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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.— Mahatma Gandhi
Five things from the last few days — each explained in under a minute.
The Asian Games in Japan ended on Sunday, and India came home with 85 medals — its biggest haul ever, including 21 golds across shooting, athletics, hockey and more.
It's Nobel Prize week! Starting today, the world announces its most famous prizes — for medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace — honouring people who helped humankind.
New Zealand's kākāpō — a plump, flightless, night-time parrot that was almost extinct — welcomed a record 90 chicks this season, a huge win for the people protecting it.
On 2 October, India marked Gandhi Jayanti — the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, who taught the world that big change can come from truth, kindness and peaceful action.
Scientists studying penguin DNA found that the gentoo penguin isn't one kind of animal at all — it's actually four separate species that look alike. Surprise!
Some dreams take a very long time — and are all the sweeter when they finally come true.
Source: Olympics.com
The things the world chooses to celebrate tell us what it values most: discovery, imagination and peace.
Source: NobelPrize.org
A single tooth can teach us how a creature that vanished 66 million years ago actually lived.
Source: ScienceDaily
Sometimes the best way to make people care about animals is simply to make them smile.
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
This week's star isn't one person — it's a whole team of hundreds of athletes. India finished the Asian Games with a record 85 medals and pulled off a rare triple: winning top titles in cricket, hockey AND kabaddi. From shooters and wrestlers to runners and archers, young Indians showed the continent exactly what they can do. Kiku is still waving the flag! 🇮🇳
Source: Olympics.com · Business Standard
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"Perseverance"
Means: to keep going and not give up, even when something is hard — just like India's hockey team waiting 44 years!
Use it: "Her perseverance paid off when she finally learned to ride without stabilisers."
What do you call a group of owls? A parliament! (And a group of penguins waddling on land is called a waddle. 🐧)
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India's record Asian Games, Nobel Prize week begins, a parrot comeback, and a warm-blooded T. rex.
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