Today, November 14, marks the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak–the founder of Sikhism. Born in the year 1469, Guru Nanak is undoubtedly the most revered religious figure for the Sikh religion–and rightly so. His teachings have endured the test of times and his words continue to remain relevant even in today’s day and age. Celebrated on Kartik Purnima–the full moon day in the month of Kartik, Guru Nanak Jayanti is […]

New Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes have become a craze across the nation after the government declared the old currency notes as illegal tender. Many have clicked selfies and put them on social media. Meanwhile, a video has gone viral showing a new Rs 2,000 note undergoing a quality test. Please follow and like us:

India’s dramatic move to scrap 500 ($7.6) and 1,000 rupee notes is poor economics, a leading economist says. Kaushik Basu, the former chief economist for the World Bank, says the “collateral damage” is likely to outstrip its benefits. The overnight ban on the notes last week was intended to crack down on corruption and so-called “black money” or illegal cash holdings. But it sparked scenes of chaos outside banks and […]

Setting the tone for BJP’s poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed a rally at Ghazipur in the Uttar Pradesh “The state played a key role in giving us an absolute majority. I salute this land (Ghazipur) which gave birth to Vir Abdul Hamid, who taught Pakistan a lesson in 1965 war,” PM Modi said while addressing the rally. “I had come here in May […]

The jury is still out on whether Modi’s demonetisation move can spell out long-term benefits and actually curb the scourge of black money and corruption in the system but one simple fact that this exercise has brought in to the forefront is a surge in the humanity and the humane aspect of the average Indian around you. Whether you follow What’sapp or not the umpteenth instances of Gurudwaras and charitable […]

We all know that the precious stone Rudraksha symbolises Lord Shiva. According to Shiv Puran, it is believed that the precious beads were formed out of the tear drops of Lord Shiva when he came out of meditation. Hence, when the tear drops fell on the ground, it took the form of seeds, which gave birth to Rudraksha trees. Rudraksha seed is produced by the large evergreen broad-leaved trees in […]

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand early today, the US Geological Survey said, prompting a tsunami warning and knocking out power and phone services in many parts of the country. The shallow tremor hit some 90 kilometres north of the South Island city of Christchurch which was devastated five years ago by a 6.3 tremor which killed 185 people in one of New Zealand’s deadliest disasters. Today’s quake, […]

This year could be called as the year of surgical strikes. It all stated 2 months back when the Indian army crossed LoC and demolished the Pakistani terror camps. It was called the most daring act by the Indian army. The whole nation appreciated the bravery of our men and the bold decision of the government. Just 2 months after the external strike, Modi again launched surgical strike, but not […]

Even though it is not uncommon to read false stories of peoples’ deaths on Facebook; in a weird turn of events, Facebook itself has started declaring people dead – when in fact they are not. A lot of Facebook users were greeted with a eulogy message when visiting the profiles of friends and family, while some found their own accounts memorialised. Even Mark Zuckerberg was declared dead on his Facebook […]

The day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ban on Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes, he lost over 3 lakh followers him on Twitter, according to a popular Twitter analytics website. Twittercounter notes that PM Modi’s Twitter account @NarendraModi had a net loss of 3,13,312 Twitter followers on Wednesday, the day after the Prime Minister made a speech demonetising Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 currency notes. Note that this […]