By Sourit Sanyal With 23 Grand Slams in her cabinet, Serena Williams does not need an introduction. In the world of tennis, she is one of the greatest athletes to grace the noble sport. Outside the court, she is an icon, playing multiple roles. From an…
“Unicorns Means $1 Billion Revenue”: BJP Leader Ravi Shankar Prasad’s Gaffe
By Mohammed Kudrati In a television interview to Aaj Tak, Ravishankar Prasad, senior BJP leader and former Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Communication and Law, claimed that “unicorns” are companies who have earned $1 billio…
‘Unacceptable’: Parents, Hindu Group On Why Protested Kanpur School Prayers
By Kaisar Andrabi A school in Kanpur became the centre of controversy this week after several parents alleged that students in the school were being made to recite Islamic prayers in the morning. While the school has maintained that students would reci…
Kerala Man With Monkeypox Dies, 20 Quarantined: All You Need To Know
By Rohini Chatterji Even as several states across India took measures last week to cope with a potential monkeypox outbreak, a man in Kerala who tested positive for the disease in the UAE died on Saturday. The Kerala government has ordered an inquiry i…
Video Of Reporter Threatening Proxy Teachers Is Scripted
By Sk Badiruddin A dramatised video of an actor playing a reporter and busting a racket of proxy teachers in a school is viral as a real incident on Facebook. The video shows three instances where the reporter visits a school on camera and catches prox…
IMF: Latest Data Show Gloom Ahead For World Economy As Growth Projections Cut
By Mohammed Kudrati New data released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of its flagship World Economic Outlook (WEO) report shows the world economy facing increasingly precarious times ahead. It cut the global growth forecast by 0.3 perc…
No, This Photo Does Not Show BJP Leaders Partying In Goa
By Srijit Das A collage of four images, including one featuring Bharatiya Janata Party members at an auditorium in the Parliament, is viral with false claims that it shows leaders of the ruling party unwinding in Goa at a time when others are helping f…
How Sri Lanka’s Crisis Has Roots In History of Discrimination Of Minorities
By The Conversation Sri Lanka is in the grip of an economic, political and humanitarian crisis. In a remarkable display of anger on Saturday, thousands of protesters disregarded government curfews, rampant military and police presence to storm the pres…
Bengaluru Courts Orders Take Down Of Pic Defaming SC Judges
By Ritika Jain A Bengaluru court observed that uninformed persons who share false claims on social media are misusing the right to free speech. Nowadays such messages spread like wildfire and the public are prone to believe them before cross-checking t…
Explained: How The Tories Are Voting For The Next British PM
By Sourit Sanyal On July 7, Boris Johnson announced his resignation as the leader of the Conservative Party, thus ending his three years tenure as the Prime Minister of the UK. This came after several senior Tory leaders resigned from his government du…