Category: News For Kids
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Robot Goes To School!
.. And the boy who sent the robot stays home. Wow! Devon Carrow, from New York in America, uses the £3,000 ‘robo-swot’ to attend his classes sitting right at home. The high-tech gadget uses HD cameras to show Devon his classroom and he can signal when he wants to give an answer with a flashing…
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Taj Mahal in Dubai?
One of the seven wonders of the world and India’s pride – The Taj Mahal, might be replicated in Dubai by Falconcity of Wonders, a local multi-purpose development company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) . Salim al-Musa, the chairman of Falconcity of Wonders said that the proposed Dubai structure would be called Taj Arabia and will be…
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Comet ISON Will Dazzle Earth In 2013
What! A comet that is 15 times brighter than the moon will fly by Earth in 2013, now that is going to be spectacular. According to its current position the comet will be visible after sunset and so bright that moon will shy away. The comet, discovered by astronomers in Russia using the International Scientific…
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Who Stole the Great Barrier Reef?
The Great Barrier Reef has lost half of its coral cover in the last 27 years. Loss of coral is caused mainly by cyclones and crown-of-thorns starfish as reported by Australian Institute of Marine Science in Townsville. There are two major reasons why this is happening tropical cyclone storms, growing population of crown-of-thorns starfish and…
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Bapu’s Birthday
Gandhi Jayanti is a National Holiday celebrated in India to celebrate of the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi or Bapu. Mahatma Gandhi was born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on October 2nd 1869 in Porbandar,Gujarat. He later launched the ‘Quit India movement’ against the British, a non violent movement to win freedom. Finally India received independence on 15th August 1947 from the British. He is…
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T20: India Beat Pakistan In A Crucial Super Eight Match
What a Sunday cracker of a cricket match! India won over Pakistan in their first meet at the Twenty20 World Cup today in Colombo. India-Pakistan World Cup matches are always a delight to watch at home, in shopping malls and in restaurants. This match was no exception, although fairly one sided with India dominating in…
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And Once A River Flowed on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence of a dried up river that flowed over the surface of Mars – the red planet. The picture shows a dried up bedrock, that is found at the bottom of a river. The possibility of Mars having life once upon a time just became huge. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
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T20: India up against Pakistan today
India is all set to play against Pakistan in their second match in the Super Eights stage. After losing its very first challenge to Australia, India has to now win against Pakistan and South Africa. As for Pakistan , they won in their match with South Africa Saturday. Pakistan’s batting and bowling, both seems in…
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T20: Lankans beat Windies
Sri Lanka and West Indies had played a game each in the Super Eights stage and both had won it so it was match between the equals. West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first. Unfortunately, they got off to a very slow start and could score only score 130 at the end…
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Big Fight Over Small Islands
The fight over the Diaoyu or Senkaku islands has gotten worse as China is still protesting against it. Both the countries are refusing to step back from the brink as they are afraid that they will appear weak. China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi angered Japanese diplomats at the United Nations by accusing Japan of stealing…
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First WildFires and Now Floods in Spain
Heavy flooding took six victims including a young girl and an elderly woman. Rescue workers used boats to evacuate around 600 people that were trapped in their homes in Andalusia province. More intense rain is expected in the southern Spain. Spain is having a tough time this year as hundreds were battling wildfires till sometime back…
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Self Driving Cars
Google had been working on the autonomous cars project for some time. It had been testing these cars in Nevada. Yesterday California joined in to allow testing of such cars. Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin hopes that self-driving cars will be able to drive on public streets in five years or less. Another 30 years and no one…