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Being a lover of food and wine, I was always looking forward to enriching my gastronomic experiences in Kolkata. My journey began in 2018 when I was in class 12th....
You’ll often hear a conversation about the Indian Army being too violent and ruthless, and even against the public if you live in India. Especially when it comes to Kashmir and deployment of troops there, the topic is quite sensitive.
I don’t want to comment on whether I think it is true or not, because most of the news we...
In a horrendous gangrape incident in Badaun, a district in UP, a 50-year-old woman who worked in Anganwadi has lost her life after a tough battle of survival.
The monstrosity shook the entire nation while some “distinguished personalities” have comments to make on the victim and her code of conduct, referring to the victim as the cause of her...
Kerala, God’s own country, never fails to amaze.
Recently, netizens were yet again amazed by Kerala after the inauguration of the newly-built ‘Vagbhatananda Park’ in the Karakkad village in the Kozhikode district.
Inaugurated by Kerala’s tourism minister, Kadakampalli Surendran, the netizens are going gaga after the pictures were posted by the minister on his social media accounts.
Named in honour of...
The legal profession in India is pursued by a large number of individuals. There are several reasons behind this. Firstly, law is the conventional profession which has been the apple of the eye of parents since forever.
Secondly, the perception is that lawyers are highly paid. Thirdly, legal studies give a wide range of options to students once they...
WhatsApp's new policy changes have certainly pissed off many people. The invasive and data-hungry changes are completely against the original promises made by the app of keeping one's data safe and not collecting it.
Obviously, once Facebook acquired WhatsApp, many people knew that slowly but eventually WhatsApp would be opening its doors and allow Facebook to get their hands on...
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court of India passed a judgement that gave the government clearance to proceed with their Central Vista Project, aiming to renovate the Parliament extensively.
The government had already laid the foundation stone for the project early last month. This plan allows the government to redevelop 86 acres of land where renowned structures such as the...
Indians are definitely super crazy about cricket. With the ongoing ODI between India and Australia, some scammers have taken undue advantage of people’s obsession with the game.
Fake flyers promoting a special “meet and greet” event with the Indian cricket team at the Manjits Wharf restaurant in Sydney were busted recently.
Nearly 200 frantic fans were left heartbroken when the restaurant...
It was not a surprising revelation when we discovered that WhatsApp was changing its privacy policy. It was bold of the Facebook-owned communication app to even continue including the word ‘privacy’ in its terms and conditions, as the implication of its statement revealed anything but data protection.
Criticism ensued after the statement went live, and netizens were suddenly made aware...
2021 has come with a bang, at least in India. The Centre recently drafted a bill which proposes to ban the sale of loose cigarettes, increase fines for public smoking, remove designated smoking areas in public, and increase the smoking age limit to 21.
Citizens of the country have constantly been subjected to the hazardous effects of smoking through advertisements...
Are you confused with so many technical terms used in the title? Let me break it down for you!
A demographic dividend is that golden phase in a country’s lifetime, when it can reach a higher economic growth potential, owing to its shift in population composition, particularly age-structure.
In other words, when a country has a higher proportion of the...
India is currently witnessing the largest ongoing protest in world history. No tear gas and water cannon can stop the agitated farmers fighting for their rights.
The farmers have been protesting at various border points of the national capital since 26 November 2020 against the three farm laws passed at the Centre in September 2020, namely,
The Farmers (Empowerment and...
The actions taken by the government over the past few months have been widely criticized for several reasons. But does that justify putting the blame for riots and strikes occurring elsewhere on an entire nation or its representatives solely based on a symbol being present on-site?
What Is This Incident About?
On 6th January 2020, supporters of Donald Trump tore through...
Just another thing to add to the ever-growing list of bizarre things happening in 2021.
It seems our precious little earth is spinning faster than it ever has in the past 50 years. Scientists have revealed that 28 of the fastest days on record all happened in 2020.
During those days, the Earth completed its daily rotation around the axis a...
Barely 3 months had gone by with India declaring itself Avian Influenza free (September 2020) when tragedy struck again.
After fighting a long and hard battle since 2006 against the H5N1 strain, India now has to combat the H5N8 strain of the same virus, although many other strains are omnipresent albeit dormant.
At 12 epicentres, in at least 4 Indian...
In light of the recent Capitol siege by Trump supporters, social media platforms have explicitly censored President Trump's posts, and it’s a first too.
Twitter has removed President Donald Trump's two most recent tweets and has replaced them with a disclaimer, "This Tweet is no longer available," along with a link to learn more about the site's policy on the...
Personal data of over 10 crore Indian credit and debit card owners has been leaked, or rather auctioned, for an undisclosed amount of money online on the dark web.
This astonishing discovery was made by an independent cybersecurity researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia. According to Rajaharia, the data was leaked through a compromised server of Juspay Technologies, a Bangalore based digital payment...
Richa Chadha shared the poster of her new movie ‘Madam Chief Minister' on January 4th that attracted a lot of criticism and questions.
Amid the controversy, the trailer of the movie about an ‘untouchable girl’ who rises above the difficulties and becomes the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was released today.
Both the poster and the trailer have drawn a great...
India’s fiscal deficit soared well past its targeted budget and stood at 135.1% in April-November. A high fiscal deficit is generally not good for the country and its citizens in the long run.
Here’s what the fiscal deficit means and how it will impact you in the days to come.
What Is Fiscal Deficit And How Does It Affect You?
The government...
The Philippines has always been a culture rich island nation and this article has been inspired by an amazing Filipino comedian - Jo Koy’s stand-up set. He talks a lot about his mother, an old Filipino lady and the imitation is just hilarious.
In his sets, he also talks of Jeepneys, one of the most famous things about the Philippines....
Up till September 2020, the entire world was petrified and pessimistic thanks to COVID-19. No hope was to be found nor was it any easier to lose a loved one to the virus.
The pandemic had shaken up any & every being. But India lifted the spirits collectively by announcing the successful manufacturing of the COVID-19 vaccine under Bharat Biotech,...
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States of America had once said, “The more you know about the past, the better ready you are for the future.”
The only problem here is that history is narrated from the victor’s point of view in war and it deems to be people’s victories over people.
The world has had so many...
Birthday hashtags are the most common theme on the trending list of Twitter, and if it is a celebrity’s birthday, then #happybirthday becomes the sweetest gesture possible for fans hundreds and thousands of miles away from their idols.
With so much love, some amount of hatred is inevitable. But what happens when these haters sabotage a simple birthday wish and...
In life, we make some decisions that have a substantial impact on us. Some of them hold the power to change the course of our lives, especially the finance-related choices that we make to manage our expenses and savings. For most of us, our loved ones' well-being is the prevailing thought in our heads while making any investments.
If you...
Waking up on the morning of 6th January, many people were greeted by this message.
Now, understandably, many people were confused by what these changes are all going to be. So here are some of the changes that WhatsApp and Facebook is introducing to the platform's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Collection Of Data For Third Party Services
WhatsApp has made...
