The “entire globe is a unit” during a pandemic. This is how the government justified in the Supreme Court its decision to export vaccines amidst a surging second wave of COVID-19.
The Hindu, May 16, 2021
At Rs 700-Rs 1,500, price of Covid vaccine in India’s private sector among costliest. From Rs 250, the cost of vaccines in the private sector has shot up by up to six times. The Times of India, May 10, 2021
Meet the Jong brothers.
Before persistent Persians ploughed through snowy Himalayan passes, before the ecology of Ajantha and Ellora was ruined by zealous artists, there was a high mountain village whose inhabitants were usually high on high altitude herbs.
I admire people who have lofty goals. Like trying to attain nirvana in 6 months. Or trying to reform career criminals and politicians. But a few friends and I thought we should leave such efforts to noble souls and instead pursue a baser goal – to find an authentic South Indian restaurant in New York City.
If you fail to link your PAN card with Aadhaar card, then the income tax department might impose a penalty of ₹10,000 on you for using an inoperative Permanent Account Number.
– The Hindustan Times, March 03, 2020
Before the bank decides whether or not it wants to give you a loan, it will assess your creditworthiness. One of the factors that will decide your fate is your CIBIL score. If your CIBIL score is less than 750 (out of 900), it will reflect the fact that your credit record is not up to the mark. A poor CIBIL score may lead to an outright rejection of your loan application.
– Financial Express, October 10, 2016
I have never fully understood what was so terrible about Nero fiddling. As a lover of music, I have some form of it going most of my waking hours…
I met J.D. Salinger one June afternoon in 1989. It wasn’t for more than a few minutes, and I didn’t get to speak a word, but when I woke up that morning in a youth hostel on the Upper West Side in New York, I hadn’t the slightest inkling I would be in his presence just a few hours later.
Originally chartered as the “Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies”, the East India Company (EIC), rose to account for half of the world’s trade, and later ended up seizing control of the Indian subcontinent.
– Wikipedia
My tastes are quite catholic when it comes to music. Not necessarily Roman, but catholic, all the same. I am no expert, but my mind is fascinated by different hues, tones, rhymes and rhythms… quite like the little boy lost in a sweet shop.
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya is being chased by different banks in India. Mallya, who is dubbed as ‘king of good times’, is now facing charges of conspiracy and fraud as he owes around Rs 9,000 crores to Indian banks.
– Business Insider, Nov 28, 2019
Mob storms US Capitol as Donald Trump accused of ‘coup’.
Deccan Herald – AFP, Washington, Jan 07 2021
‘Covfefe’: Trump invents new word and melts internet.
BBC News – 31 May 2017
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