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India’s top Fake News and Satire Websites
News satire means a fake news which is used to describe parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism. News satire has been around almost as long as journalism itself, but it is more popular on the internet. As you can very well understand that it is quite easy to mimic a credible news source and stories may…
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Golden Moments of Indian Cricket
English people brought Cricket in India in the 18th-century and it got opportunity to play its first Test match in 1932 at Lord’s. India was the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status. In their first fifty years of international cricket, India proved weaker than Australia and England, winning only 35 of the 196…
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How to file RTI anonymously in India?
Empowering 1.2 billion Indians through information, the Right to Information Act, introduced in 2005, gave new meaning to the motto “seek and you shall find.” but some RTI activists could only find an answer in the form of death. Attacks on information seekers have become commonplace with transparency groups estimating that 28 activists have been killed since…
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How to listen Vividh Bharati Online?
Vividh Bharati is one of the most popular radio services which provides entertainment in the form of film music, skits, short plays and interactive programmes. Some of the old popular programmes of Vividh Bharati are ‘Sangeet Sarita’, ‘Bhule Bisre Geet’, Hawa Mahal, ‘Jaimala’, ‘Inse Miliye’, ‘Chhaya Geet’ etc., are still distinctly recognized by the listeners.…
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What are the advantages of Green Tea?
Slowly and steadily, Green tea is getting popular in India. We Indians, who are the world’s largest consumers of tea, are developing a taste for a new brand of drink called Green Tea. Green tea, mainly consumed in China and Japan, has also become popular in the western countries, where black tea is traditionally consumed.…
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Which newspaper do you read? The Hindu or Times of India!
I consider The Hindu as the best national daily of India. It is the only newspaper where the pure character of journalism is still alive. If you are looking for no nonsense, accurate, intelligent, serious, unbiased and reliable reporting with in-depth yet to the point editorials and opinions, it is the right option. The only demerit…
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10 things that you should know about Bofors Scandal
The ghost of Bofors is back and now with a bang. It has again started haunting the ruling Congress Party. Let’s first try to find out what exactly Bofors is and why it is considered as the major corruption scandal in India. Bofors Scandal came into picture in 1986 (25 years ago) when senior Congress…
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Why do Hindus celebrate Akshaya Tritiya?
Akshaya Tritiya or Akha Teej is an auspicious day, which is believed to bring good luck and success, for followers of Hinduism and Jainism. Every year, it falls on the third Tithi (Lunar day) of Bright Half (Shukla Paksha) of the pan-Indian month of Vaishakha. On this day, people celebrate birthday of Lord Parasurama, the…
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Want to quit smoking, start exercising!
According to the team of scientists at the National Health Research Institute and China Medical University Hospital in Taiwan, smokers who exercise are likely to find it easier to quit successfully. The team carefully studied the health and habits of 434,190 people in Taiwan for a long period of 12 years, from 1996 to 2008. The…
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Why media is silent on Abhishek Singhvi’s Sex Scandal?
Abhishek Manu Singhvi is one of the most important leaders of Indian National Congress and the senior advocate in Supreme Court of India. Presently, he is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Rajasthan in the Rajya Sabha. Today he resigned from the post of the spokesperson of the Congress party and also from the post of Chairperson of…
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