Vaccine Passports Something New The pandemic has enabled ideas and solutions that we would have never imagined in a world without Covid-19. Mandatory isolation, quarantine, lockdown, curfews or stay at home orders, tracking applications (like Arogya Setu), covid bubbles (in IPL and NBA) and travel bubbles between countries - are some of the new solutions and ideas, we have seen being applied. With the...
Cyclone Yaas is likely a “very severe cyclonic storm” and will cross the Odisha and the West Bengal coasts on May 26. As the winds prepare to lash Northern Odisha and West Bengal, NDRF chief S N Pradhan has urged authorities in the two states to adopt an "over-preparing" approach for the impending natural disaster and carry out evacuation even in the least vulnerable...
Ever since time immemorial, the Royal Family has been both an attraction and a repulsion for many across the globe. It is of no surprise that they would be yet another dysfunctional family wrapped in intricate traditions and self-brought complications. For some odd reason, while watching the series ‘The Crown’ (watch it on Netflix if you haven’t already) it struck me that the Royal...
Person 1: Only 1% of India pays Income Tax. It’s a sad state of affairs. Person 2: Obviously. There’s black money, and evasion, and most eligible tax-payers don’t pay up. Person 3: And we know they can pay if they want to- because look at the motorcycles and cars and houses being bought…I think I see wealth everywhere. A common myth, perpetuated by such...
The recent headlines in the newspapers that the two men were apprehended by the Delhi police. These men were found to have illegally entered the Arun Jaitley Stadium during the match of Rajasthan Royals versus Sunrisers Hyderabad. This has again brought the issue of illegal betting to the fore. Again the clamor for legalizing, betting has gained force. The proponents of legalizing gambling say...
