India all set to reset, deepen ties with Sri Lanka

Emergency Relationship In the midst of the massive financial crisis and the catastrophic COVID-19 wave that has gripped the island country, India and Sri Lanka are prepared to re-engage at diplomatic and political levels after a lean period.Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla will begin a three-day visit to Sri Lanka on Saturday, meeting with President GotabayaContinue reading “India all set to reset, deepen ties with Sri Lanka”

Piyush Goyal reiterates that there has been no final decision on the winning bid for Air India.

India Air India, which has been losing money since a merger with the former state-run Indian Airlines in 2007-08, had accumulated losses of up to Rs. 70,820 crore as of March 31, 2020. Tata Sons, the group holding company that owns a majority stake in AirAsia India and controls Jaguar Land Rover, made an offerContinue reading “Piyush Goyal reiterates that there has been no final decision on the winning bid for Air India.”

Apple and Disney among companies backing groups against US climate bill

Geo Politics Despite their own promises to combat the climate crisis, some of America’s most prominent companies, including Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Disney, are supporting business groups fighting landmark climate legislation, according to a new analysis. A slew of corporate lobbying groups and organisations have banded together to oppose Democrats’ proposed $3.5 trillion budget bill,Continue reading “Apple and Disney among companies backing groups against US climate bill”

The new dot com bubble is here: it’s called online advertising

Business The market is enormous. The amount of money spent on internet advertisements increases year after year. According to the research firm eMarketer, more than $273 billion in digital advertising was spent globally in 2018. The majority of those advertisements were purchased from two companies: Google ($116 billion in 2018) and Facebook ($54.5 billion inContinue reading “The new dot com bubble is here: it’s called online advertising”

BharatPe Co-Founder Shashwat Nakrani, a 23yo IIT dropout, is the youngest self-made Indian on the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2021.

Business Shashwat Nakrani, then 19, created the BharatPe QR Code in collaboration with Ashneer Grover four years ago today, in 2018. Today, Bharatpe is so successful that Shashwat’s name appears on the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2021 as the youngest self-made individual. Nakrani is one of 13 people on the Hurun India RichContinue reading “BharatPe Co-Founder Shashwat Nakrani, a 23yo IIT dropout, is the youngest self-made Indian on the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2021.”

Archaeologists Just Found A Hidden Neighborhood At The Ancient Mayan City Of Tikal In Guatemala.

Archeology The long-hidden Tikal neighborhood is a near perfect miniature replica of the citadel at Teotihuacán, located in modern Mexico, which conquered the city in the fourth century. Archeologists long dismissed the rolling hills near the ancient Mayan city of Tikal as part of the landscape. But cutting-edge technology has revealed a buried neighborhood —Continue reading “Archaeologists Just Found A Hidden Neighborhood At The Ancient Mayan City Of Tikal In Guatemala.”

Cave Explorers Descend Into Yemen’s ‘Well Of Hell’ For The First Time.

Archeology Fin whales are basically the Barry White of the ocean. The deep, bellowing songs that males use to attract mates are considered to be the loudest of all marine life and can be “heard up to 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) away,” according to Scientific American. They can also be used to sonically map outContinue reading “Cave Explorers Descend Into Yemen’s ‘Well Of Hell’ For The First Time.”

Whale songs can be used to map out the ocean floor.

Facts Fin whales are basically the Barry White of the ocean. The deep, bellowing songs that males use to attract mates are considered to be the loudest of all marine life and can be “heard up to 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) away,” according to Scientific American. They can also be used to sonically map outContinue reading “Whale songs can be used to map out the ocean floor.”

Kangana to be brand ambassador of UP’s ODOP; actor meets Yogi Adityanath.

India Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut will be the brand ambassador Uttar Pradesh government’s One District One Product Programme, the government announced on Friday, after the actor met Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath at his official residence in Lucknow.

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