India's heatwave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government's top weather expert said Monday as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures. Parts of northern India have been gripped by a heatwave since mid-May, with temperatures soaring over 45 degrees Celsius. "This has been the longest spell...
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Business Insider created a Flipboard Storyboard, “Yes, Modi won,” which our @NewsDesk featured this week. In it, find stories about what Modi’s underperformance in the Indian elections means for the world’s largest democracy.
Political analysts are still dissecting India's election results. Yes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a historic third term. But his BJP party lost a significant number of seats.
What does it all mean for the world's largest democracy? Business Insider has a great selection of stories covering all the angles. Dive deep here: https://flip.it/ctg0ik
Indians have raised ‘a voice for democracy’ online and in the polls in historic #vote
Despite the heightened anxieties over the conduct of a free and fair #election , #India ’s democracy rallied in the 2024 election, with voters denying Prime Minister Narendra #Modi a landslide win. Much of the fight occurred online as independent journalists and influencers challenged the government narrative echoed on mainstream media.
One of Dracula’s Often Overlooked Inspirations Is the Indian Vetala - It was an English “translation” that turned a wise, if mischievous, figure into a bloodsucker, by Emma Starer Gross October 30, 2020
"...As legend goes, the vetala is a ghoulish trickster...that haunts cemeteries and forests, hanging upside down from trees and waiting for humans to play pranks on. They are said to exist in a realm between life & death, and have the ability to see into the past, present, and future. This boundless knowledge makes them invaluable to sorcerers, who often seek to capture & enslave the vetala to use its powers... “Growing up, my father taught me that the vetala could see everything,” recalls a priest at the Pasadena Hindu Temple in Los Angeles... “They could detect the good and the evil inside you. We were forever cautious around cemeteries. Because you never knew what might be waiting for you...”
Twelve years after #WorldIPv6Launch, global IPv6 adoption is holding steady at around 37%, while only #India and #Malaysia see adoption rates higher than 50%.
The BJP registered the highest vote share it has ever had in Tamil Nadu in this election. This could partly be attributed to the simple fact that the party contested a larger number of seats this time. But is that the only reason? My colleague Abhishek Jha and I take a look at the BJP's performance in TN in today's copy of Hindustan Times.
When this year’s #Cannes Grand Prix Winner, 'All We Imagine as Light' Director Payal Kapadia Lost Her Travel Abroad Grant & Scholarship Due to University Student Protests at #India’s Film Institute FTII.
They were protesting a government-appointed Institute president.
India's heatwave longest ever, worse to come (www.news24.com)
India's heatwave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government's top weather expert said Monday as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures. Parts of northern India have been gripped by a heatwave since mid-May, with temperatures soaring over 45 degrees Celsius. "This has been the longest spell...