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The Delhi government's decision on Monday to reduce the drinking age in the city from 25 to 21. This decision also replaced its 2009 version of excise policy with a new one. The AAP govt said that this decision will be beneficial for the economy as it will generate revenue and overhaul a labyrinthine tax system.  It was noted …

How many times have you been disappointed after shopping? Chances are, more times than you’ve liked. When we decide to buy something, there is a risk we won’t get complete satisfaction from it. Can we protect ourselves from being exploited by greedy retailers? Can we choose to make wiser purchase decisions? The answer to both ques…

कृष्ण पक्ष की चतुर्दशी तिथि को मनाया जाता है। धार्मिक मान्यता के अनुसार, यह पावन पर्व भगवान शिवजी को समर्पित है। साल की इस सबसे अंधेरी रात को शिव की कृपा का उत्सव मनाया जाता है। शिव को आदि गुरु या प्रथम गुरु माना जाता है, और उन्हीं से यौगिक परंपरा की शुरुआत हुई थी। इस रात को ग्रहों की स्थिति ऐसी होती है कि ये मानव शरीर में ऊर्जा को …

Marked every year on March 8th, International Women’s Day (IWD) is perhaps the main day of the year to praise women's accomplishments, bring issues to light about women's equality, lobby for accelerated gender parity, and fundraise for female-centered causes. Critical movement is seen worldwide as groups meet up to commend…

PREPARING FOR TOMORROW: WHY FINANCIAL LITERACY IS  IMPORTANT? Financial literacy helps us to understand how to maintain and use our money effectively. The integral part of earning is how well we can use and invest our income. Financial literacy points towards the ability to maintain and invest our income using our financial skills…

Clearing the mist: Wiping the Taboos on Menstruation  We are biological beings and the changes that each one of us undergoes is part of the process. But why do these changes become a shame in the case of women? The menstrual cycle is a natural biological process that occurs every 28 days. The cycle starts mostly at the age of 11 to …

Opening into a sustainable Tomorrow: Future Business Development is part of a process that considers the present and the future alike. The business world has progressed by addressing the environmental concerns revolving around it. This drive has been in play with the beginning of environmental regulation in the 1970s. The companie…

“To take children seriously is to value them for who they are right now rather than adults-in-the-making”-Alfie Kohn The childcare crisis that prevails across the globe is an all-encompassing crisis of the family. Early childhood care and development is still not a privilege to a majority of children. The causes for the same includ…

We Indians delude ourselves and our progeny that caste discrimination is a thing of past ,yet it pervade the nation ,top to bottom.  For decades after independence in 1947 , caste remained a conversational taboo in India. Popular understanding of caste in India is deeply influenced by the way caste has been written about…

Don’t run like a girl – they said .   Don’t cry like a girl – they say to a boy who was hurt.  Don’t try to act like a man – they say to the girl who takes a stand for herself.  Why is it that most of our actions associated with a part gender? What is being ‘feminine’ and ‘masculine’?  Even though some research…