AUDIO AUGUST CAMPAIGN 09082020

AUDIO HEADLINES TODAY BY ANJALI B NAIR



OUR TRIBUTES TO THE CREW OF THE ILLFATED PLANE 


WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY ARUN LAKSHMANAN 
1. COVID-19: 
-Kerala records highest single-day count of 1,420 on Saturday, 1,715 recover.
-Health Ministry not in favor of reopening of schools in September .
-US cases hit 5 million; Brazil deaths at 100,000

2.Kozhikode plane crash:

-Black box recovered; probe under way.
-Kerala CM announces Rs 10 lakh compensation for victims, free treatment for injured.
-Malappuram locals praised for their selflessness & humanity by helping rescue lives.

3.Rajamala landslide: Search is on for the second day; the death toll reaches 23.

4. Kerala govt asks TN govt to release water from Mullaperiyar dam in a phased manner.

5.Shots, tear gas fired as protests against Beirut explosion grow.

6.Mauritius declares emergency over oil spill from grounded ship.

7.NASA drops racially charged nicknames of celestial bodies.

8.China seals off village after bubonic plague death.


AUDIO HEADLINES TODAY BY SOPHIA TEACHER
Headlines Vocab
1. bubonic plauge /bjuːbɒnɪk ˈpleɪɡ/
the commonest form of plague in humans, characterized by fever, delirium, and the formation of buboes(നീര്‍വീക്കം).
Plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis. Rodents, such as rats, carry the disease. It is spread by their fleas(ചെള്ള്‌).
People can get plague when they are bitten by a flea that carries the plague bacteria from an infected rodent. In rare cases, people get the disease when handling an infected animal.
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