Category: News For Kids
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Canary Islands Fire Uncontrollable
The Canary Islands Wildfire are on the verge of becoming a disaster now as the firefighters are unable to control these fires. Five planes and seven helicopters are supporting firefighters on the ground. “About 25% of the Garajonay nature reserve, a Unesco World Heritage site, has been destroyed by fire. The area measures about 750 hectares (1,853…
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Wild Fires on Canary Islands
Spain is in trouble as the Firefighters are fighting a forest fire on La Gomera in Spain’s Canary Islands. A Wildfire/forest fire is any uncontrolled fire in deep dense forest. Wildfires often start unnoticed. These fires are usually triggered by lightning or accidents. They spread quickly, igniting trees, and homes which are in the nearby areas. The worst affected area on La Gomera…
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Curiosity gets a ‘brain transplant’
The Curiosity rover is exploring red planet a little bit more every day. It has been transmitting back to Earth latest images that show the environment around its landing site on Mars. Curiosity will make the red planet its home for next two years. It will spend its time taking samples from the surface of mars…
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Sushil Kumar wins Silver on the Last Day
Sushil Kumar became India’s most successful Olympian when he won silver in London yesterday for wrestling in 66kg category. He went down in final, fighting with the Japanese militaryman Tatuhiro Yonemitsu, 1-3. Sadly, Sushil was down with a severe bout of dehydration and stomach infection and that effected his performance. India’s flag-bearer at the Opening…
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Bye Bye Olympics 2012 : Final Medal Tally
Sunday saw a beautiful musical closing ceremony being held to culminate the world’s biggest sporting event – The Olympics. President of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, who declared end of the 30th Olympiad Games, said: “We will never forget the smiles, the kindness and the support of the wonderful volunteers, the much-needed heroes of these…
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Olympic Medal Tally – Day 15
Day 15 yesterday was the last but one day at London Olympics. Neverthless it was as exciting as day 1 at the Olympics. Cant’t believe that Olympics are going to end today on sunday. Star of the day – The Jamaican men’s 4x100m relay team broke the world record to win an Olympic gold. Nesta Carter…
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Yogeshwar gets Fifth medal for India
“Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt clinched the bronze medal in the men’s 60 kg freestyle category winning three rounds of repechage after losing to four-time world champion Besik Kudukhov of Russia in the pre-quarterfinals.” The Hindu reported. On Saturday, the 29-year-old finally clinched the bronze medal by almost turning the game at the last minute to become…
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Great Wall of China Falls After Heavy Rains
Heavy rains in northern China caused huge flooding, and tons of water swept down from the mountains and swept away a part of the wall at Dajingmen. The cascade of rain left a 36 meter wide gap in the ancient Great Wall of China. The Great Wall of China, listed as a World Heritage site by…
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Olympic Medal Tally – Day 14
On Day 14 at the Olympics Turkey’s Asli Cakir won the Olympic women’s 1500m in a slow race.Isn’t that interesting? Star of the day – USA broke the world record, set by East Germany in 1985 and won the gold medal in the women’s 4x100m relay. Given below is the Olympic Medal Tally of day…
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The Butter Thief – Janamasthmi
Janamasthmi is more popularly known as Krishna janamasthmi is a festival to celebrate Lord Krishna’s birth by hindus all over the world. Mathura, the birth place of Lord Krishna, is decorated with flowers and diyas. The celebration starts from midnight by offering special pujas, singing devotional songs, donating alms and preparing sweets. A lot of kids…
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Olympics Medal Tally – Day 13
(Image source:Telegraph.co.uk) On day 13 at London Olympics US toppled China to become number one in medal tally table with a total of 39 medals. Star of the day – Usain bolt became the first man ever to defend both the 100 m and 200 m title at consecutive Olympics. No wonder Usain ‘Lightning’ bolt is known…
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Mary Kom gets Another Bronze for India
Mary Kom had to settle for the bronze as she lost the game to Britain’s Nicola Adams in her 51 kg semifinal bout at the Olympics in London on Wednesday. Speed was the need of the hour. The second-seed Nicola made it very difficult for Mary Kom to cope up with her powerful fast punches. The Indian was…