Category: News For Kids
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Spacecraft or Helicopters?
Soon the spacecrafts would be able to land like helicopters. NASA has developed a new rotor landing system that will enable the space capsules to do so. At present the capsules use parachutes to land in the ocean, they will be replaced by spinning blades to enable soft and controlled landings on land. A lot of…
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Manned Space Mission ‘Made in China’
China plans to launch its next manned space mission in June next year. It might carry three astronauts to space. China also plans to develop a full orbiting space station by 2020 and is hopeful about a Chinese landing on moon one day. Like NASA in US, the space program of China is controlled by the…
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No Bursting Crackers After 10 p.m.
In Bengaluru, Karnataka, police have banned the bursting of crackers between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. during Diwali.There can be no bursting of crackers around the silent zones like hospitals. Crackers not only cause noise pollution but their smoke also pollutes the air and increases the air pollution levels way above acceptable limits. Police will patrol…
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Plastic Indian Flags Might be Banned
Indian government wants to ban the use of large number of plastic Indian flags used at national, cultural and sporting events. Plastic is harmful to the environment as it takes years to degrade during which time harmful residues seep into the ground. Instead goverment is suggesting the use of bio-degradable paper for making flags for…
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Spade-Toothed Beaked Whale Exists
The spade-toothed whale is a very little known because it is the rarest species of beaked whales. It was unknown until a partial jaw was found on Pitt Island in New Zealand in 1872 by a geologist named James Hector. In December 2010, a female and a baby whale were found stranded on Opape Beach,New…
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First Sandy now Nor’easter hits NY
New York and New Jersey residents have been warned to evacuate their homes as a new storm hits the area. The storm moving towards NY area has already brought some snow. So far around 1200 flights have been cancelled and there will be more power cuts. Although the storm is not as strong as Sandy…
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Barack Obama Re-elected as the US President
Barack Obama has been re-elected by the people of United States of America to be the 45th president of their country. He gets a second term which means another four years to serve the office. He had a very tough challenge from Republican Mitt Romney. Obama thanked all the voters online by tweeting from his official account “This happened because of you. Thank…
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US Gearing up for Elections
United States general elections will be held on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012. Current President and Democratic Party member Barack Obama is contesting for a second term of presidency against Republican Party Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney. Latest polls reveal that the race among the two presidential candidates will be very close. Both of them are equally…
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Sunita Williams Spacewalks Again
Indian-American Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams recently completed her seventh spacewalk. Any time an astronaut gets out of a vehicle while in space, it is called a spacewalk. A spacewalk is also called an EVA meaning extravehicular activity. She ventured out along with Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide for about six hours to fix an ammonia leak…
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Three Fingered Frog
The tiny, three-fingered frog, Brachycephalus tridactylus, was found in a rainforest reserve in southern Brazil. This frog was discovered in Feburary 14, 2007 by biologist Michel Garey. But it was not until June this year that the discovery of this new species – Brachycephalus tridactylus – was officially established. Wonder where this frog lost its fourth…
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The Escape of The Turtles!
Around 580 Indian Mud Turtles were being stolen from Vizag district, AP and taken to West Bengal and the Northeast, where turtle meat is considered a delicacy. Luckily they escaped as the truck overturned. The turtles were later released in lakes in the Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary.
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UFO spotted in Ladakh
Units of the Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) have reported Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOS) in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. The ITBP started spotting them in August and till October reported 100 sightings of yellowish spheres lifting off from the horizon on the Chinese side and staying in the sky for three…