Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a mystic and one learns something new about his impeccable music every day. Born in a Punjabi Muslim family in Faisalabad, Pakistan in the year 1948, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan introduced qawwali and Sufism to the world. He performed in front of various audiences in over 40 countries. Khan was the heir to Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, a renowned vocalist and qawwal…

Marshall Islands are home to 59K people and the virus worry has seen a hike Marshall Islands, with a population of 59,000, had been among the last nations in the world to be untouched by Covid-19. The first cases were reported in October 2020, when a pair of tourists who had arrived from the US tested positive. As days went by, the cases of Coronavirus…

Nitish has emerged as a keen participant in ensuring Opposition unity and that could augur well for the nation’s politics The Opposition parties in India now have a trump card. Or, do they? The moment JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar walked out of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) headed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), it had opened up a new opportunity for the Congress party and the other anti-BJP…

Kolkata to play host to the biennial showcase of the seafood sector in February next Over the past few years, the seafood sector in the country has had registered tremendous strides. In a bid to showcase this exponential growth, the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) will exhibit all its facets by organising the 23rd edition of India International Seafood Show (IISS) in Kolkata from…

WhatsApp is bringing in a feature wherein users can leave group chats silently without anyone noticing Consider this. You are in a WhatsApp group where you have nothing to do or are not interested in being there. And, you want to leave. But then, you are also concerned about how other members would feel when you suddenly leave. This is something most users who are forced…

Novel Langya henipavirus cases reported in eastern China provinces Even as the world is still busy finding ways and means to tackle the coronavirus variants that had left many infected and the economy locked down, news from China has begun sending shockwaves across the planet. The belief is that the Covid-19 pandemic, caused by the spread of coronavirus, originated…

NDA ally JD(U) is the latest to call it quits with Nitish Kumar walking out The NDA led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, in power at the Centre, might be facing a peculiar problem. Looking back at the affairs of the saffron alliance, the past 20 months or so, it would become clear that the allies, at least some of them, aren’t very comfortable with…

Steps are on to promote India as a global study destination and enabling internationalisation of higher education in the country Facilitating research and teaching collaborations, enabling faculty and student exchange with high-quality foreign higher education institutions, and signing of relevant mutually beneficial MoUs with foreign countries are some of the initiatives that form part of the National Education Policy 2020. These measures that are aimed at promoting India as a…

Apple may not increase the price of its iPhone 14 series, and this could be to lure more customers in the wake of high inflation. Those of you gearing up to lay tour hands on Apple’s upcoming iteration of the iPhone could be in for some sort of luck. The Cupertino company seems to be lining up a price tag that reads similar to what it had sold the earlier model for. It is being…