Comic Con India celebrates the illustrated medium and brings together the comic industry. It gives fans an excellent platform to interact with comic artists and know more about the art form.BE’s Anustup Roy Barman talked with Jatin Varma, Founder, Comic Con India, regarding the problems, prospects...
Veganism finally has meat eating on the run in the United Kingdom. Not only are the ad campaigns, all over metro stations, really big and powerful showing what happens in slaughterhouses, but people are actually listening to them and making a switch. So much so that The Independent newspaper had sta...
A cyber-attack on May 12, 2017, hit more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries worldwide. The attack was a ransomware attack called “WannaCry” by which hackers locked people out of their computers and demanded a payment of $300 payment in bitcoins. It made medical care inaccessible and shut do...
Indian spices have a rich legacy. They have been in great demand since the 12th century. Even before the Christian era, the Greek merchants flooded the markets of south India to buy spices, which were considered a luxury item. The Indian spices were the main lure for crusaders during their expeditio...
With India’s growth, its banking sector needs to grow at least 2.5 times the GDP growth in order to ensure that our growth momentum continues. Thus, if our economy is to grow at even 7% p.a., our banking sector needs to grow at minimum 17.5% p.a. However, whether the banking industry can liv...
The recent revision to the base year for the index of industrial production (IIP) reflects the recovery of the industrial sector of India. Earlier, the base year was 2004-05. The present base year has been revised to 2011-12. What is IIP? The IIP indicator measures the short-term changes in the volu...
Growing militancy is not the sole matter of concern for the residents of Kashmir but also the shrinking of agricultural land. The J&K Government has painted a grim picture of the state’s agriculture sector. Experts say that agricultural land in J&K has shrunk by over 3,40,000 hectare...
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is under the scanner for her soft and accommodative stance to Heffazat-e-Islam and other such outfits. Sheikh Hasina was told categorically by her party leaders that the idea of including Heffazat-e-Islam in the 14-party alliance should be dropped immediately...