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Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation, 2020 121 police personnel awarded, 15 from CBI

Delhi, Aug 12: Suppose someone steals your tiffin box. What do you do? You go to your teacher. What happens if someone takes your tiffin box outside the school? Well, then, we go to the police.

The police then look for the person who took your tiffin box and try to get it back for you. So, police are the real-life detectives in our lives.

In 2018, the Union Home Ministry set up the Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation for police personnel all over the country. Being on this list means being among the best police detectives in India!

121 outstanding personnel were awarded the police medals today.

These included 15 officers from the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation).

The awards are spread across all ranks – from Constable to DIG level officers. Majority of the officers who have won this award are sub inspectors and inspectors.

Great Detectives always find out!

Image by Graphicmama team

Microscopy helps us understand walking: Prof. Vijay Raghavan

Bengaluru, Aug 12: The Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, is celebrating its 50th year. The virtual celebrations included a Founder’s Day lecture by Professor K. VijayRaghavan.

The topic he chose was interesting. What does the fruit fly (illustration on the side) have to do with teaching us about walking? According to Professor VijayRaghavan, a lot. Locomotion is the output of the nervous system. How do the various cells, and various parts of a cell, come together to make this happen? What happens when we improve some cells, or completely remove some parts of a cell? Prof. Raghavan spoke about his experiments with the fruit fly. Today, because of microscopy, we can see inside the insect, using dyes and markers, to understand exactly what is happening. Just like observational astronomy.

The fruit fly

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Britain is in a recession, but recovery is probably on its way

Delhi, Aug 12: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total of all the things and services made in a country during a certain time.

A set of 3 months is called a quarter because it forms a quarter (1/4th) of a year.

A country is said to be in recession when its GDP shrinks for 2 quarters in a row.

As the data for April-May-June 2020 quarter was compiled, Britain’s GDP was found to be 20% lower than it was in the quarter of Jan-Feb-March.

This means that if UK produced goods and services worth 100 pounds in Jan-Feb-March 2020, they only produced worth 80 pounds in April-May-June.

Here are some key points:

Services sector makes up 80% of UK’s economy. This sector is hard hit.

Shops and factories have been closed since March.

GDP started growing in May and has continued to rise in June also. It grew 1.8% in May and then 8.7% in June.

The last time Britain was officially in a recession was in 2009.

Rough waters make skilled sailors London. Image by Adam Derewecki

2 Light Combat Helicopters deployed in Ladakh

Delhi, Aug 12: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is a company owned by Government of India. Today, 2 helicopters made by HAL were stationed in Ladakh at forward posts. These are very cold areas that demand high performance from everyone – soldiers and equipment.

Vice Chief Air Marshal H S Arora also used this helicopter to travel to the forward base at Ladakh. These Light Combat helicopters have been designed and developed in India by HAL. They have been made using Indian components.

It is hard to build runways and airports in hilly areas like Ladakh. So, helicopters, which need a small area to take off and land, are important in these areas.

The Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

(HAL) Image Credit: Twitter




Wisdom from the Ages: Sanskrit

अय ंिनजः परो वेित गणना लघ ुचेतसाम ्|

उदारच रताना ंतु वसधुवै कुटु बकम ्|

Ayam Nija: Paro Veti GaNana laghu chetsaam

Udaarcharitanaam tu Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam

Meaning

Those who keep count of ‘this is mine and this is yours’ are belittled by their thought process.

For the generous ones, the world is their family.

Hindi Lokokti

कौड़ी न हो पास, तो मलेा लगे उदास KauDee na ho paas, to mela lage udaas

Meaning:

The poor find no enjoyment even in a fair.

Usage: इस साल कु हार से िकसी ने मटके

नह खरीदे, तो योहार पर कपड़े कहाँ से

आएंगे। कौड़ी न हो पास, तो मेला लगे उदास।

Tamil Proverbs By Vanitha Ananthan

தா ப த ய ேற கா . Thaan piditha muyalukku mondru kaal.

A person is adamant that the rabbit he caught has only three legs. Figuratively, it means a

stubborn person with fixed thoughts, who does not probe the truth.

Veervaar Vijeta

Vocabulary Whiz Bhavesh Sharma

Logic Puzzle Lakshya Singh

Nikita Sharon Kujur

Ridley Manashree Medhi

Jeshika Medhi Akshit

All Three Aryaa Sinha

Rajlakshmi Pansare Jeel Shah

Aradhya Saha Shreya Agarwal

Meme Bhavesh Sharma

वीरवार िवजेता





Editorial

Dear Readers

First, the answers:

Logic: The girls play in this order:

A - Monday – Badminton

B - Tuesday – Basketball

C - Wednesday – Swimming

A - Thursday – Tennis

B- Friday - Chess

C- Saturday – Scrabble

Vocabulary Whiz: Most of you got this one easily. The original words are antonyms or opposites. The opposites in the answer choices are expansion – contraction.

Ridley: HA-T-E: Hate! This riddle is by Ishaan Kaila. I forgot to mention that last time. And now, for the part that I truly love. The last time we had Sports News was in March, and then once in May. Today, we are so glad to carry Sports News for you. Here’s to more sports, and more sports news. Enjoy the edition! Love,

Nidhi aunty [email protected]


Let’s Scrabble! By Archana Aggarwal

Hola Amigos Let’s talk about the components of the game. The English-language editions of Scrabble contain 100 tiles, in the following distribution with a sum total of 187 points. Remember Alfred Mosher Butt, the founder of Scrabble? He scanned the front page of the New York Times to come to this distribution of tiles depending on their frequency of appearance. 2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points) 1 point: E ×12, A ×9, I ×9, O ×8, N ×6, R ×6, T ×6, L ×4, S ×4, U ×4 2 points: D ×4, G ×3 3 points: B ×2, C ×2, M ×2, P ×2 4 points: F ×2, H ×2, V ×2, W ×2, Y ×2 5 points: K ×1 8 points: J ×1, X ×1 10 points: Q ×1, Z ×1 The 98 tiles (excluding the blank tiles) make up the 2,79,000 permissible words in scrabble. These words are divided as per their length. They range from two-letter words, such as ae and mo, to fifteen-letter words, such as radio activating. While this is the range, it is most useful to focus on words that are up to eight letters long as they are most frequently used by players. Knowing words of different lengths strengthens your word knowledge and ability to win a game. The different techniques of pluralising a word, adding hooks to existing words, playing one to multiple parallel plays is how you move ahead with each turn. We will talk about each of these in the next couple of segments. Adios and see you next time :)

Autumn Gold by Sneha V.




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Letters to the Editor Veervaar Vijeta Challenges

Vocabulary Whizzes!

Which of the answer choices has the same relationship as the 2 words in the question statement? Melange : Mixture/ Medley

A. Melee : Environment B. Manana : Mine C. Macabre : Gruesome D. Macrame : War-like

Ben, Gen, and Len, Had a pretty pen Which had 3 hen: Rug, Lug, and Tug. Pink, White, and Blue, Can you tell who’s who(se)? Rug is not white Tug’s owner is bright. Lug is Blue L starts the owner’s name too. Gen’s pet is pink. It’s solved, don’t you think? Note: In this puzzle, 3 kids – Ben, Gen, and Len, have a pet hen each. The hens are also of different colour. Can you figure out the colour and owner of each hen using this rhyme above?

Hello TCP team, I am Bhakti Mandhane. Thank you for your magazines and its latest edition it was very helpful for me to get updated and know about a parrot who outsmarts Harvard students in shell game, hacking, types of orchids, the imaging of satellite, daily challenges and riddles, puzzles, Sudoku, Fun facts, the Why series ,memes ....( This list is endless!).You have really taught me about many new things. I really feel that my lockdown is happening in a very fruitful way. A big thank you to all the aunties. Regards, Bhakti Mandhane *********** Dear Bhakti

Thank you so much beta! Your words really motivate us. Please keep sharing your thoughts – what we do well, and what you want us to do more of. We love you!

- Nidhi aunty

Here is a Sanskrit Sukti. Can you guess its meaning? To be a Veervar Vijeta in this category, you just have to send us a guess. It doesn’t have to be right! Just guess and send! What do you think this means:

सखुािथन कुतो: िव ा, िव ािथन कुतो: सखुं?

Phonics Logic Puzzle

Riddle: To Win, Just Guess!

Meme by Bhavesh Sharma




The Amazin’ Amazon Project By Dr. Samir Malhotra

Dear Children, 7 of you responded to the first part of the Amazin’ Amazon challenge. The answers are: Shopping 3 River 2 Rainforest 3

Today’s Task

Today, you have to search the term “Amazon” on a search engine of your choice (Bing, Google, DuckDuckGo, SearchEncrypt, or any other) and tell us:

At which place/on which page does the river/rainforest appear

when you type the word “Amazon”

Hit that Search button NOW and tell us what you see!

Honestly, I looooovvveee your editions. They are an example of perfection! I love the way you design your edition, covering the whole world in just 4-5 pages!! I request you and Harinder Aunty, please arrange some lessons on poetry! You all write such spectacular poems, Hats off to all of you out there!!! Thank you so much for whatever you do for us. Love, Shreya My dear Shreya Your letter came on a day when I was particularly low. THANK YOU for such lovely words. You brought a HUGE smile to my face. Love, Nidhi.

My Bunny By Aradhya Saha

As I have a bunny, It’s very funny! As it on the road it hops, The seeds on the road pops. As it likes to eat carrot, Its friends are cat, dog, and parrot. As it drinks water, Its blue eyes glitter. Such a thick and fluffy tail, When afraid it turns pale. Such a big and long ears, When it cries it has tears. When the carrot he eats, Anyone cannot defeat. One evening I took him to the riverbank, And even to the huge water tank. One day there was a rain, But my bunny didn’t have any brain, So he was all wet, But with a fever he met. I took my bunny to a vet, But that bunny was my pet, So I was worried yet.

Letters to the Editor: Shreya




Delhi, Aug 12: Akshay Bhandarkar, Sherwin Rodrigues, Udayan Grover, Nakul Prabhu, and Aditya Iyengar - these are the names of 5 Indian players who came together for the first ever Indian team to compete at an International Scrabble tournament – the Scrabble World Cup, which was held virtually this year. The tournament had 16 teams when it started on July 6th. Now, they are down to the final 2 – India and US! India was the underdog when it joined the competition, but it emerged as the surprise winner – beating Australia in quarterfinals and Canada in semi-finals. US beat Singapore in quarterfinals and Pakistan in semi-finals to reach the finals. Here’s wishing Team India the very best for the finals!

Sports News: India in the finals of the Scrabble World Cup

Bob Mania by Ayush Moitra

किवता कोना/ Poetry Corner

ट ट पी पी चलती जाए रेल हमारी सीटी बजाए आगे इजंन पीछे हम

दम साध ेचलते ह हम धकु धकु धकु धकु छुक छुक छुक छुक

चलता इंजन चलते हम

Laugh-A-Lot-it-is by Ishaan Kaila

Why did the golf ball not go to the party?

Nobody would drive it!

Credits and Answers Word Magic: Covertly: In a hidden way. Usage: This

operation was conducted covertly. This edition has been reviewed by Vanitha Ananthan and Priyanka Singh.

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