Author: Anushka Sharma

Months after being left out at Golden Globes, Coel’s win at Emmy 2021 reaffirms our faith in the television industry. Actor-Director Michaela Coel took home an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series for I May Destroy You, a critically acclaimed HBO drama that shook the world with its nuanced social commentary and structurally novel storytelling. Coel started her Emmy Acceptance Speech with a message for her fellow writers – “Write the tale that scares you, that makes you feel uncertain, that isn’t comfortable. I dare you.” Perhaps that’s what she did. Based on her own sexual assault experience,…

Bombay High Court on Friday directed the District Collector to award a compensation of ₹10 lakh each to widows of three deceased manual scavengers who had lost their lives while cleaning a septic tank in Mumbai. The Court also held the Maharashtra government liable to identify and stop the “shameful practise” of manual scavenging. A division bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Madhav Jamdar issued an interim order that Rs. 10 lakhs be paid to the widows within four weeks and grant Rehabilitation measures. The Court was hearing a petition filed by advocate Isha Singh on behalf of the widows.…

The Indian government on Thursday refuted any claim regarding the COVID-19 booster shots being given priority in the scientific discussions and the public health domain. They said administering the two doses remains the central concern of the authorities. ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava, in response to a question at a press briefing, said that administering complete vaccination of both doses is “absolutely essential” and nothing should hinder that process. A booster dose is the third dose of the Covid-19 Vaccine, which is recommended to vaccinated people with lower antibody levels as they are more at risk of severe and prolonged…

Xiaomi’s budgetary subsidiary Redmi announces new TVs, with 20W built-in speakers and Dolby Audio. Redmi India will be launching two new Smart TVs in India on September 22. The new televisions will add to the brand’s lineup of Redmi TVs and will likely improve on elements like display quality and sound. The brand is coming with a launch of new devices as a part of its event page of September 22. The launch, expected to begin at noon, is anticipating a lot of multiple models. A teaser suggests the arrival of two models – one with a 32-inch screen and another with a 43-inch screen. The Specifications ● The new…

There is a lack of awareness about Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in India, making its identification and treatment difficult. PCOS often prolongs for a lifetime and leads to both physical and mental health issues among women. September is the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month, a condition causing hormonal imbalance among women of reproductive age, leading to irregular menstrual cycles, hirsutism (excess facial and body hair), weight gain, and insulin resistance, and hair loss. In India, one in five (20%) Indian women suffer from this disorder. This condition disrupts the ovulation process, leading to cysts (tiny fluid-filled sacs) in the ovaries. PCOS can…

A study led by the American Cancer Society identified factors associated with increased depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent report published by the American Cancer Society found that people with pre-existing conditions like cancer or diabetes are likely to report more depressive symptoms than others. A secondary focus analysed the impact of life stressors on the long-term change in psychological distress. This study led by Corinne Leach, a senior principal scientist at the society, has used data from the American Cancer Study’s Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) cohort from two waves, 2018 and July- September 2020, to identify levels of psychological distress among U.S. men and women during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the data published in Lancet Regional Health-Americas, almost half (42 per cent) of participants in the…

On Sunday, Bhupendra Patel, a Patidar leader and close aide of former CM and current Uttar Pradesh Governor, Anandiben Patel, was elected to be the new chief minister of Gujarat. He is going to take oath on Monday afternoon. This move came after the senior BJP leader Vijay Rupani submitted his resignation at the party’s high command at the Raj Bhawan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared Mr Patel’s name after it got unanimously endorsed by central observers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Joshi in the presence of the MLAs and other senior leaders at the BJP Legislature Party meeting on…

On Friday, India launched INS Dhruv, the first nuclear-missile tracking ship capable of tracking nuclear missiles at a long-range. With this feat, India becomes the only country outside the P5 – the US, the UK, Russia, China and France to possess such high-tech and specialised vessels. The ship was built by India’s Hindustan Shipyard Limited, the DRDO (Defense Research and Development Organisation), and NTRO (National Technical Research Organisation). Earlier only known by its code designation VC-11184, it had been under construction since 2014 under a covered drydock in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. INS Dhruv had cleared all tests and trials in…

In March, Supreme Court had said the report would be made public on the date of the next hearing of the PIL.  On Wednesday, Anil J Ghanwat, one of the key members of the Supreme Court-appointed panel on the contended farm laws, which have led to ongoing large-scale protests in the country, wrote to the Chief Justice of India, demanding that the country releases the panel’s report in the public domain. In a letter dated 1st September, Ghanwat said that the committee’s report had addressed all concerns of the farmers and that the panel’s recommendations would make the way to…

According to the police, Nand Kumar Baghel allegedly called Brahmins “outsiders” while addressing an event in Uttar Pradesh. On Tuesday, a Raipur court sent Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s father Nand Kumar Baghel to 15 days of judicial custody after being arrested from Delhi for reportedly making derogatory remarks against the Brahmin community. According to the police, Baghel made these remarks while addressing an event in Uttar Pradesh recently. I am urging all the villagers of India not to let the Brahmins enter your villages; I will talk to every other community so that we can boycott them, his purported…