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Sudhir Kumar Teachings and Preachings of ‘turning calamites into opportunities’  had different  shades altogether  until ‘we  the people’ explicitly changed the perspective and the meaning to our convenience, during the severity  of pandemic 2. It ultimately turned out to be proverbial ‘make hay while the sun shines’ in lieu, indeed. …

Kulsum Mustafa The heartthrob of millions of Hindi speaking travel enthusiasts, Varun Vagish, in his late thirties, solo, a budget traveler is twenty-first-century travel guru. Solo, budget travel is his forte. The travel blogs on his YouTube channel, Mountain Trekker, sell dreams with details about how to make your travel possible. It …

Ambikanand Sahay With the state assembly elections hardly nine months away, battleground Uttar Pradesh is currently witnessing a fascinating battle between perception and reality. Little wonder then that connoisseurs of politics are having a field day! Yes, perception wise, the ruling BJP appears to be under tremendous pressure for three …

Dr. Seema Javed  Major oil, coal and gas companies could be held legally responsible for the climate change damages caused by their carbon emissions, according to a study led by Oxford University researchers, published in the journal Nature Climate Change today , on Monday 28 June. Climate change is increasingly a subject for …

Sudhir Kumar It was like ‘dream shattered’. Unilateral withdrawal of an agreement between India and Iran for the construction & development of Chabahar port in Iran and further laying a 600 km long railway line connecting the port to Zahidan city bordering Afghanistan enabling India easier accessibility to Afghanistan and …

Dr. Seema Javed A recently published paper in the journal Nature Communications, by an interdisciplinary group of researchers from across the globe has comprehensively examined the sources and health effects of air pollution — not just on a global scale, but also individually for more than 200 countries and sub-national …

Sudhir Kumar We heard recently of ‘Wailing Wall'(western wall), the remains of the holiest of the Jew temple in Jerusalem, during just concluded skirmishes between Israel and Palestinian/Hamas.T he Jews are said to  cry facing it as religious ritual, recalling its lost glory. And simultaneously and  most shockingly, we all …

Sudhir Kumar It was not a war of wits nor was it a fist fight but it was ostensibly a war of demeanor between the Duo and the Didi. And so the metaphor ‘Humility on Wheelchair and Arrogance on Chariot’, unmistakably is spot on. The most arrogant, acrimonious and overstretched  …

Sudhir Kumar Winning election and proficient governance are two different skills. Duo might have excelled in the art of winning election but proficient governance yet seem to be a far cry. Seizure of Delhi by the agitating farmers of Punjab with symbolic support of farmers of Haryana since last two …

Prof. Ashok Kumar Rankings are products of Capitalist system that encourages unhealthy competition and rat race among institutions. But these are now unfortunately considered to be especially important as markers of quality. The distinction between Athletics and Academics is slowly vanishing. Everyone wants to be at the top, to be …