Category: News For Kids
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Giant Squid Caught On Tape
So far the Giant Squid has been camera shy, but now explorers have done a difficult task. They got the Giant Squid on tape. This was a joint effort by Japan Broadcasting Commission (NHK) and the US Discovery Channel, and the film was captured during an expedition off Japan’s Ogasawara archipelago. This video might answer a lot…
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Australian Man finds Rare Gold
An Australian gold explorer has discovered around 12 pounds(5.5kg) Y shaped chunk of gold, near the town of Ballarat in Victoria.The piece was buried 60 centimeters beneath the ground. He used a very advanced metal detector to make the find. His identity has been kept a secret due to safety reasons. Ballarat, a city located…
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Boeing Dreamliners Down To Earth
This week on Wednesday Japan grounded all Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplanes when one of the Dreamliner airplanes developed battery malfunction during the flight and had to be emergency-landed. By Thursday, US, India and Qatar also joined Japan in grounding Boeing Dreamliners. 39 out of the 50 Dreamliners in operation around the world have now been…
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Floods in Jakarta
Continuous heavy monsoon downpour has flooded the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta. Jakarta is used to floods which almost happen every year because of the monsoon rains. This time around it is different. Central business district(CBD), which is usually unaffected by floods, has also been affected. Even President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was seen walking around the palace with…
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Who Ate Up The Ozone?
What is ozone? Is it a fruit related to orange? Or a bone? Well, it is none of the above. The ozone is often referred to the layer of gas covering the atmosphere. It is helpful because it stops the dangerous ultraviolet light of the sun from reaching the Earth’s surface. While the warmth of sun is…
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Japan Grounds all Boeing 787s
The ‘Boeing 787 Dreamliner’ is an airplane developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It can carry somewhere between 210 to 290 passengers. Boeing states that it is the company’s most fuel-efficient airliner. On Wednesday, All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing Dreamliner airplane had to make an emergency landing as smoke was filled up the cockpit during the flight. The…
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Australian Open Begins
The Australian Open is a major tennis tournament held annually in Melbourne, Australia. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year – the other three being the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Australian open 2013 has kicked off as expected. Many top seeded players have made it to the next round. Andy Murray had an easy straight-set win…
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Happy Birthday Wikipedia!
How often do you refer to encyclopedia – the book, to know more about things? Just like your book has pages full of information about things, humans would like to know about, Wikipedia also has a collection of all information, that anyone would like to know about, but on the internet. Wikipedia is derived from…
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Monster Flu in America
US is facing the worst influenza epidemic in a decade according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC flu advisory report released Friday finds widespread outbreaks in 47 states, up from 41 last week. The flu vaccine is being rationed as the authorities are saving the flu shots for the elderly. The pharmacies…
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Maha Kumbh Mela Begins
Kumbh Mela is the biggest religious gathering in the world. During the Mela, Hindus gather at the banks of river Ganges, river Godavari and river Kshipra to take a dip in the holy river water. It is believed that bathing in the river water at the time of the Mela cleanses the person of…
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Killer Whales make it to the Open Waters
Killer whales, also called “orcas,” are the largest of the dolphins. Eleven killer whales had been trapped inside a frozen stretch in Hudson Bay since last Tuesday. Villagers from Inukjuak, a nearby fishing village in Quebec, first spotted them. They then asked Canadian government to take an action to help the panicked whales. The whales were barely…
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Snake on a Plane
Isn’t it marvellous to have a window seat inside the aircraft so that you can enjoy the outside view? But what if suddenly a snake pops up on the window? Sounds scary?? This is what happened on the Qantas flight between Cairns, Australian and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. A scrub python, Australia’s longest snake, appeared…