Category: News For Kids
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Maria Sharapova wins French Open Title
Russia’s Maria Sharapova defeated Italy’s Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open final on Saturday. For all of 90 minutes, it was mostly a one-sided contest, in which Sharapova ( now world No.1 ) led from the start. She stunned Errani with her biggest shots, leaving her little chance to show her own talent. …
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Sania-Bhupathi win first French Open title
Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi won their second Grand Slam title together and first French Open trophy after defeating Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gonzalez in the mixed doubles final, on Thursday. Sania and Bhupathi had won the 2009 Australia Open and it is their first Grand Slam title since then. Sania had become first woman…
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Olympic Sport – Athletics
With about 50 days to go for London Olympics, let’s learn some more about sports played at Olympics. How much do you think about Athletics? If not much, then read this. Athletics is collection of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. Athletics perfectly follows the Olympic motto of ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’ …
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Monsoon hits Kerela
The southwest monsoon has finally reached the south of India and has set over entire state of Kerala and also parts of south Tamil Nadu and coastal Karnataka, reaching up to Mangalore. In case you are thinking what are we talking about, we are talking about monsoon. Monsoons are very strong winds and they always blow…
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Transit of Venus – A Rare Space Event
Can you see that mole on Sun’s face? That’s Venus passing through the Sun!! Transit of Venus simply means passing of Venus between Sun and Earth.We know that the only planets that can ever pass between the Earth and the Sun are Mercury and Venus (since they are the only planets closer to the…
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Vice Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, the new Navy Chief
The Indian Armed forces of the of India consist of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Indian Coast Guard. Of these navy is our military force on water. They maintains security of our country from outside threats and attacks on water. The Chief of the Navy is the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Navy. Vice Admiral Devendra…
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World Environment day
World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year to create worldwide awareness for the environment. World Environment Day was celebrated for the first time in 1972 by United Nations(UN). UN is an international organisation that works towards building cooperation and understanding amongst all the nations of the world so that the whole world can live…
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Olympic Sport – Archery
Archery existed 10,000 years ago but that time bows and arrows were used only for hunting and warfare. It developed as a competitive sport much later and has now become very popular sport around the world. As an Olympic event, the object of the sport is simple: to shoot arrows as close to the centre…
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Manchester United voted most popular football club
A recent survey has found that England’s Manchester United is the most popular football club with 659 million followers worldwide. The survey was carried out by leading market research company, Kantar. It was carried out across 39 countries. The survey also says that Football remains the world’s most popular sport, with 1.6 billion followers all…
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Caught On Tape, Iceberg Flips Over
Tourists cruising near the Upsala Glacier in Argentina recently spied an unusual sight: a massive iceberg flipping over in the middle of the ocean. For the rest of the world, luckily, someone recorded it. As the BBC reports, the Upsala glacier was once the biggest in South America, but has been retreating at a rapid pace, some 656…
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Olympic Sports
Do you know what all sports will be played in London Olympics? Here is a List of all the sports that would be played : We will tell you more interesting things about each of these sports before the Olympics start. Can you guess how many days are left for Olympics to start-Just 55 days…
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General Bikram Singh becomes the new army chief
The Indian Armed forces of the of India consist of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Indian Coast Guard. Army is our military force on land. They protect our country from outside threats and attacks. The Chief of the Army is the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Army. Gen Bikram Singh, on Thursday took over as the…