Category: News For Kids
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Remarkable Journey of a Fish
A striped beak fish travelled all the way from Japan, aboard a stranded boat, to travel around 8,000 Kms and landed on a beach in Oregon, US. So what is so special about it you would ask? Don’t many fishes travel long distances to migrate from one place to the other? Yes, many fishes do but not this…
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India Test Fires Agni II
India on Sunday successfully test fired the intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), Agni-II from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. What is Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile in the first place? Intermediate range just refers to the strike range of missile which in this case is about 2,500 Kms. A missile in general means any object thrown aimed…
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Nelson Mandela Discharged
Nelson Mandela was discharged from the hospital yesterday where he was admitted since 27 March. He was being treated for a recurring bout of pneumonia. The former South African president will receive round the clock care at his home in the Houghton district of Johannesburg, South Africa. Nelson Mandela lead the anti-apartheid movement in…
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Bird Flu Scare in China
Bird Flu is a disease usually found in chickens, ducks and turkeys. It is also known as ‘Avian Flu’. In rare instances, people who come in contact with droppings, feathers, mucus, and saliva of infected birds can get infected by the virus. Recently, few bird flu cases have been reported in China. This has put…
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World’s Lightest Material
Guess where the World’s lightest material has been invented and made? Well, pretty much like everything around us, the lightest substance Aerogel, is also made in China. It is so light that if a mug made out of it is kept on grass, not even a blade of grass will bend!! Aerogel is produced with a…
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Indian Premier League Kicks Off
Season 6 of Indian Premier League, more commonly known as IPL, kicked off in in Kolkata yesterday with a dazzling opening ceremony. A shorter format of cricket, Twenty20, consisting only 20 overs is played in the league. It is currently contested by nine teams, consisting of players from around the cricketing world. The nine teams –…
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World’s Biggest Dinosaur Park
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer wants to turn his Palmer Coolum Resort on the coast north of Brisbane, Australia into a gigantic dinosaur park. The park aims to have world’s biggest collection of robotic dinosaurs – About 165 of them! The dinosaurs will be able to move around and blink their eyes just like the real ones would have…
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Nelson Mandela in Hospital
South Africa’s beloved leader, Nelson Mandela has been in hospital since almost a week and recovering from a serious bout of Pneumonia. The 94-year-old former South African president, is weak and only allowed to meet his family members. Fondly known as ‘Madiba’, meaning protector of the world, Nelson Mandela spearheaded the anti-apartheid movement in his country…
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Clothes Made Out of Slime?
Eeeeww… Who will ever want to wear slime clothes? Well, why not? People do wear clothes made out of worms – Silkworms !! Hagfishes live very deep in the ocean and are the probably the slimiest creatures on earth. Hagfishes are covered with special glands that can emit a sticky slime. When they feel threatened they can…
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Easter Day Parade in New York
The Easter parade is an American cultural event where people get together for a festive strolling procession on Easter Sunday. Typically, it is a somewhat informal and unorganized event. Participants in an Easter parade celebrate by dressing up in new and fashionable clothing, particularly hats. The Easter parade is most closely associated with Fifth Avenue…
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To Space in Six hours
Can you believe it? A manned Soyuz spacecraft has docked at the International Space Station (ISS) after a journey of mere six hours. The journey that usually takes a couple of days was cut short by forty two hours because scientists cut short the number of orbits the spacecraft travelled. Spacecraft displayed some very fine…
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Eiffel Tower Evacuated
There was a threat claim made on Eiffel Tower, world’s famous landmark. As a result the tower was evacuated, and all 1,400 visitors were asked to leave the landmark as France’s anti-terrorism police watched the situation. It could take a few hours to complete the search. This is not the first time this has happened. The tower has…