Floods in Southeast Asia
Two cyclones - Senyar and Ditwah, led to floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia. India remains on alert.
What is the Union Budget?
How to explain budget to our children.
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Kyoto University loses 77TB of supercomputer data because of a faulty backup program
Kyoto University is one of the leading universities in Japan. It also has the distinction of having its own super computer. The computer system is…
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What is a computer backup?
Arya was working on his computer. Suddenly, there was some problem and the computer shut down. No matter how hard he tried, he was not…
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What is a super computer?
A super computer is a massive computer that is capable of doing a lot more processing than a normal computer. Think of it as thousands…
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Understanding Gross and Net Profit
Ramadevi has a small crafts factory. She makes wooden dolls and sells them. It costs her 3 rs for the wood, and about 2 rs…
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Understanding GDP, Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sectors
There is a village. The village has 3 farmers, 2 weavers, and one moneylender. In one year, the farmers grow crops worth 300 rupees. The…
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Flag of Chad
Feature by Amey Haldankar Chad is a landlocked North African country surrounded by Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria. Description of the…
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Kaliveli Wetlands become a bird sanctuary
The Kaliveli wetlands, South India’s second-largest brackish water lake after Pulicat, have beenrecognised as a bird sanctuary. The Villupuram district administration, where the lake is…
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Haiderpur becomes India’s 47th Ramsar site
The Haiderpur wetland is located about 10 kilometres from Bijnor on the Muzaffarnagar-Bijnor border in Uttar Pradesh. It was formed in 1984 utilising 6,908 hectares…
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What is “Dumping” in international trade?
Country A: Country A makes an Elsa doll for $10. It sells the doll in its own market at $12. Country A wants to expand…
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