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Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the fast-paced digital era, e-commerce has transformed the way we buy and sell goods and services. However, the current platform-centric nature of e-commerce in India has posed several challenges, limiting the accessibility and inclusivity of the digital commerce ecosystem. Recognising these shortcomings, the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) emerges as a promising initiative […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn a sunny afternoon in April last year, a unique record was set up. For a few seconds, renewables were able to supply 94.5% of the demand of California’s main electric grid. 2. That was a big achievement on the path to decarbonization but one question remains, what happens when the sun sets or the wind […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, a social reformer and father of the Indian Constitution, or was he? 1. Opposed the formation of a Constituent Assembly, deeming it to be unnecessary and dangerous, but eventually went on to become the head of the Drafting Committee and held several other positions in the Constituent Assembly. 2. A reformer who, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes• 2 new inscriptions were made from India on the UNESCO World Heritage List during its 44th session recently held in Fuzhou, China. • ‘Kakatiya Rudreshwar Temple’ of Telangana was the first to be registered followed by ‘Dholavira: A Harappan City’ from Gujarat. With these new inscriptions, India now has a total of 40 World […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe tradeoff between life and vanity. • Panna district in Madhya Pradesh is already world-famous as a diamond mine. But what makes the Buxwaha forests of Chhatarpur so special is the promise that approximately 342 million carats of diamond is present, untouched, under the trees. The quantity being more than fifteen times the treasure of […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn old man, a bold dream, and New York City. This is the story of Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami, more popularly known as “Srila Prabhupada”, a religious leader, a spiritual teacher, a philosopher, and the founder of ISKCON. • Born on September 01, 1896, the day after Janmashtami in a Kayastha family in the Tollygunge suburb […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom being a teenager who joined the Indian Army to becoming the man who won the first-ever Paralympic medal for India; this is the story of a sportsman and a soldier, Murlikant Petkar. • Born on November 1, 1947, at Peth Islampur in the Sangli district of Maharashtra, Murlikant has been a sportsman from his […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn a historic first, two passengers embarked on a high-speed hyperloop train on • Sunday (November 8,2020) evening at the Virgin Hyperloop’s 1,640-foot DevLoop test track in Las Vegas, Nevada. Clearly, Virgin Hyperloop was confident in the trial, because the two passengers onboard were Josh Giegel, its chief technology officer and cofounder, and Sara Luchian, […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Swastika is considered extremely sacred and holy by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Zoroastrians and remains very widely used from ancient times to the present day.The truth is Swastika is a Hindu ritual word and an ancient symbol of Hinduism. It is an auspicious symbol which has been in use since the early Vedic period […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDhantrayodashi or popularly known as Dhanteras marks the outset of the five day triumphantly joyful festival of Diwali. • The word Dhanteras is a union of two words ‘Dhan’ which means wealth & ‘Teras’ or ‘Trayodashi’ meaning Thirteen(13). As per the Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar, in the month of Karthik, the thirteenth lunar day of […]