Monthly Archives: August 2018
The recently updated list of National Register for Citizens in Assam has infuriated people across the country and copious groups have called it a ‘humanitarian crisis’ of the worst kind in India in the recent decades.
Before going on to discuss how NRC is a fruitful exercise than a communal one, let us understand what it exactly is.
What Is National...
If you are relentlessly worried about the indefinite time you spend scrolling through your friend’s pictures on Facebook or scouring through the feed on Instagram, you can look to “time well-spent” on social media sites.
I must be kidding, right? Well, that seems just like a bait to balance the corporate interest of spending more time on Facebook or Instagram...
Priyanka Chopra is currently in Delhi while attending an interactive session along with Vir Sanghvi.
The session called 'Challenging the Status Quo & Forging New Paths' by the FICCI Ladies organisation had Chopra sit down for some questions and talked about moving ahead from just her ethnicity in American roles, handling criticism and how she absolutely does not want to meet Donald...
Kerala government has announced that they will pay the bills of people in the transgender community who want to undergo a sex change operation.
The government will reimburse Rs 2 lakh for each transgender person undergoing a sex change operation.
Not just that, people who have already undergone the surgery can also apply for assistance.
Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan announced...
Indra Nooyi's revolutionary journey with PepsiCo is finally coming to an end. She will be stepping down from the post of CEO after 12 years of successfully leading the food and beverage giant.
President Ramon Laguarta, 54, will succeed the 62-year-old Nooyi from October 3, and will become PepsiCo's sixth CEO.
Ms Nooyi, has been associated with the company for 24...
We humans live with an ultimate goal- Happy living until our death. We work hard all our lives to earn enough to make our retirement stress free. During this course, we have a family, raise our kids and make them stand to work independently.
Once they get busy and sorted, we seek for retirement and start living our after-retirement life....
The Vogue cover of August featuring Suhana Khan, Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter, got a lot of media attention and backlash specifically regarding nepotism.
The problem everyone really had with the cover was that Suhana had yet to really do anything of value or matter that would justify her getting an entire cover to herself. And that the only reason she...
Delhi University is a coveted institution which is a hallmark of inclusivity and diversity. It has a multitude of colleges with people from all across the country adding to its heterogeneous nature.
St Stephen’s College of DU has always been a little bit on its own. Right from the fact that the college releases only one cut off list before...
By Harsh Nigam
A film like ‘Mulk’ reminds you of the importance of Indian cinema, especially Hindi, in communicating the ideas that preserve our society as a whole. Our movies are supposed to be commercially tantalizing, or at least that is the common thought amidst the masses.
If someone is trying to make a film which connects the essence of the...
Niti Aayog, the policy think tank of the government, will soon test passenger vehicles to run on petrol blended with 15% methanol. Although the plan is subject to approval by the cabinet, if approved, this could cut petrol prices by 10%.
Blending petrol with 15% methanol isn’t a new idea, per se. The government had given hints of trying out...
FRIDAY or FRIYAY- That day of the week again when our favourite Bollywood stars try to prove themselves at the Box Office.
And this time it is a medley of talent, beauty and age with Fanney Khan in theatres.
Fanney Khan is inspired by the 2002 Belgian film, Everybody's Famous.
The storyline of Fanney Khan:
With a dream in his eyes and a...
The idea of the World’s cheapest car, Tata Nano was conceived by none other than Ratan Tata on a rainy monsoon evening after he saw a family of four on a bike.
It’s tough to imagine any vehicle generating more curiosity than an iconic supercar. But Ratan Tata, head of the Tata business conglomerate captured the world’s imagination when he...
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh were recently caught on a video while enjoying some kind of vacation/off time in the US.
But afterwards, a user called Zainab Khan commented on the Instagram post of this video that, "I was the one who was attacked. I made this video! Such disrespectful actors! They lost a fan and their self-respect."
This started up...
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do” – Steve Jobs was crazy enough to start Apple, and Tim Cook and his team are definitely crazy because for only the second time in the history of mankind has a public company touched the trillion-dollar mark.
That’s right, count the number...
Take a 5 seconds break from whatever you are doing and quickly search UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) in your phone’s contact list. You'll see UIDAI toll free number pre-saved in your phone's contact list.
Shocked? So are thousands of people on finding the UIDAI toll free number pre-saved in their cellphones. From what it looks like, the toll...
India Vs England is an ongoing romance and will continue to stay so, because whenever we have seen the two teams clash on field, there has always been a hint of drama.
India is touring England, and after the T20 and ODI series, the Test series has started. India was playing it's first test on 1st August at Edgbaston when...
भारत के वीर सपूत अपनी जान देश की सुरक्षा के खातिर जोखिम में डालते हैं और कुर्बान भी कर देते हैं। देश के सैनिकों की ऐसी वीर गाथाएं हर पल हमारा सीना गर्व से चौड़ा करती हैं। और इस बलिदान लिए उन्हें नवाज़ा जाता उन पुरस्कारों से जो उनकी यूनिफार्म की शोभा बढ़ाते हैं। ऐसा ही एक पुरस्कार है-...
Smriti Mandhana, an Indian cricketer in the women’s national cricket team just made the joint-fastest half-century in women’s T20s during the currently on going Women’s Cricket Super League 2018.
Mandhana, who is just 22, has been the first Indian to play in the KIA Super League, a new T20 tournament series by England for women and is in the team...
To start with Netflix was just a catalogue of movies, TV shows, drama series, documentaries etc for people to subscribe and enjoy. It was long before they started to produce their own original movies and shows.
2017 saw them release a massive 1,000 new hours of content. If you are looking for a new original Netflix series to binge watch,...
Suhana Khan, superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan’s daughter has appeared in her first ever interview, gracing the cover of Vogue India.
This is her first time appearing for a magazine photoshoot and giving an individual interview and already she is the face of the August edition of Vogue, which is arguably one of the biggest magazines in the...
Amitabh Bachchan had made some big announcements of opening a college in Daulatpur, about 70 km from Lucknow in the name of his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai.
The foundation was even laid on 10 bighas of land for the Srimati Aishwarya Bachchan Degree College in Barabanki and it was initially thought that the project would complete soon.
An aide of Bachchan, Rajesh Rishikesh...
पतंजलि, भारत में तेजी से बढ़ती कंपनियों में से एक है जो एक बड़े ग्राहक आधार के साथ है।
लोगों की पतंजलि के उत्पादों में रूचि के दो कारण हैं, एक तो यह के ये भारत के प्रसिद्ध योग गुरु बाबा रामदेव का एक उपक्रम है, जिससे लोग इसके उत्पादों पर विश्वास करते हैं। दूसरी वजह यह है के पतंजलि...
With the fear that is brewing in the country over the continuing takeover of Bharat in the economic and cultural sense, Assam’s NRC (National Register of Citizens) has triggered a turmoil targeting the weakest members of religious and linguistic minorities in the name of a justice-delivering mechanism.
Over 3,000 Bengali Muslims were murdered during a period of six hours in...
