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Cornell University
India gets its first railway varsity, offers two undergraduate courses
The institute is funded by Ministry of Railways and has international partnerships with revered international institutions.
Economists bullshit for a living : NN Taleb gives Kaushik Basu a lesson on ‘Skin in the Game’
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'Intellectual yet idiot' economists are a fraud, he said
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Media
Game over for India Today? CBI registers FIR in TRP Scam after UP Govt recommends probe based on private complaint
CBI has registered an FIR to investigate the TRP scam after a private complaint was registered in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
World
Paris beheading case: Victim Samuel Paty to be conferred France’s highest order, mosque to be shut down
Days after the history teacher beheading by a radical Islamist in Paris, the French govt has decided to confer the highest order of merit Legion d'Honneur posthumously.
Government and Policy
‘Lockdown over but Coronavirus still here’: As PM Modi rings warning bell ahead of festive season, here are key takeaways from his address
In his 12-minute address, PM Modi urged people to maintain caution and wear masks while stepping out of their homes
Opinions
The social hierarchy of Muslim society: Is the caste system a problem unique to Hindus?
Often ignored by the media, there is wide scale discrimination present in Muslim society between two factions- Ashraf and Ajlaf.
Crime
UK: 37-year-old paedophile named Rehan Baig jailed for raping chickens to death while his wife filmed it
Rhan Baig's wife had also joined him in the videos and at one point he alternated between having sex with his wife and the chickens.
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News Reports
After Chinese phones blocking weather data for Arunachal and Ladakh, now Twitter shows Leh as part of China
Security analyst Nitin A Gokhale found that Twitter has labelled Leh in Ladakh as part of People's Republic of China (PRC)
News Reports
During 26/11 Mumbai attack, Param Bir Singh refused to be on ground and take on terrorists, then Mumbai CP Hasan Gafoor had said
Hasan Gafoor, who was the Mumbai Commissioner of Police during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, had accused senior police officials, including Param Bir Singh of not taking on the terrorists.
Entertainment
In 2012 ‘out of town’ Salman Khan partied with Parambir Singh in Mumbai on day Bandra cops could not serve him Court summons for...
As reported by Mid-Day in 2012, Salman Khan and Parambir Singh were both found attending a Christmas party hosted by Sunny Dewan and his wife Anu Dewan in Mumbai. This when the Bandra cops claimed Khan was not in town.
News Reports
Rajdeep Sardesai and India Today secure a gag order against social media user who had said they took 8 crores for Rhea interview
Issuing an order on India Today petition, the Delhi HC has ordered Twitter to suspend the man named Anurag Srivastava, and Google to remove the content from search results.
Media
Anti-Trump legal analyst of CNN and The New Yorker contributor suspended after masturbating on Zoom call
Jeffrey Toobin has offered an apology for masturbating on the Zoom video call and said that he thought he had put the video and audio on mute.
