In today’s day and age, social media is becoming an imperative and rather unavoidable aspect of our lives. The internet, today, has greater outreach than ever before. It has emerged to be a continual source of news, information, and entertainment for people around the world for over the past decade; … Continue Reading
The Cognizant Citizen: Chernobyl Forest Fires
The Chernobyl disaster: thirty-four years ago, on 26th April 1986, the second-most severe nuclear catastrophe took place at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine.
The explosion of the Number Four RMBK reactor occurred during testing at low power. Due to lack of safety measures, the explosion and fire caused the … Continue Reading
The Digital Economy of Advertising
The first link on a Google search, the start of a YouTube video, the next story on Instagram, What do they all have in common? – Advertisements.
Bitcoin may be the digital currency, but advertisements make the digital economy. Major companies that appear to provide their products free of cost. … Continue Reading
Rogue Goat? Say What?
In January 2009, two racketeers armed with machetes were trying to rob a car in Nigeria. They were noticed by police officers who were on patrol at the time. The hooligans successfully escaped like thirty per cent of all suspects do, but what is surprising is that one of them … Continue Reading
The Everyman’s Guide To Getting It Together
Plenty of time before the Yuletide cheers. Plenty of time to laze around thinking about what to do, while doing absolutely nothing. Vacations offer a lot of time. For a lot of people, this might be too much time without any signs of productivity. And that causes unnecessary worry. Why … Continue Reading
1984, The Aftermath: The Rise of Rampant Rajiv
The 1984 Indian General Elections were unforeseen and unfortunate. Indira Gandhi’s term was to be officially ending in the first week of 1985. However, in an incredulous turn of events, she was assassinated by her bodyguards, who fired 28 bullets at her.
With her politically active and younger son Sanjay … Continue Reading
Doctors Speak: In Conversation With An Emergency Medicine Specialist
In view of the recent violence against doctors in West Bengal, and the aftermath of doctors’ strikes, we interviewed Dr Vimal, the Principal Secretary of The Emergency Medicine Association of India.
MTTN – The situation in West Bengal has garnered national attention and outrage from the medical community, prompting nationwide … Continue Reading
Dental Hackathon
Eager minds, young and old alike, gathered in the beautifully designed and conveniently located Idea Café on the ground floor of Marena Sports Centre. Each visitor was greeted with an atmosphere that buzzed with enthusiasm as participants formed alliances and bridged the gap across engineering and health sciences.
The event … Continue Reading
Hues 12: Day 5
Painting: The room buzzed the excitement as students entered the Oral Pathology Dept. armed with their paintbrushes and palettes alongside an assortment of colors. In just 90 minutes, each student was tasked with painting on a topic of their choice with water or water-based colors.
The initial buzz slowly died … Continue Reading