A career as a lawyer is an extraordinary calling. However, becoming a lawyer is an enormous undertaking in terms of time commitment and financial investment. Therefore, it is important to learn as much about the profession as possible before you embark on a career path as a lawyer. These top 10 reasons to become a lawyer explain … Read more
In May, Lyft launched a “Round Up and Donate” program where riders can opt in to have the app round up their fare to the nearest dollar, and automatically donate the difference to one of a few participating organizations like the Human Rights Campaign and the ACLU. This week, Lyft announced that it’s going to … Read more
What is Cord Blood? After a baby is born and the umbilical cord is cut, some blood remains in the blood vessels of the placenta and the portion of the umbilical cord that remains attached to it. After birth, the baby no longer needs this extra blood. This blood is called placental blood or umbilical … Read more
A day after the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) in Patna stoked controversy by asking employees to declare their virginity, Bihar health minister Mangal Pandey on Thursday said there was nothing objectionable as virgin translates ‘unmarried girl’. The “marital declaration” form at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna has questions for … Read more
In his remarkable book The Diploma Disease (1976), Ronald Dore captured the enormous surge for higher education in the South Asian region that resulted in the accumulation of degrees without much hope or opportunity for employment. The demand for quality higher education has only grown in the decades that followed, despite high unemployment figures. In Timepass (2010) Craig Jeffrey … Read more
What is GST? Goods and Services Tax, popularly known as GST, is a reform for our economy’s indirect tax plan. On 8th August 2016, GST Bill (which was long pending) was passed in Lok Sabha. It was possible after a very long journey flooded with challenges, confrontations, and what not. At last, the GST bill has … Read more
Now that Goods and Services Tax (GST) has come into force, business people have made a beeline for chartered accountants due to the complex nature of the new tax regime. Often, even the CAs cannot answer a query immediately. A month ago, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) started a new Twitter handle (@askGST_GoI) … Read more
In 24 hours, R Madhavan’s selfie was ‘liked’ more than one 100,000 times on Instagram alone. PHOTO: Instagram The 47-year-old actor who stole heart with his performance in ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns‘ has aged gracefully. Recently, Maddy shared a post-shower selfie and the picture has sent internet into meltdown, according to ABP Live. The selfie has gone … Read more
Men are assertive; women, bossy. Men are competent; women, attractive. Boys are boys; girls must learn to be ladies. Promotion for men is never because of their sex. Promotion for women is probably because they “slept their way to the top.” Men can easily choose family and career, or both, and be lauded in every case. … Read more
We all hope that the society is now more familiar with the basics of gender equality. But then comes the arrow from the pop culture world where every now and then someone misses the mark of equality, to shatter that hope. This time it was Ranbir Kapoor mansplaining for Katrina Kaif. People expressed their emotions by … Read more