Category: Daily Happenings Blog

For the last 3 days, all of you must be reading in the media about the govt’s decision to demonetise the assets. Now what is Asset Demonetisation: Asset Monetisation involves creation of new sources of revenue by unlocking of value of unutilised or underutilised public assets. Internationally, it is recognised that public assets are a…

A few days back I had written about the problems faced by Vodafone Idea (Vi)  in paying the installments on account of adjusted gross revenue (AGR). As per the order of the Supreme Court, all the telcos are supposed to pay their dues within 10 years in installments. In between the SC/govt agreed that dues…

For the last few months, we are hearing about the possibility of 3rd wave of the Covid pandemic. Is India prepared for the third wave of coronavirus infections? The answer is NO! Despite repeated calls by health experts, a report by a panel formed by the Union Health Ministry has exposed the acute lacunae in…

In today’s weekend blog I am writing about the test match which is considered one of India’s greatest test wins. India- England 3rd Test  at Oval,1971 India was touring England after defeating West Indies in West Indies in 5 match test series just a few months before they embarked on 3 test series against England….

In the media nowadays, the main news is about the takeover of Afghanistan by the militant group Taliban.The biggest surprise was that the last  govt of Afghanistan, without any fight back surrendered to Taliban militant forces, and the President fled the country and as per latest report he has taken shelter in UAE.The world is…

Many of us have grown up in a time when the news source used to be the morning newspaper. At that news used to be broadcasted on All India Radio also, certain times during the day. Then came the advent of TV, and there used to be one or two news bulletins in a day….

Today there is no interesting news on political and other fronts, so, therefore, I am writing about a health-related topic: A rough estimate suggests that around 15 to 20% of the world’s population from a disease called VARICOSE VEINS. In our country, its prevalence is said to be much lesser. What is Varicose Vein The…

Last week I wrote about the bowlers whose performances in a test match ended in a losing Cause. Today I am writing about the bowlers whose performances in One Day International (ODI) matches ended in a losing cause. In ODI matches bowlers are permitted to bowl a max of 20% of overs to be bowled…

Generally, it is said that “Necessity is the mother of invention”, but there are many inventions which have been discovered accidentally, as the person was doing something else when he discovered another particular thing which turned into a great invention. And looking at how useful some everyday products are, it is hard to imagine these…

It has become a common practice to use abbreviations for long names and phrases.  Secondly, we use different brands in our daily lives, there are some names that do not really sound like abbreviations, but actually, they have full forms and most of us have no idea about them. Given below are some brands and…