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Every Ball You Bowl, Every Shot You Play

By Brishti Bandyopadhyay; Illustration by Sudheer Nath Read on ...

The Girl who Failed the Citizenship Test

The US government refuses to make 24-year-old Vijai Shree a citizen, because she is unable to take an oath of loyalty to the country. Read on ...

The Minister who Couldn't Add

Poland's Education Minister resigned last week because he made a mistake in calculating the budget for primary schools. Read on ...

Orphanage for Elephants

Five baby elephants were being sent home from the orphanage. But they were very sad. Read on ...

A big oil spill in South African seas has endangered the lives of more than 15,000 penguins. This week the world's biggest ever rescue mission was launched to save and clean up the birds that are coated with oil, so that they may live. Read on ...

Chattering Kids and Teacher's Tape

A teacher could not control a bunch of children. She thought of an innovative idea to do it. She taped their mouths. Read on ...

The World's First Floating Airstrip

An airstrip right in the middle of the sea. It's unsinkable, and portable too. Read on ...

Fire in Water

The Olympic torch for the Sydney 2000 games was carried through the Great Barrier Reef to reach Sydney. Read on ...

Eight Year Old Rules the Publishing World

The adult world of poets, writers and publishers are stunned. Sahara Sunday Spain has achieved what most of them have not dreamt about -- a whopping advance for her book of poems. Read on ...

Old PCs Save Precious Lives

Americans throw away perfectly fine computers for newer and faster models. Why not send them to hospitals in countries where they need access and not speed, asked Zina Munoz. It was a golden idea. Read on ...