India Was The First Country To Ratify The Marrakesh Treaty: Why That Should...
It's one of those rare instances when India can be proud of coming first. On 27 June 2013, 79 countries that are part of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) adopted the Marrakesh...
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Here's Why Netflix, Hotstar, And TV Networks Should Seriously Worry About...
Although it isn't immediately clear exactly when Amazon Prime Video will make its Indian debut (market speculation hints at a Diwali launch), the e-commerce giant's subscription-based streaming...
View ArticlePakistan Calls Off SAARC Summit, Slams India's Decision To Pull Out
Pakistan today postponed the SAARC Summit to be held here next month after India along with four other member states of the regional grouping decided against attending the meet. "Pakistan deplores...
View ArticleBCCI Asks International Cricket Council To Not Put India And Pakistan In The...
With the bilateral relations deteriorating, BCCI on Friday decided that India will avoid playing Pakistan even in the multi-nation tournaments and asked the ICC not to place the teams of the two...
View ArticleNow, Pakistan Has Banned Indian Films Amid Rising Kashmir Tensions
Pakistani cinemas have stopped screening Indian films in "solidarity" with the country's armed forces, after an escalation of violence in disputed Kashmir between the nuclear-armed neighbors, theater...
View ArticleSupreme Court Warns Karnataka Of The 'Wrath Of The Law' If It Doesn't Release...
Taking Karnataka to task for repeated "defiance" by flouting its orders for release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, Supreme Court today asked it to discharge 6,000 cusecs water from tomorrow till...
View ArticleCracks Appear In Centre-State Talks In GST Council's Second Meeting
In signs of fracture, the Centre and states today disagreed on decisions reached at the first meeting of the GST Council on service tax assessment although they reached a consensus on area based...
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World Vegetarian Day: 6 Amazing Facts That Prove Chickens Are No Birdbrains
Many people have been conditioned to look at chickens and eggs as nothing more than food, but in reality chickens are intelligent, sentient beings with the capacity to suffer and experience joy just...
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5 Experiences Every Volunteer At The Rio Paralympics Will Vouch For
After four three-hour-plus layovers, a 24-hour flight and two days of fighting jetlag, I finally gathered the courage to unpack and do my laundry. I recently returned to India after a 20-day...
View ArticleDelhi's Waste Management Is A Mess And We Aren't Helping
"Mujhe hafte main 10-12 baar chot lagti hai, aur khoon bhi nikalta hai; par ab toh aadat ho gayi hai (I get injured 10-12 times a week, sometimes there's blood, but now I'm used to it)," says Chotu, a...
View Article'Don't Be A Pussy, Men Don't Need This Consent Nonsense'
Much has been said about consent recently. "No means no" has become an anthem for those of us who understand it. In my last post, I wrote about my experience of watching the movie Pink and why I...
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What Durga Puja Means To A Vegetarian Daughter-In-Law Of Bengal
Miles and Miles of silver kaash flowers swaying to the gentle autumn breeze; bright sunny days and cool nippy nights; mornings drenched in the fragrance of orange-stemmed shiuli, evenings bathed in...
View ArticlePakistan Will Give Befitting Response To Any Misadventure, Says Army Chief...
LAHORE -- Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif on Friday warned that any "misadventure" by any "adversary" will meet the "most befitting response", a day after India conducted surgical strikes on...
View ArticlePak Violates Ceasefire In Jammu And Kashmir's Akhnoor, Gunfight Underway
AKHNOOR -- Amid tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad over the surgical strikes across the Line of Control, Pakistan on Saturday violated ceasefire in Pallanwala sector of Jammu and Kashmir's...
View ArticleUN Chief Ban Ki-Moon Offers To Mediate Between India And Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has offered to act as a mediator between India and Pakistan to help the nuclear-armed neighbours resolve their disputes, as he urged both nations to...
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Why Indians And Pakistanis Desperate To Stop Cultural Exchanges Are Terribly...
Indians who don't want Pakistani actors to work in Bollywood, would be surprised to find there are some people in Pakistan who agree with them. There are hyper-nationalists in Pakistan who think...
View ArticleUri Brigade Commander, K Somashanker, Shifted In Terror Attack Aftermath
SRINAGAR -- Army has removed the commander of Uri Brigade, which was the target of the deadly terror attack on 18 September that claimed the lives of 19 soldiers and left several others injured,...
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Donald Trump Appeared In A Playboy Softcore Porn Video
Early Friday morning, Donald Trump tried to disgrace former Miss Universe Alicia Machado by accusing her of having a sex tape. Turns out, he sort of has one of his own. BuzzFeed News recently...
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