks on Kashmir dur- this week as an opportunity must be done. INDIA: India slammed ing the UNGA session, Turkish President Recep calling it “completely un- A SMATTERING OF MYRIAD IDEAS Tayyip Erdogan for his acceptable”. FROM SPEECHES ON THE FIRST DAY FOUR TAKEAWAYS OF THE GENERAL DEBATE: Heads of state were presenting their own efforts in favourable light while sometimes SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT his country is developing. 1 CYRIL RAMAPHOSA called for harshly criticising other countries or taking jabs. a suspension of interest pay- SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT This year's theme — “reaffirming our collective ments on African nations’ PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN said 2commitment to multilateralism'' — comes at a Sir David Attenborough has urged coun- debt and renewed focus on that like a tsunami that fol- time of extreme physical isolation, adding urgency eradicating global poverty. lows earthquakes, economic tries to set aside "national interests" to aftershocks are sweeping to the search for solutions. beat climate change. CHILEAN PRESIDENT SEBAST- nations. At the virtual meet, the UN made a plea not to New film A Life On Our Planet follows IAN PINERA called on power- 3indulge in the ‘great fracture’— largest the 94-year-old broadcaster as he ful nations to work together economies splitting the globe, leading to Cold War. and stop generating “a wor- reflects on "the devastating changes he risome lack of leadership.” CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING said a handful of vaccines Despite this year’s theme, speeches by has seen" during his career. A trailer were in phase 3 of clinical trials and that Beijing would give 4world's most-powerful nations were peppered for the Netflix film includes black-and- PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT RO- millions to a UN fund to combat the virus. with initiatives that sounded more go-it-alone DRIGO DUTERTE echoed a call white clips from Attenborough's early from many leaders when he US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP said America had “waged a than collaborative, though all gave nods to career as well as shots of ice caps melt- said that once an effective vac- fight against a great enemy, the China virus,” and called on working together. ing and forests being felled. David cine is developed, it must be the UN to hold China accountable for it. Xi responded: “politi- Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet pre- made available to all nations. cising or stigmatising should be avoided, that “major coun- If you were to participate in the UN debate, mieres in cinemas on September 28, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR tries should act like major countries” and no solutions could Qwhat would have been your views as a leader? featuring an exclusive conversation PUTIN went so far as to offer be found by burying “one's head in the sand like an ostrich.” Write to [email protected]; Visit toistudent.com with Sir David and Sir Michael Palin. UN personnel a Covid vaccine It launches on Netflix on October 4. CLICK DECODING: JAMMU AND KASHMIR NEWS HERE FOR BRIEF MORE AMAZON ON A GREEN DRIVE Ayushmann Khurrana OFFICIAL LANGUAGES BILL IN mazon, the In the news for: Rajya Sabha passes Jammu and Kashmir world's biggest TECH BUZZ A online retailer, on TIME’s list of 100 Official Languages Bill, 2020 announced the launch of a climate-friendly pro- he Jammu and APPLE IPHONE 12 SERIES IN OCT? gramme to help cus- Most-Influential People Kashmir Official pple that tomers shop for sustain- T Languages Bill 2020 launched able products, as part of Other Indians include PM Modi, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, was passed by a voice vote A new Watch its commitment to be net in the Rajya Sabha on Series 6, Watch SE carbon neutral by 2040. Customers will now see more UK-based Dr Ravindra Gupta and activist Bilkis Dadi Wednesday. The Bill gives as well as new iPad than 25,000 products ranging from grocery, household to official language status to Air at a special electronics with a 'Climate Pledge Friendly' label. Kashmiri, Dogri, Hin- 'Time Flies’ event is di, English, and From 1954 there were reportedly gearing BEZOS ACADEMY IS NEXT Urdu in the Union up to hold a special Territory. two official languages event on October 13 Making its mark on the educa- in J&K, Urdu and "The Bill fulfills to launch the much- tion sector, Amazon chief Jeff the decades-long wishes English, which were used awaited iPhone 12 of the people of the re- for official work. In the series. Bezos opened a preschool in the gion. It is a big step which 2011 Census, the number of Eddy Cue, Ap- US. Bezos posted a photo of the will give official language ple's senior vice classroom on Instagram, say- status to Kashmiri, Do- Urdu speakers in the UT president, was seen gri, Hindi, English, and was a little above 19,000 speaking at presen- ing the first Bezos Academy is set Urdu," said Minister of which is 0.16 per cent of tations for a UK carrier about the upcoming iPhone to open on October 19. ational Award-winning actor Ayushmann Khurrana is State (MoS) Home Affairs the population. and its 5G capabilities, reports AppleInsider. among the five Indians who have made it to the presti- G Kishan Reddy. gious TIME’s list of Influential Indians in 2020. Others N include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, London-based ABOUT ONE IN 10 OF ALL THE Indian-origin doctor Ravindra Gupta, who DID YOU worked to find a cure for AIDS, and Bilkis Dadi, PEOPLE IN THE WORLD COULD BE who was at the forefront of Shaheen Bagh Get Booked With Iconic Judge RBG protests in Delhi against the Citizenship KNOW IN DANGER FROM ERUPTIONS Amendment Act (CAA). Ayushmann has been listed in the ‘artistes category’. For the millennials, US YOUNG READERS ust imagine how many people are in danger from eruptions. However, Supreme Court Justice WHEN RUTH BADER GINSBURG CHEWED 100 STICKS people living near volcanoes can ben- OF GUM BY MARK ANDREW WEAKLAND AND DANIELA efit from them—heat from volcanoes Ruth Bader Ginsburg—who VOLPARI: J Focuses on Ruth's childhood, the can be turned into electricity and the soil passed away recently—is strong role models and encouragement she is good for farming. Volcanic soil is good for “I’m truly humbled with received to assert herself, speak her mind farming: Soil is normally made up of bro- more than a legal voice, and stand up for equality. This story nar- ken-down rocks. Near volcanoes, soil is made the recognition that TIME rated in a playful manner will inspire you up of eroded lava or ashand is rich in the has bestowed on me. As an she is a feminist icon. The to aim higher in life. minerals that plants need to grow. artiste, I have only looked American jurist continues I DISSENT: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by to contribute towards to inspire many young Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley: Through this YOURSELF: bringing a positive picture book, one gets to understand the QUIZ True or False? change in society through people, especially girls, to volume of Ginsburg’s work.
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