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Titanic is dying, slowly…

The Titanic is decaying and slowly being eaten away by the sea.  More than 100 years ago, the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic crashed into an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in April, 1912. Of the 2,227 passengers and crew aboard, only 705 survived after being rescued by a nearby ship, Carpathia. The ship garnered interest […]
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Name this NASA rover

NASA has invited students to name its next rover that is scheduled to land on Mars in February 2021. The US space agency has sponsored ‘Name the Rover’ challenge, winners of which will be announced on February 18. The challenge is open to K-12 students in the US who will need to submit the name […]
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Found: 3.8 million-year-old skull!

Ancient diggings are the face of our present. Literally Archaeologists have discovered a 3.8-million-year-old hominin skull in Ethiopia — a rare and remarkably complete specimen that could change what we know about the origins of one of humanity’s most famous ancestors, Lucy. The skull belongs to the species Australopithecus afarensis. It dates back to a […]
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Want a ride on flying saucer?

Flying saucers have been an essential element of sci-fi novels, and even of very imaginative minds who claim to have seen aliens on earth. But what if it’s true… not aliens but flying saucers? Romanian inventors Razvan Sabie and Iosif Taposu have developed ADIFO, or the All-DIrectional Flying Object, which works like a flying saucer.  […]
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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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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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50 years under the snow!

The Indian Army has found remains of an aircraft that crashes almost 50 years ago. An expedition by the Dogra Scouts has recovered parts of an Indian Air Force AN-12 transport aircraft that crashed in the icy mountains of Himachal Pradesh 51 years ago, killing all 102 people on board, the Indian Army confirmed this […]
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MTV Awards: Winners take it all!

MTV Awards: Winners take it all! The MTV Video Music Award 2019 was a highly anticipated occasion for the music industry and the world by and large! It was a spectacular star-studded night filled with great melodies, happy faces and glitz and glam.  But who won best video music award of the year? Were there […]