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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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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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Sundar Pichai is CEO of Google’s parent company

Sundar Pichai has been heading Google since 2015, but now he would also be the boss at its parent company. Pichai has been named the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Alphabet, which owns Google, and was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Both Page and Brin would be associated with Alphabet but would not […]
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Citizenship (amendment) Bill: What it is

The Modi government has cleared Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 and it would be tabled in the Parliament next week. A bill when passed by the Parliament becomes an Act. This means only after it’s confirmed by both Houses, it would come into force. Now let’s talk about Citizenship Bill and why it’s creating so much […]
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This girl maybe the first human on Mars

She’s the youngest certified pilot to travel in space. For Alyssa Carson, colonizing Mars is just the first step in saving the human race. The 18-year-old astrobiology student at Florida Tech is the youngest astronaut with a pilot’s license. She is “certified” to go to space and hopes to be a part of the crew […]
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Underwater speakers to save dying reefs

Coral reefs are fascinating, but because of pollution and degradation, they are vanishing. As pollution increases, fish stop coming to reefs, and this makes them die.  Now scientists may play reef sounds underwater to attract fish to the dying reefs. This would revive them. Reefs become ghostly quiet when they are degraded, as shrimp and […]
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2019 maybe warmest decade!

This year closes out what is expected to be the hottest decade ever recorded, according to a new report by the UN. The United Nations called the past decade one of “exceptional global heat,” and stated that 2019 is likely to be the second or third warmest year on record, due to greenhouse gases from […]
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Meet the 18,000-year-old puppy

Russian researchers have discovered the body of a canine in eastern Siberia that’s been completely preserved and frozen with its nose, fur and teeth intact. Researchers from Sweden’s Centre for paleogenetics used radiocarbon dating on the specimen’s rib bone and found the specimen to be frozen for 18,000 years.  They have named the specimen as […]
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Does astronauts’ blood flow backwards in space?

The US space agency NASA has observed a bizarre effect of human space flight: Blood going backwards in astronauts’ veins and clotting. An astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) was carrying out an ultrasound on their body – guided by experts on the ground. An ultrasound is a scan to study inside the body. […]
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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 […]