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![Om Sharma](https://www.tutorialspoint.com/assets/profiles/78845/profile/60_46542-1546251763.jpg)
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In December 2010, Flipkart acquired its first company named weread.com, which is a book review website. In October 2011, Flipkart acquired a digital music store called 'Mime-360'. Along with cash deal, Flipkart did a stock deal as well here. In November 2011, it took over a Bollywood news website 'Chakpak.com'. In February 2012, Flipkart obtained the then biggest online electronics retailer 'Letsbuy.com'. In May 2014, it acquired the online lifestyle retailer 'Myntra' at $30 Crore. In September 2014, it obtained the large chunk of a payment platform named 'NHPay'. November 2014, Flipkart bought a great number of shares of 'Jeeves', ... Read More
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Homeschooling has changed the conventional schooling system across the globe. The flexibility of the curriculum, individual schedule, and personalized syllabus is catching up all over the world and many countries are recognizing the value of homeschooling. In the last decade, the well-informed parents in India have started opting for homeschooling or alternative schooling, although a majority of Indian parents still prefer conventional education. There is one very important reason in India why parents are still opting for conventional education more than homeschooling? The laws in India, especially the Right to education act makes it mandatory for every child ... Read More
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11-13 May 1998, these dates have now been engraved in the history of India with golden words as India became a nuclear state in those three days. But it was not so easy as it seems. According to Gopal T Kaushik who was the then CO Colonel of 58 Engineers’ Regiment of the Indian Army, “Many countries, especially America never wanted India to get such power and it failed our missions many times through a very sharp and agile satellite called ‘Eye in the Sky’, which cost around $1 billion. This satellite was so powerful that it could catch even ... Read More
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The seizure of ₹ 171 crores during the election campaigns of various parties in Karnataka has again ensured the existence of black money in the country and that too at a huge level and it is undoubtedly used to buy and sell votes. Along with that a great deal of fake currency, which is about ₹ 7 crore, has also been seized in the state.This amount was ₹ 13 crores in the last assembly election which clearly indicates the proliferation of black money despite Modi government’s major step of demonetization. Karnataka is the 22nd state where the election is taking ... Read More
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Whenever our family members or relatives embark on a travel to Hajj, our hearts sink with the thought of their safety because despite having solid arrangements we come across news of causalities that occur almost every year during the travel to this holy pilgrimage. To get over such fatal incidents, Rajasthan Hajj Welfare Society has come up with an innovative idea of giving a practical training to the Hajjis and for that, they have created a model of Kaba. This model displays all the spots of praying including Safa and Marva valleys, hills, Maqam-E-Ibrahim, Sang-E-Aswad, Hateem, and the ... Read More
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Every year when schools open, parents who have their kids to enter in schools come under a lot of pressure, especially to get him/her admitted to a ‘good’ school. Besides, there was something they would worry about and that was Aadhar, which was mandatory before this statement by UIDAI came. Why Was It Mandatory? Although no circulation was spread regarding the mandate of Aadhar, but schools included it as one of the documents to be submitted along with the registration form, for admission of kids into entry-level classes. What Does UIDAI Say? As per the news published in Business ... Read More
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I love taking pictures... quite often... and who doesn't, especially in the golden era of the extremely handy smartphones. You can capture any moment whenever and wherever your crazy 'Keeda' of photography bites you 😃😄😆. Well, this was the formal introduction before coming to the point. You might find the 'intro' a little weird but as it's mentioned I have to show my "Photography Skills' not writing 😉😜. So, there you are! This one is the most recent and clicked without any specific agenda at all. Believe me. I was in office, having tea and just thought of clicking this ... Read More
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The moment I opened today’s newspaper, the first news that I came across was really sort of disturbing for me. The news was this, “The Government of Rajasthan is to waive off the loan of 29 Lakh farmers.” Now, many of you might bash me for titling this news as “DISTURBING” and call me an anti-farmer, anti-national, favorer of opposition, a snag for the welfare of this deprived and poor community. But my dear friends, you have all the rights to adorn me with the aforementioned appellations, but I request you to first go through the followings at least and ... Read More
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Let me highlight that cricket was there in the first Olympics occurred in 1896, but due to the less number of participants, the whole competition was called off. In the next Olympics in 1900, four teams appeared in the tournament, but Belgium and Netherlands withdrew, and thus France and England faced off and England clinched the title. Keeping such low interest shown by the counties in cricket, the game was excluded from the biggest sports event in the world. Now, there is a news that in the Olympics of 2024 the T20 format of the game can be included. Fingers crossed.