By Sana Fazili Delhi over the last weekend received heavy rainfall, with a similar spell of rains happening two weeks before that. The heavy rains were recorded as high as 87.2 mm at Lodhi Road on October 8 and 9. Delhi has received 121.7 mm of rain in…
What Consists Of A Nobel Prize-Winning Researcher And Their Work?
By The Conversation Experts often recommend that people specialize in one field of work or research to maximize their chances of success. Yet our recently published research indicates that successful innovators take a broader path. We looked at the car…
26 Killed, Many Injured In Kanpur As Tractor Falls in Pond: All You Need To Know
By BOOM Team At least 26 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur on Saturday night after a tractor trolley carrying around 50 pilgrims fell into a pond. According to reports, over 20 people were injured in the accident that took place near Ghatamp…
Republic Bharat Reports Satire Thread On China Coup As Breaking News
By Archis Chowdhury Georg Fahrion – the Beijing correspondent for German news website Der Spiegel, tweeted out a satirical thread containing a series of images from Beijing, to joke about the rumours of a coup d’état against Chinese President Xi Jinpin…
RBI’s Card Tokenisation Deadline Is Sept 30: All You Need To Know
By Mohammed Kudrati Credit and debit card users will have to ‘tokenise’ their details online to conduct transactions by September 30, as per guidelines by The Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Post this deadline, online portals and merchants will be require…
Gender, Caste: Oxfam Report Shows How Bias Affects Women’s Work In India
By Sana Fazili In India, gender discrimination accounts for over 98% of the employment and earning gap between men and women, Oxfam’s India Discrimination Report published last week has revealed. Be it salaried jobs or self-employment, gender discrimin…
No, Video Does Not Show ED Raid At AAP Gujarat Leader’s House
By Runjay Kumar A video of an Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid in Kolkata, West Bengal at a businessman’s house is viral with a false claim that it shows cash recovered after a raid at the house of an Aam Aadmi Party leader in Surat, Gujarat. We found…
AC Stadiums, Banned One Night Stands: What To Expect During FIFA World Cup 2022
By Sourit Sanyal The 2022 FIFA World Cup is on the horizon, starting on November 20. The Qatar football team will face Ecuador at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor in the first match. Like previous other World Cups, the one in 2022 will follow the traditi…
Image Of PM Modi’s Photo On Wall During Kejriwal’s Visit To Auto Driver’s House Is Morphed
By Srijit Das A morphed image showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photo hanging on a wall of an auto driver’s home in Gujarat during Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s visit is circulating on social media. BOOM found that the image has been digi…