Category: Daily Happenings Blog

Virat Kohli recently announced his retirement from Test cricket. He retired from the T20 format last year after  Team India won the T20 World Cup. So, presently, he will play only in the One Day International (ODI)tournament for Team India. Friends, do you know that after Virat Kohli made his International debut in 2008, there…

OPERATION SINDOOR, which lasted only four days, had an astounding success. But many in the country argue that it failed to impose sufficient cost on Pakistan, particularly when India held a dominant position across all the domains land, air, naval, cyber and international. While such critics are understandable, a more careful examination reveals a different…

In English, idioms are used for expressing oneself, and there are umpteen idioms in use. Friends, do you know that the one word used in the maximum number of idioms is BLUE. Here are some BLUE IDIOMS and their meaning: Emotion and Mood 1 Sing the blues– Complain softly. 2 Monday blues– Workweek sickness. 3…

Friends, after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam where  26 innocent Indian citizens were killed, the Indian government announced that the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan is suspended, and is kept in abeyance. India is considering a significant escalation in its use of water from the Indus River system, which could drastically reduce the…

In today’s weekend topic, I am still on cricket. On Monday, May 12th, 2025, VIRAT KOHLI hung up his cricket whites, meaning he announced his retirement from Test Cricket after a career spanning 123 Tests. He scored 9230 runs at an average of 46.85. His breathtaking Test career includes 30 centuries, seven double centuries, and…

Recently, while going through the newspaper, I came across a name for a disease that I had not heard before. It is called CROHN’S DISEASE, and that prompted me to learn more about it. What I found out about this disease, I want to share with you all. Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory…

People say in jest that English is a very funny language, and they will quote many examples. In English vocabulary, many words sound very funny. Here are 100 FUNNY SOUNDING WORDS with their meanings: 1 Agog– very eager or excited. 2 Ballyhoo– noisy fuss or publicity. 3 Bamboozle– to trick or fool. 4 Bedraggled– messy…

Last week, we saw a war-like situation between India and Pakistan, when on 7th May India destroyed Pakistan-based nine terror camps, and after that, what happened, you all know. But one word which has been getting prominence in all the media is BrahMos, which is the name given to the missile used by India on…

This is a continuation of my blog from last weekend on BEST TEST MATCHES. Here are the remaining 5 Test matches: 6 England vs Australia in England 1981, is undoubtedly one of the best Ashes Test matches to have ever been witnessed, and the credit for that goes single handedly to the magnificent all-round ability…

THINGS ABOUT LIFE There are certain things in life that we wish we had known when we were young and were about to start our professional and family life. Here are some of those things: 1 Struggle is Good– Never say ‘ I can not take it anymore’. Say “ Bring it on” 2 Don’t…