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A TO Z OF NEWS “If you can't understand it without an explanation, you can't understand it with an explanation.” -HARUKI MURAKAMI 05 News...To The Today, in order to comment, debate or even opinionate, one needs to dig deep and know the A TO Z of news. Starting with letter A, TIMES NIE takes you on a news-ical journey, explaining every name, place and context associated with it Hurricane Dorian strikes Bahamas In the news for H urricane Dorian’s un- relenting assault on the Grand Bahamas and Abaco Islands last week caused “extreme destruc- tion” as storm surges rose 12 to 18 feet above normal tide levels and at least 30 people were confirmed dead. ➤ Dorian is the fourth named storm of the 2019 hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov 30. ➤ The low-pressure system that became Dorian formed on Aug 23, strengthened to a tropical storm on Aug 25, and became a hurricane on Aug 28. ➤ In an average season, there are 12 named storms, including six hurricanes, with about half of them be- ing major hurricanes with winds of 111 mph or greater. ➤ Dorian could cost the Bahamas alone at least $7 billion in insured and uninsured losses. DORIAN How they are formed ■ Tropical cyclones are like giant en- gines that use warm, moist air as fuel. That is why they form only over warm ocean wa- ters near the equator. The warm, moist air over the ocean rises upward from near the sur- face. Because this air moves up and away from the sur- face, there is less air left near the sur- face. Another way to say the same thing is that the warm air rises, causing an area of lower air pres- sure below. ■ Air from sur- rounding areas with higher air pressure pushes in to the low pressure area. Then that “new” air be- comes warm and moist and rises, too. As the warm air continues to rise, the sur- rounding air swirls in to take its place. As the warmed, moist air rises and cools off, the wa- ter in the air forms clouds. The whole system of clouds and wind spins and grows, fed by the ocean's heat and water evap- orating from the surface. ■ Storms that form north of the equator spin coun- terclockwise. Storms south of the equator spin clock- wise. This difference is be- cause of Earth's rotation on its axis. As the storm sys- tem rotates faster and faster, an eye forms in the centre. It is very calm and clear in the eye, with very low air pressure. Higher pressure air from above flows down into the eye. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TROPICAL STORM AND A HURRICANE? Documentary on Maradona on Oct 1 In the news for: A documentary on Ar- gentine soccer star Diego Maradona will be ready for US launch by Sep- tember end. The film released in the United Kingdom; it has been directed by Academy Award-winner Asif Kapadia and will have a limited release in US theaters. It features 500 hours of never-before-seen footage of Maradona's time with Italian football club – Napoli, from 1984-1992. Why he is a hero In Argentina, however, Maradona was always more than just a sports hero — he has been a divine figure. It was the Houston Chronicle that described Maradona perfectly: he was the combination of Michael Jordan's athleticism, Babe Ruth's power and Mike Tyson's human fallibility. In a country that sur- vived many social frus- trations and several mili- tary dictatorships, El Diego became a symbol of hope and an idol to millions. The nickname, ‘El Pibe de Oro’, have an Argen- tine tradition associated with it. EARLY SIGNS OF GREATNESS ➤ Diego Maradona was born 30 October, 1960, and grew up under difficult conditions near Buenos Aires as the fourth child of Tota and Chitori Maradona. ➤ Three years old, Diego received a ball as a birthday present and it become his dear companion. ➤ His exceptional talent was obvious from a very young age. Birth: 1960 Country: Argentina Position: Midfielder Clubs: Argentinos Juniors (1976-1981) Boca Juniors (1976-1981) Argentinos Juniors (1981-1982) Barcelona (1982-1984) Napoli (1984-1991) Sevilla (1992-1993) Newell's Old Boys (1993-1994) Boca Juniors (1995-1997) Stats: Club football: 491 matches, 259 goals National team: 91 matches, 34 goals Kargil Conflict MORE ABOUT THE MAN IAF chief flies farewell sortie with Balakot hero Abhinanda In the news for: I ndian Air Force (IAF) chief and veter- an MiG-21 pilot, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa, who will retire this month, flew his farewell sortie recently in a MiG-21 Bison fighter, with Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman as his co-pilot. In the news for: A team of students at IIT Madras has devel- oped a drone technology that can help in rescue and relief operations, especially after natural disasters. This team has also won `10 lakh in funding from the Indian Innovation Growth Programme University Challenge, a programme held by the Department of Science and Technol- ogy with Martin Corporation and Tata Trusts. DRONE TECHNOLOGY DRONE TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA Photo: Getty images Photo: Getty images ■ A tropical storm has wind speed between 39 mph and 73 mph. A hurricane's wind speed is between 74 mph and 110 mph. ■ The different categories of hurricanes are also based on wind speed. Categories 1 and 2 have wind speed of 74 to 95 mph and 96 to 110 mph respectively. Categories 3 and above produce even higher wind speed and cata- strophic damage. These are major hurricanes. SCIENTIFIC TERMS The scientific term for all these storms is tropical cyclone. Only tropical cyclones that form over the Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific Ocean are called "hurricanes." DHANOA What’s common between Dhanoa and Varthaman ➤Dhanoa and Varthaman are amongst the few IAF pilots who have flown com- bat missions against Pakistan - Dhanoa during the 1999 Kargil conflict and Varthaman on February 27, the day after the IAF strike on Balakot in Pak- istan. ➤ Both pilots have experi- enced ejection by parachute from their MiG-21s. ■ Dhanoa is the 25th Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force. He as- sumed the post on 31 December 2016. ■ During his tenure as IAF chief, Dhanoa — who is regarded as a ‘flyer’s flyer’ — has flown sev- eral sorties in the MiG-21, to bolster confidence in the IAF’s oldest fighter. While it is not un- known for senior Air Marshals to fly cere- monial sorties as co-pilots in the rear seat of fighters, with the aircraft actually being flown by a younger front line pilot, Dhanoa often captains the sortie himself. ■ Birender Singh Dhanoa was born in Deoghar, Jharkhand. ■ He has completed a part of his schooling from St Xavier's School, Ranchi. He is an alumnus of St. George's Col- lege, Mus- soorie, where he studied from 1968 to 1969. He there on joined Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun, and later graduated from National Defence Academy, Pune. Dhanoa was Commanding Officer of a front line ground attack fighter squadron during the Kargil Conflict, 1995. Under his leadership, the squadron devised innovative methods of night bombing at high altitudes that had never been attempted before. His squadron was adjudged best fighter of HQ WAC (Western Air Command). ■ According to a study conducted by UnearthInsight, it is predicted that the market for commercial end-use of drones in India might hit the $1 billion mark by 2020. ■ In India, drones-based solutions are being explored across industries – for commercial applications, as well as by the government to be leveraged in the defence space. ■ In a first, a drone successfully trans- ported a single unit of blood from a remote primary health center in Uttarakhand's Tehri district to a hospital's blood bank 32 km away. The drone made the journey in 18 minutes compared to 50-60 minutes via road. ■ India's Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has also developed its own domestic UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) program. The project aims to develop a domestic arsenal to replace the existing fleet of vehicles. For example, DRDO Lakshya is a target drone used for discreet aerial reconnaissance and tar- get acquisition. DIEGO MARADONA DARBAR MOVE Darbar move tradition to continue this year In the news for: A ll the top administrative offices, including the Governor's house and the Secre- tariat, would move down to Jammu this year also to keep up the tradition of the ‘Dar- bar Move’. An official said, the J&K admin- istration has started preparations for the first ‘Darbar Move’ from Srinagar to Jammu in the new Union Territory of J&K, floating over 50 bids this week for vari- ous face-lift works in Jammu for the same. WHAT’S THE TRADITION? ■ The 107-year-old tradition of half-yearly shuttling of the seat of governance between the summer and winter capi- tals in Jammu and Kashmir is called Darbar move. ■ All the top administrative offices, including the Governor's house and the Secretariat, will move down to Jammu. ■ The tradition of 'Darbar Move' follows a practice set up by the erstwhile Dogra mahara- jas of the state. Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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A TO Z OF NEWS“If you can't understand it without an explanation,you can't understand it with an explanation.”
-HARUKI MURAKAMI 05
News...To The
Today, in order to comment, debate or even opinionate, one needs to dig deep and know the A TO Z of news. Startingwith letter A, TIMES NIE takes you on a news-ical journey,explaining every name, place and context associated with it
Hurricane Dorianstrikes Bahamas In the news for
Hurricane Dorian’s un-relenting assault onthe Grand Bahamas
and Abaco Islands last weekcaused “extreme destruc-tion” as storm surges rose 12to 18 feet above normal tidelevels and at least 30 peoplewere confirmed dead.➤ Dorian is the fourthnamed storm of the 2019hurricane season, which
runs from June 1 to Nov 30.➤ The low-pressure systemthat became Dorian formedon Aug 23, strengthened toa tropical storm on Aug 25,and became a hurricane onAug 28.➤ In an average season,there are 12 named storms,including six hurricanes,with about half of them be-ing major hurricanes withwinds of 111 mph or greater.➤ Dorian could cost theBahamas alone at least$7 billion in insuredand uninsured losses.
DORIAN
How they are formed
■ Tropical cyclonesare like giant en-gines that usewarm, moist airas fuel. Thatis why theyform onlyover warmocean wa-ters near theequator. Thewarm, moistair over theocean risesupward fromnear the sur-face. Becausethis air movesup and awayfrom the sur-face, there isless air leftnear the sur-
face. Another way to saythe same thing is that thewarm air rises, causingan area of lower air pres-sure below.
■ Air from sur-rounding areas withhigher air pressure
pushes in to the lowpressure area. Thenthat “new” air be-
comes warm andmoist and rises,
too. As the warmair continues torise, the sur-
rounding airswirls in to
take itsplace. As
the warmed,moist air rises
and cools off, the wa-ter in the air formsclouds. The whole
system of clouds and windspins and grows, fed by theocean's heat and water evap-orating from the surface.■ Storms that form northof the equator spin coun-terclockwise. Storms southof the equator spin clock-wise. This difference is be-cause of Earth's rotation onits axis. As the storm sys-tem rotates faster andfaster, an eye forms in thecentre. It is very calm andclear in the eye, with verylow air pressure. Higherpressure air from aboveflows down into the eye.
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ATROPICAL STORM AND A HURRICANE?
Documentary onMaradona on Oct 1In the news for:
Adocumentary on Ar-gentine soccer starDiego Maradona will
be ready for US launch by Sep-tember end. The film releasedin the United Kingdom; it hasbeen directed by AcademyAward-winner Asif Kapadiaand will have a limited releasein US theaters. It features 500hours of never-before-seenfootage of Maradona's timewith Italian football club –Napoli, from 1984-1992.
Why he is a heroIn Argentina, however, Maradonawas always more than just a sportshero — he has been a divine figure.It was the Houston Chronicle that
described Maradonaperfectly: he was thecombination of MichaelJordan's athleticism,
Babe Ruth's powerand Mike Tyson's
human fallibility. Ina country that sur-
vived many social frus-trations and several mili-tary dictatorships, El
Diego became a symbol of hope andan idol to millions. The nickname,‘El Pibe de Oro’, have an Argen-tine tradition associated with it.
EARLY SIGNS OF GREATNESS➤ Diego Maradona was born 30October, 1960, and grew up underdifficult conditions near BuenosAires as the fourthchild of Tota andChitori Maradona.➤ Three years old,Diego received aball as a birthdaypresent and itbecome his dearcompanion.➤ His exceptional talent wasobvious from a very young age.
Birth: 1960
Country: Argentina
Position: Midfielder
Clubs:
Argentinos Juniors(1976-1981)
Boca Juniors(1976-1981)
Argentinos Juniors(1981-1982)
Barcelona (1982-1984)
Napoli (1984-1991)
Sevilla (1992-1993)
Newell's Old Boys(1993-1994)
Boca Juniors (1995-1997)
Stats:
Club football: 491matches, 259 goals
National team: 91matches, 34 goals
Kargil Conflict MORE ABOUT THE MAN
IAF chief flies farewell sortiewith Balakot hero Abhinanda In the news for:
Indian Air Force (IAF) chief and veter-an MiG-21 pilot, Air Chief Marshal B SDhanoa, who will retire this month, flew
his farewell sortie recently in a MiG-21 Bison fighter, with Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman as his co-pilot.
In the news for:
Ateam of students at IIT Madras has devel-oped a drone technology that can help inrescue and relief operations, especially
after natural disasters. This team has also won ̀ 10lakh in funding from the Indian Innovation GrowthProgramme University Challenge, a programmeheld by the Department of Science and Technol-ogy with Martin Corporation and Tata Trusts.
DRONETECHNOLOGY
D R O N E T E C H N O L O G Y I N I N D I A
Photo: Getty images
Photo: Getty images
■ A tropical storm has wind speed between39 mph and 73 mph. A hurricane's wind speedis between 74 mph and 110 mph.■ The different categories of hurricanes arealso based on wind speed. Categories 1 and 2have wind speed of 74 to 95 mph and 96 to110 mph respectively. Categories 3 and aboveproduce even higher wind speed and cata-strophic damage. These are major hurricanes.
SCIENTIFIC TERMS
The scientific term for all these storms istropical cyclone. Only tropical cyclones thatform over the Atlantic Ocean or easternPacific Ocean are called "hurricanes."
DHANOA What’s common betweenDhanoa and Varthaman➤Dhanoa and Varthaman are amongstthe few IAF pilots who have flown com-bat missions against Pakistan - Dhanoaduring the 1999 Kargil conflict andVarthaman on February 27, the day after the IAF strike on Balakot in Pak-istan. ➤ Both pilots have experi-enced ejection byparachute fromtheir MiG-21s.
■ Dhanoa is the 25th Chief of the AirStaff of the Indian Air Force. He as-sumed the post on 31 December 2016.■ During his tenure as IAFchief, Dhanoa — who isregarded as a ‘flyer’sflyer’ — has flown sev-eral sorties in theMiG-21, to bolsterconfidence in theIAF’s oldest fighter.While it is not un-known for senior AirMarshals to fly cere-monial sorties as co-pilotsin the rear seat of fighters,with the aircraft actually being flownby a younger front line pilot, Dhanoa
often captains the sortie himself.■ Birender Singh Dhanoa wasborn in Deoghar, Jharkhand.
■ He has completed a partof his schooling from
St Xavier's School,Ranchi. He is analumnus of St.George's Col-lege, Mus-soorie, wherehe studied from
1968 to 1969. Hethere on joined
Rashtriya Indian MilitaryCollege, Dehradun, and later
graduated from National DefenceAcademy, Pune.
Dhanoa was CommandingOfficer of a front lineground attack fightersquadron during theKargil Conflict, 1995.Under his leadership, the squadron devisedinnovative methods ofnight bombing at highaltitudes that had neverbeen attempted before.His squadron wasadjudged best fighter ofHQ WAC (Western AirCommand).
■ According to a study conducted byUnearthInsight, it is predicted that themarket for commercial end-use of dronesin India might hit the $1 billion mark by2020.
■ In India, drones-based solutions arebeing explored across industries – forcommercial applications, as well as by thegovernment to be leveraged in thedefence space.
■ In a first, a drone successfully trans-ported a single unit of blood from aremote primary health center inUttarakhand's Tehri district to a hospital'sblood bank 32 km away. The drone madethe journey in 18 minutes compared to50-60 minutes via road.
■ India's Defense Research andDevelopment Organisation (DRDO) hasalso developed its own domestic UAV
(unmanned aerialvehicle) program.The project aimsto develop adomestic arsenal
to replace theexisting fleet of vehicles. For example,DRDO Lakshya is a target drone used fordiscreet aerial reconnaissance and tar-get acquisition.
DIEGOMARADONA
DARBAR MOVEDarbar move tradition tocontinue this yearIn the news for:
All the top administrative offices,including the Governor's houseand the Secre-
tariat, would movedown to Jammu thisyear also to keep up thetradition of the ‘Dar-bar Move’. An official
said, the J&K admin-istration has startedpreparations for thefirst ‘Darbar Move’from Srinagar to
Jammu in the newUnion Territory ofJ&K, floating over 50bids this week for vari-ous face-lift works inJammu for the same.
WHAT’S THE TRADITION?
■ The 107-year-old traditionof half-yearly shuttling of theseat of governance betweenthe summer and winter capi-
tals in Jammu and Kashmir iscalled Darbar move. ■ All the top administrativeoffices, including the Governor'shouse and the Secretariat, willmove down to Jammu. ■ The tradition of 'DarbarMove' follows a practice set upby the erstwhile Dogra mahara-jas of the state.
Photo: GETTY IMAGES
