Punjab Under Water: When Monsoons Turned Merciless
The seasonal lifeline of India, the monsoon, turned disastrous in 2025 in Punjab. Long regarded as the “breadbasket of India,” Punjab produces nearly 18 per cent of the country’s wheat and 12 per cent of its rice in the central pool. However, this year, heavy rains and overflowing rivers have besieged the state, causing the…
Vipin
New Zealand becomes the First Country to Grant Women Voting Rights
On September 19, 1893, the small island nation of New Zealand provided the world with the first example of granting women the right to vote in parliamentary elections to choose their laws. The case not only transformed the country’s approach to democracy but also sparked a new wave of inspiration for the suffrage movement worldwide….
ABHYUDAYA MITTAL
The End of Hyper-Globalisation or Its Evolution?
Once the driving force of international commerce, global integration powered decades of corporate scale-up and market access. But by 2025, as supply chains splinter and economic nationalism surges, a pivotal question emerges: Has globalisation reached its breaking point? Peak Global Era Following the Cold War, the global economy entered a phase of rapid integration. The…
abhinav singh
The Enigmatic Legacy of Baba Vanga
Baba Vanga is perhaps one of the most intriguing and controversial figures in history when it comes to 20th-century mysticism. Baba Vanga was born to a peasant family in a town called Strumica, which was part of the Ottoman Empire at the time (now North Macedonia), in 1911 under the name Vangelia Pandeva Gushterova. She…
Himanshu
5 August 1891: The Birth of the Traveler’s Cheque by American Express
On August 5th, 1891, the world was moving fast. Steamships crossed oceans, railways linked nations, and telegrams carried messages in seconds. But for travelers, carrying money was still risky. That’s when American Express, then better known for freight than finance, launched something that changed travel forever: the world’s first traveler’s cheque, a safer, smarter way…
Akums Organizes 14th Plastic Surgery Camp, Bringing Hope to the Needy in Haridwar
Haridwar, 14 November 2025 In a remarkable humanitarian initiative, the 14th edition of the free Plastic Surgery Camp, organized by Akums, in collaboration with Rotary International Club and Interplast Germany, has once again ignited hope among hundreds of underserved patients. The camp is being held at Ramakrishna Mission Sevashram Hospital in Haridwar and is witnessing…
The Importance of Diet When It Comes to Healthy Living
Aside from relying on the body’s own ability to fight free radicals and inflammation, fruit can provide an additional set of soldiers designed to fight these potentially harmful adversaries. Antioxidants, plant compounds, vitamins and minerals are found throughout the fruit domain and aside from knowing that too many of these supplements can be a waste,…
John David
Hybrid Leadership Visits India to Celebrate 5 Years of Growth and Support Company’s Initiatives
Gurgaon, India – November 11, 2025: Hybrid, the global programmatic advertising platform, recently announced the arrival of its founders, Dmitry Cheklov, Sergey Kovalev, and Vladimir Khudyakov in India this week. Hosted in the company’s Gurgaon office, their arrival highlighted the company’s commitment to strengthening its operations and industry partnerships in one of the world’s fastest-growing markets. Focusing…
How Today’s Leaders Are Redefining Workplaces for Inclusivity and Balance
The conflict between motherhood and management has been considered a personal issue and not a structural one over the decades. However, with an increasing number of women reaching top-management positions and with the world of work pushing greater flexibility, innovative companies are looking at work in new ways. This is resulting in an emerging trend…
Is Female Representation in Fortune 500 Driving Real Change?
The past ten years have seen an increased call to have gender diversity at the highest levels of corporate leadership. The core of this discussion is the so-called 30% rule, according to which the presence of at least 30 percent women in leadership positions leads to a critical mass that changes the dynamics of the…
