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हुआ पसीने से तर: तपती गर्मी पर हिंदी बाल-कविता

हुआ पसीने से तर: तपती गर्मी पर हिंदी बाल-कविता

गर्मी में खाने को मैंने फ्रिज से सेब निकाला, गिरते-गिरते बचा हाथ से झट से उसे संभाला। बाहर आते ही गर्मी से हुआ बहुत बेहाल, बोला भइया नहीं उतारो मेरी नाजुक खाल। घबराहट में सिसक पड़ा वह लगा कांपने थर-थर, आंसू भर रोया बेचारा हुआ पसीने से तर। ~ रावेंद्र कुमार रवि

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प्यारी मां: माँ की ममता पर बाल-कविता

प्यारी मां: माँ की ममता पर बाल-कविता

मेरी भोली प्यारी मां दुनिया से है न्यारी मां, तुमसे मैंने जीवन पाया तुमने चलना मुझे सिखाया। हर संकट से मुझे उबारा तूने हरदम दिया सहारा, तू सबसे उपकारी मां मेरी भोली प्यारी मां। करुणामयी स्वरूप तुम्हारा अंधियारे में करे उजाला, महिमा तेरी मां है पावन ममता तेरी है मनभावन। तू है मेरी दुलारी मां मेरी भोली प्यारी मां, मीठी …

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Michael V. Hayden Book Review: Playing to the Edge – American Intelligence in the Age of Terror

Michael V. Hayden Book Review: Playing to the Edge - American Intelligence in the Age of Terror

Publisher: Penguin Pages: 464 Price: Rs. 499 The memoirs of the American intelligence operative who headed the NSA, the world’s most potent electronic surveillance agency, and then the CIA in the dangerous decade when his country faced its biggest terror attack and went on a worldwide hunt against the conspirators would seem to make fascinating reading. They do – but …

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How long has man been walking the Earth?

How long has man been walking the Earth?

Ever since the philosopher and naturalist, Charles Darwin, and his contemporaries including Wallace, suggested that man had evolved from apes, there has been a continuous, and almost frantic quest for evidence of our ancestors. Of course, where we come from has always been a fascinating question, but it is only comparatively recently that systematic searches have been made for traces …

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Earthquake Images, Stock Photos

Earthquake Images

Earthquake Images, Stock Photos: An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the perceptible shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can be violent enough to toss people around and destroy whole cities. The seismicity or seismic activity of an area …

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Largest gathering of people dressed as Charlie Chaplin

Largest gathering of people dressed as Charlie Chaplin

Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland – April 17, 2017 – Six hundred and sixty-two fans of Charlie Chaplin donned their bowler hats and walking sticks and fake moustaches to celebrate the comedian’s 128th birthday on 16 April and set the new world record for the Largest gathering of people dressed as Charlie Chaplin. Photo: According to Chaplin’s World museum, 662 people — sporting …

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Most nationalities having a continental breakfast

Most nationalities having a continental breakfast

Dubai, UAE – April 17, 2017 – Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar in Dubai broke the Guinness world record for serving free breakfast to the maximum number of people from diverse nationalities after serving continental breakfast titled ‘Breakfast for Diversity’ to 600 persons from 101 countries in an hour-long event in Jebel Ali. Photo: Gurudwara Guru Nanak Darbar has marked into …

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Largest free standing Rubik’s Cube

Largest free standing Rubik's Cube

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA – April 17, 2017 – University of Michigan mechanical engineering students designed and built a 1,500-pound Rubik’s Cube, which sets the new world record for the largest free standing Rubik’s Cube. Photo: A giant Rubik’s Cube newly installed on the University of Michigan’s North Campus is the world’s largest hand-solvable, stationary version of the famous puzzle. …

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Biggest Easter Biscuit

Biggest Easter Biscuit

Devon, United Kingdom – April 17, 2017 – Bakers at Asda’s Barnstaple superstore have made a giant Easter biscuit; it has has a 31 inch diameter (79cm), a whole 25 inches (64cm) bigger than the regular sized Easter biscuit, thus setting the new world record for the Biggest Easter biscuit. Photo: Asda Barnstaple store manager Andy Felix and bakery manager …

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When water appeared on the Earth?

When water appeared on the Earth?

The first folds in the crust of the Earth took place in complete darkness, when the world still felt very hot. The Earth had cooled sufficiently to harden the rocks but its temperature was still far higher than that of boiling water. No water was to be found on the surface and all the water vapour coming from the burning …

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