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An Octogenarian Mystery

She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean with an aircraft, alone! When Amelia Mary Earhart (b. July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937; declared dead January 5, […]

Sunak Starts Witch-Hunting

The new Government in Britain is all set to impose a ban on the presence of Confucius Institutes (CIs) in British universities. CIs were set up in various countries (starting […]

Banking On Their Researches

When the Nobel Committee announced on October 10, 2022 that US Economists Ben Shalom Bernanke (b. December 13, 1953), Douglas Warren Diamond (b. October 1953) and Philip Hallen Dybvig (b. […]

She Inspired His ‘Art’

The Global Community shall mark the 50th death anniversary of Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973), in April 2023. An exhibition recently opened at the Picasso […]

A Vital Voice For Human Rights

If one keeps aside the memory of the Cold War from the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, then the person can concentrate only on an important need… the need of a […]

A ‘Situational’ Analysis!

Commenting on the cusp of Indian Independence in 1947, former Prime Minister of Britain Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (November 30, 1874 – January 24, 1965) was heard saying: “… […]

Disputed & Biased

Her works are based mainly on personal memories. Annie Ernaux (b. September 1, 1940), one of the most popular figures in contemporary French literature who is famous for her autobiographical […]

The Day The World ‘Almost’ Died

Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (September 7, 1939 – May 19, 2017), a Lieutenant Colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, had saved the world on September 26, 1983. During the Cold […]