Category: News For Kids
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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…
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Olympics Medal Tally – Day 12
Day 12 at London Olympics saw a lot of sailing action. Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark of Great Britain will sail with New Zealand for gold on Friday. US and China are having a very close competition for the number one spot in the medal tally table. Star of the day – Sarah Attar of…
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Curiosity sends first Snapshot of Mars
Does mankind has a future beyond the planet Earth? We might get to know because the NASA rover Curiosity just sent back the first colored image that shows the north wall and rim of Gale Crater. The rover took the shot with a camera that was attached to its robotic arm. The landscape looks fuzzy because…
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Olympic Medal Tally – Day 11
Day 10 at the Olympics saw some new countries like Saudi arabia, Morrocco, Trinidad & Tobago made their entry into the medal table. In Football, Brazil inched closer to their first Olympic gold and reached the final with a 3-0 victory over South Korea. Star of the day – Sir Chris Hoy won a sixth…