Author: Anil Malik

1 French Open Tennis tournament, which concluded  yesterday was really an engrossing tournament, which created few records: Barbora Krejcikova won the ladies’ singles and double titles both this year. The last time this has happened in the French Open in the year 2000 when Mary Pierce won both the titles. Other interesting facts,  ladies section…

The writing of  Hindi (Bollywood) film is itself an art. As most of Masala films are based on similar stories because there are few original plots which are rehashed so many times. Some of these films stand out, not because of the novelty in their storyline, just because of the good dialogues written by the…

As today there is no news on the current affairs which is worth commenting on, I am going 50 years back in  history and want to share something with you. The topic I want to share with you is cricket, and it is about one test match played by India in England. Yes, Friends, I…

Yesterday during his address to the nation PM Narendra Modi announced a new vaccination policy. Friends, you will recall that a few days back Supreme Court (SC) asked the Central govt to reply why the free vaccine is not available to people in the age group of 18 to 44 years. This was in response…

Recently the Central Govt issued revised laws for the Information Technology (IT) Companies, social media platforms like Facebook (FB)Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp(WA), and others. These companies initially showed their reluctance but in the end, slowly they have started towing the line. But there is news that  ‘ Content Policies could put FB on a collision course…

The Supreme Court made a big observation on the Covid 19 vaccine issue. The Supreme Court has questioned the Centre’s logic that manufacturers are selling COVID-19 vaccines for a hefty discount because it places bulk orders. The court asked the government then why it cannot buy 100% of the vaccines at a discount instead of…

A few days back two petitioners  Anya Malhotra (a translator) and Sohail Hashmi (documentary filmmaker)  filed a petition in Delhi High Court (HC) regarding stopping work being carried out for the Central Vista in the Capital. Their contention was that during the time of the Covid pandemic the construction of the non-essential project should not…

Latest on Covid 19 in India- It looks like there is respite now in a number of cases per day being reported. The cases which at  one time had crossed 4 lakh cases per day has come down to 1.5 lakh cases per day. So we can presume the second wave is on the decline…

In today’s weekend blog, I am writing a fact about the most popular screenwriters of Bollywood. When they worked as pair, the films written by them were always hit, they had one or two flop films to their name. Even after separating out when they started writing for the films, many of their films were…

Friends, you may be aware on 25th February 2021, the Central govt had announced new IT rules for social media companies. The rule required large social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp to follow additional due diligence, including the appointment of the Chief Compliance Officer, nodal contact person, and resident grievance officer. The…