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MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli face incessant trolling for not attending the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha Ceremony
On January 22nd, Monday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed the ‘Pran Pratistha’ ceremony of the ostentatiously built Ram Lalla temple at Ayodhya. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) sent out invitations to many eminent celebrities, industrialists, and sportspersons to attend the
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Digi Yatra Dilemma: Risks of Surrendering Facial Recognition Data to Private Entity Excluded from RTI Oversight
If you have recently embarked on any domestic Indian flight, you must be aware of how chaotic the experience of flying in Indian airlines has become. Passengers are kept waiting for stretches of 12 to 15 hours, without any provision for food and water, until their flight finally takes off. No wonder
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ASER 2023 Reveals Alarming Education Crisis in Rural India
The latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2023 has revealed an alarming situation. The survey, aimed to analyse the educational abilities, enrollment and aspirations of children in rural India, ended up discovering how India’s rural youth struggle with basic maths and everyday calcul
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‘Moon Sniper’ Mission: Japan’s joy in becoming the 5th nation to touch the moon,’ dampened by solar panel discrepancy.
Tokyo, Japan: On January 19th, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) got their country’s name registered on the golden pages of history by becoming the fifth country in the world to secure a successful landing on the surface of Earth’s natural satellite. Today, the name of Japan
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Lai Ching-Te’s Triumph: Defying China’s Warnings, Taiwan Elects a Maverick President
On January 13, Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party won a third term in the country’s presidential elections — felicitating the incumbent Vice President Lai Ching-Te as the new President of Taiwan. The Doctor-turned-politician Lai Ching-Te, aka ‘Doctor William Lai,
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The Atal Setu Toll Conundrum: A Bridge for the Elite or a Gateway for All?
Mumbai, Maharashtra: On January 12th, India celebrated the inauguration of the nation’s longest sea bridge, the impressive ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri Nhava Sheva Atal Setu,’ also known as the “Mumbai Trans-harbour Link.” Spanning a length of 21.8 kilometres, a quarter
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“Yuganayak” Swami Vivekananda: Human conscience, wit, and rationality ‘personified!’
Today marks the 162nd birth anniversary of Narendra Nath Dutta, aka “Yuganayak Swami Vivekananda.” Growing up in a Bengali household, several anecdotes from the life of Swami Ji were narrated to me. On this auspicious day, I would love to share some of those stories to acquaint you with
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MS Dhoni stands ‘stumped’: The Indian cricket star is an alleged victim of “fraud” by ex-business partners!
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the former and indubitably the most successful captain of the Indian men’s cricket team, has filed a ‘criminal’ case against two of his former business associates under the charges of an ‘alleged’ fraud. Captain Cool and his associates claim he got
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Increasing divorce cases and what does it convey about modern India?
“Divorce isn’t such a tragedy. A tragedy is staying in an unhappy marriage and teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of divorce.” An unhappy marriage is indeed a tragedy. As per National Crime Report Bureau (NCRB) data, an average of 2
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Why our ‘Haldi’ may not be ‘healthy’?
Given the popularity of turmeric in Indian culture and cuisine, the powdered stem of the plant has always been considered a superfood and antioxidant. Renowned for its anti-inflammatory and immunity-boosting properties, elderlies of many Indian households preach the benefits of ‘Haldi-doodh
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AI vs. Humans: How big corporates are creating solutions to problems that do not exist!
Hi! This ‘biased’ article is brought to you by a living and breathing human being who is too afraid to lose his job. What causes this apprehension, you ask? I am cynical regarding the prospect that a machine might use my work (and the work of several others like me) using ‘high-tec
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Decoding the modern path towards spirituality: Why some atheists are closer to God than many perceived ‘Godmen?’
Every devotional channel we watched as a family early in the morning featured men with greying beards holding an open book and reciting religious verses. Honestly, I understood none of what they uttered, and it is safe to say that no one else in our family understood them either. However, we w
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The ‘Unshakable’ and ‘Undomitable’ Atal Bihari Vajpayee!
In 1994, India’s Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao flaunted the beautiful feathers of India’s democracy by sending the opposition leader, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to affirm India’s stance on the sensitive issue of Kashmir — this was an impeccable diplomatic move on Rao’s beh
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‘Engendered’ or ‘Endangered’: Will a provision for ‘Paid Menstrual Leaves’ do more harm than good for women?
We all know how half of the world’s demography suffers gravely during the most productive phase of their lives owing to menstruation. From household chores to jobs, women have always been expected to work incessantly, irrespective of whether they suffer from periods or not. Thus, since the daw
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Not ‘Fair’: It is time India did away with obnoxious societal standards of ‘beauty’ and ‘acceptance.’
A ‘fair’ Marketing campaign: Hi! Are you a young woman desperately clamouring for exposure? Does your boss not give you enough incentives despite your stellar performance? Is your family struggling to find you a decent groom? Look no further than ‘our product.’ You are just
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White man’s burden and diamond’s curse: How South Africa is the breathing embodiment of Europe’s ‘civilisational blunders’?
“A diamond is forever.” One of the world’s largest diamond mining companies, ‘De Beers,’ uses this quote often to lure its customers and augment its sales. However, as is the case with most successful corporates in the world, its success story has a horrific undercurren
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The Supreme Court gives a green flag to the scrapping of Article 370.
On December 11th, in one of the most crucial judgements on the issue of ‘constitutional validity of the centre to abrogate Article 370 of the Indian constitution’ by the Honbl. Supreme Court, the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, while heading a five-judge bench, upheld the validit
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What ails India’s heart?
Lately, during the festive Garba event organised in the Kapadvanj Kheda of Gujarat, ten participants lost their lives to heart attacks within that day! Out of those deceased was a 17-year-old boy who suddenly collapsed while indulging in the festivities. According to the data publishe
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‘Hush’ among the Arab countries as Israel resumes the bombing of Gaza.
As we sat before the TV screens on October 7th and became the virtual witness of Hamas’ atrocious and cowardly fusillade on Israel, it was expected that Israel would retaliate menacingly. However, when Israel went on a rampage against the Gazans, and even the civic amenities in the Gaza Strip
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