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The Corona epidemic has been raging around the world for the past two years. Many people died of corona infection. The first, two waves spread, and now the third wave continues. It's also at the end. No major cases were reported in this wave. People are breathing down their necks as the number of corona positive cases is declining day by day. Along with the coronavirus come newer variants that are causing more concern. After the dangerous Delta variant, the South African variant Omicron became more of a concern. This omicron spreads faster than the delta variant.  However, the researchers concluded that there was no major risk. Now the World Health Organization (WHO) is raising another warning concern. Warns that the next coming variant‌ will be dangerous. WHO indicates that the new wave is likely to spread further. The WHO believes that the current variant needs to be tightened more than the current variant. The question arises as to what effect it will have with future variants. ...

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is not just an organization. It is almost a surname for all Indians since 1956. There is no exaggeration to say that almost every household in the country has a policy on LIC. Modi government is all set to privatize this golden duck, which continues to make good profits with assets and investments of lakhs of crores. The government is preparing to bring up the IPO issue in March itself. Trade unions and financial experts are concerned that the government will completely "privatize" LIC by selling more shares in the future. LIC is a leading public sector insurer. The company owns assets and investments worth lakhs of crores. The company has been on a profitable path since its inception. Not only that, there are many instances where many public sector organizations depend on the government for financial assistance. In contrast, there are many instances where the LIC has backed the government. Despite the entry of private life insurers into the c...

These two hashtags trend in social media. Car manufacturing companies are facing a lot of troubles because of the scarcity of chips for the last two years due to the coronavirus rampage. Almost all motor companies have slashed the production and targets of their products because of a lack of sufficient chips. Amid all odds, Hyundai manufacturing company lands into unnecessary controversy with one tweet. It faces heavy backlash after Hyundai’s Pakistani firm posted about the freedom of Kashmir. Hyundai is the second-largest auto-manufacturing company in India. Pakistan Hyundai hid the tweet after raising questions from Indian netizens that views endorsed by Hyundai Global. They slammed Hyundai tweet over Kashmir. There were reports that some Indian social media users were blocked by Hyundai India for raising the controversial tweet on Kashmir. Hyundai’s sister concerned about Kia’s social media made some controversial remarks over Kashmir Issue. On the occasion of Kashmir Solid...

After the clash with the Chinese People Liberation Army (PLA) in June’20, the Indian Government acknowledged that the Indian army lost 20 soldiers at Galwa Valley clash. There was no response from Chinese side in this regard but Indian army estimated China might lose 20 of PLA’s soldiers. China would remain silent and not to disclose the exact number. Initially refused to admit the number of causalities, China officially agreed that 4 of its men were killed by Indian Army in Galwan skirmish on February’21. Now, exactly a year after that Australian Investigative agency exposed the Chinese number and confirmed that PLA has lost another 38 members during the clashes with India.  The Australian website The Klaxon published that PLA lost 42 men in Galwan face-off with India. The investigative agency has got the number after one year of investigation. The Klaxon has collected the information from multiple sources like Chinese bloggers, former PLA experts, and deleted posts on Social...

The government has already decided to issue virtually chip-based e-passports. It uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), a biometric. Foreign Secretary Sanjay Bhattacharya made the announcement last month. He said it would meet the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Security details are encoded on the electronic chip on the passport jacket. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government will roll out e-passports in FY22-23 during her budget speech. The Indian government will issue e-passports with electronic chips. It is known that these will be available by 2022-23. Get more protection with these new passports. Passengers' personal information, fingerprints, and travel details are stored. Finance Minister Sitharaman explained this in her budget speech. She said that the dream is expected to come true soon. Passports are currently being printed. The jackets of the new passports are expected to include an electronic chip with vital securi...

On the growing popularity of Bitcoin in the world, its mining is turning to be a major concern for many governments. Bitcoin mining affects pollution and the green environment in its process. China has banned Bitcoin mining claiming environmental causes. Proof of work is the original crypto consensus mechanism, used in Bitcoin mining. It requires a huge amount of processing power for miners to validate transactions. As per one report, the Bitcoin mining network accounts for 0.08% of the world's CO2 production in 2021. 60% of Bitcoin mining activity in the world comes from fossil fuels. Bitcoin mining companies don’t have the same expenditure while doing the mining. Mining expenditure differs from to country. Venezuela is the cheapest country in the world to mine 1 bitcoin whereas South Korea is the most expensive country in this regard. On the other side, El Salvador is the first in the world which announced that Bitcoin as its official currency is doing mining activity w...

For two days the hashtag #CanadaHasFallen has been going viral in social media. It is odd to hear that the Prime Minister of the country is hiding from the protests in front of his office. Reportedly, Justin Trudeau moved to a secret location along with his family as Truck drivers and farmers protest spark security fears. Thousands of truckers protest in Capital Ottawa against Canada’s vaccine mandatory rule. 50k protesters could be seen carrying copies of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, while others carried signs reading 'God keep our land glorious and free,' 'Make Canada great again,' and 'we are here for our freedom'. They shouted slogans against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Protestors compared covid-19 restrictions to fascism and made use of Nazi’s symbol on upside down Canadian flags. The movement slowly turned into a movement against Justin Trudeau’s government. Hundreds of trucks packed into the streets of the capital Ottawa. It is surprising that c...