Category: Daily Happenings Blog

In April 21, the Supreme Court struck down the Army’s discriminatory selection criteria for grant of permanent commission to Women Short Serviced Commissioned officers (WSSCO),  with respect to the selective evaluation of annual confidential reports and application of present medical standards retrospectively to selection which is normally done at 5 or 10 years of service….

Are you aware that India is called the World Diabetes Capital? It is not because we Indians consume a number of sweets for every occasion. It has earned this title due to the exponential rise of diabetic patients in recent times. Last week World Diabetes Day (WDD) was observed on 14th November, which is the…

A few weeks back in my weekend blog I had written about men’s tennis players who had spent a maximum number of weeks at the top. In today’s blog, I am writing about women tennis players who spent the maximum number of weeks on top, since the WTA ranking started 45 years ago. Listed below…

Friends, are you aware that the lawmakers (MPs, MLAs) in our country have immunity from the law for their behavior on the floor of the house? This means whatever they speak or do physically on the floor of the house can not be questioned by any law. They can speak abuse, and give bad words…

Last week I wrote about Electric Vehicles (EVs), today I am continuing with the same subject and writing part 2 of the said article. In that article, I mentioned the composition of the material required to manufacture the battery required for EV. The main material required to manufacture the battery is Lithium, Nickel, Manganese, Cobalt…

INFLATION is when you pay Rs 300 for Rs 200 haircut you used to get for Rs 100 when you had hair. Technically inflation is an economic term that describes a general increase in prices and a fall in the purchasing power of money. A little inflation is normal and even good for a healthy…

Grand Slam aka majors are the world’s four most important annual professional tennis tournaments, and they are The Australian Open, The French Open, Wimbledon, and The US Open. There are players who have set many records in Grand Slam history and have also played Grand Slam finals multiple times. Here is the list of the…

With oil resources being depleted worldwide,  for the last few years, there has been a heavy push for the production of Electric Vehicles (EV) instead of manufacturing cars with internal combustion engines (ICE). Demand for  EVs is growing day by day. While EV accounted for only1% of the global annual sale, and there were just…

It has been said that we are what we eat, and we have diets for all possibilities. Diets to gain or lose weight, boost immunity and stay healthy, a heart-friendly diet, a vegan diet, a vegetarian diet, and so on. But have you heard about a mind diet, one that helps your cognitive (thinking, reasoning,…

Kaju Katli is one of the most popular sweets in India and CASHEWS or Kaju happens to be a favourite nut too.  Many people are not aware of the fact the word Kaju came from Caju, the Portuguese name for cashew. Indeed, it is the Portuguese who got cashew to India. It is native to…