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November 5, 2020
This Week’s Sports Update: U-19
Cricket, Australian Open and
Football Updates
India thrash Australia, win the series 2-1:
A clinical show from Team India ensured that they beat Australia by 7 wickets in Bengaluru on Sunday night to register 2-1
win in the ODI series. Rohit Sharma slammed a hundred while Virat Kohli missed out on one as Team India chased down the
target of 287 with ease to win the match and the series. Virat was adjudged the player of the series as Rohit took home the
player of the match honors. India now travels to New Zealand will start with a 5-match T20 series on 24th January 2020.
Under 19 World Cup starts, India win the opening match
The ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup has started with the Indian colts registering a thumping win in their opening game
against Sri Lanka in South Africa. Siddhesh Veer won the player of the match awarded for scoring a quick 44 followed by 2
wickets as Sri Lanka failed to chase the 298 run target. India will next play Japan on Tuesday in their 2nd group game.
Australian Open 2020 starts in Melbourne
2020’s first Grand Slam the Australian Open started on Monday with the big names sailing through to the next round. Serena
Williams, Roger Federer registered easy wins as the tournament started despite calls for canceling it due to the raging
bushfire and pollution in the city of Melbourne. All eyes will be on Sania Mirza as she makes a return to Grand Slams for the
first time in 3 years after taking maternity leave.
Liverpool beat Manchester United 2-0
Liverpool’s unbeaten run in the Premier League continued as they thrashed Manchester United 2-0 on Sunday night as they
go 16 points clear on top of the points table. Virgil van Dijk and Mohd Salah scored a goal each as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ‘s
men were beaten on the road. United remains 5th on the points table despite the loss and will next play Burnley on
Thursday.
Ronaldo’s brace helps Juventus win in Serie A
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Juventus beat Parma 2-1 on Sunday night in Italian Serie A. A crucial win for Juventus as
they go 4 points clear of 2nd placed Inter Milan in the Serie A points table. Ronaldo scored a goal each in both halves as he
took his tally to 16 goals this season for Juventus.
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China isn’t happy with Taiwan’s
2020 Election. Why?
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News: Last week, Taiwan’s first female President Tsai Ing-wen was re-elected in a landslide victory. Tsai Ing-wen is the
leader of the Democratic Progressive Party and has been president since 2016.
Where is Taiwan? Taiwan is an island in Asia and lies just off the coast of China.
Why has there been so much buzz around this election? Much of it has to do with threats from China. China considers
Taiwan as one of its provinces, while many people in Taiwan see it as an independent nation.
China has been trying to push the idea of ‘one country, two systems (where the Taiwanese would have some say in local
government – the same model as Hong Kong) but most Taiwanese are not buying it.
Over the last few years China has imposed all sorts of economic, trade and tourism restrictions on the island. It has barred
other countries from having diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Only 18 countries recognize it as a self-governing nation. They
have displayed military threats by having military vessels and aircrafts cruise around the vicinity of the island and banned
Chinese tourists from visiting the island.
But the threat of Chinese interference swung the vote is Ms. Ing-wen’s favor. The agitation in Hong Kong has further worried
Taiwanese people. President Tsai promises peaceful ties with China and has promised to protect Taiwanese freedom.
How does this ambiguous legal status affect Taiwan? Taiwan has its own constitution, army, and elected government.
Over the years it has developed in a technology and manufacturing hub and the 19th largest economy in the world. Taiwan
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has most of the characteristics of an independent state even though its legal status is questionable.
The rise of the Xenobot!
Credit: Medium.com, Caption: computer generated combinations of living, programmable cells
What is a ‘xenobot’? A xenobot is a new hybrid consisting of living cells and computing power. This is a new living
organism that was reported on last week by scientists at the University of Vermont and Tufts University. The name comes
from the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) from whom the cells to make this programmable living bot were taken. These
cells are less than a millimetre wide – that’s pretty tiny! It is reported that they can swim and work together in groups. Oh!
And can self-heal, apparently!
First, what are stem cells? Stem cells are very powerful ‘undifferentiated cells’, that exist in embryos. They have the
potential to become any cell in the body.
So really, what are these xenobots? These research groups took stem cells from frogs, let them incubate, then cut the
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cells and combined them in different configurations that were suggested by a computer, and not seen in nature. They then
observed what these cells did and how they behaved.
They found that there was a winning combination – skin cells and cardiac cells were cut and combined in such a way that the
skin cells interlocked with each other and also combined with the cardiac cells which are capable of motion. The resulting
combination of skin cells with the ability to form a membrane and cardiac cells with the ability to move is a teeny tiny blob
that moves across a petri dish in a direction! They also fall apart after seven days, so have a finite life.
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This gif is taken from Wired Magazine, who got it from the University of Vermont. The blue blocks are the skin cells, and the
red and green are the cardiac cells. See how the blob moves across!
Why is this such an important achievement? Researchers have been trying to figure out ways to get medicines into the
body, to collect microplastics from the ocean, clean up nuclear waste, and to do many other tasks that are difficult for
humans to do. Traditional robots that are machines are programmable, but they might not be able to withstand all these
conditions. Programmable living cells might actually be able to do these kinds of things better. They will be able to live in
liquid environments easily, for instance. These ones will be able to even get into tiny blood vessels in the human body! They
might also be safer for humans.
Is this good or bad? This is of course the first step in the creation of cells that are programmable by human intervention,
and it remains to be seen how the research is furthered. Some people are very excited about its potential, and some are
wary, saying that humans shouldn’t be designing such systems that we will have little control over.
Stay tuned to see how this develops!
Written by: Sunaina Murthy
Wacky Word of the Week!
Here it is! See how many times you can use it this week!
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Do you know what this means?
Click to Flip
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Sports Update!
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India lock horns with Australia in the 2nd ODI: After a
humiliating 10-wicket loss to Australia in the 1st match of the
series, Virat Kohli’s men will be looking to turn things around in
the 2nd ODI in Rajkot on Friday. This will be a do-or-die game for
Team India as a loss in Rajkot will mean that Australia will take
an unbeatable lead in the series. The match is expected to be a
high-scoring affair as the game starts at 7 pm.
Bouncer knocks Rishabh Pant out of 2nd match vs Australia: A nasty bouncer from Pat Cummins not only ended
Rishabh Pant’s innings on 28 in the 1st ODI of the series but also gave him a concussion. The doctors have ruled him out of
the 2nd match as he undergoes rehabilitation in Bangalore and is expected to play the 3rd and final match of the series. In
fact, in the 1st match after his injury, KL Rahul kept the wickets instead of Pant.
Rohit Sharma is the ODI cricketer of the year: The International Cricket Council announced its annual awards on
Wednesday and India’s Rohit Sharma got the top prize as he was chosen as the ODI cricketer of the year. With 7 One Day
hundreds including 5 at the World Cup, Rohit beat tough competition from his captain Virat Kohli. England’s Ben Stokes was
named the Cricketer of the Year while Australia’s Pat Cummins was the Test Player of the Year. Virat Kohli was named as the
captain of both the Test and ODI sides and also received the spirit of cricket award.
Manchester United enter the 4th round of FA Cup: Manchester United edged past Wolverhampton 1-0 to enter the 4th
round of the FA Cup on Thursday night. Juan Mata scored the lone goal for the Red Devils who lost Marcus Rashford to a
back injury in the 2nd half of the match. Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted later that risking Rashford for a win in the
2nd half was a big mistake as the striker might be ruled out for some time.
Momota reaches home after a horror crash in Malaysia: World number 1 Badminton star Kento Momota reached Japan
on Thursday night after getting discharged from the hospital in Malaysia. Momota and his support staff were involved in an
accident which saw their driver die on Monday in Kuala Lumpur. With a broken nose and injuries on the face, Momota who is
a gold medal prospect for Japan at the Tokyo Olympics is ruled out for almost 2 months.
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Written by: Yash Chawla. Yash is former Anchor of NDTV with over 9 years of experience as a sports journalist.
Quiz Alert: Get With It!
Here’s a quiz to catch you up on what’s going on this week!
Is this bullying? Take our quiz and
see how much you know about
this.
Bullying is something that most people will encounter in some form, at some point in their lives. It’s really common, but that
doesn’t make it OK! In a situation that involves bullying there are usually three roles – the bully, the victim and the
bystander.
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It can get very confusing at times to identify what bullying is, as it has so many different forms. There are different types,
physical – hitting, shoving, verbal – using words to attack someone, social – excluding someone, talking behind that
person’s back and cyberbullying – using electronic media forms like whatsapp, text messages, and social media to spread
rumours, send hate messages and so on. Whatever the method, and this point can’t be repeated enough…bullying is not
OK!
It is equally important to be able to identify a situation as bullying, as sometimes there is a fine line and you can’t tell the
difference. For example, if there is teasing without an intention to hurt then you cannot use the word bullying. Unfortunately,
once you use the word, it becomes a sort of a label and then the people involved also get stuck with a label, a “bully” or a
“victim” and both of these come with their own set of challenges.
Bullying is a lot about power, about making the other person feel powerless, and often manifests itself as repeated
behaviour. If a situation doesn’t make you feel good, then it is most likely bullying. Unfortunately, a lot of victims of bullying
end up being made to feel as if it is their fault, which it is not. On the other hand, there is a perception that bullies are often
victims of bullying themselves which may or may not be the case. For all of the above reasons, it’s really important not to
get fixated on labelling and try and see the situation for what it is.
Try taking this quiz to see if you can identify which situations can be identified as bullying:
There is a boy who is different in your class.
Lately there are people who are making fun of him,
but they never say anything to his face.
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Succo, on Pixabay
Yes, it’s bullying
No, it’s not
I'm not sure
Correct! Wrong!
Absolutely – Gossiping or talking behind someone’s back is the most hurtful forms of bullying. Using the internet or smart
phones is cyberbullying and is never OK.
There is a girl who you consider your best friend,
who chooses to talk to you when you guys are
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alone, but not when she is talking to ‘cooler’
kids.
Succo, on Pixabay
Yes, it's bullying
No, it's not
I'm not sure
Correct! Wrong!
Yes – being an on-again, off- again friend is hurtful. If it keeps happening, you need to keep your distance to protect yourself.
You can let her know you need your space when she does talk to you.
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A girl in your class wears her hair a different
way today and all the kids think she looks funny.
The kids call her a mean name, you don’t say the
name, but you laugh along.
Succo, on Pixabay
Yes, it's bullying
No, it's not
I'm not sure
Correct! Wrong!
Yes – joining in the laughter means joining in the bullying and encouraging the bullying. By encouraging the bullies, you may
do as much harm as the bullies themselves.
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Your entire class is invited to a birthday party,
except one boy as no one likes him.
Succo, on Pixabay
Yes. it's bullying
No, it isn't
Maybe
Correct! Wrong!
Maybe – if the plan is made outside school, then it’s ok to invite a smaller group of friends. But if the boy is being left out to
make him feel bad, at the very least, it is mean. It doesn't cost anyone anything to be more inclusive.
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You are on a class whatsapp group on which a few
people are constantly saying mean things about
this girl. You do not participate, but you remain
on the group.
Succo, on Pixabay
Yes, it's bullying
No, it isn't
I'm not sure
Correct! Wrong!
Absolutely –the girl is part of a group where she is being excluded by being singled out.
What can you do? Speaking up for others isn’t always easy, and in some cases you might not be able to say anything
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during the situation, but you can always do so later. Reach out to that person and report the incident to a trusted adult later.
It’s never too late. Remember that your response can make a big difference to the person you are helping, and also impact
how you feel about yourself.
If you are the target, then always remember that it’s not your fault, staying quiet about it may not always help the situation.
You have to try and let the bully know in your own way that you are not OK with it, without being mean or getting into a
fight.
None of this is easy, and some situations are complicated, but just try and keep in mind that if more people choose to be
kind, there will be a lot less of breaking heads over check ins, interventions, suspensions and all sorts of problems.
Famous TV show host Ellen DeGeneres put it beautifully. She said:
“We focus so much on our differences, and that is creating, I think, a lot of chaos and negativity and bullying in the world.
And I think if everybody just focused on what we all have in common – which is – we all want to be happy.”
If you have any questions or doubts, please write to the School Outreach Team at Ummeed –
schooloutreachteam@ummeed.org
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Professional. She loves trekking and the outdoors. She takes climate change very seriously.
Bhavna firmly believes there is no “planet B” and hopes to be a change maker in some form.
Who’s the Hobbyist?
Can you guess who this is?
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Who's this hobbyist?
Click to Flip
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Pollution 2.0: When pollution
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gives you carbon, let’s make it
into products we can use!
From a dream in the labs of MIT in Boston, to a reality on the streets of India
and soon in galleries around the world, Air-Ink is one very cool invention.
The brainchild of Indian innovator, MIT graduate and founder of Graviky Labs, Anirudh Sharma, Air-Ink is ink (just like a
normal pen) created using air pollution.
WHAT? HOW? On a visit to India from MIT in 2012, Anirudh noticed that the fumes blowing out from a car exhaust pipe had
left a pattern of soot on a white wall. This led him to think about the growing levels of air pollution in India, and also about
pigments and inks.
Black ink like the kind we use in printers or in pens is essentially made from soot and the substance is technically called
‘carbon black’ which is the powder left over when you burn coal or oil. This powder is mixed with other chemical agents to
make it into a smooth ink.
Eureka! Anirudh was inspired to think that if ink can be made using carbon black or soot, there is no reason that it cannot
be made using air pollution. A quote by the 20th century inventor and architect R. Buckminster Fuller saying ‘Pollution is
nothing but resources we’re not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we’ve been ignorant of their value,’ served
as his motivation.
Air-INK: Air pollution consists of microscopic particles which are composed primarily of carbon, or soot, created by the
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incomplete burning of fuel. This is the stuff that is really bad for us to breathe and that causes a lot of health problems.
Graviky Labs has found a way to harvest these particles, treat them and recycle them into a useful material – ink. This ink
can then be used in pens to write with, by artists and in many other ways.
The innovation: Graviky Labs has come up with a mechanism, called KAALInk which is currently awaiting patent (final
recognition by the authorities) that captures the carbon particulates from pollution by being fitted on to the exhaust pipes of
cars, on machinery and even outside, to trap the particles in the atmosphere.
These particles are then put through several processes to refine them and make them safe for use by human beings before
they are converted into Air-Ink.
So far, the team at Graviky Labs has harvested and recycled about 1.6 trillion litres of air pollution to create ink. Bollywood
superstar Shah Rukh Khan has pledged his support to Air-Ink, promising that he will use that for all his brand promotions.
Graviky Labs has also collaborated with artists around the world to create works of art, murals and street art using Air-Ink in
order to build awareness and educate people about the product and its uses.
That’s cool! Are pollutants being used to create other stuff? Another artist also extracted pollutants from water to
create pigments, and a device known as the world’s largest smog vacuum cleaner filtered air pollution from the air in China
and the waste was used to create pieces of jewellery.
There is now a permanent Air-Ink exhibit at the Museum of Writing in London.
Kudos to Anirudh and the entire Graviky Labs team for this genius invention that may just be a potential solution to the air
pollution problem.
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A 17 year old intern at NASA just
helped discover a planet a world
orbiting two stars
What did you do to earn some extra credit on your school report card? This guy from Scarsdale in New York
state discovered a planet!
What? Your kidding right?
Wrong! Last summer 17-year-old Wolf Cukier had joined NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland for a summer
internship. He was asked to studying data from NASA’s space telescope TESS and on the third day of the internship,
something caught his eye.
Quick recap, What is TESS?
TESS stands for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. It is NASA’s space telescope whose sole mission is to look for
exoplanets i.e. planets outside the Earth’s solar system.
What did he find?
He discovered a planet that’s nearly 7 times as large as Earth and orbits around two stars. Yes, you read that correctly. If we
lived there we would see two suns rising and setting every day, which sounds kind of cool, but also may be a bit confusing.
How did he find this?
Cukier was examining a special type of system found outside the solar system in which two stars circle around each other.
These stars often eclipse or block each other as they go about their orbits when viewed from Earth. These special systems
are called eclipsing binary systems.
While examing the data he saw a signal. At first, he thought the 2 stars were blocking each other, but then noticed
something odd. Wolf observed that the amount of light from the two orbiting stars that was reaching the TESS telescope
seemed to be less than that was usually recorded. That is when he realized that there was something else blocking the light!
Wolf along with a team of scientists worked hard to verify the data, and they eventually confirmed the new planet now called
TOI 1338 b.
This is even more special because this is TESS’s first circumbinary planet, a world orbiting two stars.
Wolf said in an interview that his family hopes that the planet will one day be renamed Wolftopia! Wolf is a Star Wars fan
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and hopes that his internship and amazing discovery can be the start of a career as a space scientist.
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