Category: News For Kids
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Japan to buy the Disputed Islands
China and Japan are fighting over some islands in East China Sea. Now reports from Japan say that the government has decided to buy the disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea from their private owner. The government will pay 2.05bn yen (japanese currency) which is around $26m…
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Google launches Voice Navigation Services in India
Google launched free voice navigation services in India. The service can be used by android and tablet users. While navigation services were available in India since a long time, voice navigation is something very useful. Earlier, the driver had to keep looking at the map in order to figure out the directions. But now voice…
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Girisha shines at London Paralympics
Little known boy from Karnataka, Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda, won first silver for India at London Paralympic games 2012. He won it in the men’s high jump F42 event. Girisha who has an impairment in his left leg jumped a height of 1.74m, same as the gold medalist Iliesa Delana of Fiji, he had to settle…
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Happy Teacher’s Day
Many countries celebrate Teacher’s day to appreciate the devotion and hard work of teachers. In India, it is celebrated on September 5. This day is the birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was a renowned scholar and an excellent teacher. He was also the first vice president and second president of India. His contribution to the…
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Race to US Presidential elections 2012
The President and Vice-President of the US are elected every four years. The Political Parties amongst themselves choose their candidates to run for president and vice president. Last time the elections were held in 2008 where Illinois Senator Barack Obama from the Democratic Party went to become the first African American president in the history…
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Disappearing Arctic ice
Scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced that the sea ice in the Arctic had reached its lowest level since satellite measurements began breaking the lowest level record of 2007. We still have two more weeks to go before the summer ends. In 2007, it was predicted that the arctic will be free of…
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Pilot Whales Stranded on Scottish Beach
Around 30 pilot whales found themselves on the beach of Fife coast in Scotland. Each of the whales was almost 20 Ft long. That’s huge! Sadly around 20 of them died. Nine whales have been saved by the vets from British Divers and Marine Life Rescue, with help from the emergency services. A vet is…
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Labor day celebrated across US today
Labor Day is being celebrated all across the United States today. It always falls on the first Monday of September every year. Who thought of Labour day? How did it start? All working men and women are called ‘Labor’. Labor day started on the suggestion of an American machinist named Matthew Maguire. It is celebrated…
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Lunar Crater found to have Ice
Lunar crater Shackleton, near the moon’s south pole is found to be made up of 5 to 10% of ice. Scientists had always guessed that there could be ice present there as the crater is permanently dark and cold due tilted spin axis of the moon. Since water which is essential for any life, is evolving on the…
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Earthquake hits Indonesia – 7.6 magnitude
An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude struck off the Philippines on Friday destroying roads and bridges. A lot of people moved to higher areas because of tsunami warnings. The quake was centered off the east coast, 91 miles (146 km) off the town of Guiuan. The region has been hit by devastating quakes in the past decade. Last year,…
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Sunita William’s Fifth Spacewalk
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, stepped outside the International Space Station to attend some maintenance issues in ISS. However, they had difficulties driving the bolts to secure the replacement switching unit and therefore were unable to fix it. The outing was fifth spacewalk for Sunita and it lasted 8 hours and…
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World’s Largest Marine Park
The Cook Islands announced the creation of the world’s largest marine park Tuesday. It is an enormous marine park almost twice the size of France at 1.065 million square Kilometer. It is amazing that tiny island nations have created such a huge marine park. The Cook Islands, nation of 20,000 people on 15 islands. Previously the world’s…