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  • TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 21
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 21 Reuters 1916 - Emperor Franz Josef, ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire since 1848, died. His attack on Serbia helped to p
  • Explore! Dream! Discover..!
    At the age of seventy-five my father was a computer wizard. In fact I remember so well dad teaching me the basics of the machine and its technology. He was a man who never slipped into a mode of ‘so much and
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 20
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 20 Reuters 1917 - A British force including 324 tanks struck at the German lines at Cambrai, the first big battle to involve tanks.
  • Freeing Our Women..!
    My neighbour who has a habit of poking his nose in my business, stood outside my house, as I dismantled the grill, unscrewed the heavy steel door, and opened the thick wooden shades, “What are you doing?” h
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 19
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 19 Reuters 1942 - Soviet Red Army troops began a huge counter-offensive against the Germans at Stalingrad in World War Two. 1946 - Th
  • The Long Spoon Vaccine..!
    Despite instructions, warnings and pleading from the government to abstain from lighting firecrackers, this Festival of Lights, the pleas fell largely on deaf ears. Dense smoke and deafening blasts of crackers
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 18
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 18 Reuters 1905 - Prince Charles of Denmark was elected first king of Norway after the restoration of its independence. He took the old
  • Law in Motion-19: First Information Reports – Miscellaneous
    Rupin Sharma, IPS [A] What happens when there are Cognizable as well as Non-Cognizable offences committed? Sometimes, a report or information can disclose the commission of more than one offence, some of
  • A Bloodied Country..!
    “Yours is one helluva bloody country,” exclaimed my English friend as he walked out of the airport.“On the contrary,” I protested, “we are a very peace loving, non violent people.”“Then why all th
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 17
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 17 Reuters 1917 - Auguste Rodin, French sculptor of "The Thinker" and "The Kiss", died. 1954 - General Gamal Ab
  • Journalism during COVID-19
    Vishü Rita Krocha The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare many things. Things we have taken for granted, rights we should have fought for, issues that should have been addressed, and things that we were pro
  • Leaders, Lend Your Ears..!
    A few days ago, two ex IAS officers spoke on, “Dissent in Democracy’ and since I was on the panel I said, that dissent was not just disagreement but someone stating, “Please listen to me! I too have a vie
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 16
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 16 Reuters 1933 - The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations. 1959 - The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 15
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 15 Reuters 1920 - The first meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations was held in Geneva. 1985 - Irish Prime Minister Garret F
  • Becoming Childlike..!
    A few years ago I watched astonished as Jeff, my huge, scary German- Shepherd dog, became a little pup and followed my nephew around the room, nuzzling into his ear and behaving as if he’d found a long lost f
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 13
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 13 Reuters 1903 - Camille Pissarro, prolific painter of the French Impressionist era, died. 1913 - The first modern elasticated brass
  • Exit Polls..!
    “Mama!”“Yes my son?”“The exit polls said, I and that thirty one year old boy would win in Bihar!”“I know my son, but they were wrong! On top of it you lost quite miserably!”“But the exit polls
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 12
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 12 Reuters 1912 - A search party found the remains of British explorer Captain Robert Scott and his companions after their ill-fated Sou
  • TODAY in HISTORY: November 12
    Reuters 1916 - Jeannette Rankin becomes first woman elected to U.S. Congress. 1917 - Russian Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky in Petrograd. 194
  • Transfering the Wife..!
    The quarreling in the house at the end of the road, had been going on throughout the night and finally the neighbours, unable to sleep called the police.“Sir,” said the inspector as he entered the house and
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