Category: News For Kids
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World’s Fastest Train Unveiled in China
China now has the fastest train in the world. It runs from the central city of Wuhan down to the south coast, at a speed of more than 380km/h. BBC News reported. The fast trains are called CRH, China Railway High-speed. This train took three years to be functional. The country is further building 42 high speed…
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Ready for a Dive in the Park?
Oops! Did We misspell drive as dive? Um um No sir :) We are talking about a park that is underwater for six months in an year. So half the year you can drive in the park and the other half you can dive in the park. The emerald green waters of this mountain lake…
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Floating Doctors in Kashmir’s Dal Lake
Did you think we were going to tell about doctors who like to go swim and float in a lake? Well, kind of! This story is about the Dal Lake which is one of India’s largest natural lakes in the northern state of Jammu & Kashmir. The Dal Lake is more than 15 kilometers long…
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Solar Eclipse on the Weekend
A rare solar eclipse will be visible Sunday in parts of the Western U.S. and Asia. CNN reported. A Solar Eclipse occurs when the Sun, the Moon and the Earth are in a straight line with the Moon in between the Sun and the Earth. During a solar eclipse if the Moon is close enough…
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Mr. Sangma Joins Presidential race
We had reported earlier the two candidates running for the President of India are Mr. Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Ansari. A new name has been proposed by some other political parties and that is of Mr. P.A. Sangma. Odisha Chief Minister and Naveen Patnaik on Thursday gave his party’s backing to the 65-year-old tribal…
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Self Cleaning Clothes
Can clothes clean themselves? Nah! This has to be from a magical story where jugs fly and cats talk. How we wish that we did not have to waste time in laundry? But this wish is about to become true. Scientists in China have found that if you coat the clothes with a right mix…
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David Beckham to collect Olympic flame
David Beckham will bring the Olympic flame back to the UK from the Greek capital Athens along with Princess Anne. Both of them will be at a ceremony where the flame is passed to London on Thursday evening, after a week-long relay around Greece. BBC News reported. The delegation, including five young people, will fly…
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New Guinness World Record for Surfing Waves
An American Surfer, Garrett McNamara, who caught 78ft high wave off Portugal last year has been confirmed as a record breaker. “The experts at the Guinness World Records have reviewed the video of McNamara’s wild ride on a wave he caught in November at Nazaré, Portugal last year and have officially declared it the largest wave…
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Russian Cosmonauts in space will not miss Olympics
Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will watch the Euro 2012 football championship and London Olympics while in space, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday. They will not be watching these events live as cosmonaut Gennad Padalka along with Russian cosmonaut Sergei Revin is scheduled to fly to the ISS on May 15 from Baikonour. However…
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Parliament celebrates 60th Anniversary.
Both Houses celebrated the 60th anniversary of the first sitting of Parliament on Sunday, 13th May. Parliament is a place where all the government leaders have a discussion. The discussion is generally about policies or decisions that have to be made for the good of the country. At a special sitting on Sunday the leaders…
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Earthquake hits Assam, Northeast India
A Mild earthquake shook Assam and rest of the Northeast on Friday but there was no immediate report of any damages. How severe or mild an earthquake is, is measured on a scale of one to ten. Any more than 8 is considered as a severe earthquake. Severe earthquakes on land can make houses and tall…
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Olympics Judo Event
Judo is a modern version of an older Japenese Martial Art called Jujutsu. It is also an Olympic sport. Judo is very scientific in its training methods and fighting techniques like throws, joint locks and strikes. Garima Chaudhary would be the only Indian to represent the country in the discipline of Judo in the Olympics.…