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Union Minister CHANDRAYAAN-2 Anurag Thakur will launch a QUANTIFIES H2O-BEARING nationwide MOLECULES ON MOON programme of Fit India Freedom Landslide kills 2 in HP Run 2.0 on Two persons were killed and over 40 IIRS picks up August 13 others feared buried under the debris signals of all after a landslide trapped a bus and other vehicles in Himachal Pradesh’s major water- Kinnaur district on Wednesday, offi- cials said. State Disaster Management bearing Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said molecules on the ARE YOU READY TO the rescue operation is on. The landslide occurred just before noon at Moon Chaura village in Kinnaur. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram n a development that could RUN FOR INDIA? Thakur told the state assembly that take us close to quantifying THE DATA SIGNIFIES there are reports that 50-60 people water content on the lunar nion Minister of are trapped under the debris, but the  It tells the quantify of the water content Youth Affairs and As we celebrate 75 years of surface, an instrument aboard exact number was not known. I on the lunar surface, which could be up to Sports Anurag Singh Independence, we must resolve for a fit Chandrayaan-2, launched by the Indian 800 parts per million at multiple locations U Thakur will be wav- and healthy India because only a fit and Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in  This discovery is important as water was ing the green flag to the Bhansali’s digital debut 2019, has managed to pick up signals nationwide programme of ‘Fit healthy India can be a strong India. So, I thought to be present on the Moon only in India Freedom Run 2.0’ on Filmmaker of all major water-bearing molecules the permanently-shadowed craters near the August 13. urge everyone to take part in the Fit India Sanjay Leela on the Moon, according to a paper to lunar south pole. Since it seems that water There will be 75 physical Freedom Run 2.0 and make it peo- Bhansali has events at different historical lo- be published by the Indian scientists can survive in the lunar surface here, it ple’s movement. - Anurag Thakur joined hands in ‘Current Science’ on Tuesday. cations on launch day i.e., on implies water may be much more widely August 13, 2021, informed the with OTT The latest paper to which distributed across the lunar surface than official release by the ministry. streamer researchers from two ISRO institutions previously thought. The Ministry of Youth Af- Netflix for his fairs and Sports as part of the FREE INDIA, FIT NATION – Indian Institute of Remote Sensing  DOES THIS MAKE THE PROSPECT OF HUMAN pre- celebration of AZADI KA AMRIT  The aim is to encourage people to take up fitness (IIRS) Dehradun and SAC – contributed EXPLORATION OF MOON EASIER? According to MAHOTSAV-INDIA@75 is organ- Independence set series, ‘Heeramandi’. mainly showed how early results from Science Focus, now that we are seeing the ising the run. Subsequently, activities such as running and sports in their daily Described as a passion project from analysing data from the more sophisti- possibility of some form of water in other each week programmes will be lives and get freedom from obesity, laziness, the director, the series will explore cated spectrometer aboard held in 75 districts and at 75 vil- stress, anxiety, diseases, etc. regions, this means you improve your lages in each district till Octo- stories of courtesans and the hidden Chandrayaan-2 managed to get a bet- chances of finding water without risking ber 2, 2021. Through this initia-  Through this campaign, citizens will be given call cultural reality of ‘Heeramandi’, a ter picture of the water content on your life or instrument going down into a tive, more than 7.50 crore youth to make a resolve to include physical activity popular dazzling district, during the Moon. and citizens will be reached to of at least 30 minutes daily in their lives hole, which may be less than –200° Celsius. take part in the run. pre-Independent India.

WHAT’S TRENDING FOR GEN Z, TEXT MEMES ARE Man’s Best Friend Is CyberDog Now TAKING OVER INSTAGRAM Smartphone that a normal dog would. ast month, singer Courtney Love, Gen Z users during the pandemic. The The CyberDog can do maker Xiaomi The Xavier NX platform produces who is a keen observer of social trend has transformed Instagram into a things like backflips, has dipped its 21 trillion operations per second Lmedia trends, posted a cryptic network of microblogs and a destination toes in the respond to touch, identify (TOPS), allowing the dog to per- message on Instagram. for written expression. Nearly all field of robotics human faces and postures, form a wide range of actions, but “Lots of people don’t under- feature screenshots of text on that is dominated interact with master, most importantly, let it move stand Gen-Z,” she wrote. “I top of photos, made using the by names like Boston among other operations swiftly and naturally, sensing think they’re funnier than any anonymous confessions app Dynamics, with the announce- opers can develop use cases and depths to avoid obstacles and other generation I’ve ever Whisper, or Instagram’s ‘Create’ ment of CyberDog, a robotic ver- implement their own ideas. gauging an area. The CyberDog is known.” mode, which lets people design sion of the man’s best friend. The CyberDog can also do also trained to identify human A growing ecosystem of text posts on top of gradient Instagram accounts has backgrounds. The posts are also The CyberDog is Xiaomi’s things like backflips, responding faces and postures, patting, smil- embraced this text-heavy posting style, interspersed with uncredited images, viral first quadruped robotic compan- to touch thanks to sensors, but it ing, among other things, allowing which has exploded in popularity among videos and humorous content. ion – it is open source, so devel- cannot give the furry experience them to interact with the master. INDIA’S EYES IN THE SKY: GSAT1 IS READY Paris raises ‘French toast’ TO MONSIEUR MESSI ONLINE TOI Jorge Messi assured ported as a reporters at the airport boy.  Paris Saint- Newspaper in Education that the deal was done. PSG Germain, a club teased it with a tweet. transformed by the Messilanded at Le Bourget unfathomable state airport, near Paris, wearing wealth of Qatar, is a rather less romantic that shy smile and a T-shirt destination for the he Indian space agency early morning on Wednesday reading: “Ici, C’est Paris” began the countdown for the launch of its GSLV-F10 player Barca fans  There was once the romantic CELEBRATING INDIA, OUR WAY rocket carrying the country’s first Geo Imaging hoped would never turn T notion that whenever Lionel Messi Take a walk through history with us, as we tell you the Satellite-1 (GISAT-1) renamed as EOS-03. The 51.70 metre tall out for anyone else. But on finally left Barcelona he would Story of India like never before… weighing 416 ton Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle -F10 Wednesday, Messi will be unveiled return to Argentina and play for as a Parisian player on a two-year UNSUNG FORGOTTEN TERRIFIC QUIRKY (GSLV-F10) is scheduled to blast off INFOGRAPHICS Newell’s Old Boys, the club he sup- HEROES TRIVIA QUIZZES from the second launch pad at the The GISAT-1 will contract, with an optional third. STORIES Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra be the country’s Everything about the Pradesh on Thursday at 5.43 am. first eye in sky or HE WILL WEAR THE PRICE TAG EXCITING Indepdendencedepdendence INSPIRING NO 30 Winning that competi- club matches my football EXPRESSIONS SPEECHES The rocket will be carrying the 2,268 earth observation THROUGH WORDS kg earth observation satellite (EOS-03) satellite to be Messi, who will wear tion is all that matters ambitions. I know how SpecialDay ART or GISAT-1 and just over 18 minutes into placed in geosta- the number 30 in to PSG and their Qatari talented the squad and Paris, the number he owners and that is why the staff are. I am deter- BOOKS, SYMBOLS its flight, the satellite will be placed at tionary orbit SEPIA SHARE MOVIES, OF MONUMENTS YOUR had when he began his they are paying Messi mined to help build MEMORIES the geosynchronous transfer orbit MUSIC INDIA STORIES a reported something special for Celebrate India (GTO). From the GTO, the satellite will be taken up to its final professional career at with us. Barca, will be unveiled the club and the fans, Tell us what position firing its onboard motors, said India Space Research makes you a and I am looking ACTIVITIES, YOUR proud Indian Organisation (ISRO). The GSLV is a three stage/engine rocket. by PSG at a press con- AND MUCH, 35 mn CRAFT & VIDEOS Can you describe ference at 11:00 am forward to step- DIYS India in 5 words The core of the first stage is fired with solid fuel and the four MUCH MORE or less? strap-on motors by liquid fuel. The second is the liquid fuel and (0900 GMT) on ping out onto Join the conversation on Euros/yr @TOIStudent on Wednesday. the pitch... SPECIAL the third is the cryogenic engine. A week-long celebration WEEKENDER ISSUE of India’s Independence starts on our website from Monday, August 9 Follow: Please do share it with your students. #IDaywithTOIStudent “I sustain myself with the love of family.” FAMILY TIME MAYA ANGELOU, POET & ACTIVIST 02 THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2021

Children don’t come with an instruction manual. Every kid has his own unique identity. They need different things, act THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF differently and presume things differently. As a result, they need to be guided and raised distinctively. Parents can only try different parenting styles to see what works with their kids and GOOD PARENTING what does not. Sometimes they may fail while other times, they may gain THE STEINBERG PRINCIPLE ADAPT YOUR PARENTING TO ased on the social science research of about 75 FIT YOUR CHILD success. There is no set rule to raise a Byears, Laurence Steinberg, PhD, framed out the ten basic principles of good parenting, which was ike we already said there is no fixed way to raise child. However, there are some published in a book of the same name. L and nurture a child. All you can do is try different principles of good parenting that may Steinberg stated these principles are the founda- methods to see what fits your child’s needs. You cannot tion of good parenting. They can help encourage em- try the same teaching or training method for your help to make more conscious pathy,honesty,self-reliance, kindness, cooperation, younger kid as you did for your older one. Try to un- and cheerfulness in kids; at the same time also prevent derstand what your kid needs, evolve and adapt your decisions all sorts of child behaviour problems. They are not parenting style accordingly. only helpful for parents, but for everyone who deals with children including coaches, teachers or baby- sitters. Here are Steinberg’s ten principles: ESTABLISH AND SET RULES BE f you want to instil good behaviour in your kid, you WHAT YOU DO YOU CANNOT BE I need to set rules from an early age. Clearly state INVOLVED IN what is acceptable and what is not. Also, tell them the MATTERS TOO LOVING consequences of breaking the rules and stay firm on YOUR CHILD’S LIFE them. They may find it difficult to adjust in the begin- ids learn from adults. very parent loves and ning, but it would help to shape their future. KThey observe your E adores their kid, but e understand that it might be difficult every move carefully.The you need to set a bound- for you to manage home and work life way you talk, the way you ary.There is no limita- W behave, the way you treat tion to the warmth and together. There may be times when you would others or the way you act affection you would be more focused on work due to the in times of crisis. If you have for your kid. The approaching deadline, but that should not FOSTER YOUR CHILD’S INDEPENDENCE want your kid to behave in problem begins when come in between you and your kid. ou cannot be there to protect and solve your a particular way,first you you start to take other Ychild’s issues every single time. That’s why it is need to make changes in things lightly in the name Rearrange your priorities and be important to give them some freedom. This will help yourself. It is always better of love. Leniency,lowered available for your child both them develop a sense of direction and boost their con- to ask yourself: “What expectations or material pos- mentally as well as physi- fidence level. Controlling all their life decisions will effect will my decision sessions as a way to express cally. only make them rebellious or disobedient. have on my child?" love will only spoil your kids.

BE CONSISTENT AVOID HARSH DISCIPLINE ood parenting is not a one-day thing. You cannot enforce all the disciplinary unishing your kid for breaking the rules is important. But be careful about the G actions one day for committing even the simplest mistake and forgo all the Pway you choose to do it. Punishment should be according to the mistake they mistakes your kid makes the other day. You have to be consistent. Identify your have committed. Avoid physical punishment like spanking or slapping. Opt for non-negotiables as per the rules you have set for your child. healthy discipline strategies. LESSONS EVERY CHILD LEARNT FROM WATCHING RECIPE OLYMPICS he Olympic season has just been kids from an ear- 5wrapped up. While the country’s ly age and bear PLUM T finest sportspersons worked hard to the most fruits. bring home laurels and medals, the Tokyo Olympics 2020 were also a testament to a lot of valuable life lessons. While on one THE VALUE SHAKE hand, kids got to sit in awe and probably be OF TEAMWORK inspired to pick a sport of their liking, watching athletes from around the world en- ids who engage in team THE f you want to make a bev- gage competitively,this year’s Olympics were Kchallenges, or sports stand also quite different. From athletes who have to learn a lot of important les- JOURNEY erage that is as nutritious chosen to open up about losses and poor men- sons. Similar is for kids who MATTERS THE MOST I as it is delicious, try this tal health, to the very spirit of sports which watch Olympics, for the recipe. From kids to grand- made competitors even share medals, there athletes who do partici- ll athletes who do participate in the parents, this plum shake will are quite a few life lessons children can learn pate in these events are A Olympics toil hard, practice for years, incredible diver- from the four-yearly sporting event: part of something endure pressures and challenges along the sity of people be loved by all greater than themselves. way to give their best. Yet, not every athlete participating in To bring home a laurel goes home with a medal. Even so, every partici- such events. NOT ALL LOSSES ARE BAD GREAT WINS DO NOT COME EASY requires excellent com- patory effort signifies something and it’s the More so, if INGREDIENTS edal-winning and celebrated gymnast Simone sporting event like the Olympics, which hap- munication, synchroni- journey, and the hard work that goes in which your child likes 5 plums MBiles won a lot of praise despite dropping Apens once every four years has a lot riding on sation, supporting one counts the most, and not just the medal tally. sports, but 2 tablespoon honey from the event at the last moment, because of the it. The country’s honour is at stake, competition another and just like we This is an important reminder to teach kids doesn’t feel he mental health troubles she was going through. Like from multiple talent pools – athletes who are best have seen in some sport- that whatever happens, life is a long journey or she is doing 3/4 cup milk Biles, there are also many other sportsmen (and in their fields, and most importantly, high stress ing events of late, how each that doesn’t just rely on the end result. well in a particu- 1 teaspoon chia seeds women) who have spoken up about the ordeals ath- and sacrifices. person has their unique role There are a lot more stepping stones: lar sport, expo- leticism, or life’s challenges could throw at you. While we often cheer loud for every athlete who to play while working to- growing, learning, courage, determi- sure to athletic Many even spoke up about how losing matches feel, wins a medal – Bronze, Silver or Gold, it goes on gether for the greater good. nation and integrity which can sports in Olympics HOW TO MAKE and how, even they have lessons to teach. This is to prove that great fights and wins do not come teach lessons more valuable can be a shining ex- STEP 1: Chop the plum an important lesson to imbibe in kids from an ear- easy, and there’s a lot of hard work that goes in. than the medals. ample of newer activities ly age – not all losses and failures mean bad news. The athletes, train incredibly hard, do not give up INTRODUCTION TO and sports they could try Wash the plums properly and While we often teach kids to be the best at what- and do not lose sight of the target. It’s a great learn- NEWER SPORTS out. More so, as kids follow the chop them. Collect the pulp ever they do, kids should also be taught that fail- ing lesson for a child of any age to learn and to Olympics, they also learn of more cul- into a bowl. ures are often, the very stepping stones to success, show how capable they are of excelling in what- nother unique benefit of introducing a child tural values. It could teach them that not every per- and much like the Olympians, they too can bounce ever they do if they set their mind to it. Resilience Ato the Olympics is just the sheer number of son has their unique capabilities, and hiccups do STEP 2: Blend ingredients back and give their best to whatever they do. and determination are key things to be taught to unique sporting events there are to offer, and the not mean the end of the road. Add milk, chia seeds, honey and milk to a bowl. Blend the TRAVEL & WILDLIFE ingredients well to prepare a ildlife sojourns have their own charm smooth mixture. and if it’s about tigers, the fun part W just gets better. India has a popula- STEP 3: Pour and serve tion of over 2000 wild tigers and imagine Pour the blended shake into HEARD OF your luck if you get to spot these majestic a glass and serve chilled. species in their natural habitat. Here are You can also add some some of best places to spot tigers in the crushed ice to your country plum shake. THESE TIGER Satkosia Tiger Reserve, ODISHA he sanctuary was created in 1976 and was SANCTUARIES Tdeclared a tiger reserve in 2007. The place Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary, ARUNACHAL tiger reserve in July 2014. The reserve is comprises the Satkosia Gorge Wildlife PRADESH spread over an area of 138.12 sq/km, which Sanctuary and the Baisipalli Wildlife Sanctuary. includes the drainage basin of the Bor Dam. Situated in Angul district of Odisha, this is one he 50th tiger reserve in India, Kamlang Tsanctuary in Lohit district of Arunachal The place is home to Bengal tiger, leopard, IN INDIA? of the lesser-known tiger sanctuaries of India. blue bull and chital, among other animals. Pradesh, was established in 1989. The sanctuary is named after the Kamlang River flowing Orang National Park, ASSAM through the park. The place is rich in flora and Bhadra National Park, KARNATAKA ituated on the banks of the Brahmaputra fauna and serves as a natural habitat for tigers ituated in Chikkamagaluru district of SRiver in the Darrang and Sonitpur districts and snow leopards. SKarnataka, this national park is a protected of Assam, the park was established as a sanc- region and tiger reserve as part of the Project tuary in 1985. Then in 1999, it was declared a Bor Tiger Reserve, MAHARASHTRA Tiger in 1998. As per records, the park has national park. The Orang National Park is a around 33 tigers. Besides, elephants, leopards, perfect place to spot a Bengal tiger, Indian et in the proximity to Hingani in Wardha wild boars, and black leopard, can be easily rhinoceros, elephants and wild water buffalo. Sdistrict of Maharashtra, it was declared a spotted in the region. TNN