Author: Mainak Chowdhary

Kurt Warner’s incredible true story, “American Underdog”, may not be a classic sports movie, but it has managed to inspire millions of people to go and watch the film. The audience is paying to watch it, and some critics are even saying that it’s a movie worth seeing.  American Underdog is a biopic that unfolds the inspirational story of Kurt Warner. His unlikely rise from struggling, undrafted grocery store worker and a decent family man to star NFL quarterback, winning a Super Bowl and reaching the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  Warner spends most of his time finding a perfect team in the film that will agree with his assessment. He keeps on insisting that “it is my time”.  He was a star player at the University of Northern Iowa. However, as a Division I-AA school, his alma mater was too far down on the pecking order…

Edward O. Wilson, an American naturalist, dubbed as the ‘modern-day Darwin’ whose contributions and interests in ants led him to conclusions about human nature being directed by genetics rather than culture, died on 26th December at 92. He died on Sunday in Burlington, Massachusetts. As per the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation reports on its website, there was no major cause of death given.  E.O. Wilson was considered one of the world’s leading minds on natural history and conservation, alongside British naturalist David Attenborough.  Widely recognized as the authority leading on ants, Wilson stated and advocated protecting what he popularly called “the little things that run the world,” the trillion insects that help to preserve the Earth’s biosphere. He warned the world that all animals and plant species are on the…

Politics in the hills of North Bengal took a surprising turn when the former Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Binay Tamang joined Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday, 24th December, after getting a green signal from party MP Abhishek Banerjee who is also holding the charge of the party’s all India general secretary.  Ahead of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) elections, Binay Tamang, who decided to quit the GJM party earlier this year, has joined the ruling TMC party.  Rohit Sharma, ex-legislator of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), has followed Binay to join Trinamool Congress. Both of them joined the TMC party in the presence of the senior party leaders Bratya Basu and Moloy Ghatak.  In…

The PM of Canada Justin Trudeau has unveiled new rules and regulations regarding travel rules due to the ongoing rise of Omicron. He has just revealed his unknown mandate letters sent to his cabinet. The PM of Canada has issued mandate letters outlining the priorities which the ministers are bound to pursue during the federal government’s time in power. After the sudden rise of Omicron, Canada implemented new travel rules, especially for the people travelling from African countries. Due to Omicron, the affected African nations were Egypt, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. Travelers from…

A new major international research centre has been established with the support of the Novo Nordisk Foundation. A sum of up to 300 million euros has been granted by the Nordisk Foundation to establish the research centre. According to recent research, stem cell based- treatments will be delivering hope for new treatments across many incurable diseases. The research centre will collaborate with the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia, and Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands. The collaboration of the three world-leading research organizations has made this establishment possible; they have paved the way for future stem cell-based…

Author J. K. Rowling causes a stir among the netizens again with her new “transphobic” comment on Twitter  Harry Potter’s writer J. K. Rowling has again caused a stir among the world’s people with her recent “transphobic” comment on Twitter. She expressed her opinions on an article published by the Times UK titled “Absurdity” regarding the police logging rapists as women.  The article discusses the current policy that allows the Scotland police to register rapes as being committed by women; if the accused is found guilty as a woman regardless of whether they have legally changed their gender or not, they will be considered as rapists.  FOR ALL WRONG THINGS, J. K. Rowling always has her name on the headline. She has been previously associated with her views and comments on trans genders. There is always controversy regarding her comments on trans genders. Earlier she was tagged as a transphobic; Rowling has also caused a stir among the netizens…