Category: News For Kids
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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…
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Moon Dust Collected by Neil Armstrong Found in a Warehouse
On July 20, 1969, The Apollo 11 successfully landed on the moon with three American astronauts – Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. While on this mission, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins collected moon dust from the various spots on the surface of the moon. The samples were gathered so that they could be analysed to learn more…
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Action at Roland Garros
The French Open is one of the major tennis tournaments in Paris, France, at the Stadium Roland Garros which has been named after a famous French aviator Roland Garros. French Open 2013 round 1 matches have been proceeding pretty much as expected. Top three women players, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka have made…
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Japenese Man Oldest to Climb Everest
Someone once said, “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” This certainly holds true for Yuichiro Miura, an 80 year old Japanese man who successfully scaled Earth’s highest mountain – Mount Everest. He is the oldest man ever to climb the Everest. So how did he do it? Miura said…