18 million septic tanks & 10 million pit latrines around the Ganga dispose 12 billion litres of untreated faecal sludge/sewage into the river; 53 per cent of it is untreated.
The crisis in Afghanistan teaches us that the law of unintended consequences, inevitably, applies to history.
Is the world envious of India’s progress? Here are some facts that dispel false propaganda.
Sir Garfield Sobers was in a league of his own, a true genius — a sight for even the gods to behold.
The mass media, particularly the digital platforms, are normalising the use of expletives and vulgar language.
Profanity–such as madarchod & behenchod–has been normalised in contemporary cinema. OTT platforms are serving a strong dose of violence & sex to sell their content.
Every year, in August & September, groups of migratory birds go to the Jathinga ridge and die. No one has been able to decode the reasons behind this mystery.
Here’s a fascinating story about how modern corporate ethic evolved from Communist Russia.
Thibaw Min, the last king of Burma who faced a humiliating defeat, was exiled out of his country – never to return back. Here’s his tragic story.
Why did the Uttar Pradesh government demolish the Corona Mata temple? What explains the lack of outrage from the Hindutva ecosystem regarding the demolition of the temple?
The government has announced that 2.16 billion dosages will be administered by December. But the numbers don’t add up.
Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy’s rib-tickling genius knows no age, because they beamed the lighter side of life, the child and the adult, wrapped within our psyche, like never before.
Charging Indians for COVID vaccines is bad, letting vaccine producers charge what they like is unconscionable.
The pandemic can be controlled by vaccines. But how can we stop a dangerous infodemic that gets more & more virulent by the day?
History will remember how the MEA sabotaged its reputation by equating one-man’s reputation with the national interest.