Category: News For Kids
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Shenzhou-10 in Space
In September 2011, China launched a space module named TianGong- 1. This was launched to work as an experimental space laboratory. It is an unmanned space module that mean that there are no humans on it. So far two space crafts have already visited TianGong- 1. The third one named Shenzhou-10 was launched yeaterday. It carries three…
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Another Proof of Water on Mars?
This time the proof for existence of water on Mars hasn’t been gathered by much loved star rover Curiosity. The rock sample was collected by lesser known rover Opportunity. Yes, Opportunity, like Curiosity, also lives on mars. Opportunity has been an active resident of the red planet since January 2004. The rover recently picked up…
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Rafael Nadal Wins French Open
Rafael Nadal, once again won his favourite title The French open by defeating his opponent David Ferrer, in straight sets 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. Ferrer admitted after the game that Nadal was better than him during the play. The ‘King of clay’ proved that he has truly deserved the title. Not only is Nadal the first…
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Bullet@500Km/hr
Japan, for the first time, performed a outdoor test run for its ‘magnetically levitated’ bullet train that is suppose to run at whooping speed of 500 Km /311mph, highest anywhere in the world. What does magnetic levitation, commonly known as ‘maglev’ mean? The technology uses magnets to lift the train above the tracks thus getting…
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Serena Williams Wins French Open 2013
Serena Williams defeated her opponent, Maria Sharapova, in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 to win the French open trophy. Williams has won the French Open title for the second time after a long gap of 11 years. Last year, she had lost in the first round to a player ranked outside the top 100. Serena has always…
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Nadal to Take on Ferrer in French Open Finals
Seven times French Open champion, or shall we say king of clay Rafael Nadal beat world no. 1 Nadal Djokovich to earn a place in the finals. But the match wasn’t easy. Djokovich did not give it away easily, and Nadal had to fight really hard to beat him 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 9-7.…
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It’s Serena Vs Sharapova in French Open Finals
Serena Williams is currently world’s no. 1 tennis player. She is probably playing the best tennis of her life and is on a 30 match winning streak. Williams thrashed her opponent, Sara Errani, 6-0, 6-1 to reach the finals. On the other hand, Maria Sharapova, is the defending French Open Champion. She is all motivated…
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Amazon.In India
Amazon.com, the world’s largest online shopping site has finally opened up an online market in India at the website www.amazon.in. Amazon believes that this new site will be very successful in India. The site is actually a market since it allows companies to open little shops inside the site, online, where they can sell their…
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Roger Federer Loses in French Open Quarterfinals
Heart breaking for Roger fans all around the world. The champion player faced a crushing defeat from Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga with the scoreboard reading 7-5, 6-3,6-3. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes. Though clay has never been Roger’s favourited surface – he has won the French Open title only once in 2009 in his starry career, he…
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What is Happening in Turkey?
Turkey is disturbed. Do you know why? It all started out last week on May 28th with a very simple protest. The protest was to save some trees at the famous Taksim square. A new development project required to cut 600 trees of the Gezi park near Taksim square. In order to preserve those trees…
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French Open Quarterfinals
The stage is all set for exciting Quarterfinals at French Open 2013. In men’s singles event, top four seeds (‘seeds’ in the world of tennis refers to the ranks of the players) have reached the last eight and the clashes are set as shown below. Remember that the number in square bracket [ ], represents…
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Oldest Torah Scroll Found
This is exciting news for Jewish people! An 800 year old Torah scroll dating back to 1155 to 1125 has been found stored in the library of University of Bologna, Italy. Torah, for Jews holds immense religious significance. It consists of five books of Herbrew bible that include all the biblical laws of Judaism, a religion followed by…