Marlboro CEO wants you to Quit Smoking
The CEO of Philip Morris International, the tobacco giant that manufactures and sells Marlboro cigarettes outside of the United States, revealed in an interview over the weekend that the company plans to stop selling cigarettes in the UK within the
The Moon Wobble – What does it hold for our Future
How often have you been intrigued by the thoughts about space and the celestial bodies? As kids, we really get excited about knowing more about the unknown ideas and mysteries of the world. How a star that is billions of
A Digital Ecosystem – Cryptocurrencies to CBDC
With the accruing use of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether all over the world, a step was taken by RBI to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) has been a breakthrough. As informed by T Rabi Shankar, deputy
Reforms in India’s Defense Sector – Better Late than Never
Back in 2020, India Inc. had said that creating a separate capital budget for domestic acquisition in the current financial year (2020) and imposition of restrictions on imports of 101 weapons is a “game-changing” reform for self-reliance and will boost
Reserve Bank of India announces Digital Payments Index
The main purpose of creating any index is to highlight/identify the trend of a particular market or sector (Digital Payments sector in the case of RBI-DPI) and compare it to a particular benchmark or goal. Through an index it is
The Last Girl
“I want to be the last girl in the world with a story like mine” Nadia Murad is a Yazidi activist from Iraq who raised her voice against human trafficking and genocide by the IS(Islamic State) in Iraq. She won a
The unrequited love story of Olympics and India-a biased viewership, state initiatives and a century-long journey
Call up your friends, colleagues or family on a Saturday Noon after a ‘long summer week’, and try asking them about their weekend plans. Chances are that they’ll probably reply somewhere along the lines of, “Match dekh raha hun yaar!” Most of
Fable of Rajasthan: Concatenating the charismatic felines through a natural corridor
Harboring the tenth-largest tiger population in the country, Rajasthan is home to more than a hundred majestic cats. The colourful state is all set to witness the inception of a tiger corridor, linking three of its crucial tiger reserves other
The blood on our hands
The death of Sudan, the last lone surviving male Northern White Rhino, on 19th March 2018 marked the end of a loved subspecies of White Rhinos in Central Africa. The species, having lived 55 million years on this planet, has
The Future of Afghanistan Post U.S. Withdrawal
On July 8, Joe Biden, the U.S. President announced that the U.S. is finally set to end its presence in Afghanistan that lasted for 20 years, after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. While 90% of the stationed troops and their equipment