How Will GST Impact The Economy And The Common Indian Consumer?
It's been raining hallelujahs all over the country ever since Parliament passed the GST Bill on Wednesday, following a delay of nearly 16 years. There is much exultation about a uniform tax platform...
View ArticleHere's A Simple Way Of Making Street Food Safe To Eat
It's the monsoon season -- the time for hot samosas, pakodas, batata vadas with spicy chutneys, and all the other street food that we enjoy on a rainy day. I love street food, or at least I did until...
View ArticleWhy The Growth Of Higher Education In India Hinges On The Private Sector
This post is co-authored by Apoorva Shankar, business development associate, UpGradFor the sake of simplicity, let's say that the public sector's role in education can be identified as a three-fold...
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25 Trekkers Clean Up Roopkund Mountain Trails. Bring Back 2127 Kg Of Garbage.
25 trekkers with 266 eco bags trekked for 53 km to clean Roopkund mountains. They brought down 2127 kg of garbage, which was then segregated and disposed of responsibly.Watch this video to know more:At...
View ArticleIn Defence Of Nehruvian Socialism
The mixed economy of pre-1991 India has been much maligned in the past decade -- and not without reason. Colloquially labeled as the 'License Raj', that regime was tainted by the twin evils of...
View ArticleWorld's Least Miserable Live In Asia, Says New Study
The Land of Smiles really is the happiest place in the world, at least in terms of holding a job and keeping the rising cost of goods in check.The Misery Index, computed by adding inflation to the...
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This Customer Has The Most Gracious Response To Racist Server
Chelsea Mayes and four friends thought their dining experience at a Tennessee restaurant called Cheddar's after church on Sunday went well, until they found that their waitress had posted racist...
View ArticleBihar's Booze Taliban
Ever since Nitish Kumar prohibited liquor in Bihar, many people have been asking me for my take on the matter. They ask me because I belong to Bihar and more importantly because as part of the Aam...
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Woman's Sarcastic, Naughty Guide To Changing A Tire Is A Wheel Hit
Here's the answer to any caveman who might ask, "Need help, little lady?"A young woman named Brittany turns sexist attitudes about women and car maintenance on their head with a wisecracking women's...
View ArticleThe Wisconsin Sikh Temple Attack And Why Post-Tragedy Rhetoric Matters
I don't like the idea of reflection pieces. It makes me think that there is a prescribed time in which we must reflect. Mourning should not be reserved just for anniversaries. We can try to...
View ArticleIndian Teen Artist Reimagines Goddesses As Modern-Day Feminists
What would it look like if goddesses walked on the earth today? Priyanka Paul, a 17-year-old artist from India, brought these powerful female deities to life in a series of images posted on her...
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12-Year-Old Boy Killed In Accident On World's Tallest Water Slide
A 12-year-old boy was killed on the world's tallest water slide at an amusement park in Kansas City, Kansas, on Sunday.Kansas City police confirmed the death at the Schlitterbahn water park, which shut...
View ArticleDeceased Man's Wife And Girlfriend Write Competing Obituaries
On their own, neither of Leroy Black's two obituaries is anything out of the ordinary.But placed side by side, as they were in New Jersey's Press of Atlantic City, they've been raising some...
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Facebook And Its Anti-Clickbait Headlines: Are The Readers Ready For It?
Facebook has stepped up its two-year-old anti-clickbait campaign, changing its news feed algorithm to weed out manipulative or deceptive headlines. The company says this is being done by popular...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: JNU Withdraws Kanhaiya's Security Cover; UP School Bans...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning.Essential HuffPostShankar Lal,...
View ArticleMuslim Woman Fired For Wearing Hijab At Work In US
WASHINGTON -- In a case of alleged discrimination in the US, a young Muslim woman was fired from her job at a dental clinic for wearing a hijab, as her employer wanted to keep a "neutral environment"...
View ArticleREPORT: Did Rabindranath Tagore Die Of Prostrate Cancer?
Seventy-five years after Rabindranath Tagore's death, a university named after him is reconstructing his last days and the illness that killed him in an exhibition.According to a Times of India report,...
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In Modi Land, Not All Victims Of Cow Vigilantism Are Created Equal
Narendra Modi signalled over the weekend that he would not be the rakshak to the gau rakshaks.Or did he?Modi is parsimonious with his views on anything that is controversial. Therefore it's safe to...
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iPhone 7 Rumor Roundup: Lightning Headphones And A New Black Look
We are barely a month away from the official launch of the new iPhone and excitement levels are rising. Vetting our appetites is the newest video leak that lets us take a peek at the design of the two...
View ArticleSnapdeal-Backed GoJavas Suspends Operations: Report
Snapdeal-backed logistics provider GoJavas, which serves e-commerce companies including online fashion portal Jabong, recently acquired by rival Flipkart, has suspended services because of technical...
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