Category: News For Kids
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First Man to Walk on Moon Passes Away
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on moon passed away on Saturday. He was 82. It is indeed a sad moment for all around the world as he was an astronaut unmatched in his accomplishments. 43 years ago, in July of 1969, Neil Armstrong with Michael Collins and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin were part of…
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Prithvi II Takes Off
The surface-to-surface Prithvi II ballistic missile was successfully launched at 11.03 a.m.on Saturday from Chandipur off Odisha coast. A “Ballistic Missile“is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target. With this missile launch, India has emerged as a major missile power. A part of army, entrusted with the nuclear…
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Tropical Storm in Haiti
Tropical Storm Isaac hit Haiti early Saturday with winds blowing upto the speed of 60 miles (95 kilometers) per hour and very heavy rainfall. A tropical storm is thunderstorm accompanied with strong winds and heavy rains. It must be a sad sight in Haiti because already thousands of people are living in makeshift camps after…
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Assam in danger of floods again
One of world’s most powerful river – Brahmaputra and its tributaries in Assam are overflowing yet again due to non stop heavy rains. In the first wave of floods that had hit the state in july, World’s largest river island ‘Majuli,’ almost got submerged in water. World famous Kaziranga National Park had been badly effected and hundreds of animals living…
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Elderly woman destroys an old painting
An elderly woman’s Do It Yourself has become a nightmare for a spanish church. The old lady decided to try and fix a famous painting of Jesus Christ after it was damaged by water. This unique 19th century fresco in Zaragoza in the north of the country has a lot of emotional value for the locals…
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Magnificient Mary eyes gold in Rio
Mary Kom, after her marvellous performance and a bronze medal win in London Olympics 2012 is all set to work hard for a gold medal win in next Olympics. The next Olympics will take place in 2016 in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Mary also said that her chances of winning will be more if a…
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Curiosity begins the Curious Exploration
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Curiosity begins the test drive on Mars proving that it can indeed move. Although moving at a very small speed, lesser than 4cm per second, it covered a distance of six meters. If Curiosity keeps making a slow and a steady progress we might learn a lot more about Mars, mostly about…
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London Paraolympic games 2012 flame lit
After Olympics it is now turn for the London Paraolympic games 2012. The official countdown to the Paralympics games begun on Wednesday when some mountaineers and people with disabilities, trekked the tallest peaks in the four regions of the United Kingdom – Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland and lighted the Paralympic flame. The four…
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Volcano eruption in Ecuador
Tungurahua Volcano in Ecuador has been showing increased volcanic activity and the emission of steam, gas and ash. The volcano is located near Banos, 140km south of the country’s capital of Quito. There was a sudden activity around 19th August and finally an outburst on 21st August. The Tungurahua, aptly named as “Throat of Fire” in…
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China Protests against Japan
Huge crowds gathered across China to protest against their neighbouring country Japan over the ownership of disputed Diaoyu islands. What is a Dispute or Disputed thing? Have you and your friends ever fought over a same piece of toy? Oh Yeah !! So the toy is a disputed toy? Here China and Japan are arguing over…
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Watch 3D without glasses
Don’t like those annoying 3D glasses that keep falling down? Well now there is a new technology for a three-dimensional movie that you can enjoy without the glasses. The technology that changes the conventional 3D films to be shown on the new TV will be shown in Berlin IFA trade show next month. IFA is the world’s biggest exhibition for…
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What is happening in Assam?
So what is happening in Assam? Why are we hearing about so much violence in Assam? First you have to know this. Our neighbouring country Bangladesh and our north eastern state Assam share a huge border area.This border is not very securely guarded by Border Security Force(BSF) due to the lack of equipments. Also, heavy…