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AN APP TO FIND A PARKING SPOT
December 2018 -
Sai Nikhil Reddy Mettupally, a master’s student in Alabama, is developing an app that will help drivers find empty parking spots, saving Americans about 17 hours per year and $20.4B in wasted resources.
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PEOPLE ARE DYING TO TAKE SELFIES
December 2018 -
Selfie-taking has resulted in numerous deaths. Researchers recommend “no-selfie zones” around water, mountain peaks, and tall buildings. How about this sign: “Smile. This may be your last selfie.”
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Good Sports: BADMINTON NUPTIALS
November 2018 -
Saina Nehwal, 28, Olympic bronze medalist and former world No. 1 player, and Parupalli Kashyap, 32, Commonwealth Games gold medalist, plan to marry after knowing each other for a decade.
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Good Sports: INDIA’S FIRST GOLD AT YOUTH OLYMPICS
November 2018 -
At the Summer Youth Olympics in Argentina, Jeremy Lalrinnunga, a weightlifter from Mizoram, ended India’s gold medal drought. Shooter Manu Bhaker of Haryana became India’s first female gold medalist.
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Good Sports: WATER CONSERVATION HERO
November 2018 -
Shreya Ramachandran, a 14-year-old from California, was a winner of the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, for founding a nonprofit to promote safe reuse of grey water to address drought.
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QUOTA of QUOTES
November 2018 -
Quotes from an investigative reporter, director of a film on an acid attack survivor, Senator Kamala Harris, a deaf business journalist, PepsiCo chairman Indra Nooyi, and son of a murder victim.
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DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?
November 2018 -
How much do you know about current events in India and the U.S.? Try this short quiz!
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Fun Time: INDIA’S FIRST MANNED SPACE MISSION: JUST FOUR YEARS AWAY
November 2018 -
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) unveiled a spacesuit at the recent Bengaluru Space Expo, to be worn by astronauts on India’s first manned (and womanned) space mission in 2022.
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THE VIOLINIST OF SKID ROW
November 2018 -
Vijay Gupta was 19 when he joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic as a violinist. After giving lessons to a musician whose mental illness led to homelessness, Gupta now brings music to the underprivileged.
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SAMOSAS FOR YOUR SWEET TOOTH?
November 2018 -
Contestants on the Great British Bake Off, a British television baking competition, were asked to make 12 samosas, half of them sweet, not savory. Some viewers didn't like that idea!
