A baby giraffe born on July 31 at Brights Zoo in Tennessee in the US has broken with tradition! It has been born with no spots at all. Giraffes with all white fur have been born before, but a calf that’s brown all over is unheard of.
The Bright zoo has organised a naming contest event for the public to participate On 22 August.
Brights Zoo of the United States declared they were given 4 options for voting.
Kipekee, which means unique;
Firyali, which means unusual or extraordinary;
Shakiri, which means “she is most beautiful”,
Jamella, which means “one of great beauty”
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On Tuesday (September 5, 2023) Bright Zoo announced the winning name was Kipekee. Around 40,000 people from all around the world had voted to name the spotless 5-week-old giraffe.
Kipekee got 16,000 votes from all around the world.
The Group of Twenty (G20″) is a club of countries who meet every year to discuss plans for the world economy. G20 is made up of 19 of the world’s largest economies plus a representative from the European Union. The location for the summit changes every year.
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G20 Summit In New Delhi
Leaders from all over the world met up in New Delhi, for the G20 summit on September 9-10, 2023. The main purpose of the meeting is for world leaders to get together and to talk about the world’s economies and the issues countries are facing. Some of the key issues are the ongoing recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic, the cost of living crisis, the war in Ukraine and climate change.
New Delhi underwent a makeover to welcome foreign delegates for the G20 summit. The capital has been decorated with ornamental flowers and fountains at traffic roundabouts, while public buildings and pavements were given a fresh coat of paint. The summit was held at the newly inaugurated Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan. India assumed the G20 presidency on December 1 last year and about 200 meetings related to G20 were organ-ised in 60 cities across the country.
India’s G20 theme is derived from the Sanskrit phrase, “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” (or the world is a family). According to the organisers, the theme is drawn from an ancient Sanskrit text. The phrase highlights the “value of all life, human, animal, plant, and microorganisms – and their interconnectedness on the planet Earth and in the wider universe”.
G20 Leaders Who Attended The Summit
Joe Biden President, USRishi Sunak Prime Minister, UKEmmanuel Macron President, FranceYoon Suk Yeol President, South KoreaMohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince, Saudi ArabiaJustin Trudeau Prime Minister, CanadaLi Qiang Premier, ChinaAnthony Albanese Prime Minister of AustraliaOlaf Scholz Chancellor of GermanyFumio Kishida Prime Minister of Japan Cyril Ramaphosa President of South AfricaGiorgia Meloni Prime Minister of ItalyRecep Tayyip Erdoğan President of TürkiyeAlberto Fernández President of ArgentinaJoko Widodo President of the Republic of IndonesiaLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva President of Brazil
G20 Summit 2023: Special Invitees
Bangladesh
Egypt
Mauritius
Netherlands
Nigeria
Oman
Singapore
United Arab Emirates
World leaders That Did Not Attend The G20 Summit
Xi Jinping – President, China
Vladimir Putin – President, Russia
Pedro Sánchez – President, Spain
Andrés Manuel López Obrador – President. Mexico
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also handed over the G20 presidential gavel to Brazilian President Luz Inacio Lula da Silva. Brazil will host the next G20 meeting in 2024.
Key Outcomes Of G20 Summit In Delhi
1. G20 Becomes G21
The African Union has been admitted as a new member of the G20. The African Union represents 55 African countries
2.An agreement was reached by the world leaders and the New Delhi Declaration was adopted. The New Delhi Declaration covered many aspects and also talked about points on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, global fight against corruption, global health, improvement in education, and better preparedness for future global health events like the Covid pandemic.
3.Global Biofuels Alliance has been launched. This Alliance will try to facilitate cooperation and the use of sustainable biofuels, including in the transportation sector. The Alliance has started with nine member countries – India, the US, Brazil, Argentina, Bangladesh, Italy, Mauritius, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates. Canada and Singapore are observer countries.
4. The leaders also agreed to triple global renewable energy capacity by
2030. Britain has committed $2 billion to the Green Climate Fund to help developing countries cope with the climate crisis. The green climate fund is the biggest single commitment the UK has made to help the world address climate change.
Fun Facts About G20 Summit New Delhi 2023:
Delhi is home to troops of wild monkeys. To ensure the monkeys do not disturb the important guests during the G20 Summit, officials had set up cardboard cut-outs of larger langur predator monkeys in the hope it will keep the monkeys away. More than 30 voice actors were also employed to stand behind the cut-outs and make the intimidating sounds of langur monkeys screaming and hooting.
The World’s Tallest Nataraja statue was installed at the G20 Summit Venue. The 27 foot tall Natraja statue portrays Lord Shiva in his cosmic dance. It weighs 18 tons and was made by artisans from Swamimalai in Tamil Nadu.
Indian President Droupadi Murmu hosted the G20 dinner for 170 guests on September 9 at the hall of Bharat Mandapam, the venue of the summit.
On September 8, at 11:11 pm local time a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck central Morocco, a country in North Africa. The epicenter was about 70 kms from the popular city of Marrakesh, towards the Atlas mountains.
It caused huge damage in several areas, as well as destroying large areas of the historic centre of Marrakech. Thousands of people are thought to have been killed or injured. King Mohammed VI has declared three days of national mourning. Many countries, including the UK and the US, have offered support, aid and help. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Morocco has soared to more than 2,000, with a similar number of injured.
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It was Morocco’s deadliest earthquake since Agadir was devastated by a 6.7-magnitude quake in 1960, which killed more than 12,000.
The Moroccan government says it has accepted aid from four countries so far – Britain, Spain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
France, the US and some other countries say they are also ready to help.
In 1970, the Turin-based Federation of Independent European Female Football organised an unofficial women’s world cup, in which 7 teams participated and Denmark became champion.
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FIFA, wary of lending the World Cup branding to what might turn out to be a failure, first organised a women’s invitational in China in 1988. Norway won this tournament. After this FIFA agreed to officially endorse a first Women’s World Cup to be played in 1991, also in China. In this inaugural edition, only 12 teams took part in the competition and the US team emerged as champions.
The current trophy measures 47 cm, weighs 4.6 kg and is made of sterling silver, covered in 23-karat white and yellow gold. The design is a spiral, with a football at the top, in an effort to symbolise the “athleticism, dynamism and elegance of women’s football. At its base, the trophy has a cone-shaped platform where the name of each of the winning teams from Women’s World Cups past are displayed.
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In 1991, only a total of 510,000 viewers came to watch the entire tour-nament. Whereas, 1,978,274 tickets were sold for Women’s World Cup 2023.
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After becoming the first-ever champions, the US women’s team has won the most number of World Cup finals. Out of the eight previous editions, the United States has won 4, Germany 2, Japan, and Norway, with 1 each.
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This year it was the first time that 32 nations competed. Eight new countries made their debut, including the Republic of Ireland, Haiti, Panama, Morocco, the Philippines, Portugal, Zambia, and Vietnam.
Did you know that 61 years after FIFA established the first men’s world cup, the first women’s version was organised?
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HERE’S HOW 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP MADE HISTORY
1. England’s Chole Kelly’s penalty against Nigeria was at a speed of 110.79 kmph, breaking the record of the fastest goal scored at a Women’s World Cup.
2. Sarina Wiegman has become the first coach to lead 2 nations to a World Cup final. Previously, she led the Netherlands women’s team to the final in 2019 and this year the England’s women team.
3. This year the teams received increased prize money. The winning team Spain took home $4.29 million.
Did you know that the prize money for the World Cup 2022 (Qatar) winning mean’s team was $42 million?
4. This is the first time the World Cup was jointly hosted by two countries. The matches were scheduled in Australia and New Zealand.
5. 164 goals were scored in this Women’s World Cup, the highest at any edition of the World Cup
6. The official match ball for the 2023 Women’s World Cup celebrates the natural landscape of host countries Australia and New Zealand. The ball has been designed by Aboriginal artist Chern’ee Sutton and Maori artist Fiona Collis.
7. The current trophy was designed in 1998 for the 1999 Women’s World Cup in the US.
India Becomes The First Country to land on the moon’s south pole with chandrayaan-3 mission
“India Is On The Moon” – ISRO Leader, Sreedhara Somanath
Chandrayaan-3 Mission: India, I Reached My Destination And You Too!
The Indian Space and Research and Organisation (“ISRO”) has successfully landed a spacecraft on the Moon on August 23, 2023. It’s the first time that any country has safely landed at the Moon’s South Pole. This is a historic moment for India and the whole country broke out in celebration. To mark the success of Chandrayaan-3, India will celebrate August 23 as “National Space Day“. The Chandrayaan-3 lander’s touchdown point will be called Shiv Shakti.
Chandrayaan-3 consists of a Lander Vikram, the Rover Pragyan, and a propulsion module.
The rover and lander are solar-powered, and are expected to work for one Lunar day, which is equivalent to 14 Earth days. After that, the Sun will set at the South Pole, and the machines will no longer have power. The objective of the mission is to study the Moon in different ways, including investigating its temperature, earthquakes, and minerals.
The six-wheeled rover will hunt for ice and other signs of water – clicking pictures, taking measurements and collecting data to be sent back down to Earth. Scientists believe craters that are permanently in shadow on the dark side of the Moon may hold frozen water.
India’s Moon rover took its first steps on the lunar surface on August 24.
“India took a walk on the Moon!” -ISRO said.
ONLY FOUR COUNTRIES HAVE EVER SUCCESSFULLY LANDED ON THE MOON
FORMER SOVIET UNION – 1966USA- 1966CHINA- 2013INDIA- 2023
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT CHANDRAYAAN-3
Chandrayaan is Sanskrit (an ancient Indian language) for “moon craft”.
The Vikram lander was named in honour of Vikram Sarabhai, who started India’s space program.
Pragyan means “wisdom” in Sanskrit.
Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to the previous Indian missions to the Moon. It is India’s third Chandrayaan mission.
The Lunar South Pole is also called the dark side of the Moon for the reason that the side of the moon is never visible from the Earth’s view. The dark side of the Moon is also called so because of the fact that there is no sunlight.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CHANDRAYAAN-3 AFTER 14 DAYS?
According to a Hindustan Times report, after 14 days, it will be night on the Moon for the next 14 days. Since Vikram and Pragyan can only work in the Sun, they will become inactive there. However, ISRO scientists have not ruled out the possibility of the duo coming back to life when the Sun rises again. It is also reported that the moon craft will not return to Earth.
THESE ARE THE FIRST PICTURES OF THE MOON TAKEN BY CHANDRAYAAN-3 LANDER DURING ITS DESCENT.VISUALISATION OF CHANDRAYAAN-3 LANDING ON THEJULY 14 CHANDRAYAAN-3 LAUNCHED AUGUST 5 CHANDRAYAAN-3 ENTERS LUNAR ORBITAUGUST 23 CHANDRAYAAN-3 LANDS ON THE MOON
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Soft landing means landing a spacecraft at a soft, gentle, and controlled speed so that the spacecraft is not damaged while landing.
FINDINGS OF THE CHANDRAYAAN-3 MISSION
As of the date of printing this Issue, the Pragyaan rover has made and sent some important observations. The Pragyaan rover has travelled around 100m from the Vikram lander.
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The observations made by Chandrayaan-3:
1. During its ten-day observation cycle, the Pragyaan rover has made some interesting discoveries. It has also encountered and safely bypassed a crater on the Moon’s surface.
2. It has confirmed the presence of sulphur, aluminium, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, oxygen and silicon on the lunar surface near the south pole.
3. It found that while the surface temperature was 50°C, within just 80mm (8cms) beneath the surface, it dropped to -10°C! It reached freezing point (0°C) at just 7cms under the surface!
The ISRO has announced that rover Pragyan has completed its assignment and now has been safely parked and put into sleep mode to survive the lunar night. “Currently, the battery is fully charged. The solar panel is oriented to receive light at the next sunrise expected on September 22, 2023. The receiver is kept on”, ISRO said.
