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FOLLOW US: Monday, April 13, 2020 thehindu.in facebook.com/thehinduinschool twitter.com/the_hindu CONTACT US [email protected] Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna No El Nino, La Nina this year? Both El Nino and La Nina can be destructive. REUTERS TOKYO: Japan's weather bureau said on Friday there was a 60% chance that there would be no El Nino or La Nina occurring from now through the northern hemisphere summer, repeating its forecast of last What, why and WHO month. Reuters HOTO: AP What’s El Nino? P What is the role of the World Health Organisation? Why is it embroiled in controversies after An El Nino phenomenon is a warming of ocean the outbreak of COVID-19? We get you the details... surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacic that typically happens every few years, sometimes causing crop damage, ash oods or res. The World Health Taiwan, which has succeeded in Ethiopia’s former health and global health issues. This health regulations, improving In normal conditions, trade winds travel from east Organisation last week preventing a major outbreak, foreign minister Tedros organisation was established on access to medicines and medical to west across the tropical Pacic, pushing the warm appealed for global unity in warned the WHO on December Adhanom Ghebreyesus on April 7, 1948, and is devices, and preventing non­ surface waters near South America westward ghting the coronavirus. This 31 of human­to­human Wednesday spoke out for the headquartered in Geneva, communicable diseases among towards Indonesia. An El Nino phenomenon sets in plea was in response to the transmission. Taiwan which is rst time about the personal Switzerland. The total number of others.The WHO is also when there is an anomaly in this pattern. Warmer U.S. President Donald Trump’s excluded from the WHO due to attacks aimed at him, during WHO Member States is 192. The responsible for the World Health surface waters in eastern Pacic increase attack on WHO’s handling of China's objections, stated it has the crisis. Tedros said there decision­ making body of the Report, the World Health Survey precipitation and bring above­normal rainfall to the pandemic. been ignored by the WHO. would be worse to come from WHO is the World Health and World Health Day. South America. As winds that usually fetch rain to The organisation has also Further, China has accused COVID­19 if the world did not Assembly. What are some of its Asia and Australia become weaker, they bring less been accused of delaying Taiwan of “venomously” unite to stand up to its spread. achievements? rainfall to these regions, often resulting in drought. sounding the alarm over attacking the WHO in this What are its objectives? COVID­19 for fear of oending matter. How well do you know about It has played a key role in What’s La Nina? Beijing, and criticised for WHO Director­General and the WHO? Join us to get a The WHO remains rmly public health issues such as La Nina is considered to have the opposite eect of El waiting too long to declare glimpse of WHO, its functions committed to the principles set out smallpox eradication, Nino. During a period of La Nina, the sea surface the outbreak a global and much more: in the preamble of its reproductive health, childhood temperature across the eastern Pacic Ocean will be pandemic and for failing to Constitution, which was adopted immunisations, maternal lower than normal. It brings greater­than­normal coordinate a coherent What is WHO? by the International Health morbidity rates, polio rainfall to Southeast Asia and Australia, and causes international response. Conference in New York in 1946. eradication and AIDS. It is drier­than­normal conditions in South America and Relations between the WHO The World Health Organisation, The objectives of WHO include currently working on gathering the Gulf Coast of the U.S. The ocean waters switch and Taiwan have also or the WHO, is a part of the working towards universal health global support to combat back and forth between El Nino and La Nina every worsened since the outbreak. United Nations that focuses on coverage, developing international COVID­19. few years. A QUEST c A HEADSTART c Glowing in the dark Little creatures and a big career choice Here’s why a cat’s eyes glow at night... If insects, worms and other creepy crawlies interest you, then try entomology as a career option Human eyes don’t glow in the dark, but a cat’s eyes do. Why Watching a long line of ants march What are the career prospects? does this happen? The eye of a down a wall or a spider trapeze mid­ Entomologists can work with the cat is very similar to that of a air as it weaves its web can evoke government in diverse elds such as human being. An opening in mixed reactions among people. While health, forensics, forestry and the eye, called the pupil, some may shudder at the sight and agriculture. In the private sector, they controls the amount of light run to the farthest corner of the room, are in demand in chemical pest entering the eye. In the case of there are a few who wouldn’t mind control, biotechnological research and some nocturnal animals spending hours gazing at the creepy development, food and product (animals that are active at crawlies. If you are among the latter storage. night, for example, cats), there who nd insect behaviour is a reecting layer at the back mesmerising, the eld of entomology Where you can study: of the eye called the tapetum could be your calling. ** Vector Control Research Centre, lucidum. It reects light on to Pondicherry University: Master of the retina and thus helps the What is entomology? Science in Public Health Entomology animals to see well in dim Insects maybe among the tiniest of ** Guru Gobind Singh light. This reecting layer also creatures but understanding their Indraprastha University, New Delhi: causes the eyes of these animals behaviour can help us. Entomology is Masters in Biodiversity and to shine in the darkness when the study of insects. Entomologists Conservation light is reected on them. examine the life cycles, habitats and ** International Forensic Science (Content provided by Amrita behaviour of insects and other Institute, Pune: PG Certicate Course in Bharati) arthropods. Forensic Entomology PHOTO PTI A TECH BYTES c The greatest comeback in NBA Finals history Here, we will sharpen A REMEMBER THIS? c our sports quotient by DID YOU KNOW? taking a look at one FILE PHOTO: AFP The Cleveland Cavaliers were the rst team in NBA iconic moment from Finals history to overturn a What are sporting history. We’ll 3­1 decit and win the NBA revisit Cleveland title. LeBron James was peripherals? Cavaliers’ 4-3 NBA instrumental in the Cavs’ Finals win over victory and it was no surprise that he was Golden State Warriors awarded the NBA Finals in 2016… MVP award. The 2016 NBA Finals was played James, in fact, led all between defending champions players in the Finals in Golden State Warriors and points, rebounds, assists, Cleveland Cavaliers, who had also steals and blocks – the rst Any external device that provides input and output for the computer topped the Western and Eastern match series, meaning the rst The Cavs, however, won the fth player in NBA history to is known as a peripheral. Most of these devices are not necessary for Conferences respectively in the team to four victories wins the title. game away from home 112­97, ever do so in any play­o the computer to perform its basic tasks. They exist to enhance the 2015­16 regular season. A rematch Four games into the series, the Cavs evened the series at home in the series. computer user’s experience. of the 2015 NBA Finals, it is often were staring down at the sixth game 115­101 and then Mouse, keyboard and monitor are popular and most commonly referred to as the greatest inevitable as the Warriors, who completed the unthinkable by James averaged 29.7 points, known peripheral devices. While the mouse and keyboard help users comeback in NBA Finals history earned the home­court advantage beating the Warriors away from 11.3 rebounds, 8.9 assists, input data to the computer, a monitor outputs data from the owing to the manner in which the after setting the NBA regular home again. They claimed the 2.6 steals and 2.3 blocks in computer for the user. Similarly, a printer is also a peripheral device Cavs won the title. season wins record (73­9), jumped series 4­3 with a 93­89 victory to lift the series. that provides output from the computer. NBA Finals are a best­of­seven­ to a 3­1 lead. their rst NBA title. CM CH-CH YK.

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