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  • 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
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 11
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 11 Reuters 1918 - The First World War ended at 11 a.m; the armistice was signed in a railway carriage at Compiegne, France, bring
  • TODAY in HISTORY: November 10
    Reuters 1928 - Hirohito was crowned emperor of Japan. He had effectively become head of state and was named regent when his father became ill in 1920. He ruled until his death in 1989. 1938 - Mustapha Kem
  • Travelling by train during the COVID-19? Follow these guidelines
    Puja Gupta  IANSlife During the COVID-19 pandemic, public transport was limited to essential workers, those wanting to commute for other jobs were not permitted to use this service. As lockdowns lifted
  • Niceness Throws out..!
    Niceness, nearly lost out in the four years that the White House was occupied by a boorish, loud, arrogant president, and though many reasons have been attributed to his downfall, despite fulfilling many of his
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 9
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 09 Reuters 1937 - Ramsay MacDonald, who became Britain's first Labour prime minister in 1924, died at age 70. 1938 - Nazi-inspire
  • Growing Old..!
    It was just the other day while shopping with my daughter, I noticed I was paying more attention to the pavement I was walking on than the display in the shop windows. I wondered for a moment and realized I was
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 8
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 08 Reuters 1923 - Adolf Hitler tried to start a putsch in Munich, but was arrested four days later. 1960 - Democrat John F. Kennedy w
  • A Tantrum Called Terrorism..!
    And as Trump, hees and haws about letting go of the presidency, Liberty, the statue calls out to him, “Baby Donny, now give your toy white house to Joe, you’ve had four full years of living there!”“No,
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 6
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 06 Reuters 1928 - Hebert Hoover becomes U.S. President. 1995 - Israel buried Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated by a fellow
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