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Emma Mackey will essay thebiographical drama movieabout English novelist and
poet, Emily Bronte. The film, whichmarks actor Frances O'Connor's directo-rial debut, will chronicle the early years
of the 18th-century author's life. O'Con-
nor will direct themovie, titled, 'Emily'. O’-
Conner is the screenplayerof the movie as well, accordingto reports.
Olympics chiefThomas Bachsaid 2021 was
the “last option” forholding the delayedTokyo Games, stress-ing that postpone-ment cannot go onforever. Bach said heagreed with Japan'sstance that theGames will have to be
cancelled, if the coron-avirus pandemic isn't
under control by nextyear. In March, the Tokyo
2020 Olympics were post-poned to July 23, 2021 as the
coronavirus spread across theglobe, killing thousands of people.
Astronomers have gazedinto what appears to be aplanetary maternity
ward—observing for the first timewithin a huge disk of dense gasand dust, surrounding a newly-formed star— a planet in theprocess of being born.
This large young planet form-ing around a star called AB Auri-gae that is about 2.4 times themass of the sun, is located in our Milky Way galaxy. It is 520light years from Earth, researchers said. The scientists usedthe European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope inChile to spot a spiral structure, within the swirling disk aroundAB Aurigae, generated by the presence of a planet.
GAMES TO PLAY DURINGLOCKDOWN
1USE CARDS TO PLAYMEMORY: A memory game, it
can be played by both kids andadults. All you need is 20 cards—UNO, playing cards, etc. Selectcards in pairs; place them randomlyand turn them upside down. Now,open two cards and try to find pairs.If you find a pair, you keep themopen and earn a point. If not, turnthem down and try again. Till youget all pairs, take turns. Whoeverfinds maximum pairs, wins. ((SSuuggggeesstteedd bbyy JJuuhhii BBhhaayyaannii,, PPrroojjeeccttHHeeaadd aatt BBoorrnn SSmmaarrtt,, aa ppllaattffoorrmm ffoorrppaarreennttss wwiitthh yyoouunngg kkiiddss)
iRECOMMEND
1A yellow robot dog called Spot,which found fame online for danc-
ing to hit song, 'Uptown Funk', hasbeen deployed to patrol a Singaporepark, and ensure people observe so-cial distancing.
2 The hi-tech hound , which is remote-controlled, uses cameras to estimate
the number of visi-tors as it trots throughthe park.
3 The robot gives a mes-sage as well— “For your
own safety and for thosearound you, please stand at leastone metre apart. Thank you.”
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SYNCOPATE: Means to have a rhythmin which strong notes are not on the beat,or to create music that has this rhythm
EXAMPLE: He ssyynnccooppaatteedd the rhythms but didn't change his harmoniclanguage much
RICHIE RICHTHIS DAY THAT YEAR
SPACE
A light yearis the dis-tance light trav-els in a year 9.5trillion km
MAY 25, 1977: Original 'StarWars' movie (Episode IV – A NewHope), directed by George Lucas andstarring, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisherand Harrison Ford, was released
2RIDDLE ME SNAKES &LADDERS: Riddle Me Snakes &
Ladders is a fun game, with a twist tothe original games. The Snakes andLadders boardhas funinstructionswith riddleswritten on achit. You canuse coins, buttons orsafety pins for markers, and use a vir-tual dice, if you don’t have a real one.Pre-decide the number of seconds pernumber on the dice. For eg. 1=10 sec-onds, 2=20 secs, etc. First, the playerrolls the dice and the number thatshows up determines how many sec-onds a player gets to solve a riddle.So, if it lands on 2, the player picksout a riddle, reads it and tries toanswer in 20 seconds. If the answeris correct, he/she gets to move 2paces. If the answer is incorrect,they stay where they are. (Suggested by Tanishq Sheikh, founder
and director, Teacher’s Lounge, a training
institute for nursery school teachers)
3TREASURE HUNT: In thisgame, there are tons of places to
hide the clues—bookshelf, under the cup-board, insidethe refrigerator."Kids lovetreasure hunts.Use your imagi-nation with theclues. We evenused the reference of coronavirus andlockdown in our recent one," saysMeghna Chitalia, Party Planet Events(Suggested By Meghna Chitalia, Party
Planet Events. She does a fun game oftreasure hunt with her daughter at home)
EMMA MACK TO PLAYAUTHOR EMILY BRONTE INBIOPIC
Bronte is best- known for classicnovel, 'Wuthering Heights', which
was first published in the mid-1800s. It revolves around the
doomed love affair betweenCatherine Earnshaw
and Heathcliff
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ROBOT DOG PATROLS SINGAPORE PARK
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YOUTUBE TO INTRODUCE BEDTIME REMINDERS
Google-owned YouTube is all set to roll out a new featurecalled bedtime reminders that will help late-night surfersto sleep on time. “Bedtime reminders let you set reminders
at specific times to stop watching videos and (you guessed it!) goto bed,” the company’s website announced. To use it, the com-pany said, “You set start and end time in your Settings, includ-ing whether or not you want the prompt to in-terrupt a video or wait until the video isover. You'll also be able to dismiss orsnooze the reminder,” it added.
➤ The new feature by YouTube, whichis already for both Android and iOSusers, will be rolled out for all userssoon ➤As part of Digital Well-Beingfeatures, the app has a ‘Take a Break’feature that lets users set reminders totake a break from watching videos
TECH BUZZ
FACEBOOK INTRODUCES A NEW SAFETY FEATURE 'LOCK YOUR PROFILE' FOR INDIA
Facebook has launched anew safety feature. Called‘lock your profile’, it allows
users to restrict access to theirphotos, timelines and posts fromnon-friends in a single click. Thenew feature is designed for peo-ple in India, especially women,who want more control overtheir FB experience.
HOW IT WORKS: The 'lock your profile' feature enables users toapply multiple existing privacy settings, plus several new features to
their Facebook profile, in one step. When users activate the newfeature, non- friends will not be able to zoom into, share or
download their full-size profile picture and coverphoto, besides not being able to see photos
and posts on their timeline
IN A FIRST, SCIENTISTS SPOT AN ALIENPLANET AS IT IS BEING FORMED
2021 'LAST OPTION' FOR TOKYO GAMES,SAYS OLYMPICS CHIEF
SPORTS
Movies that depict‘ISOLATION, HOPEAND RESILIENCE’In these challenging times, films that deal with loneliness in exceptionalcircumstances can be a source of motivation. As we battle with our innerfears and anxiety, here’s a list of films where protagonists’ struggle for
survival and sanity resonates with the ‘six- feet apart’ struggles that weare dealing with in the present scenario. Check them out...
This Oscar-winning movie thattells the tale of a ship-wreckedboy trapped in a lifeboat with
a Bengal tiger, is about survivingextraordinary hardships in un-usual circumstances. It’s about thetriumph of human spirit and posi-tivity — something we need to holdon to, in our pandemic-affected lives.
LIFE OF PI
Although we are not stranded onany island, every home has be-come an island of sorts — with
restricted movement and limited con-tact with the outside world. Stayingapart from loved ones, it’s now easierto relate to The Castaway’s lead actorTom Hanks making friends with a vol-leyball. The movie is about hope thathelps Hanks survive alone —the hopeof getting back to the ‘real world.’
THE CASTAWAY
The story of a woman trappedwith her little daughter afterrobbers break into their plush
new home is a thriller, but it alsoshows how to be resourceful whenyou confront huge challenges. It isabout surviving in the midst offear and uncertainty — of beingunprepared for something thatcan wreck our lives, and yet find-ing the courage and tenacity tocome out of it.
PANIC ROOM
An astronaut stuck alone inMars and facing an uncertainfuture is the stuff Hollywood
scripts are made of. Even if we arenot on the Red planet, our lives onplanet Earth, and our trials andtribulations without domestichelpers, when we clean, cook andexperiment with new recipes andtry balcony farming is similar to ‘TheMartian’s experiences, at leastmetaphorically.
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The InternationalMonetary Fund(IMF)calls it the GreatLockdown. Morgan
Stanley says it’s the GreatCovid-19 Recession, or GCR
for short. Ed Yardeni, whocoined the term, ‘bond vigi-lantes’ back in the 1980s, hasnamed this the Great VirusCrisis. There’s even a sugges-tion to call it a Pandession. As
economists search for the rightterminology to describe thebiggest economic crisis sincethe Great Depression, it couldtake years to settle on a name,if history is any guide.
What'll Covid-induced ECONOMICCRISIS be called?
➤ The GGrreeaatt LLoocckkddoowwnn has the backing ofthe IMF. At its meetings in April — held vir-tually this year —the IMF used that phraseto summarise how the world economy hadbeen upended. But there are rivals.Yardeni, president and chief investmentstrategist of Yardeni Research Inc, floatedthe 'GGrreeaatt VViirruuss CCrriissiiss', in an interviewwith Bloomberg News in March, and has
been plugging it in his research notes. “Awell-coined phrase conveys a lot of infor-mation, once it becomes universallyaccepted,” Yardeni said. For MorganStanley, its use of GGrreeaatt CCoovviidd--1199RReecceessssiioonn reflects its expectations for thedeepest peacetime contraction in globalgrowth since the Great Depression, accord-ing to chief economist Chetan Ahya
WILL COVID-19 ECONOMIC CRISIS BE CALLED THE GREAT LOCKDOWN?
➤ There’s PPaannddeessssiioonn, as suggested by econo-mist, David McWilliams. “A Pandession is a newword because it is a new thing,” McWilliamswrote in a blog post. “Language is vitallyimportant, when confronted with somethingnovel. If you don’t have the language, you can’tvisualise, conceive of or think your way out ofit,” he added. ➤Other names include, GGlloobbaallCCoorroonnaavviirruuss RReecceessssiioonn oorr GGCCRR from OxfordEconomics, or the CCoorroonnaa CCrriissiiss as touted byvarious analysts, and GGlloobbaall HHaarrdd SSttoopp or theVViirruuss RReecceessssiioonn
OTHER NAMES
➤ While many in the US refer to the 2007-2009slump as the Great Recession, the term is far fromuniversal. In Anglo- financial centres like Sydneyand London, the term GFC — short for GlobalFinancial Crisis — is more common ➤On the otherhand, Great Depression is a term that was used byvarious US presidents and others, such as Briteconomist, Lionel Robbins, who published a bookin 1934 titled, 'The Great Depression'
NAMESAKE
NAOMI OSAKA,WORLD’S HIGHEST-PAID FEMALEATHLETE: Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has become the high-est paid female athlete in the world, toppling Serena Williams. Accordingto Forbes magazine, Osaka earned $37.4 million in the last 12 monthsfrom prize money and endorsements, $1.4 million more than Williams,setting an all-time earnings record for a female athlete in a single year
Since the opening of the first modernOlympic Games in 1896, the internation-al sports competition has only beencancelled thrice: once during WorldWar-I (1916) and twice during WorldWar-II (1940, 1944)
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