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Badminton is good for your mind too

We all know that exercise is good for our body, but a new research says that it helps our mind too. And badminton of all exercises is good mind game. Researchers found cognitive performance was boosted after ­participants played badminton – but not running on a treadmill – because a player has to make decisions […]
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Oscar Wilde’s stolen ring found

A golden ring once given as a present by the famed Irish writer Oscar Wilde has been recovered by a Dutch “art detective” nearly 20 years after it was stolen from Britain’s Oxford University. The friendship ring, a joint gift from Wilde to a fellow student in 1876, was taken during a burglary in 2002 […]
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Sir David Attenborough gets Indian Peace Prize

Sir David Attenborough will be honoured with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2019. He’s a renowned naturalist and broadcaster who started his career with the BBC. The prize, installed in 1986, is awarded by Indira Gandhi Trust to individuals or organisations for promoting peace and well-being in the world. His […]
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Play football with robots now

These ‘mini cheetahs’ are not just for routine work. The robots designed and made by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) showcased their football skills recently in a video released by the university. These four-legged android can now dribble a soccer ball, run and jump, not to forget the backflip.  Cheetah’s lead developer, Benjamin Katz, […]
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Pillars of art

We have learnt about the history of art, traditions of art all around the world… Artists from India who have made a mark internationally in their lifetime. But what are the pillars of art? Why do some art have figures and some are just colours? Some have different mediums and some are only made with […]
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Ayodhya Verdict: SC gives nod to Ram temple, space for mosque

In a historic judgement, the Supreme Court of India put an end to centuries old dispute and 70-year-old legal matter on November 9. The Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute was sorted by the five-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Sharad Arvind Bobde, Ashok Bhushan, S Abdul Nazeer and […]
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T20 Series: India win as Deepak Chahar make history

India beat Bangladesh by 30 runs in the third and final match of T20I series in Nagpur. Bangladesh had put a target of 175 runs. Indian pacer Deepak Chahar took a sensational six-wicket haul including a hat-trick with giving away just seven runs in 3.2 overs. Chahar became the first Indian to take a hat-trick […]
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Mercury just passed Sun, and we saw it from Earth!

For the last time in this decade, Mercury has passed in front of the Sun in what’s known as a transit – a rare chance to see a planet crossing the face of the Earth. The transit would happen again in 20132, and maybe visible from Asia and Australia also. And though it was a […]
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India, Pakistan open doors to Kartarpur Sahib

Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for respecting Indian sentiments on the occasion of historic Kartarpur Sahib Corridor opening on November 9.  The prime minister inaugurated the Integrated Check Post of Kartarpur Corridor at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur. PM Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan separately inaugurated the cross-border […]
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Books all kids should read

It’s Children’s Day and we think that the best gift to a child is education. Why not encourage our kids to read, and read the best. Here’s a list of 10 books every child should read, and the parents too if they haven’t done so already.  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainHuck Finn […]