The Reserve Bank has given banks permission to charge more for cash and non-cash ATM transactions beyond the free monthly limit. With effect from January 1, 2022, bank customers who surpass their monthly free transaction limit would have to pay Rs 21 instead of Rs 20 for each transaction. This is to compensate the bank […]
Many Palestinians believe that the May 10-21 military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer. Israel is doing everything in its power to prove them wrong. Palestinians are justified to hold this viewpoint; after all, their minuscule military capabilities in a besieged and impoverished […]
What’s in a name?” Well, if Shakespeare were living in our times, he might reconsider his words. In our period there are some particular names that hold rare and strange connotations. Some excite thoughts of luxury, progress and prosperity, while some trigger anger, abomination, carnage and such like in the mind. The latter classification includes […]
Modi’s official residence finally hosted an all-party meeting with more than a dozen of J&K’s top politicians, including the much-trounced “Gupkar Gang”. BJP’s loud claims of “Modi Hai To Mumkin Hai” make a sense prevail in many Indian think tanks that this current Kashmir-centric “carrot and no stick” policy, which has to do with shifting […]
Mountains have fascinated and attracted us from ancient times. Climbing to the summit of a mountain is a great achievement and gives us joy like no other. Being on top of a mountain is like being on the top of the world. Mountains are regarded as sacred because many places of pilgrimage are situated on […]
Within man do live all the forces of goodness and evil and there is always a conflict between these forces. What this chapter of the Quran suggests is that man is at utter loss if he allows the forces of evil within him to prevail. Surah al Asr is one of the smallest chapters of […]
Though a series of divine scriptures were revealed to the prophets preceding Muhammad, Qur’an has the distinction of being the final. It has encapsulated the teachings of all divine religions. The Qur’an claims to come with two-fold purposes: first, to confirm the true and original message, and second, to guard this message for all time […]
Seriously, it becomes so frustrating at times when you think about marriage. Like, you will be waiting all your life for such a partner who will think of you as a mere slave. If you say blue, he will purposely choose black in order to be on the contrary to show his supremacy. Not only […]
It’s no secret that technology has become an integral component of daily life. In particular, it’s become rare to see children and teens without a digital device in hand wherever they go: restaurants, waiting rooms, parks, schools. The rapid pace at which toddlers, children, and teens are adopting technology into their daily lives has many […]
You would probably be familiar with the symbol p and you most probably would know that it is called Pi. But do you know that it is also called ‘Archimedes’ constant’. Pi is a lower-case Greek letter adopted to denote a mathematical constant. Its use has become so widely known that p is regarded as […]