Category: News For Kids
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More Forests in Brazil Now
There is some good news for our environment. The cutting down of trees of Amazon rainforests in Brazil has declined. Infact has dropped to its lowest level in 24 years. “It is the lowest deforestation rate since Brazil began its monitoringin 1988”, said Brazil’s Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira. Deforestation refers to the cutting, clearing, and removal of rainforests.…
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Huge Black Hole Found
A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light cannot get out. The gravity is so strong because the matter has been squeezed into a tiny space. It just swallows any light that is around it and thus it cannot be seen. Now Astronomers have spotted a massive black…
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Around the World Without Flying
Britisher Graham Hughes set a world record for being the most travelled person on the planet. He travelled across the world and visited 201 nations without even once boarding a plane!! So how did he do it? He either took a ground transport or walked on feet to visit every country in the world. His…
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Buildings On Mars
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) CEO Elon Musk is planning to make a colony of 80,000 people on Mars and the ticket will only cost you half a million dollars. Have you ever wondered what do astronauts do when they are out of food supplies or equipment supplies? Or if they have to send some test samples back to…
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Celebrating Guru Nanak’s Birthday
Today Sikhs around the world are celebrating birthday of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion.He was born on April 15, 1469 in the western Punjab village of Talwandi, about forty-five kilometres away from Lahore,Pakistan. The place of his birth is now known as Nankana sahib. His birthday is known as Guru Nanak Jayanti. Each year…
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Dust Storm On Mars
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) first spotted the Martian dust storm on Nov. 10 and has been tracking ever since. A global dust storm on Mars could have some difficulties for for the Opportunity and Curiosity rovers. If the current dust storm were to expand to cover the Red Planet, it will cover the rovers and affect…
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House On The Road
There is a single house in the middle of the road. Yes it is true. It’s in the city of Wenling, China, where officials have demolished a neighbourhood to make way for a new motorway. But the couple living in this house did not want to move.
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Discovery of Stone age House in UK
During a construction work near Edinburgh, UK remains of an extremely old house have been found. The house has a large oval pit, and remains of more than 1,000 of old tools and arrowheads. Big quantities of burnt hazelnut shells were also found suggesting whoever lived there roasted the nuts for food. Archaeologists believe that the…
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Greenland losing Ice..
Glacier-covered Greenland has had an average net loss of 200 million tons of ice every year since 2003, scientists who are studying the changing mass of the island using satellite data have confirmed that. Scientists use the rate of melting ice in Greenland as the measure of rate of Global warming. The really interesting part…
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India-China Fight over Border Areas
India and China have two main disputed border areas – Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh. Both the countries from time to time have claimed their ownership on these areas. In 1962 China and India fought a brief war over Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh. In 1993 the two countries signed agreements to respect the Line of Actual Control. Recently,…
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Rhino Poached in Kazhiranga
One horned rhinos that are already an endangered species are still being attacked. As their horns have extremely good medicinal qualities, poachers hunt them and then cut out the horn. Yet again a rhino was killed and its horn removed on Thursday in the Kaziranga National Park, taking the number of pachyderms killed by poachers…
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Israel Gaza agree to Ceasefire
Israel and Gaza have finally agreed on a ceasefire to end Israel-Palestinian conflict for now. Both sides are claiming victory. Peace finally prevailed after a week of air attacks that left many people dead and injured. UN council appreciated Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi for constantly mediating between the two sides.