Word of the Day: KerfuffleA 'kerfuffle' signifies a minor commotion or unnecessary drama over trivial matters, often involving exaggerated reactions. Originating fro...
A bit much, no, my lordships? The debate over SC’s lifetime ban on academics in NCERT rowThe Supreme Court's recent ruling has ousted three academics from government collaborations over a contentious chapter in a Class 8 NCERT t...
German takes charge of Ehng-lahnt, so?Thomas Tuchel, a top football manager, is set to become the head coach of the England men's national team from Jan 1, 2025. This decision, ...
'Oil'-Jaber the hutt & headmaster GuterresThe Guardian reported last week that in an online event in November, COP president and head of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Ahmed Al Jab...
BBC documentary: Student's outfit calls for screening in DU's North CampusMeanwhile, the Congress-affiliated National Students' Union of India (NSUI) has announced to hold the screening at 4 pm in North Campus and...
- Should India have poet laureates?
This being India, that function has been, unfortunately, outsourced to politicians. Plus, there is bound to be much kerfuffle over the lang...
- Dr Elena Piscopia, Take Your Stand
The fact that Piscopia received the honour for her disposition on Aristotelian philosophy from the University of Padua in 1678 should make ...
UK's carefully nurtured plants under attackWho’s embarked on this and where?The battlefields are the gardens in the UK, and it is the hobby gardeners who are up in arms. This summer,...
Curfew kerfuffleAlso in today's ETtech Top 5 newsletter: All the key announcements at Apple's 'Spring Loaded' event; Infosys is eyeing more big-ticket deal...
No tweet is worth not responding toGovernments now see celebs (or their nieces) as normal folks. Hurrah for equity.
After Twitter 'kerfuffle', Tharoor sets record straight with footage from Nehru's US visitsIt may have just been a "kerfuffle", as the wordsmith politician put it, but one that clearly needed some recall from history.
Jawaharlal Nehru only Indian PM to be greeted on arrival at airport by US Prez: Shashi TharoorTharoor had found himself in a spot of Twitter trouble when he posted a picture of Nehru and Indira Gandhi in what he claimed was the US on...
So, should Americans beware of Anglocreep?English is becoming the new American, but the winner may well be Hinglish
Punctuation marks what exactly?Most Indians feel that the present is too tense for perfect punctuation; a missing apostrophe — or an extraneous one on the Singh's or the ...
Stretching the leggings effectA sagging industry in the US could now get a renewed spring in its step.
Between slavery and import-export tradeFor people of an earlier India, the plodding government employee used to be the archetype of a safe, sound, sensible “job”.
No uniformity in canine namesKerfuffle over dogs being given the honorific title of major general by their owner in Bangalore appears to be much ado(g) about nothing.