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PM Modi gets UAE’s highest honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honoured with the ‘Order of Zayed’, the UAE’s highest civilian award, last month in recognition of his pivotal role in building the strategic relationship between the two countries. The award has earlier been bestowed on several world leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Chinese President […]
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National Sports Day: Stay fit and healthy

We all celebrate our annual sports day in school but how about celebrating a national sports day?  India celebrates its Sports Day every year on the birth anniversary of legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand who was born on August 29, 1905. The National Sports Day is also known as Rashtriya Khel Diwas.  Celebrating Sports On […]
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Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland!

Last week, the United States President Donald Trump had a rather wacky proposition. He offered to buy Greenland, the largest island on earth.  Greenland is an autonomous Danish territory. It has home rule, but defence and foreign affairs remain under Danish governance. The island also receives an annual subsidy of about $500 million from Denmark. […]
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Is global warming reason for Indian floods?

We all have been taught in school about the irregularity of Indian rainfall. For the past few years, India has been witnessing deficit rains but this year things have changed. Not for good though.  Rains and landslides have flooded several states of the country. As Karnataka and Kerala in South India grapple with widespread destruction, […]
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Amazon is in danger, and so is Earth!

The Amazon rainforest is burning for almost three weeks now. The largest tropical rainforest in the world, Amazon produces approximately 20 percent of the oxygen in the earth’s atmosphere and is called the “lungs of the planet”. The massive fire is alarming as it not only threatens the rich biodiversity of the forest but also […]
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Statue of Unity among World’s Greatest Places to visit

The 597-ft tall ‘Statue of Unity’ in Gujarat and Mumbai’s Soho House have been featured by the Time magazine in its second annual list of the 2019 World’s greatest places. This is a compilation of 100 new and newly “noteworthy destinations to experience right now”. The ‘Statue of Unity’, the world’s tallest statue, is a […]
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Russian robot heads to space!

A Russian robot will help astronauts in space. Russia launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station. Named Fedor, short for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research, the robot is the first ever sent up by Russia. Fedor blasted off in […]
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Listings: For a fun-filled week

What: Papa HumareWhen: Saturday, 31st August 2019 |  08:845PMWhere: CLAP, Opposite Infinity Mall, Malad West, MumbaiBy: Alankar TheatreFor: 8+ age groupCost: Rs 250 What: Ji, Jaisi Aapki MarziWhen: Saturday, 31st August 2019 | 4PMWhere: NCPA, Nariman Point, NCPA Marg, MumbaiBy: EkjuteFor: 6+ age groupCost: Rs 400 onwards What: Ganesh Storytelling and eco-friendly Ganesh clay modellingWhen: […]
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Your August picks are here!

Title: Boy Oh BoyAuthor: Cliff LeekIllustrator: Bene RohlmannPublisher: Wide Eyed EditionsPrice: Rs1,500 Boy Oh Boy is an entertaining way to meet 30 positive male role models from throughout history, with coming-of-age stories about sportsmen, artists, politicians, educators and scientists: from Nelson Mandela to Prince and the slam poet Kit Yan. What unites them all is […]
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PV Sindhu: On top of the world!

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu has become India’s first ever Badminton World Champion! In a match that lasted just 38 minutes, Sindhu beat rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan by 21-7 21-7 in BWF World Championships held in Switzerland.  Two years after she lost on the gold by Okuhara in an epic 110-minute final at Glasgow, Sindhu dominated […]