Every dog has his bark
August 17: The next time your pooch goes ‘woof’, listen closely. He could be saying “I’m hungry”, or …
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Pushkar Lake Water or Sugarcane Juice?
May 19: If you take a glass of water from the famous Pushkar lake in Rajasthan, it looks like sugarcane juice. But, that is where …
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Answering Nature's Call in Peace
August 5: If the children feel like relieving themselves, they go to the nearby drain or the fields beyond. For their mothers and …
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The Boy Who writes with His Feet
March 7: Sujit Dawn of Sehera Bazar town in Burdwan district, West Bengal, is taking the madhyamik (middle-level) or Class X Board …
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Rahman Bags Double Grammy Honour for India
Where: Los Angeles, USA January 31, 2010 : A.R. Rahman, one of India’s most well-loved music composers, won international …
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Alive! American Plane Makes Miracle Crash-landing on Hudson River
Where: New York, USA January 16, 2009 : There were 150 passengers, three flight attendants and two pilots on board US Airways …
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Women's hockey steals the show!
The year was 2002. The Commonwealth Games were on in Manchester, England. A nail-biting hockey final was being played out between …
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Badminton champs in the spotlight
Hyderabad Hurricane – Saina Nehwal No, this is not a spelling mistake. We are not writing about Sania Mirza and her achievements …
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Guns everywhere
Where: The southern state of Virginia, United States April 19, 2007: April 16 began like any other at Virginia Tech college. Some …
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Q is for Queue and not Queen any more
July 22: Ever found your school uniform displayed on the pages of your textbook? Well, students of schools run by the Municipal …
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Winner Juice
Winner Juice [Illustration by Sudheer Nath] October 28: Ask anyone who watched the recent Olympic Games, and they will tell you …
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Do Computer Games Make You Violent?
August 12: Four children aged four and five were suspended from their nursery school in New Jersey, US, for using their fingers …
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