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Terror-related attack on London Bridge

Two people were killed and three injured when a man attacked them on London bridge last week. The attack has been called terror-related. Islamic State (Daesh) took responsibility of the attack. The attacker was identified as 28-year-old Usman Khan. He was sentenced to prison time for six years in 2012 for terror charges and was […]
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Messi is world’s best football player, again!

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best player for a record sixth time. It is the 32-year-old Argentine’s first Ballon d’Or since 2015 and comes after he scored 54 times for club and country in 2018-19, in which Barca won La Liga. Messi piped the likes of Cristiano […]
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Top books this month

Title: Dear Sweet PeaAuthor: Julie MurphyPublisher: HarperCollinsPrice: Rs540 Patricia “Sweet Pea” DiMarco wasn’t sure what to expect when her parents announced they were getting a divorce. Dividing her time between two homes is not easy. And it doesn’t help that at school, Sweet Pea is now sitting right next to her ex–best friend, Kiera, a […]
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Correlation between Science and Art

Science is logical and structured; studied at a micro level as well as a macro level. It has given insightful studies of the evolution from cells to growing and living organisms through its entire life span, and thereafter. This could be as small as microorganisms like bacteria and as diverse and vast as animals, humans, […]
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Listings: Have a fun week ahead

What: SuperKiidz Carnival 2019 When:Saturday, 30TH November 2019 | 4PM-8PM Where: Superkiidz- D. B. Desai Road, Chembur, Mumbai By: SuperKiidz For:4+ age group Cost: For more info call 9930217035 Detailed Info: https://allevents.in/mumbai/superkiidz-carnival-2019/200018388292513 What: Mindsight Play Therapy When: Monday, 2nd December 2019 | 1PM-3PM Where: Mindsight Clinic, 3rd floor, Divine Castle, Navy Colony, Malad West, Mumbai […]
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A hotel for all Nutella fans

Love Nutella, head to California. A pop-up hotel called the Hotella Nutella will open in Napa for three days in January 2020. It will offer the ultimate stay for fans of the hazelnut spread, with new concept art. We’re talking everything from giant jars of Nutella to themed bedding and furniture, as well as breakfast-inspired […]
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Kids make bus shelter of plastic bottles

A group of students from Canacona’s Satyavati Soiru Higher Secondary School built a bus shelter totally of used plastic bottles.  After years of pleas when the government refused to take notice of their demand of building a bus stop near their school at Dapot-Mashem, these 16-year-olds erected their own bus shelter.  As a statement to […]
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Tennis: Nadal gets Davis Cup for Spain

Spain has won its 6th Davis Cup title, and Rafael Nadal to thank for it. The world’s number 1 tennis player defeated Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 7-6(7) to clinch Spain’s 2-0 win against Canada. Nadal, who is now a four-time Davis Cup titlist, won all eight of his matches this week in Madrid, including five singles […]
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Comic book sold for $1.26 million

Now this is some Marvel-ous news we are giving you! A near-mint condition of Marvel Comics 1, the first comic book published by the company, sold for a record $1.26 million (almost Rs9,00,00,000!) during a recent auction — the highest total ever for a Marvel book. Heritage Auctions, which handled the bidding, said it was […]
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Astronauts perform ‘surgery’ on ISS

Remember the movie Gravity? How George Clooney and Sandra Bullock try to repair the damages done to their spacecraft? Well, that’s a film, but in real life astronauts too did a ‘surgery’ of sorts any International Space Station (ISS). Two astronauts have completed ‘surgery’ outside of the ISS, slicing small metal tubes as part of […]