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• Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri ~ Hero of Battle of Longewala is No More

  

  Pre-script 1: The Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) is the second highest military decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for acts of conspicuous... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Son of Pacer Who Ran in Fast and Hurled Deliveries !!!

  

  Nothing big ~ he has played in 5 T20s – scored 38 runs with 21 as highest – watched him play a T10 today !!! Carrara Stadium (known commercially as Metricon... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Kerala Govt Puts Trouble to Devotees ~ Offers Facilities to Social Activists

  

  Nilackal, earlier famously known as Chayal, is a remote ghat region located in the Goodrical range of Ranni forest division in Pathanamthitta District. .. .. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Emerging out of Shadows of Father ~ and Playing for Another Country

  

  Subash Gupte, VV Kumar, BS Chandrasekhar, MV Narasimha Rao, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Narendra Hirwani, Anil Kumble, Amit Mishra, Piyush Chawla, Yuzvindra... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Tuskless African Elephants ~ Facility for Treatment at Mathura

  

  I love elephants and everytime I get a chance to travel to Kerala, I look forward to the opportunity of getting closer to a big tusker ‘komban yaanai’. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Motor Accident Claims - How is Income Reckoned for Compensation

  

  Vehicles on road are ever increasing and so does accidents !! Motor Insurance and liability arising out of use of motor vehicles in public place is well... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Telangana Elections ~ Crorepathi Owns No Car

  

  Telangana became the latest entrant, the newest State to be born in India. Carved out of Andhra Pradesh, it is located on the centre-south stretch on high Decca... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Tanzanian President Instructs Its Army to Buy the Entire Harvest of Cashew Crop

  

  Cashew nut is a delicious popular snack – its rich flavour is liked by many and often eaten raw, roasted, lightly salted, sugared or covered in chocolate. It... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Denmark & World Bank Stop Aid to Tanzania Questioning Govt Policies !!

  

  Every day you see visitors of various countries thronging historical places – and times, they may not be treated well by locals .. .. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2018 SOCIETY

• 'HSSC' ~ Soy Bean in Transit - What Constitutes 'inherent Vice' !!

  

  HSSC ~ every Marine Insurer would be bemused – there have been so many interpretations and varied wording stating coverage for ‘heating, sweating and spontaneou... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Armistice 100 Years Ago ! ~ Wonder Warriors from India in WW 1

  

  This day – 11th Nov 2018 - marks the centenary of the conclusion of the First World War – the Armistice on 11/11, at [11.11 am,! Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Fish, How Much ! ~ Costliest Koi Carp at 203 Million Yen !!

  

  In Sangam literature, “Neithal” is the landscape of Sea, shore and related things. Water is always an attraction – the sea, the river or the pond (the mightiest... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2018 SOCIETY

• WI India T20 at Chepauk - Boils Down Till Last Delivery !!

  

  Matches are not won till the last delivery ~ is an old cliché !! T20 International at Chepauk – India Vs once mighty West Indies – yet it did not tempt me to... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Sri Manavala Mamunigal Uthsavam ~ Diwali Celebrations Globally !

  

  Swami ManavalaMamunigal day 5 : Grand Deepavalipurappadu 2018 ~ and celebrations globally !! Harshil is a cantonment area situated at a height of 7,860 feet... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2018 SOCIETY

• South Korean First Lady at Ayodhya

  

  “Thank Indian Prime Minister for inviting me to India. Happy to celebrate Diwali here, said the lady elegantly draped in a saree”. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Way to Treat War Veterans ~ Judge Frank Caprio Shows the Way

  

  In Chennai as in many other cities – two things happen at signal –as it is to fall Red, motorists including transport buses would drive mad crossing the signal... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Thirupunithura Temple Elephant and Curious Case of Income Tax Assessment 1961

  

  Thrippunithura is a prominent historical and residential region in the city of Kochi in Kerala. Located about 8 km (5 mi) from the city centre, Tripunithura... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Sardar Patel Stands Tall ~ How Did Indian National Congress Treat Him ?

  

  The world’s tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhai Patel is now open to the public. Fondly called - the Statue of Unity, India has added another destination to visi... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2018 SOCIETY

• First Bullet in World War 1 - Fired at Togo !!

  

  Alhaji Grunshi was a little-known lance corporal in the Gold Coast Regiment; Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall commemorated an occasion remembering hi... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2018 SOCIETY

• Deepavali ! ~ Diwali .. .. .. the Court Order Pains !!!

  

  3 decades ago came Mani Ratnam’s ‘Nayakan’ – story of an Underworld don – even before the film was released, the songs became a super hit – there was this old... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2018 SOCIETY