Category: News For Kids
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Blade Runner in Olympics 2012
South African double amputee sprint runner, Oscar Pistorius was included in South Africa’s team for the London 2012 Olympic Games. His inclusion bridges the gap between able and disabled Athletes. His legs are made up of carbon-fiber blade which gives him no extra advantage over other runners. He also gets the name “Blade Runner” because of…
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Sunita Williams – Return to Space
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams is all set for her next space journey. Her spaceship is ready to blast-off on July 14, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. She will be revisiting the International Space Station where she spent six months in 2006. Williams holds three records for women space travellers: longest spaceflight (195 days), most number…
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Olympic Sport : Shooting
Olympic Shooting events are carried on with three types of firearms : Rifle, Pistol, and Shotgun. In Rifle and Pistol events, competitors aim at a 10-ring target from a fixed distance which is either 10m or 25m or 50m. In different events, athletes are required to shoot from different positions – standing, kneeling or…
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Trouble over South China Sea
The South China Sea is a small part of the Pacific ocean, the largest water body on earth. This sea is surrounded by six states: China,Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei. All the six surrounding countries often dispute over what part of the sea and its islands should belong to whom. The area around these…
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Mild Earthquake in Kashmir
A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale on Thursday shook Kashmir valley, causing panic among the residents but there were no reports of any damage due to it. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Hindukush mountain range in Afghanistan.(TOI said) Our earth’s surface is made up of rocks/plates. An Earthquake is…
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Kaziranga National Park-A Sorry Picture
Kaziranga National Park in Assam is a UNESCO world heritage site. A world heritage site is considered very important in the world that has natural beauty and uniqueness to be conserved for all and future generations to enjoy. It is located on the southern banks of river Brahmaputra. The rains usually bring water to the…
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Favourite Disney Characters in the sky!!
Disney Channel is taking a planeload of people to Disneyland, Hong Kong. For this, Jet Airways aircraft, a Boeing 737 – 800, painted with Disney characters all over was launched in Mumbai. In order to participate in Disney Channel’s ‘Jet Set Go’ campaign, children had to spot an animated Jet Airways aircraft which appeared on…
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Olympic Sport: Boxing
Boxing is a physically challenging, tough sport where one has to outpunch the opponent. Boxers score points for every blow that successfully hits the opponent on their head or upper body. A referee is in the ring with the competing boxers to decide the fairness of the game. Boxers who do not obey the instructions…
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Wildfires Burning the West
What are Wildfires? A Wildfire 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. So Why is the west of North America burning ? “The early weeks of summer have been marked by brutal forest fires in states…
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Spectacular View of the Red Planet
In 2003, NASA launched ongoing Mars Exploration Rover Mission (MER). It involved two automated motor vehicles called Rovers exploring surface of the planet Mars after landing. The two rovers are named ‘Spirit’ and ‘Opportunity’. Nasa has recently joined together 817 different images taken by Mars Rover – Opportunity, over a four-month period, to create a spectacularly detailed…
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First ever 3D Planetarium soon in India
A Planetarium is a place where you visit to look and learn all about celestial objects like stars, planets, comets, galaxies and many more. Many planetariums have a dome-shaped projection screen onto which stars, planets and other celestial objects can be made to appear and move. In 3D, these projections on screen will feel…
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Roger Federer wins Wimbledon Title
Roger Federer won his seventh Wimbledon title and 17th Grand Slam title with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 win. The win has pushed Federer to the world No. 1 ranking. Pete Sampras, until now, held the record of 286 weeks at the game’s top which will now be broken by Roger Federer. Also, he now equals tennis…