Category: News For Kids
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French Elections 2012
With only two weeks left before the final voting starts on 6th May 2012 for the election of new french president, the current president Nicholas Sarkozy who is running for the second time for this post is behind in the race as more number of people seem to like Françcois Hollande. Are you scratching your head…
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A Sinking Historical Treasure
Venice, a northeast city of Italy, is built on 117 small islands that are separated by 150 canals. A canal is a kind of “road of water” made by humans to get things from one place to another. People cross the canals by many small bridges. They can also be taken for rides along the canals…
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India’s Fire to Protect Itself – Agni V !
India on April 19th launched successfully Agni V, an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) from the Wheeler Island off the the Odhisha Coast. It is indeed a very proud moment for our country. What is Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile in the first place? Let’s break the name into two parts and understand Inter-continental and Ballistic missile. While…
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Olympics-100 Days to Go !!
Today, 18 April,2012 marks 100 days to go for London Summer Olympics. The Olympics are topmost international sporting competition where athletes from around the world participate. Every country chooses its top athletes across various sports and sends them to participate in Olympic games. Athletes participating in the Olympics are considered to be among the best…
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It’s My Right
The Supreme Court of India has directed all private and government-run schools to implement RTE starting from academic year of 2012-13. You would ask what is RTE? RTE is Right To free and compulsory Education for children from socially and economically weak backgrounds. According to RTE, These children who fall in the age group of 6…
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Balle Balle Baisakhi !!
Baisakhi is one of the major festivals of Sikhs and generally falls on April 13th or April 14th. For the entire Sikh community, Baisakhi Festival has utmost religious significance as it was on a Baisakhi Day in 1699, that Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru laid the foundation of ‘Panth Khalsa-the Order of the Pure…
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Indonesia Rocks Again
A massive earthquake with epicenter in Banda Aceh rocked Indonesia on April 11, 2012. This is not the first time that Indonesia is undergoing such a disaster. In 2004 (earthquake magnitude 9.1) and in 2005 (earthquake magnitude 8.6), had hit Indonesia. So what are Earthquakes? Why do they happen? Why are certain places so earthquake prone? Our…
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Dispute Over South China Sea
The South China Sea is 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. Within the South China Sea, there are two groups of numerous tiny uninhabited islands called Spratly and Paracel. All the six surrounding countries often…
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False Advertisments
You must have wondered how is that when there is a perfect advertisement of a company that makes claims that use of some product will change your skin color it does not work in reality. This is called false advertising. The advertisers make untrue statements to lure people into buying things. Another form of this…
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I Spy?
What is espionage or spying? It is generally described as an act of getting information about a company or a country which is a secret or confidential. It is a terrible thing to do but still many countries and corporates indulge in it for their own benefits. It is almost always against the law and…
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Easter Parade in New York
Easter is the celebration of Jesus Christ’s return from dead after his crucifixion which took place on what we now term Good Friday. Christ’s return (or rising) from death is called the Resurrection. According to the scriptures, Christ’s tomb was empty three days after His death, which is commemorated on Good Friday. His followers saw Him…
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Welcome Back Yuvraj
Yuvraj Singh is a very talented cricketer who was named the Man of the Tournament in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Yuvraj is primarily a left-handed batsman but can bowl as well. He was recently diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing treatment at the Cancer Research Institute in Boston, USA. Cancer is a disease where…