As today there is no interesting current affairs topic to discuss, I am writing about cricket. It has been said that if you want to see the calibre of any cricketer then see his performance in a Test Match, where patience, temperament and skill all are required. Most of the time spectators and even TV…
Category: Daily Happenings Blog
Daily Happenings Blog
Tuesday Brief
1 Friends, you know that Coke and Pepsi are controlling the soft drinks market all over the world. These giant corporations do the business of soft drinks with the help of their Bottling Partners or franchisees. In this type of arrangement, the principal company supplies the soft drink concentrate to their Bottling Partners, who then…
Monday Post
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…
Weekend
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…
Wednesday Post
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…
Tuesday Brief
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…
Monday Post
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…
Thursday Brief
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…
Tuesday Brief
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…
Monday Post
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…